There are wonderful advantages to taping your wrists and fingers, however you need to know which types of tape to use for which application. Climber's Tape (Athletic Tape): For stability of a tissue or a joint. Slowly stretches out with time (15%). Limits motion of that which to which it is applied. Adheres nicely to itself and to skin. Climbers tape is best used for taping pulleys, stabilizing unhappy over-mobile joints and limiting motion in a previously injured region. An