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<DIV><A href="mailto:Tortoise73@charter.net">Tortoise73@charter.net</A> writes:
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size=2>Funny. One of the reasons I use poles is that I am freer to look
around <BR>when I have the poles to help me maintain my balance and to catch me
if Ii stumble so I don't spend so much time looking at the trail and where I
step.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000
size=2>Switchback writes: That is the main reason I started to use two
hiking poles years ago. I notice that it was easier for me to lose my
balance hiking down the trail as I got
older.</FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Start the year off right. <A title="http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489" href="http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489" target="_blank">Easy ways to stay in shape</A> in the new year. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>