[pct-l] getting steamy...

Brandon McGinnity bmcginnity at gmail.com
Wed Mar 23 19:52:35 CDT 2011


touche, sir. It's my old prejudice against hiking poles in general coming
out. I'm a bit ashamed that I'm even going to be using them on the PCT; they
nearly drove me crazy on the AT, listening to my friend's poles all day
long... :)

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 7:35 PM, John Abela <pacificcresttrail2011 at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Totally understand.
>
> Some of us are just on the opposite side of things... some of us would
> never pay $30 bucks for a stick that weighs 3 times more than ours
> that cost 5 times more and weighs three times less.
>
> John
>
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 5:21 PM, Brandon McGinnity <bmcginnity at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I would never pay such money for sticks. I got my Lekis barely used for
> 30
> > bucks, thank you craigslist. Otherwise I'd never use store bought poles,
> > when they're the easiest thing to make in the world.
> >
> > But that's just me, YMMV, HYOH, etc.
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 4:59 PM, John Abela <
> pacificcresttrail2011 at gmail.com
> >> wrote:
> >
> >> I'll pass on the blackdiamond and take my GG LT4's !!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Paul Robison <
> paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > If that appeals to yu,  you should look into gossamer gear poles at
> abot
> >> 2.5 ounces... Almost half that weight
> >> >
> >> > Sent from my iPod
> >> >
> >> > On 2011-03-23, at 3:38 PM, patti kulesz <peprmintpati88 at yahoo.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> is it just me or does everyone else get a little steamy over these
> too?
> >> >>
> >> >> http://www.backcountryedge.com/black_diamond-ultra-distance.aspx
> >> >>
> >> >> Sugar Moma
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