>>2024496We are also kinda fucked in the way that we evolved. I forget the statistic but it's pretty much guaranteed that if you are a human you will experience chronic back pain within your lifetime. Our spines just aren't meant to bear a vertical load. Look at the skeleton of literally any other mammalian vertebrae and you'll find that they keep their spine more horizontal while moving and resting. The same goes for the relatively narrow load-bearing pelvis that females have.
>>2024512Yeah getting cheap carbon ones is no good. I've used the same pair of black diamond aluminum trekking poles for about 7 years now and if you don't abuse they will last. Something I've also heard is that if you really are a poorfag you can buy used ski poles and they'll work. Although for the portability and adjustability of $100-200 poles I'd say it's worth it to bite the bullet initially. I've never heard of anyone buying trekking poles and saying "actually yeah I hike better without them this was a waste".
