[pct-l] ADZPCTKO Vendors : To pole or not to pole

[Chris Pratt]

Patrick,

I do recommend hiking with poles especially in mountainous terrain. They 
are probably the cheapest insurance against different types of injuries 
while hiking.

Having said that: I've flown many times with poles strapped to my 
backpack inside of a plastic bag with no issues (I tape them together 
and tape the tips).  I've also used a synthetic duffel bag if I have a 
place to leave it while I'm out hiking.  A three part collapsing set of 
hiking sticks collapse down pretty small size and should be no issue.   
I've also checked backpacks without putting them inside of anything on 
flights with plane changes with no issues (just tie up the shoulder and 
waist belts real good so they can not catch on anything).

Otherwise outdoor stores are everywhere in the US and hiking sticks are 
easy to get.

Chris
On 3/13/2013 8:31 AM, patrick griffith wrote:
> I did see that,
> However I'm not sure I'm willing to risk an argument over them at check in, i'd prefer to play it safe
> Patrick
> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 05:27:11 -0800
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] ADZPCTKO Vendors : To pole or not to pole
> From: melaniekclarke at gmail.com
> To: patrickjgriffith at hotmail.com
> CC: pct-l at backcountry.net
>
> Hiking and ski poles are now approved for flying, as are small knives. This just happened last week!
> On Mar 13, 2013 6:22 AM, "patrick griffith" <patrickjgriffith at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Amongst the vendors at KO will there be someone selling hiking poles?
>
> It is not easy flying with hiking poles internationally, so I'm not not going to bother with getting them before, and I'll be sorting out so much else it'd be great if I could forget about oles until I actually start.
>
>
> Also, I have never hiked with poles before so will spend the first week without to see how it goes and if need be i'll buy some at KO, assuming I can of course...
>
> Patrick
>
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