Re: [at-l] trekking poles

[W F Thorneloe <thornel@attglobal.net>]

It could be more of a problem that you realize. If your pack puts much 
pressure on your shoulders or areas of your upper arm, you might damage 
your brachial plexus of other nerves. I suspect it is possible for similar 
injury as in carpal tunnel syndrome if you have excessive pressure from the 
straps on your wrists. This would be a good reason to replace straps or 
modify them to spread over at least 1-2 inches wide.

If this was the real world, I'd at least like to check reflexes, sensation, 
and strength - maybe even a Nerve Conduction test (you would hate me) to 
assess nerve injury. The treatment would be to stop whatever you were doing 
to get injured, and see if it got better.

OrangeBug

At 09:26 AM 8/9/2000, Mara Factor wrote:
>I realized that I had lost a lot of strength in my hands.  Opening jars, 
>for example, was very difficult, if not impossible.  Seemed strange in 
>that I carried hiking poles the whole way.

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From:          Tom Fort <tjfort@netdoor.com>
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Date:          Wed, 09 Aug 2000 10:18:22 -0500
Subject:       Re: [at-l] Whisperlite
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The only concern I have about the whisperlite is how short the fuel
line is.  Would it kill them to make it a few inches longer.  It's so
close the the flame.  But, then, you don't hear a lot of stories of
them blowing up.

t.
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