[at-l] sticks???-silly question

[watuwando2@cs.com (watuwando2@cs.com)]

Silly question but I was wondering if anyone has ever had a problem with carpal tunnel syndrom and constantly gripping the stick/pole?

amy


"Shane Steinkamp" <shane@theplacewithnoname.com> wrote:

>> And  of  course he is right. But then I don't
>> fall, but I observe others falling
>> and  hear  them  discuss  falling.  So  I
>> speculate about why. I just report my
>> suspicions. I'd welcome alternative explanations.
>
>Well, don't take this wrong, but you're almost old.  Old
>people don't get that way by being stupid, careless, or
>clumsy.
>
>Having said that, I went hiking with Bob this weekend (still
>working on the report...) and when I went for my choice of
>pole or poles, I picked out an old wooden stick that is
>actually the hickory handle of an old broom.  It doesn't
>have too many trips left in it, but I was very happy to have
>it to steady me while I ate, smoked, read my map, wiped my
>brow, drank, grabbed trees and roots, and did myriad other
>things with the other hand.
>
>I used one stick while Bob used two this weekend.  I was the
>more steady of the two, but only because I am experienced at
>walking in un-level terrain and he is not, despite his being
>almost twice my age.  I should not that neither one of us
>fell at all.
>
>I suppose that if I were in heavy terrain or needed to cover
>long distances fast, then I might use the 'advantage' of two
>poles, but I just cannot bring myself to switch to that
>system for all my walks...
>
>I suppose it's what you're used to, or what you were raised
>on.
>
>Shane
>
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