[pct-l] trekking poles with lever lock

[Paul Robison]

Steel eye's posts are always good advice to take;  but I wonder if a pole more likely to slip at the wrong moment might lead to hurt ankles, other falls etc.  Vs a pole that won't slip;  it might break but would be far less likely to do so...

... I have had my BD ergo corks slip on me before,  in a heavy volcanic dust area they weren't tight enough and eventually slipped about two inches... I didn't fall,  but at the wrong moment would have fallen the same had they broke or slipped two inches either way.

If breaking the poles is a concern the BD poles are easy to leave a little looser so they will slip under hard strain... 

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On 2011-03-19, at 8:39 AM, CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net> wrote:

> Good morning, Zinger,
> 
> 
> I think extra-tight pole locks can create mischief.  I find the average
> twist-locks perfectly good, and I don’t make them overly tight.  Very
> aggressive locks do not allow the pole to perform the function of collapsing
> a few inches when an unusually high force is applied, and there is a
> distinct risk of the pole buckling and breaking rather than just
> slipping.  I’ve
> ruined two poles in that way when instead I could have easily readjusted a
> short, harmless slippage.
> 
> 
> 
> If I thought I had to pitch my tarp in such a way as to withstand heavy snow
> I could just adjust the lock more tightly.  More likely I would opt to pitch
> the tarp in a more sheltered, wooded area where not only would there be less
> snow, but also the front and rear lines could be tied-out to trees at an
> upward angle rather than at a downward angle to the ground, thereby easing
> the load on the pole.
> 
> Steel-Eye
> 
> Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965
> 
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> 
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> 
> 
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Jim Bravo <jimbravo2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Does anyone have a favorite trekking pole with a lever locking
>> mechanism? I am looking for a good, reasonably lightweight pole that
>> won't slip under load. My current twist lock pole (Komperdell) failed
>> this afternoon when my tent was loaded with 2 inches of wet snow (I
>> was not in it at the time!)
>> 
>> Zinger
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