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YES, definitely. Personally I find I walk too fast with two but one DOES help with the ups and down/practicing your golf swing/playing D'Artagnon/wringing out wet clothing - fold clothes in half over pole, hold the ends in one hand and twist the pole with the other - you'd be surprised how much water comes out. Funnily it's called a Spanish Windlass - make sure the pole is clean of courseHi - can I have thoughts on if walking/hiking poles would help with the walk? I was thinking of taking a pair of light weight adjustable poles. CJM
We have all heard that no one but [B said:no one[/B] gets through with sticks in Santiago.
Does that mean i can't bring my own walking poles with me and i have to buy them there! Sorry i don't quite understand?!
No, getting them to the start appears less problematic, but it appears that one of life's certainties is that you will not be allowed to take them on as cabin baggage when departing from Santiago. I have always checked my pack and my poles with it, so I have never personally experienced this.Does that mean i can't bring my own walking poles with me and i have to buy them there! Sorry i don't quite understand?!
They work well for those who like them and are just a nuisance for many others.
By SDC you are supposed to be enlightened enough to ignore all that!By the time I got to SDC I was heartly sick of...
By SDC you are supposed to be enlightened enough to ignore all that!Back you go for another one...
So do boot treads. And rubber tips break the surface as well. Bicycle tires are particularly hard on the path. Erosion is probably not high on the list of problems on caminos. Using it as a pretext is not really necessary; poles irritate you, and that is all right. You do not have to justify your irritation to us; we are all fine with it.Every time an unprotected pole hits the ground it breaks the surface
Thanks Annie. I've been debating the 'one pole or two' question & this has decided it for me. A simple staff at St Jean methinks.I'm 59 and will be 60 in August! :shock:
Is that TRUE!? YIKES!
Anyway, first Camino I used a stick I got in SJPP.
Worked great.
Second Camino I used pacer poles.
Worked great but I worried about them being stolen or lost.
Third Camino - I haven't decided.
I'm leaning toward just buying a stick in SJPP because I'll be in Europe for 5 months, flying around from Spain to Amsterdam to Wales and back to Spain and don't want to have to mess with worrying about them. Joe reminds me they will collapse small enough to fit in my pack. We'll see... haven't decided.
I'd say if your budget is tight, just pick up a stick in SJPP for under 6 euros.
It will work fine.
If you can afford the cost, buy poles.
Nordic skiing uses poles virtually all the time. They are longer poles (longer still for skate skiing). I have also used them regularly for snowshoeing. When hiking, longer poles do not need to be planted all the way up to the foot, and you can exercise your core just by pushing only behind you.I wouldn't normally shorten or lengthen my poles for the sort of slopes one might meet on roads and foot paths in urban areas, but for steeper gradients, doing so is worthwhile, and the Pacerpoles site suggests the same thing.
Its not clear to me what you mean by 'take the weight'. The only time I recall that term being used in a sporting context is the tug-of-war, and that is about pulling against a resistance, which doesn't make sense in the context of a walking pole. I know that when I am using poles, I am pushing down using the heel of my hand and wrist against the strap. This action can be maintained all day, unlike any action that requires a handle to be continually gripped.
In training, I keep my poles very slightly longer, and normally the point makes contact level with the opposite heel unless I a negotiating tricky ground, when the point is placed where it can best aid my stability.
The point on stepping short going uphill is just as good advice when going downhill. A shorter step in both circumstances keeps the angles through which the hip, knee and ankle joints have to travel smaller, and reduces the load on these joints.
Regards,
@3ball, that was a blast from the past!! I had to go back and see what else I had written in this thread it was that long ago. I did address the issue of the balance between the amount of thrust and lift that one gets from one's poles, with longer poles striking at shallower angles and getting greater forward thrust.Nordic skiing uses poles virtually all the time. They are longer poles (longer still for skate skiing). I have also used them regularly for snowshoeing. When hiking, longer poles do not need to be planted all the way up to the foot, and you can exercise your core just by pushing only behind you.
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