[pct-l] Hiking poles on airplanes

[Patrick Beggan]

Yeah, I usually just tie mine off to the top of my duffel bag when I  
travel somewhere to hike or take photos (but not long-distance  
backpack). Sometimes they make me sign a waiver for improperly secured  
baggage or some such, but nothing bad has ever happened. Eric's idea  
sounds safer, though.

I take the train now mostly anyway, baggage is much simpler and free  
on the train. You handle it yourself, basically. :P I put it in the  
cubby section down on the lower floors of the superline, or behind the  
backmost train car seats on a single floor and it's fine, I usually  
just slip my poles through some carbiners on the pack and tie them off  
at the top to the lid.



On Jan 24, 2008, at 1:22 PM, Eric Lee (GAMES) wrote:

> Patrick wrote:
>>
> They're treated like ski poles. Can't carry them on, have to check  
> them.
>>
>
> What I've done in the past is buy an appropriate length of drain  
> pipe and two end caps from Home Depot or similar.  You can put your  
> poles in there, tape it up, and check it as a piece of baggage  
> without fearing damage.
>
> Eric