Comments on: To Pole or Not To Pole? http://www.modernhiker.com/2007/05/29/to-pole-or-not-to-pole/ A Hiking Blog for L.A. and Southern California Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:19:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Daniel http://www.modernhiker.com/2007/05/29/to-pole-or-not-to-pole/#comment-317 Daniel Wed, 30 May 2007 14:35:35 +0000 http://www.modernhiker.dreamhosters.com/2007/05/29/to-pole-or-not-to-pole/#comment-317 I've found them very useful for scrambling down steep rock/boulder trails when there is really nothing around to grab on to for balance. Like Casey, I strap them to my backpack when not needed. I’ve found them very useful for scrambling down steep rock/boulder trails when there is really nothing around to grab on to for balance.

Like Casey, I strap them to my backpack when not needed.

]]> By: Casey http://www.modernhiker.com/2007/05/29/to-pole-or-not-to-pole/#comment-314 Casey Wed, 30 May 2007 04:38:54 +0000 http://www.modernhiker.dreamhosters.com/2007/05/29/to-pole-or-not-to-pole/#comment-314 I've got some nice straps on my day pack that fit the collapsed poles very nicely if I'm going to be doing some heavy-duty scramblin' ... but I can definitely see how they'd just be one more thing to worry about when you're crawling up a rock wall. Oh, also - you're a minimalist. I’ve got some nice straps on my day pack that fit the collapsed poles very nicely if I’m going to be doing some heavy-duty scramblin’ … but I can definitely see how they’d just be one more thing to worry about when you’re crawling up a rock wall.

Oh, also - you’re a minimalist.

]]> By: Ranger X http://www.modernhiker.com/2007/05/29/to-pole-or-not-to-pole/#comment-313 Ranger X Wed, 30 May 2007 04:23:34 +0000 http://www.modernhiker.dreamhosters.com/2007/05/29/to-pole-or-not-to-pole/#comment-313 I remember hiking the Subway at Zion and thinking how much of a hindrance poles would be on that hike. Yet I saw hundreds of tale-tale round holes in the soft sand. I'm just not a big fan of poles. I can't imagine scrambling with them, jumping rock to rock. Call me a minimalist. I remember hiking the Subway at Zion and thinking how much of a hindrance poles would be on that hike. Yet I saw hundreds of tale-tale round holes in the soft sand.

I’m just not a big fan of poles. I can’t imagine scrambling with them, jumping rock to rock.

Call me a minimalist.

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