[pct-l] Kennedy Meadows Drop Box

[Stephen]

Palamino,
Get the Leki Carbide tips that have a round cup pattern.  I bought a set of 
these for my Komperdell's in Tuolumne a few years ago and the carbide tips 
are still like new ! What is wearing out is the plastic part but I am amazed 
how long these are holding up after hundreds of miles on rough trails, 
granite, and so forth.  There are both steel and carbide tips out there of 
different patterns.  The steel would wear out fast like you note, and the 
star pattern carbide I'd avoid also.
Stephen
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Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 8:22 AM
Subject: [pct-l] Kennedy Meadows Drop Box


> To Steel Eye's excellent list I would add hiking pole tips (if you use 
> hiking poles). Mine were worn to the nubs by the time I reached Trail 
> Pass. I am fortunate to have friends who live in Lone Pine. When they 
> picked me up at Horseshoe Meadows for resupply, they kindly drove me to 
> Wilson's in Bishop to buy new pole tips...would have been faster, cheaper, 
> more responsible, etc. to have included them in my box at KM.
> Palomino
> San Juan Bautista, CA
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