[at-l] Hiking Poles

[askowronek at mindspring.com (Amy Skowronek)]

On Sep 22, 2004, at 12:37 PM, Mark Hudson wrote:

>
>
> Now to rattle the cage a little more: Anti-shock or Non-Anti Shock? 
> What's
> the preference?
> Me? I can't stand the clack-clack-clack from the anti shock. They'd 
> have to
> be really good for me to put up with the noise...
>

I don't get the point of Anti-shock poles.  Are they for people with 
arthritic
joints in their arms?

To me, it's disconcerting to put weight on the pole and have it move a 
little.

-amy