Trekking Pole Thread

>>968070
>having to find secure places for 4 legs when you could be looking for only 2
and the reason you don't see me is because i'm already up and over that talus and scree pass while you're still at the bottom timidly poking every rock to see which ones you can brace your sissy sticks against.

learn to move with the terrain instead of wasting money on frivolous toys trying to conquer it and you'll move twice as fast.

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>This thread again.

>>968070
Trekking poles are great if you're in the mountains with a heavy pack, or need to cross rivers. They double as tarp poles, you can put up a clothesline between them, use them to defend against feral dogs, or as a monopod for your camera.
If you """""hike""""" with them in flat terrain with a light pack, you're a faggot.

>>968121
>sissy sticks
they're 160 dollar aluminum/carbon fiber white beauties, have fun doing low kilometers with sore joints and feet because you don't have poles to take pressure off, I will be busy hiking 12 hours every day months on end and feel like a million bucks afterwards

>>968121
>wasting money on frivolous toys
>>968153
>160 dollar aluminum/carbon fiber white beauties
thank you for proving my point. :)

>>968153
kek
sissy confirmed

>>968070
What are the best cheapest ones?
Will $30 ones break after a mile?

>>968203
Yes

>>968208
What is second to carbon fiber or a company that is cheaper? I'd be okay with paying around $80.

>>968070
They are used by almost everyone in the Alps. I was skeptical at first, but they make a considerable difference.

>>968121
No one bothers doing this because they aren't fucking spergs asking for mechanical injury hours from help.

Anyone used any msr poles before? Im new to trekking poles and i get a good discount with msr where i work, although id be willing to look at other brands

>>968203
I have a pair of kelty trekking poles that aren't expensive. Got them as a gift and they work well.

>>968203
No, but the lock won't hold, so they'll get an inch shorter every mile you walk, which is fucking annoying.

>>968131

or, like my mom, you have a hip replacement, and having extra support makes it easier to walk.

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>>968552
if your mom lived 500 years ago she would have been dinosaur food

>>968215
Aluminum. I assume you know to never get twist lock poles. McKinley makes great ones for as low as 50CAD

>>968279
Msr makes fantastic gear but the worst fucking poles you can imagine. Look at McKinley, Black Diamond and MBC

>>968783
My aluminium black diamond twist locks have never failed in the past 7 years, no slipping. I have replaced the carbide tip twice now though, they are consumables.

Black diamond flicklocks FTW!

They really help me since I have weak stabilizing muscles

>>968884
Are there any advantages over a branch? I can't think of any.
In before you can't find a branch in a desert and it might break. Say you're on the AT with a millions trees.

>>969446
light weight, great grips, adjustable length.

just choking up on a stick doesn't let you palm the top, which is very helpful for descending.

and when properly fitted with the strap, the grip is like a joint in the body, extending out behind you with your stride while often reguiring only the thumb and forefinger to grip.

>>969446
Yeah. You have to death grip a branch, I barely grip my trekking poles at all, the straps take your weight from your wrists.

>>968783
>>968795
you two...fight!