[at-l] Hiking poles

[lwbooher@halifax.com (Leslie Booher)]

No, these were little plastic caps.  Since then, I've gotten a pair of
rubber tips, too, the things that look like crutch tips.  Leslie (anklebear)

-----Original Message-----
From: Irene Meyers <iameyers@yahoo.com>
To: at-l <at-l@backcountry.net>
Date: Thursday, February 22, 2001 7:52 AM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Hiking poles


>I always use rubber tips on my hiking poles.  Don't
>know if we are talking about the same thing, though.
>With the rubber tips, you don't hear 'clanking' on the
>rocks, and you don't scratch the surface of the rocks.
> I find they grip just fine, if fact I used them last
>weekend in snow ice (okay, I admit, I couldn't get the
>tips off, and it worked fine on the icy trail).
>
>I really prefer it, I think because it is quieter (on
>rocks, etc.  Makes no difference on soil :) ).
>
>Irene
>--- Leslie Booher <lwbooher@halifax.com> wrote:
>> Don't do what I did the first time I used my Lekis.
>> There were these little
>> black plastic caps on them that wore through on my
>> first hike.  I called the
>> company for replacements.  "Oh, those.  They are
>> just there for
>> transportation to keep the tips from going through
>> the box or your pack.
>> You're supposed to take them off to hike."  Ooops!
>> My bad.  <G>  Leslie
>> (anklebear)
>
>
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