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Trailrunner,
Have you had anytime to try out your DIY poles?
Thanx,
-Barry


They have seen some use but not as much as I'd like. Most of my recent trips involved bushwhacking and/or class 3 rock climbing where I needed to stow my poles on my pack. That meant telescoping poles. I wanted to use them on my HST trip but I took public transportation to the TH and I needed poles that stored compactly on the train/bus. On other trips I did not need poles at all.

My main concern is the durability of the rubber tips and so far it's holding up well but the poles are still low mileage. The shafts seem to be bombproof and they flex very little even with all my weight on them. I retrospect I think I could have used a thinner walled shaft and saved some weight.

I used the whole 48" of the stock poles without cutting. That turned out to be too long for my personal needs so I plan to cut them down. I also made straps for the handles.