Oregon Hikers

I set down my black diamond trekking poles yesterday to change my shoes. I went back later and they were gone. Was on the trail from Top Spur to Muddy Fork near Bald Mountain.

I lent a BD pole to a friend, who set it down and walked away from it. Probably close to where you lost yours. If somebody reports finding a single BD pole on/near Bald Mtn, I'm claiming it. If they find a pair, we'll assume they're yours.

I found a trekking pole floating in the Deschutes River

I used it on a number of trips but kept setting it down at a rest stop and then forgetting it. It was always there when I remembered and went back to get it.

I wonder if that's common, people leaving their pole at rest stops. I haven't seen poles just sitting there when I've been hiking.

This is part of why I rarely use poles: I stop to take a picture, and then I forget them/it. If I'm lucky, I realize it within half a mile. Once I left a pair on Park Ridge (above Jefferson Park); I didn't get those back.

I keep from forgetting mine at rest stops by strapping it to my pack and forgetting to use it.

Occasionally a trekking pole is good for stream crossing, but I sometimes find a pole that can actually be better.

I was somewhere where there was a pole laying on each side of the crossing. I used the one on my side, then threw it back to maintain order.