Re: [at-l] Hiking Poles

[ThatSloetoe <sloetoe@yahoo.com>]

--- HECTOR PEREZ <wihungen@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I have seen your comments regarding hiking poles. I have used them many 
> times during my life. They can be either a very good tool but also quite 
> troublesome sometimes. They can be used to stand up a tarp, to help someone
> on a cliff etc but ...
> 
> For long hikes, I rather not use them at all.

### I can't stand to use 'em when I'm just "hiking", but I feel naked without
'em as soon as I put a backpack on. Haven't figured that one out yet.



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Sloetoe


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    in the strangest of places, if you look at it right."

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