walking pole
Trekking poles are adjustable aluminium walking sticks with wrist loops and hardened metal tips. Most have in-built shock absorbers.
Hikers have long known that trekking poles help when crossing streams and on thigh-burning downhills.
Trekking poles also allow hikers to keep a more normal stride and a faster pace with less effort.
I am using just one trekking pole here, and a lot of the time I have that stowed on my pack.
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