[pct-l] Trail Gear - Pole Tips

[Dan McKean]

Soaking the tips of trekking poles in very hot water (170F) for a few minutes might soften the glue so the tips can be replaced without too much bother.

I just did this with a pair of Black Diamond poles and put replacement Leki tips on them.

Dan

> On Feb 10, 2015, at 19:08, Marion Davison <mardav at charter.net> wrote:
> 
> We hike with old ski poles with Leki tips added.  We carry spare tips. Ray has replaced them in the field several times, by carving off the old tip (the plastic part) and hammering on the new ones with whatever is available.  He found a picnic table very handy for this operation on one occasion.
> Why old ski poles, you may ask?  I hike with llamas and they frequently step on my poles.  They haven't been able to break my ski poles. I would be so pissed if they broke a hundred dollar trekking pole, and besides, I can't hike without my poles because I have bad knees.  So I need durable poles.
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