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>>2785161
When I was about 5 years old I was using a stick walking in some park forest with my mom and I tripped and it went through my lower lip. I had to go get surgery and 30 years later you can still see the scar.
I've never hiked with a stick since.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Oct 2024 12:02:43 No.2785179 Report

Quoted By: >>2785180

>>2785177
>dumb-ass kid with a neglectful parent does a dumb-ass thing
>now a grown-ass man doesn't trust sticks
so do you just...never go /out/? because the woods are full of sticks

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Oct 2024 12:16:40 No.2785180 Report

Quoted By: >>2785318

>>2785179
I don't distrust sticks, I distrust myself carrying one parallel to my face

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Oct 2024 09:26:59 No.2785318 Report

Quoted By: >>2785320

>>2785180
if you can't trust yourself with a stick, how do you trust yourself with a hatchet? with fire? knives? fish hooks? tent poles?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Oct 2024 09:36:42 No.2785320 Report

Quoted By: >>2785325

>>2785318
I haven't had any significant accidents with those

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Anonymous Mon 28 Oct 2024 10:18:07 No.2785322 Report

Quoted By: >>2785323 >>2786327 >>2786731 >>2786793 >>2793323 >>2798750

what the fuck do these things even do? i tried walking w a long stick and it looked cool but was just a larp. these things hinder more than help. I see old ladies w them and surely its more effort to use them than not

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Anonymous Mon 28 Oct 2024 10:37:50 No.2785323 Report

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>>2785322
>going up/down a steep trail and like the extra support
>crossing a river that's a bit too wide to jump but doing a little vault with your stick works fine
>walking through the woods for 3 hours and want to lean on something
>improvised creature-smacker
>knee-saver
>fire poker
obviously you're not going to need anything like this if you're just going to the city park, where every trail is paved or gravel and there's literal stairs
but if you're actually out in the sticks - where those old ladies would never even consider going - they're nice to have

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Anonymous Mon 28 Oct 2024 10:41:41 No.2785325 Report

Quoted By: >>2785327

>>2785320
>i only learn from mistakes i personally made
lmao based

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Anonymous Mon 28 Oct 2024 11:56:13 No.2785327 Report

Quoted By: >>2785329 >>2785471

>>2785325
lol it was just a traumatic experience as a kid so I never walk with a stick since then. It doesn't really matter if you use a stick or not to walk, I just have a learned fear of doing so.
A couple years ago I was trying to scrape a particularly sticky label off something made of plastic, using a regular old scraper blade. I fucked up and ended up jamming it into my right hand above my thumb, had to call an ambulance and get stitches. Now I'm extra careful using scrapers to always push away from myself and keep all my appendages out of the way. I still must remove irritating labels from everything, that OCD didn't go away.

About 2 months after that surgery, a big shard of the blade that the Dr that stitched me up missed worked its way to the surface of my skin and I pulled it out with tweezers. That was pretty gross but felt more like a relief that it was out. Didn't hurt since it went through mostly scar tissue. I got x-rays to make sure there was no more in there, which they said was "inconclusive" but nothing more ever came out so I guess I'm good.

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Anonymous Mon 28 Oct 2024 12:34:16 No.2785329 Report

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>>2785327
i understand fren, i cut my tendon as kid playing with a pocket knife and now im veeery careful with knives.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Oct 2024 13:38:37 No.2785332 Report

Quoted By: >>2785483 >>2786793

>>2785161
it doesn't have a handle or a wrist loop
you obviously don't know how poles are used
also this >>2785162
fatso americans "hiking" on the flat in the forest, wondering what poles are used for (hint: it's *not* for larping as a 19th century shepard)

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 29 Oct 2024 03:19:40 No.2785471 Report

Quoted By: >>2785480 >>2785481

>>2785327
>had to call an ambulance and get stitches.
Fag. Just drive yourself.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 29 Oct 2024 05:47:42 No.2785480 Report

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>>2785471
He probably doesnt own an ambulance

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 29 Oct 2024 06:03:01 No.2785481 Report

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>>2785471
I tried but my hand was bleeding too much

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 29 Oct 2024 06:27:46 No.2785483 Report

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>>2785332
>a handle
It's not a cane.
>wrist loop
Grip strength.
>you obviously don't know how poles are used
By grandmas in the city taking a fifteen minute stroll? Because that's what you seem to be describing.
>"hiking" on the flat in the forest
A hike implies an incline, and a dirt trail (at best) in the woods.
You've been spending too much time on Reddit, because they're the only ones who think a "hike" is a walk through a city park that has to be prepped for.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Nov 2024 08:40:11 No.2786318 Report

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>>2785162
hey so where's the cabela's in your pic?
oh, you mean you'll buy your trekking poles (tm) beforehand, and bring them with you?
huh...too bad sticks can't be moved around too...

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Anonymous Sun 03 Nov 2024 09:19:56 No.2786319 Report

Quoted By: >>2786322 >>2802192

>>2785161
>why use a hammer when you can just use a rock?
Because that's what we do. We improve on nature.

