[at-l] hiking poles' efficiency...

[jbullar1 at twcny.rr.com (Jim Bullard)]

At 09:57 AM 11/14/2003 -0600, Shane wrote:
> > > Apart from their base weight, it has been written that hiking
> > > poles will cause one to burn 20% more calories.  I am not sure
> > > if that is true, ...
> >
> > ### Nah -- not true. (Somebody's fed you bad science, Rick.)
>
>This is actually true.  I was rather surprised myself, to be honest, but two
>or three Backpacking magazines ago they published the test results.
>
>Shane

How did they test it? I've seen all sorts of estimates of calories burned 
per unit of exercise but I always took them to be estimates. It isn't like 
you can check to see how much gas was used from the fuel tank. What is the 
method for determining calories burned?

Saunterer