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Posted by BigSmoke on April 11, 2008 at 12:20:19 am EDT
In reply to How valuable of a use are trekking poles? posted by utahhiker on March 11, 2008 at 2:15:49 am EDT

I love my poles, great for uphill, sketchy terrain like others have mentioned. I feel like I am using less energy and leg muscle when going uphill and downhill. Your brain has this little automatic feature that keeps you balanced sending neural impulses to your muscles to keep you from falling over. Using the poles lessens the number of times those little neural impulses fire thus lessing the work the muscles have to do to keep you balanced.

Now, I am not a genius by any means and have pretty much deduced this on my own. I might be wrong but, hey if that is what I convince my brain is the truth then the psychological benefit is worth it... so don't go blowing my theory with a bunch of gobb'ldy gook.

I bought my poles at an REI attic sale for $19.00, they were $120 retail. They had only been used once and returned because the original buyer did not like them...

Attic sales rule!! December I bought over $1,000 worth of gear for $250...

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• Re: How valuable of a use are trekking poles? - overmywaders 22:25:32 04/12/2008

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