[pct-l] Top ten reasons for trekking poles

[Robert W. Freed]

10. tent pole
9. shoe drying rack
8. holding your water pump tube in swift flowing streams
7. fishing pole
6. clearing rattle snakes off the trail
5. clearing cob webs
4. making scare crows with jacket and hat
3. knocking dew off of trail side brush
2. play stick the pine cone while walking
1. using one pole to pick the other up off the groundoh yea,... the whole balance walking, ease joint pain thing.