Thread: Walking Poles

Originally Posted by Savage1

Manuka poles etc are great, but cannot be loaded in the same way as a good purpose built pole with a hand strap, unless you have forearms like popeye. The hand straps are essential and you can fully load the pole without gripping the handle hard if you put the straps on properly, see the picture below.

The other issue is the amount of grip, good walking poles have a tungsten tip on them which grips on angled rocks, a manuka pole would not provide nearly the same amount of stability in the rocky areas.

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Yup do it all the time, mine has a rubber foot on the bottom that is ideal for most terrains and super grippy but also cam be easily removed if a harder tip is required.

I'm not saying they are the be all end all but they are definitely more useful than most give them credit for.

Originally Posted by dannyb

Yup do it all the time, mine has a rubber foot on the bottom that is ideal for most terrains and super grippy but also cam be easily removed if a harder tip is required.

I'm not saying they are the be all end all but they are definitely more useful than most give them credit for.

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If you want a harder tip for when you have the rubber foot removed, epoxy metal in a broken HSS drill bit (tip, not shank, as the shank is not hardened).