Same here. It took me forever to get a set for the same reason. I think the first time I used mine was on Table Mt. Going up I didn't need them and felt like an idiot with them strapped to my backpack but any self-consciousness was quickly forgotten on the way down because they were super useful. I still don't bring them on every hike but absolutely find them helpful on anything with a steep decent.squidvicious wrote:...one of the reasons I resisted using them at first was because I felt silly and conspicuous. Now I really wouldn't want to be without them.
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While suspiciously searching my car in Victoria, an agent
asked me about my "weapons" (trekking poles).
asked me about my "weapons" (trekking poles).
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Don Nelsen
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I've never used trekking poles and once in a while someone will ask why I don't. I usually say "maybe I will when I'm really old". Now that I'm "really old", I'm going to have to think of something else to say! 
"Everything works in the planning stage" - Kelly
"If you don't do it this year, you will be one year older when you do" - Warren Miller
"If you don't do it this year, you will be one year older when you do" - Warren Miller
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Cyborgs don't need trekking poles.Don Nelsen wrote:I've never used trekking poles and once in a while someone will ask why I don't. I usually say "maybe I will when I'm really old". Now that I'm "really old", I'm going to have to think of something else to say!
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I think my favorite reaction was a few years ago, after a long loop near Larch Mountain early in season. I was limping down the paved switchbacks at Multnomah Falls, leaning heavy on a trekking pole, with a bunch of mud on one of my legs. Near the bottom, a young kid pointed at my pole, got wide eyed, and asked: "Did you go all the way to the top of the falls?"
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Don Nelsen
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Webfoot wrote:Cyborgs don't need trekking poles.Don Nelsen wrote:I've never used trekking poles and once in a while someone will ask why I don't. I usually say "maybe I will when I'm really old". Now that I'm "really old", I'm going to have to think of something else to say!
"Everything works in the planning stage" - Kelly
"If you don't do it this year, you will be one year older when you do" - Warren Miller
"If you don't do it this year, you will be one year older when you do" - Warren Miller
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Passed a trio of young ladies today. They said, one after the other, "Going skiing? Going skiing? Going skiing?"
That's okay, let 'em laugh. As they were getting out of bed, I'd already covered more ground than they would all day.
That's okay, let 'em laugh. As they were getting out of bed, I'd already covered more ground than they would all day.
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Chip Down wrote:Passed a trio of young ladies today. They said, one after the other, "Going skiing? Going skiing? Going skiing?"
That's okay, let 'em laugh. As they were getting out of bed, I'd already covered more ground than they would all day.