Re: [at-l] Hiking Poles

[Forrest.Borre@walgreens.com]

Where do you find bamboo growing?  I live near Chicago, but have hiked all over
the country,
admittedly not everywhere, and the only place I have found bamboo is in Hawaii.

>In defense of "organic" hiking poles, every year I go to a nearby
>stand of bamboo and trim 4 candidate hiking sticks, These then dry
>for a year, get a hole drilled in them and a length of cord inserted,
>and last for about 300 miles (some more, some less - they don't love
>getting wet, I've noticed). Total cost: nill (I reuse the cord). YMMV.
>
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>                                . Gary from Fairfax .
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