This rant ranks right up there with getting all pissy watching someone who *appears *perfectly abled, park in the disabled spot, even though they clearly have the stickers. Unable to make the leap to, ‘perhaps they have a condition not visible to me?’, are you?
Go ahead and think that anyone, not walking up wild mountain hillsides, is clearly being faddish and hipster, because again, ‘how could they have a condition I cannot see?’
There is a Little Person lives in my neighbourhood, uses smaller poles. I’m sure that’s hilarious to you. I’ve seen her walk without them, so she must not need them, right? Just following the fads perhaps?
This is a very lame pitting, and appears to be entirely projection on your part, in my opinion!
In retrospect, it’s not really clear. “the more aggressive athletic Pole Walking walkers who find they pretty much walk in & around home or they sometimes drives (by car) to other locations to explore other neighborhoods or trails”.
Well, they’re not drivesing by cat, which is a relief. They also mostly athletically aggresively Pole Walk around their home or inside their home. Though sometimes they drives, so they need a quick and simple to adjust Pole. Though I think that’s in order to store in the car, rather than drives with it.
I figured that it was obvious that passage referred to the poles being easy to adjust so that it is convenient to make them smaller to fit in the trunk or backseat. It is nonsensical that they would be quick and simple to adjust so you can wear them while driving. A mistake in comprehension that would be made by a syphilitic reader monkey.
hmmm I need my poles to hold up my tent, I use them for long hikes and find them great and as said they double as tent poles when I camp. I am a minimalist hiker who goes down the ultra light path, tarps instead of tents etc but the poles have been a god send and allow my knees to keep up with my teenage sons!
ok, I have a walking stick. I cut it, dried it, linseed oiled it and stained it myself. When I go hiking IN THE FUCKING WOODS, I use it. It is useful on steep trails, and uneven ground. With the possible exception of San Francisco or Kathmandu I have yet to find an urban or suburban area that features steep trails and uneven ground. That being said, I will occasionally use my monopod as a ‘walking pole’ when my silly journalist ass thinks it a good idea to lug 60+ pounds of camera gear with me. I claim an exemption on that though, because I will use the monopod for its intended purpose (supporting my EF-600 f4L.) Why have all these neighborhood walkers started using these things?
Because if one actually uses them as they are meant to be used, they turn a flat terrain stroll into a full body workout. Simple as that.
The ones meant for street use have rubber “rockers” that go onto the tips. These provide grip on the asphalt and pavement. Granted, they may look silly, but I use them. When I have the time to walk to my office, the three miles actually provides nice upper body conditioning provided I’m digging in and pushing myself along.
All I will say further is that you might want to try walking a mile using my trekking poles before you criticize them.
