[pct-l] Trekking poles

[Ernie Castillo]

I once hiked with some poles.

And some czechs.

And some germans . . . 

 

Sorry. Work is getting to me.

Ernie Castillo
erniec01 at hotmail.com
248 884 5201



 
> Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:56:43 -0800
> From: steeleye at wildblue.net
> To: balrog at midcoast.com
> CC: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Trekking poles
> 
> Good morning, all,
> 
> 
> The “proper” use and adjustment of pole wrist straps is debatable, and
> entirely a matter of personal preference. One camp inserts the hand down
> through the loop to grasp the pole grip. The center of the loop is then
> under the wrist. This method uses a relatively short loop length.
> 
> 
> The other camp – of which I’m a member -- inserts the hand up through the
> loop to grasp both the pole grip and the two sides of the strap at the same
> time. In this usage the center of the loop is over the top of the wrist,
> and the hand is supported by the two sides of the loop along the sides of
> the hand. This method uses a somewhat longer loop length. You can
> recognize these hikers because they will have a white, non-suntanned, stripe
> across the tops of their wrists.
> 
> 
> If I use straps, this is the method I use. I find them easier to put on my
> wrists and I prefer the supportive feel, but I find another distinct
> advantage: If I want to quickly let go of the pole to use my hand for
> something else, all I have to do is open my grip and the pole will instantly
> drop and hang by the strap below my wrist to make my entire hand immediately
> available. If I had been using the other method, when opening my hand the
> pole straps would still be between my thumb and index finger and the pole
> grip would be hanging at my palm to obstruct use of the hand. It is then
> necessary to shake the pole grip to out of the hand – an aggravating extra
> step if the hand is needed quickly.
> 
> 
> Currently I don’t use the straps, and have removed them entirely. Instead I
> have a very light pair of tethers which will keep the pole from being lost
> after a tumble on a snowpack side-hill or while fording. I list them with
> the “maybe” Sierra gear.
> 
> 
> I have never experienced wrist pain from not using the straps, but that may
> be just me -- the result of a life-time of using tools and lifting weights.
> 
> 
> Enjoy your planning,
> 
> Steel-Eye
> 
> Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965
> 
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> 
> 
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 8:01 AM, Thomas Jamrog <balrog at midcoast.com> wrote:
> 
> > This is correct, and the strap loop also should be adjusted to fit the
> > person's hands to take full advantage of the poles' design features.
> > Uncle Tom
> >
> >
> > On Jan 15, 2010, at 10:51 AM, AsABat wrote:
> >
> > > There's also a hazard in NOT using straps, being sprains and repetitive
> > > stress wrist problems. The proper use of a strap is to have the wrist
> > bone
> > > resting on the bottom of the strap loop, so that your hands don't have to
> > > hold the grip much at all, putting weight on your arm bones rather than
> > > having your wrist take all the weight and stress.
> > >
> > > AsABat
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