Re: Hiking/trekking poles? Yay or Nay?

On Aug 26, 12:53=A0pm, ShadowTek <F...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Puppet_Sock <puppet_s...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > 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.
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> 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.

Heh heh. "Stuck" with spider webs. Heh.

Yep! Spider webs are one use for my pole. Not that I go out
of my way to wreck spider webs, but if they web is across
the trail, I'm going through. And I don't really need to look
like cotton candy at a fall fair.

I do a lot of day trip out-and-back hikes. And I've fairly often
had to break webs on the way out, then break them again
at the same exact place on the way home. Ambitous
spider thinks he's going to eat like a king by catching a
few hikers.
Socks