[pct-l] pole maintance

Thu Oct 28 20:10:22 CDT 2010

The twist-lock poles we product-tested this spring failed miserably, where 
the cam-locks held every time we fell against them in time of need! You 
should have seen the inventive ways other hikers used to keep their 
twist-locks from compressing--even denting them because the duct tape 
slipped.

"Just remember, Be Careful out there!"

Ned Tibbits, Director
Mountain Education
1106A Ski Run Blvd
South Lake Tahoe, Ca. 96150
    P: 888-996-8333
    F: 530-541-1456
    C: 530-721-1551
    http://www.mountaineducation.org
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amanda L Silvestri" <aslive at sbcglobal.net>
To: <ned at mountaineducation.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] pole maintance

Twist locks?  Yes.

Amanda

--- On Thu, 10/28/10, ned at mountaineducation.org <ned at mountaineducation.org> 
wrote:

> From: ned at mountaineducation.org <ned at mountaineducation.org>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] pole maintance
> To: "Amanda L Silvestri" <aslive at sbcglobal.net>
> Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010, 11:20 AM
> Thanks, Amanda. Are they also
> twist-locks?
>
>
>
> "Just remember, Be Careful out there!"
>
> Ned Tibbits, Director
> Mountain Education
> 1106A Ski Run Blvd
> South Lake Tahoe, Ca. 96150
> P: 888-996-8333
> F: 530-541-1456
> C: 530-721-1551
> http://www.mountaineducation.org
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Amanda L Silvestri" <aslive at sbcglobal.net>
> To: <ned at mountaineducation.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 9:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] pole maintance
>
>
> Mine are Leki poles, maybe three years old. Don't ask
> me what model.
>
> Shepherd
>
> --- On Wed, 10/27/10, ned at mountaineducation.org
> <ned at mountaineducation.org>
>
> wrote:
>
> > From: ned at mountaineducation.org
> <ned at mountaineducation.org>
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] pole maintance
> > To: "CHUCK CHELIN" <steeleye at wildblue.net>,
> "Amanda L Silvestri"
> > <aslive at sbcglobal.net>
> > Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
> > Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 7:50 PM
> > Did anyone say what brands have grips
> > that do this?
> >
> >
> >
> > "Just remember, Be Careful out there!"
> >
> > Ned Tibbits, Director
> > Mountain Education
> > 1106A Ski Run Blvd
> > South Lake Tahoe, Ca. 96150
> > P: 888-996-8333
> > F: 530-541-1456
> > C: 530-721-1551
> > http://www.mountaineducation.org
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "CHUCK CHELIN"
> <steeleye at wildblue.net>
> > To: "Amanda L Silvestri" <aslive at sbcglobal.net>
> > Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 7:31 PM
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] pole maintance
> >
> >
> > Good evening, Shepherd,
> >
> > Several years ago I had a similar slippage problem
> with my
> > black foam grips.
> > I really liked the feel of those grips but after a
> thousand
> > miles or so they
> > just wouldn’t stay in place on the pole; very
> > aggravating. That foam, and
> > other grips I’ve had made of solid rubber or
> plastic, was
> > softened by DEET
> > from my hands. With the solid rubber and plastic
> > grips the only real
> > downside was that my hands were always a real yucky
> black
> > – worse than
> > expected even on a hiker. When the foam grips were
> > DEET-damaged I believe
> > there’s an 80-90% chance that they just became too
> loose
> > for the adhesive to
> > do its job or, alternately, the sweaty DEET also
> permeated
> > to similarly
> > damage the adhesive.
> >
> > DEET doesn’t affect all plastics, but I resolved my
> > specific problem by
> > pitching the foam-grip models – which by then were
> pretty
> > well spawned out
> > anyway – replacing them with poles that have
> composite
> > cork grips. The
> > composite filler material may also eventually degrade
> but
> > at least it is a
> > light brown color and will be less noticeable on my
> hands.
> >
> > Enjoy,
> >
> >
> >
> > Steel-Eye
> >
> > Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965
> >
> > http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
> >
> > http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Amanda L Silvestri
> > <aslive at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
> >
> > > The rubber handle on one of my tracking poles has
> come
> > loose and has slid
> > > about three inches down the pole shaft. I can
> > nudge it back up but it keeps
> > > working it's way back down again. I want to
> > secure it. For adhering rubber
> > > to metal would rubber cement, an A/B epoxy, hot
> glue
> > or some other adhesive
> > > be the best way to go?
> > >
> > > Shepherd
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