[pct-l] Help with trekking poles

[Kim Geisreiter]

Amanda

I decided not to check any luggage because i didnt want to risk anything getting lost in the black hole of missplaced luggage or broken. Also there is so many things that cant be checked now days that i would have to mail myself stuff anyways. I just am playing it safe, or some may say paranoid :).
I now plan on getting cardboard shipping tubes, like many have suggested, and mailing them out on monday. Luckily i left myself some wiggle room for shipping out my gear, so shipping on monday should be fine. (again that paranoid thing)
Thanks again for everyones input and see ya on the trail!

Kim-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Lee (GAMES) <elee at microsoft.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 2:40 PM
To: Amanda L Silvestri <aslive at sbcglobal.net>; pct-l at backcountry.net <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Help with trekking poles

Amanda wrote:
>
  Why are you not checking any baggage on the plane?  In the past I have put my trekking poles in a triangular shipping tube, very strong and light.  You can get them at any UPS store.
>

Actually, it was Kim who asked the original question.  And a cardboard shipping tube would be great, too, especially if it's a one-way trip because you can recycle it.  Someone else mentioned just wrapping them in a couple of towels and checking them that way - I certainly wouldn't recommend that, knowing how things get abused by baggage handlers.  Odds are good they'd come out bent.

Eric
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