If you put your hand through the straps from the bottom up, you don't have to grip so hard. Also, the strap can carry some of the weight/pressure through your wrist. They also help in winter, snow covered conditions. They help you see what is under the snow that might cause you to trip, or where the edge of a trail might be.
Yeah I tried holding them that way and wasn't a fan. I didn't like the strap between my hand and the grip, I prefer to have all hand around the grip. I also didn't like the idea of that strap hyperextending my thumb should I fall and catch myself with the pole. I've had that happen skiing, so I quit holding poles that way. I feel like the way I strap these around my wrist is safer and they still allow me to put downforce on the strap downhill and what not.
I find that they help keep my hands from swelling when I'm hiking and I appreciate the help going up hill and the support for my knees going down. Plus, as a hammock camper, I can use the poles to set my hammock up on the ground as a bivy/tent hybrid if there are no trees. It's a win for me.
you should be using rubber tips for the trekking poles unless its snowy out. use the rubber tips. they dont scratch and have better traction in dry and rocky conditions
Remember your OSHA training (for us construction guys!). 3 points of contact is safer than just two. I used to think they were dorky, but I'd always find myself grabbing a stick in the woods anyway (especially while hunting and crossing creeks) for rougher terrain and I'm a true believer now. And the cool part of it is that if you don't want to use them, just stow them on your pack. I love them especially on a hunt. I have a pair of Cascade Mountain Tech poles which are excellent and priced very affordably. And besides, it's an even dorkier look to fall on your backside on a trail. Tip on using them to go down hill...shorten one poll and use that behind you as an anchor. The other pole, leave it long and use it as a probe. On a particularly steep off-trail slope, it makes traversing it way easier and more surefooted and much much faster. Anchor, probe, move in the safe direction, repeat. By using the two lengths, your body remains upright, not hunched forward or over and you're not fighting gravity, but now using it in your favor.
I love my trekking poles for all the reasons you mentioned. However, I don't go on overnight hikes, so I don't have to "carry" them for annoying amounts of time. Also, enjoyed your slightly veiled jibe towards your middle aged brother. 😂 you're almost there, young fella! 😂
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If you put your hand through the straps from the bottom up, you don't have to grip so hard. Also, the strap can carry some of the weight/pressure through your wrist.
They also help in winter, snow covered conditions. They help you see what is under the snow that might cause you to trip, or where the edge of a trail might be.
Yeah I tried holding them that way and wasn't a fan. I didn't like the strap between my hand and the grip, I prefer to have all hand around the grip. I also didn't like the idea of that strap hyperextending my thumb should I fall and catch myself with the pole. I've had that happen skiing, so I quit holding poles that way. I feel like the way I strap these around my wrist is safer and they still allow me to put downforce on the strap downhill and what not.
I find that they help keep my hands from swelling when I'm hiking and I appreciate the help going up hill and the support for my knees going down. Plus, as a hammock camper, I can use the poles to set my hammock up on the ground as a bivy/tent hybrid if there are no trees. It's a win for me.
Good stuff! Thanks for sharing. I found the same thing with the swelling hands.
you should be using rubber tips for the trekking poles unless its snowy out. use the rubber tips. they dont scratch and have better traction in dry and rocky conditions
Remember your OSHA training (for us construction guys!). 3 points of contact is safer than just two. I used to think they were dorky, but I'd always find myself grabbing a stick in the woods anyway (especially while hunting and crossing creeks) for rougher terrain and I'm a true believer now. And the cool part of it is that if you don't want to use them, just stow them on your pack. I love them especially on a hunt. I have a pair of Cascade Mountain Tech poles which are excellent and priced very affordably. And besides, it's an even dorkier look to fall on your backside on a trail. Tip on using them to go down hill...shorten one poll and use that behind you as an anchor. The other pole, leave it long and use it as a probe.
On a particularly steep off-trail slope, it makes traversing it way easier and more surefooted and much much faster. Anchor, probe, move in the safe direction, repeat. By using the two lengths, your body remains upright, not hunched forward or over and you're not fighting gravity, but now using it in your favor.
Great tips, thanks for sharing!
I love my trekking poles for all the reasons you mentioned. However, I don't go on overnight hikes, so I don't have to "carry" them for annoying amounts of time. Also, enjoyed your slightly veiled jibe towards your middle aged brother. 😂 you're almost there, young fella! 😂
Oh ya, I'm right there!
4WD! Woooooohooooooo!
Ya buddy!
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No time to watch. Just adding to keep ya going. Later!
Thanks Stan!