[at-l] hiking sticks

[GRoberts@npr.org (Gary Roberts)]

After flying to Missouri from Wash., DC this last weekend...they will not
let you bring a hiking stick on any planes.  You can check it as luggage
tho.  I tried to carry on a coupla of golf clubs and they guy at the counter
said sure.  The head of security at the gate said positively no.  The guy at
the check-in had only been there a week.

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Bob C. [mailto:ellen@clinic.net] 
Sent:	Tuesday, February 26, 2002 4:09 PM
To:	at-l@backcountry.net
Subject:	[at-l] hiking sticks

"...I > used wooden hiking poles for years - still have them.  But the Lekis
ARE
"..I > > lighter, stronger and easier to stow - and portable." argues Jim.

I agree with two of the four. My five foot wooden stick weighed 10.5 ounces
on
the scale at the PA RUCK. The Leki we weighed at the PA RUCK came in at 10
ounces. I could cut a chunk off my stick and bring it below 10 ounces, but I
won't I'm tall and I like a long walking stick.

In 11 years my hiking staff (stick, pole, you name it) has never needed a
repair. I hear complaints all the time about Leki's breaking. And I read on
the
list about how wonderful Leki is about fixing poles that break. That
suggests to
me that my wooden hiking staff is stronger. But I'm not going to do a
scientific
test. I'd cry if I broke my walking stick and people would think I was
getting
old.

I've never tried a plane, but my hiking staff has been on Greyhound and
AMTRAK
many times.

Weary



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