[pct-l] Trekking poles

[Thomas Jamrog]

This is correct, and the strap loop also should be adjusted to fit the person's hands to take full advantage of the poles' design features.
Uncle Tom 


On Jan 15, 2010, at 10:51 AM, AsABat wrote:

> There's also a hazard in NOT using straps, being sprains and repetitive
> stress wrist problems. The proper use of a strap is to have the wrist bone
> resting on the bottom of the strap loop, so that your hands don't have to
> hold the grip much at all, putting weight on your arm bones rather than
> having your wrist take all the weight and stress.
> 
> AsABat
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