Comments on: Study: Trekking poles make a big difference https://getgoingnc.com/2010/06/study-trekking-poles-make-a-big-difference/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=study-trekking-poles-make-a-big-difference Explore the outdoors, discover yourself. Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.6 By: Lauren https://getgoingnc.com/2010/06/study-trekking-poles-make-a-big-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-3831 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:46:25 +0000 http://www.getgoingnc.com/?p=1292#comment-3831 I second your verdict on poles. The main benefit is on downhills. You keep the poles in front of you to absorb the downhill shock. Before poles, my knees would turn to jelly after half a mile of steep downhill hiking, but the poles made the pain totally disappear, and made it possible for me to finish my AT section hike at age 64.

]]> By: JoeMiller https://getgoingnc.com/2010/06/study-trekking-poles-make-a-big-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-3722 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:33:05 +0000 http://www.getgoingnc.com/?p=1292#comment-3722 In reply to Sharon.

not to mention … navigating dicey stream crossings, picking stuff up that you dropped without having to bend over and risk your 40-pound pack that shouldn’t weigh more than 30 taking you over and rolling you down a mountain, prodding a black snake sunning across the trail, drawing pictures in the dirt …

]]> By: Sharon https://getgoingnc.com/2010/06/study-trekking-poles-make-a-big-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-3705 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:23:04 +0000 http://www.getgoingnc.com/?p=1292#comment-3705 Trekking poles are good for: Going uphill, going downhill, reducing swelling in the hands, knocking down spiderwebs, brushing aside tall vegetation, pushing medium size branches off the trail, pointing at interesting things in the distance, making noise to alert animals of your presence, defense against animals who didn’t hear you anyway, holding up the end of a tarp…the list goes on.

]]> By: Phelps https://getgoingnc.com/2010/06/study-trekking-poles-make-a-big-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-3639 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:58:31 +0000 http://www.getgoingnc.com/?p=1292#comment-3639 I second your verdict on poles. The main benefit is on downhills. You keep the poles in front of you to absorb the downhill shock. Before poles, my knees would turn to jelly after half a mile of steep downhill hiking, but the poles made the pain totally disappear, and made it possible for me to finish my AT section hike at age 64.

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