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Posted by f_klock on March 11, 2008 at 9:41:43 am EDT
In reply to Re: How valuable of a use are trekking poles? posted by Tom D on March 11, 2008 at 2:58:04 am EDT

I use poles from time to time. They DO take some of the stress off of your knees and back, that's a fact.

I always carry a small (6X8) tarp in my pack. That combined with some paracord and my poles = instant shelter if I need it in an emergency. If a plastic tarp is too heavy to carry around, you can always make a shelter cover out of an old tent fly or even a piece of the old tent itself.

SAR people use trekking poles as tracking sticks, to measure the stride of the person they are tracking. Actually, it works for tracking animals as well.

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