[pct-l] ski poles as trekking poles?

[glenhubbell at yahoo.com (Glen Hubbell)]

Ski poles work fine. Broom sticks work good too.
Weight carried in your hands is unrelated to pack
weight so long as you do not strap your poles onto
your pack. The limit to how much pole weight you
should carry is directly related to your arm strength.
My Black Diamonds weigh over a pound each. One is the
Whippet with an ice axe built into it. On the other I
have a small roll of duct tape and have made a carrier
for my tent steaks. 

Chance
PCT ?03 & ?04 

--- Marion Davison <mardav@charter.net> wrote:

> josh brown wrote:
> 
> > i've never hiked with poles before, but from what
> i'm reading they 
> > seem to be something i'd find beneficial. i have
> enough things to 
> > spend big money on, with gear and food and stuff,
> and i'm wondering if 
> > anyone has used ski poles (modified or not) as
> hiking poles. a local 
> > thrift store has some for a dollar per pair, and
> it's totally worth it 
> > for me to try this out.
> >
> > as i've never been skiing either, i have no idea
> what the differences 
> > are between hiking and skiing poles.
> >
> > anyone? i would think that for the cost of the
> used thrift store poles 
> > and any mods i made to them, i'd still come under
> the cost of a new or 
> > used pair or specifically hiking poles.
> >
> > thanks in advance.
> >
> > josh.
> >
> >
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> We have been hiking with thrift store ski poles as
> trekking poles since 
> 1993.  Ski poles have hollow tips that wear thru
> with continued 
> battering on hard surfaces, so we put Leki
> replacement tips on them.  We 
> have replaced these tips a couple times over the
> years, as they 
> eventually wear out.  The tips cost about 12.50. 
> We are using old ski poles for two reasons:
> 1.  We are too cheap to buy trekking poles when the
> thrift store poles 
> are so cheap.
> A lot of our clothing and other gear comes from
> thrift stores--silk 
> shirts, hiking pants, goretex and down outerwear,
> etc.
> 2.  We hike with llamas, and occasionally a llama
> will step on a hiking 
> stick and bend it or break it.  If it was a hundred
> dollar pole, we 
> would be really mad, but since it's just a dollar
> thrift store pole, we 
> just replace it.  We can move the Leki tip to the
> new pole.
> llamalady
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