From: Dewey Hemphill (dewrayh@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Dec 11 2002 - 13:12:34 CST
Try campmor.com or sierratradingpost.com
The best prices I found were on Campmor's site.
--- Johnlebl@aol.com wrote:
> Trekking Poles
>
>
> > <<I want to get a pair of good hiking poles for my hubby. I do not
> > want/need
> > top-of-teh-line, but anti-shock would be nice.
> >
> > Any great deals on the net?
>
> Lorie McGraw >>
>
>
> <<Sierra Designs has some pretty good ones and the best prices I have seen.
> I
> got a set before my trek last summer and thought they were great.
>
> Alan Hamm>>
>
>
> Trekking poles was discussed at length last year and it sould be this year
> also.
>
> They range from $19.95 to $140.00+ a pair.
>
> How in the world do you decide what you need?
>
> With so many variables, I decided to go to a place where I could try them
> out. I went to our lodal REI satore. Good move. BTW, the Nantahala Outdoor
>
> Center west of Asheville, NC right on the Applachian trail will rent you some
>
> to try out.
>
> Anyway, there are trekking poles and there are trekking poles. Many makes
> and models to meet the needs of many different folks.
>
> For me, at age 57, returning to Philmont,I wanted functional trekking poles,
> not just a "walking staff".
>
> I bought them the same way I did my boots and pack and tent and stove and
> cook kit and all the rest of my outdoor gear. The process of elimination.
>
> I have found through the years that what is one persons idea of "the best" is
>
> not necessarily the same fro the next person.
>
> I ended up with Leki Super Makalus at $125.00. I would not trade them for a
>
> dozen other pairs or trekking poles if you gave them to me. They meet my
> needs and meet them well, but they may not meet your needs.
>
> The needs of a 15 year old boy and a 51 year old man are vastly different
> when it comes to trekking poles.
>
> There were a variety of poles on our crew last summer. Some had pairs, some
> single staffs but all swore that what they had was best. My thoughts on that
>
> is most people tend to justify what they bought. I know of two people sho
> simply carried them along on the trail. I never saw them use them as they
> wre designed to be used.
>
> I use mine very similar to ski poles. That is they take some of the weight
> off my lage, they help to propel me down the trail and they form a very firm
> and stiff third leg on rocky or unstable ground. They have angled and very
> comfortable grips. Corbon I think they are called. Anyway it is cork
> embedded in a rubber like stuff.
>
> They have adjustable anti chock springs and in Signe Rogers vernacular
>
> I LOVE MY TREKKING POLES.
>
> They are the best for me. I have tried ones without the anti chock and
> would not want to walk over a mile without springs in them. The anti chock
> makes a big difference on my elbows each time I plant one in the ground.
>
> If you are 15 years old, that might not matter, but it does matter to this
> old man.
>
> Let me just say that I am on my third pair.
>
> The first ones were "swiped" by my 15 year old daughter who carried them on
> trek. I had to buy another pair.
>
> She subsequently made a great freind at Philmont who did not have any adn
> gave her trekking poles to that friend to have and to use until they meet on
> the trail again.
>
> She then took my poles off my hands again and I bought a second replacement
> pair.
>
> I am now on my third pair for those reasons. Note that all three have been
> Leki Super Makalu poles. I could have gotten any brand and model I wanted
> each time, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
>
> Leki Suoer Makalu is my choice...three times!
>
> Get what you or your husband needs, and it may well be that you need the
> cheapest ones you can find. The choice is yours, but I will say there is a
> world of difference in the different models. Shop wisely.
>
> I've bought some nice stuff at great prices at Sierra Trading Post, but
> always remember there is a reason they are sellign it cheaply. Some are
> seconds, some are models that just don't sell well and well, you get the
> picture. There is a reason. That reason may not affect your needs and in
> that case it's like keeping money in the bank.
>
> Over the years I';ve sound that most Scouters and most Scouts parents shoot
> for middle ground equipment. Not high, not low quality but as the Cajun
> shrimper once told my dad "dems just good meadjums".
>
> Sometimes you don't get what you pay for, but you never get what you don't
> pay for.
>
> John LeBlanc
> Eagle Class of 1959
> Phirst Phil Ptrek 1959
> PhilTrek 2002 630H2 Trek 16
> My latest adventure was yesterday,
> Today is not over yet!
>
>
>
=====
DH
mailto:dewrayh@yahoo.com
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