[pct-l] Black Diamond FlickLock Poles

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

I have decided to try non-collapsible poles. Not so much because my  
Leki's collapse while I am using them, but because it is so hard to  
adjust them when I want to use them for my tent. After I unscrew them  
it's impossible to get them tight again and I spend a lot of time  
trying to fix them. Very frustrating. Except for using them as tent  
poles, I do not adjust my poles while hiking. So I decided to get  
poles that don't adjust. So far so good, even though they are much  
taller than I would normally set them for hiking. I just hold them  
lower down. No problemo.

On Dec 22, 2011, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> Subject: [pct-l] Black Diamond FlickLock Poles
>
> Recently I have become discouraged with the internal expander lock  
> mechanisms on poles such as Leki, Komperdel, and the less known  
> Fizan poles.