[pct-l] 45 Uses for Trekking Poles on the Trail

[Ned Tibbits]

That's interesting, Mango, I don't use my pole straps and have even cut them 
off in the past! The reason is when I fall on snow and start sliding, if I 
don't have control of my pole, it is just another item that can hurt me as I 
vault over it or it hits me while going down the snow-slope.



Ned Tibbits, Director
Mountain Education
www.mountaineducation.org
-----Original Message----- 
From: Jim & Jane Moody
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 3:15 PM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] 45 Uses for Trekking Poles on the Trail

I don't think anyone has mentioned that trekking poles are a great place to 
carry a few turns of duct tape, just below the handle. On the AT, I had to 
use that duct tape on the poles themselves to keep one of them from 
telescoping closed. I have since switched to cam-lock poles and like them 
much better.

I also was a victim of straps and handles being chewed down while asleep at 
night, also in a Six Moon Design tent. You don't realize how much you depend 
on on the straps until they're gone.

Mango

----- Original Message -----

From: "gary schenk" <gary_schenk at verizon.net>
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 11:55:49 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] 45 Uses for Trekking Poles on the Trail


Here's one more to add to the list:

- get your center of gravity away from your feet so you fall off that log 
and into the creek.

On 10/26/13, Michael Irving wrote:

Great List Eric...I love my trekking poles for many of the same reasons!

Here are a few more to add to the list.

- Glue a 2-gram bubble compass to the top for a quick reference and to avoid 
carrying a heavier one as backup to SmartPhone compass
- Jam it into the soft ground or amongst rocks to create an off-the-ground 
tripod for camera. I screwed just the top of a tripod mount to it which is 
very light or I've also just wrapped the legs of my small-light tripod 
around the grip.
- Use it to dig cat-holes saving the weight of a small shovel.

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