Re: [pct-l] Trekking Poles?

["R.J. Calliger (510.502.5552)" <calliger@infolane.com>]

I carry the Liek (sp?) collaspabile poles on anything longer than
about 20 miles with light or heavy pack becasue of stream
crossings on logs, boulder hopping and downhills.  There
weight is "minimal" and when I want my hands free I stow
them on the side of the pack. Lately I have been finding that
just one pole is sufficent for 5 to 100 miles +. Perhaps that
is because of my foot injury and I favor one side now.

Rich


At 7:27 AM -0800 1/9/2000, Jim Mayer wrote:
>Peter,
>
>I used a pair of hiking poles for a couple of years and liked them very much.
>This past summer, though, I went on a couple of "ultralight" hikes (my total
>pack weight including food and water was under 25 pounds) and discovered that
>I really didn't need the poles and rather enjoyed having my hands free.
>
>Anyway, I no longer take the poles when I'm going the "ruck sack & trail
>runners" route.  I'll take them for winter camping (they are real important
>with snowshoes) or any time I'm carrying a big load (e.g. I'm playing
>packhorse on a family trip).
>
>One caveat... my longest trip with the ultralight gear was about 50 miles.
>
>-- Jim Mayer
>
>"Peter Haskell" <pchaskell@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 12:22:40 PST
>> Subject: [pct-l] Trekking Poles?
>>
>> On a couple of shakedown hikes, I've used trekking poles, but both times I
>> found them to be more of a hassle that a help.  Maybe, I thought, it's
>> because I'm hiking in flat Texas.  I'd appreciate hearing opinions about the
>
>> pros and cons of using poles on the PCT.  Are there kinds of terrain where
>> they're especially useful?  Any of you carrying just one pole?
>>
>> As it stands now, I plan to leave them at home and use the tent poles for my
>
>> Nomad Lite.  But I'm open to new data.
>>
>> Peter
>
>
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