[at-l] hiking sticks: another difference

[thornel@attglobal.net (W F Thorneloe)]

This is true. BTW, the URL Stitches offered this AM on trekking poles is 
very much worth the visit. These are very good pictures of how to hold and 
use these poles. Spend a little time to make the investment benefit you 
regardless of what brand poles you purchase. I entirely agree with his 
assessment that the shock absorbers are of little consequence.

OrangeBug

< BTW the URL was: http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/poles.htm >

At 04:30 PM 2/26/2002 -0500, Papa Bear wrote:
>Your GRASP the staff with your hand, but you REST your hand on the pole
>strap.  Then you LIFT the staff, but you SWING the pole.  This has been
>described in books and by people to me several times and is supposed to
>result in much less fatigue.