[pct-l] 45 Uses for Trekking Poles on the Trail

[Jim & Jane Moody]

I don't think anyone has mentioned that trekking poles are a great place to carry a few turns of duct tape, just below the handle. On the AT, I had to use that duct tape on the poles themselves to keep one of them from telescoping closed. I have since switched to cam-lock poles and like them much better. 

I also was a victim of straps and handles being chewed down while asleep at night, also in a Six Moon Design tent. You don't realize how much you depend on on the straps until they're gone. 

Mango 

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From: "gary schenk" <gary_schenk at verizon.net> 
To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 11:55:49 AM 
Subject: Re: [pct-l] 45 Uses for Trekking Poles on the Trail 


Here's one more to add to the list: 

- get your center of gravity away from your feet so you fall off that log and into the creek. 

On 10/26/13, Michael Irving wrote: 

Great List Eric...I love my trekking poles for many of the same reasons! 

Here are a few more to add to the list. 

- Glue a 2-gram bubble compass to the top for a quick reference and to avoid carrying a heavier one as backup to SmartPhone compass 
- Jam it into the soft ground or amongst rocks to create an off-the-ground tripod for camera. I screwed just the top of a tripod mount to it which is very light or I've also just wrapped the legs of my small-light tripod around the grip. 
- Use it to dig cat-holes saving the weight of a small shovel. 

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