[pct-l] Cork trekking pole grips

[Montedodge at aol.com (Montedodge@xxxxxxx)]

 While I have Black Diamond poles with the rubber grips, I have several 
friends who don't use them because they want a cork grip. Their reason is they 
claim their hands sweat too much with the rubber grips and that the cork grips 
reduce the sweat in their hands on hot days or during hard work.  P.S. I love the 
Black Diamond Poles and their durable " Flick - Lock adjusters. These poles 
have around 3,500 miles on them and the bottom poles were replaced for free 
after I loaded them to Chicago Dave during his 2001 hike. They aren't the 
lightest poles though,but durable and the locks work quite well even with a 250 lb. 
old guy " wheezing  his way" up some hill!!