Away with you poles!

Living in Southern Oregon allows plenty of opportunity to need and use poles. I do a lot of backpacking and the thing I found with poles are they're handy (although limited) when you need them but a PITA when you don't. Plus when hiking with fixed poles- duh- there's no extending for down hill or shortening them for uphill and with adjustable poles... well they can't easily be adjustable without stopping (not with two poles at least). With this staff while hiking the 1st time I immediately noticed the weight difference or should I say the lack of weight compared to a pole but I quickly realized because of the material you can easily slide up and down the pole to get whatever height you need to quickly change from flat, to uphill, to downhill... to me this makes a huge difference. One other note, I thought the tip would easily slip on rocks / smooth surfaces so I purchased a rubber can cap to use. I was pleasantly surprised that the tip does not slip at all, even on an angle and that's a good thing because the rubber tip I purchases weighs almost as much as the entire staff. Good Job ZPacks! Dave

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