# I Pit Walking Poles **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 17, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-walking-poles/641261 "2012-11-17T00:31:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Norse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-walking-poles/641261/101 "2012-11-22T07:07:42Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > Euros are huge on the hiking sticks. We are? Huh. Well, you learn something every day. In fact, in my neck of the woods, those walking poles, or whatever you wanna call’em, are seen only among people close to, or above, retirement age and upper-middle-aged women in bad shape. Everybody else, provided they are of reasonable health, won’t be seen dead with a pair of those unless, you know, they come with a pair of cross-country skis. And there’s snow outside. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-walking-poles/641261/102 "2012-11-24T00:51:28Z")
Bwaaaahaahaaa… That little fucker attack chiwawa and the two big black labs were on the run again tonight. They came into the front yard getting quite aggressive towards the SO and myself. I am sure if it was some kid in the hood that ran from them they would have been attacked. Much less somebody with a dog or neighborhood cat. They came close to actually attacking me and I showed no fear. Chi Chi Rodwegwez made one too many runs at me while one of the labs circled to the side with hair raised trying to come at me from the back (in my yard mind you). I maced the fuckers good. I hope they go home and spread that shit all over their owner’s house. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-walking-poles/641261/103 "2012-11-24T02:43:46Z")
10 cm of snow last night. Ski areas in the neighbourhood opening tonmorrow. Time to retrieve my adjustable poles from my neighbour who has been using them over the summer. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-walking-poles/641261/104 "2012-11-24T10:12:09Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > It not so much that walking poles are a new thing, but rather that walking is a new thing. Is there a version I can get for my car? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-walking-poles/641261/105 "2012-11-24T10:13:39Z")
I don’t understand. Why does the OP hate Poles? And in particular Poles who walk? And how do you know they’re Polish? ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-walking-poles/641261/106 "2012-11-25T16:36:20Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > And how do you know they’re Polish? Because they are shiny and smell of wax? Any way the season of two planks and a couple of poles is upon us, could really do with another few storms though. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-walking-poles/641261/107 "2012-11-25T18:19:21Z")
I’m in the middle of a double header. Just finised cross-country skiing (a.k.a. nordic walking with poles while on skis), and now I’m heading off for alpine skiing. Winter has arrived. ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-walking-poles/641261/108 "2012-11-25T22:54:30Z")
> [@B.Serum](#): > > My girlfriend uses a walking stick when we go hiking because she has bad knees and when she doesn’t use them she is in pain for days afterward. That’s why I use them while hillwalking-- my knees hyper-extend and rather than tearing the joint apart further, especially on descent, I use the poles to shift my weight forward and let my knees stay slightly bent. If I don’t, I get horrible pain and swelling behind my knees and can’t bend them at all for a few days. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-walking-poles/641261.md?page=5)