>>2691203Look man, I'm not hating on trekking poles, I think they're amazing for those who need them, but seeing a 16-25 y.o with them is kinda cringe to me (unless you're doing a very long trail that goes on for like more than a month), I'm not talking out of my ass, I'm 20 and I've hiked a lot, once for 800km with a 15kg bag, without poles.
Ever since then I've been a no pole extremist, seeing people on that trail with poles doing *click* *click* also added to my extremism.
Train your legs, man.
(This doesn't apply to women, women are weak, use poles)
