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Camping Gear Lights
Camping Gear Hiking Poles
Packing Hiking Poles
Hiking Pole Costs & Features
Camping Gear First Aid Kit
Camping Gear Snake Bite Kits
Hiking Foot Care
Camping Maps
Camping Gear Compasses
Using a Map & Compass for Hiking
Camping Altimeters
Camping GPS
Camping Gear Personal Locater Beacons
Camping Setups
Camping Gear Insect Repellent
Camping Gear Mosquito Netting
Hanging a Camping Bear Bag
Hiking Trail Sanitation
Digging Camp Cat Holes
Camping & Hiking Foods
Camping Trip Resupply Tips
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Brant Bowers has worked in the Camping Department at Bill Jackson's sporting goods store since 2004. He loves the outdoors, backpacking, canoeing, climbing, and any other activity that...read more
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"I am going to talk a little bit now about hiking poles and staffs. There a little bit more useful then you might think this one here being very rustic looking but even this one can take a little bit of pressure off of you knees as you going down a hill. The down side is a little heavy. It looks nice but a little heavy. You get into poles then they become lighter and more compact. There are single pole set ups like these. There nice particularly in groomed trails sense you?re only using one pole you?re not tearing up the ground so much. But on more rugged terrain some people will even go to two poles like this. They look very much like down hill ski poles. With one in each hand when you pick one up ones always on the ground unlike the single pole set up. When you pick it up its useless until you put it back down as you go down hill you place it in front of you and take some of the pressure off your knees as your going down hill. You can also use it going up hill to help pull you up. If you have any questions on poles give your local up hillier a holler."
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