>>2625586>>2625588walking sticks & staves are cool too, but the woods doesn't have 3 fold collapsible light weight ones with carbide tips that can telescope in size allowing me to use it as a support for my tarp/tent and adjust the tension from inside without getting wet.
walking sticks, walking staves, and 1x trekking pole aren't really the same thing as 2x trekking poles or ski poles either.
not counting all the secondary uses: the former are good for stability, balance, slowing down on hills without using your knees to do it. the latter do all that but also let you (with proper technique, 70% of trekking pole walkers i see aren't really doing it right, and in the right area with enough incline) use your upper body in addition to your lower body to move up steep hills. it lets you move faster up steep inclines, gives you a more balanced workout, and its more efficient calorie expenditure.
another major thing anyone with experience in the bush knows is that walking sticks slip on wet rock when you cross rivers and carbide tip trekking poles don't. also on mossy/algae covered rock.
a major unspoken advantage to the walking stick is that it can be ditched, especially useful for mixed terrain or trips where you only want to carry it half the time.
both are good but they don't 100% do all the same things.
>>2625643>They are kind of the way of "backpack covers"not really.
backpack covers don't do anything, the trash bag inside your bag actually keeps your gear dry.
pack covers are only good for making your shit high-vis during hunting season (some states legally require it too) and s&r.
>>2626124the convex carbide spike tips are what you should keep on them for almost all terrain.
the rubber ones are only for not fucking up cement (lol) and crossing rocky terrain that doesn't require bite to take a little impact off your arms.
they work very well in winter/ice and they also work very well on wet rock for river crossings and to bite through algae/moss/etc.
