You get climbing gloves by going to the keeper library, and getting the Acolyte upgrade. Then you save up 2000g and go to the store in the docks. You can get them there. P.S. they work AWESOMELY
Just like Sonic, Mario, Tails, Amy, Silver, Knuckles. Blaze, Its a natural character design for video game Characters, especially those part of the Sonic The Hedgehog Series.