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

[ellen at clinic.net (Bob C.)]

>"...Get a bucket fill it about half way with soil, smooth the surface off. Now
>take your hiking pole and poke a couple of holes in the soil. Now get your
>water hose and sprinkle the soil with the hose. Sha-zam the holes fill in! But
>the bucket still has the same amount of soil and none has eroded away.Now
>that's science Weary."

Now we are getting somewhere. J. Bryan is absolutely correct. For mountains with
only level trails, sharp-pointed hiking sticks do no harm.

Weary