Re: Hiking/trekking poles? Yay or Nay?

Puppet_Sock <puppet_sock@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in news:f5f30133-d248-413f-
9913-99794a61400f@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> The pole is very useful crossing small streams, testing how
> deep mud is, pu****ng back the lighter undergrowth, and
> so on. Way happy to be able to push thistles or nettles back
> while I walk by, particularly since I usually hike in shorts.

Sounds like it would also be nice for knocking down those early morning 
spiderwebs.

The first trail walker of the day always gets stuck with that duty.