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I am going to talk a little bit now about hiking poles and staffs. There a little bit
more useful then you might think this one here being very rustic looking but even this
one can take a little bit of pressure off of you knees as you going down a hill. The
down side is a little heavy. It looks nice but a little heavy. You get into poles then
they become lighter and more compact. There are single pole set ups like these. There
nice particularly in groomed trails sense you?re only using one pole you?re not tearing
up the ground so much. But on more rugged terrain some people will even go to two poles
like this. They look very much like down hill ski poles. With one in each hand when you
pick one up ones always on the ground unlike the single pole set up. When you pick it up
its useless until you put it back down as you go down hill you place it in front of
you and take some of the pressure off your knees as your going down hill. You can also
use it going up hill to help pull you up. If you have any questions on poles give your
local up hillier a holler.