JOSHUA TREEOrganic Climbing Salve

Love this stuff. It can absorb pretty quickly into your skin without leaving much of a waxy coating on your finger tips. It does it's job well and will take care of your skin nicely. Best part is that this stuff lasts. One of these tubs has been around with me for almost a year.

I bought this salve based on a recommendation from Andrew Skurka (a professional backpacker that routinely hikes +6000 mile trips). I now wish I had found this stuff years ago!When I was professional woodworker/custom fabricator I always avoided most lotions and salves. Not because I did not need or want the protection (as I did), but because every type I used softened my skin, which only made additional scratches and scrapes more likely and damaging. They also all seemed useless on calluses. That is where this stuff is different, it offers the same conditioning and repair of other hand and foot balms, but does not soften skin. Instead it leaves a layer of protection behind that is not sticky (like raw beeswax can be) or that changes my grip in any way. And it conditions my calluses in a way that leaves them feeling like they actually should be part of my hands, not dry pads that could fall or scrape off under heavy exertion.Now that I have a white collar job, I use salve to recondition my hands and feet after backcountry camping trips. Amazingly it just visually eliminated all of the scrapes and nicks left on on my hands after 4 days of canyon hiking and scrambling in the Anza Borrego desert.I agree with others that it is best used at night before bed, as the application is a little oily. Smells unique, a bit outdoorsy and manly but not too strong, I kind of like it. Finally, its pricy considering it is mostly bees wax, but a little goes a long way so for me, well worth it.

I've tried so many "post-climb" creams and this really is the best. It doesn't soften the skin so much but does help the recovery. Since it lets your hands stay tough, you'll be set for the next climbing session, unlike other creams which help recovery but then your hands get destroyed next time.I use it immediately post-climb if I am not the one having to drive back (it's pretty greasy for a car's steering wheel). Then again, more importantly, I apply it to right before falling asleep on days that I climbed.

I like that they use natural ingredients and don’t have any added chemicals or perfumes. Heals skin and abrasions from climbing quickly and doubles as a good replacement for aquaphor on healing tattoos. A little goes a long way, no need to coat yourself in it.

Actually heals the cracks on my fingers from winter

Smells good, works decently

I recently completed a 9-day Winter hike... I made sure my feet were in good condition before I left by using this most days for a month or so before I left.Plus, I also used it each day after my hike after my feet had dried. Each morning my feet were feeling great, and my feet held up SOO well.I also used it on my hands at the same time (as doing my feet). I hiked with a wooden shovel handle to use as a hiking pole and snow instrument to replace an ice axe. I know for sure without this salve my hands would have blistered up in no time carrying and swinging around the wooden pole all day.Now I just need to figure out if I can get a bigger jar.

Had never used any kind of skin strengthening cream like this before. Hands were super dry and I applied the cream Friday. Climbed outdoors Saturday. Shredded my skin down pretty damn hard but no breakage. Applied cream that night and Sunday. It’s Monday and my hands look and feel amazing already.