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Buen Camino. Norte again, right?I just thought of my forum friends and our many discussions about carrying on hiking poles. I am in Chicago, having just (once again) carried on my hiking poles. TSA had no problem with them. I'm not trying to fuel a debate here, but I did want to share that this marks the 30+ time I've taken my poles through US security. Having had them go missing once when I checked them, I far prefer to carry them on.
Maybe chop-sticks could do?No I'm not going to the camino till May. This is a different trip but I hope to use my poles!
Laurie, Do you tape them together first? Do they have rubber tips? Do they fit in your backpack/luggage? Just wondering...ChrisBuen Camino. Norte again, right?
My concern is what happens when I go through security again in London. When I changed planed last May at Heathrow. I saw all sorts of people from my flight having issues at security that involved things they had carried on in the US. That's why I'm checking a bag with extra stuff. I've had bags delayed but never missing.I just thought of my forum friends and our many discussions about carrying on hiking poles. I am in Chicago, having just (once again) carried on my hiking poles. TSA had no problem with them. I'm not trying to fuel a debate here, but I did want to share that this marks the 30+ time I've taken my poles through US security. Having had them go missing once when I checked them, I far prefer to carry them on.
I offer this as an explanation for what you saw, not to convince you to change your practice.My concern is what happens when I go through security again in London. When I changed planed last May at Heathrow. I saw all sorts of people from my flight having issues at security that involved things they had carried on in the US. That's why I'm checking a bag with extra stuff. I've had bags delayed but never missing.
I WANT to change my practice. I just need more reassurance.I offer this as an explanation for what you saw, not to convince you to change your practice.I have carried my collapsible poles through Heathrow in my cabin baggage. The people you saw having problems might have purchased something in the secure zone of the US airport (after they had gone through security). In other words if you buy a bottle of water after security in the US airport, and take it out of security in Heathrow (which will happen), you will not be able to take it through security in Heathrow to get on your connecting flight.
This is a long and venerable discussion. Lets be clear that the rules don't vary - poles are not permitted in carry on. What changes is the that the people who check that you are complying with the rules are just that, people, with all the differences that entails. There is a consistent view on this forum that TSA staff in the US are more lenient on checking about this matter than the security staff at Santiago.(For those who are new, please know the rules may vary elsewhere. E.g., in Santiago Airport, there is a strict policy of no poles allowed as carry-ons...so if you're from elsewhere, check to see what the policy is at your airport before you fly.)
Good point, Doug. Every Asian Airport I have transited through requires this--and who knows if they will allow poles as carry-ons. So if you're transiting through such places, if you don't know the local criteria for exclusion and are very attached to your poles, pack them.Further, if you are required to comply with the rules at a transit, you will not have the opportunity to re-check your poles, or any other contraband, and you will have to relinquish them. I haven't used any of the London airports as a transit, but the transits in other places have all required transit passengers to undergo a security check before re-boarding.
This seems (at least in @peregrina2000 's case) to be based on many years of experience back and forth--my sense of what she's sharing is not a view but her uniform experience. And it is the uniform experience of people who try to carry poles on at Santiago that the rules are adhered to there more strictly.There is a consistent view on this forum that TSA staff in the US are more lenient on checking about this matter than the security staff at Santiago.
I don't disapprove in the least, but I am envious.who disapprove of my carrying on my poles
Nope. Sorry, Laurie--I don't think so. It's more likely your karmic brownie points for being such a rock here. (Welcome back to Iberia, by the way!Maybe I am just lucky.
Don't they have enough umbrellas in England?I have seen umbrellas seized.
No more than I disapprove of any other scofflaw. Certainly in Australia, it is a personal responsibility to comply with the law, and in that, not bring prohibited items into the sterile zones of airports. To me the issue is not whether the security screening staff have let someone through with poles, nor one's personal view about whether walking poles are dangerous. While they are listed as a prohibited item, carrying them into the sterile area breaks the law. It might be no more risky to those around you than regularly exceeding the speed limit or using banned drugs for recreational purposes - illegal acts about which we might have different levels of tolerance. But to suggest that it is okay because the screening staff don't stop you is, to my mind, no different than saying exceeding the speed limit is okay because you haven't been caught yet. To me, it's just not the right analytical framework to use.I appreciate that there are some out there who disapprove of my carrying on my poles but I do it with a clear conscience
I describe a similar approach here.Hi Laurie,
I can't find your other thread regarding the tips on the Black Diamond poles but I have the same poles and the same issue with trying to fit on additional walking tips. I found a solution! Well, haven't put it into practise yet but I think it will work. Plumber's tape. I'm not sure what it is called in other countries but here it's a thin, white, stretchy tape that's wound around pipe threads to ensure a tight fitting. I wound several feet around the tips of my poles (right over the screwed in hard plastic one) and almost up to the basket, enough so that slipping on a replacement Leki rubber tip caused it to fit snugly. I'd add a picture but have no idea how to do so....
I describe a similar approach here.
Does anyone know if taking the poles on your carry on are allowed in Paris (CDG), Madrid (MAD) or A curuña airports? I'm hoping to take mine on but not sure their policies.
Thanks in advance!
Does anyone know where I can buy cheap walking poles in Lisbon or Santarem?I left my poles in Santiago last time and plan to buy a new pair on arrival on my next Camino. This is significantly cheaper than paying for hold luggage.
Does anyone know where I can buy cheap walking poles in Lisbon or Santarem?
See this earlier Forum thread--
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/where-to-buy-trekking-poles-in-lisbon.44797/
Decathlon Lisboa GPS Coords 38.732187, -9.152388. It is about a 15 min taxi ride from the airport.Does anyone know where I can buy cheap walking poles in Lisbon or Santarem?
Thanks. I couldn't input those coords in a format that my GSP recognises, but I have Googled the place and found its location. By the way, I think I will still try sending my pole as a fragile item on this trip. My pole is of no use to me if I can't take it overseas because I never use it for any of my walks at home. If the airline asks for a large sum or if it gets lost, that's fate, in which case I will just buy one in Lisbon on my arrival.Decathlon Lisboa GPS Coords 38.732187, -9.152388. It is about a 15 min taxi ride from the airport.
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