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Anonymous Sun 03 Nov 2024 10:27:59 No.2786322 Report

Quoted By: >>2787293

>>2786319
the fuck do you need a hammer for? what /out/ing are you going on where you would *need* a hammer?
just use the back of your hatchet if you can't kick tent poles into the ground jfc

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Nov 2024 12:24:12 No.2786327 Report

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>>2785322
They just help you balance on uneven or fucked up terrain. In particular, washed out and rocky trails that haven't been maintained.

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Anonymous Mon 04 Nov 2024 03:10:22 No.2786462 Report

Quoted By: >>2786463 >>2796783

I live down the road from some Amish chaps. I did some welding for them in exchange for some baked goods, firewood, and a shepards crook/cane.

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Anonymous Mon 04 Nov 2024 03:53:05 No.2786463 Report

Quoted By: >>2786490

>>2786462
So they actually need that kind of technology but refuse to own or use it by themselves?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 04 Nov 2024 09:59:54 No.2786488 Report

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I used a stick on the trail for the first time yesterday. It definitely helped my pace.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 04 Nov 2024 11:55:41 No.2786490 Report

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>>2786463
They can blacksmith, but the job they needed done would have been far easier to be welded back up and I volunteered to do it.

Best neighbors I've ever had. I plow there drive ways out in winter too.

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Anonymous Wed 06 Nov 2024 01:59:39 No.2786731 Report

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>>2785322
Try hiking steep shit and you'll understand

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Anonymous Wed 06 Nov 2024 04:21:41 No.2786746 Report

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My stick is better than bacon.

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Anonymous Wed 06 Nov 2024 17:58:38 No.2786793 Report

Quoted By: >>2794276

>>2785161
Stick chads win again.
This is my trusty oak stick, it has come with me up mountains, through storms and it has never let me down.
I know I'll get doubters but when I'm out travelling with it, people are amazed and stop me and ask about it all the time, some even want to get selfies with me.
>>2785322
do a hike, uphill, over rough terrain with no trail and no stick or hiking poles, then do the same with a stick and get back to us.
>>2785332
>you obviously don't know how poles are used
care to enlighten us on wrist loops? I never found I needed one having used both hiking poles with them and sticks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 06 Nov 2024 21:21:45 No.2786818 Report

Quoted By: >>2787284

>>2785161
you dont understanf
using sticks is anti trans

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Nov 2024 05:00:15 No.2787237 Report

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>>2785162
i get where you're coming from
my problem with you is you retards will make posts like this and then go hiking in a stick rich biome like a forest

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Nov 2024 12:33:10 No.2787274 Report

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>>2785162
you know hiking poles don't grow in any type of terrain whatsoever, only outdoors shops, which are even more inaccessible than wooded areas.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Nov 2024 14:00:26 No.2787284 Report

Quoted By: >>2787289

>>2786818
Trans is anti gay.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Nov 2024 14:38:02 No.2787287 Report

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>>2785162
thankfully that's prime trekking pole growing habitat

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Anonymous Sun 10 Nov 2024 14:58:40 No.2787289 Report

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>>2787284
but that's like a thief being anti-communist.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Nov 2024 15:42:44 No.2787293 Report

Quoted By: >>2787294 >>2787423

>>2786322
Is this bait or did you really miss the point of what he was saying

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Anonymous Sun 10 Nov 2024 15:57:01 No.2787294 Report

Quoted By: >>2787423

>>2787293
(they're both bait/retarded)

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Nov 2024 15:16:07 No.2787412 Report

Quoted By: >>2790000

They never seemed to be very useful to me. I don't really understand the point honestly. I have been hiking all sorts of places for years and every time I've tried to use them they just seem like an annoying burden

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Anonymous Mon 11 Nov 2024 15:47:07 No.2787423 Report

Quoted By: >>2787537 >>2793331

>>2787294
>>2787293
Some people do actually use the butt of a hatchet as a hammer
some hatchers even come with a hammer on it for this exact purpose
like the carpenters hatchet

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Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2024 00:52:38 No.2787537 Report

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>>2787423
oh yeah absolutely I do that all the time ... and they're both still retarded and/or bait.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 23 Nov 2024 08:35:37 No.2790000 Report

Quoted By: >>2794299

>>2787412
have you ever been hiking in, like...the actual woods? mountains? anywhere without a manicured trail?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Nov 2024 16:02:09 No.2791446 Report

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>>2785168
Cute nigpepe

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Nov 2024 18:20:10 No.2791468 Report

Quoted By: >>2791798 >>2798745

>>2785161
Dude, treking poles are like $50-100 at most. Get a fucking job you bum.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Dec 2024 11:25:55 No.2791798 Report

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>>2791468
>nooo you must consoom!
>if you don't consoom it's because you're poor, which is the worst thing to be, because it means you can't consoom!
>nooo you can't just use a stick that works fine for you and costs nothing aaahhh!
>think about the economy, chud! consoom! please!

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Anonymous Tue 10 Dec 2024 13:30:31 No.2793323 Report

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>>2785322
This. I hike the Rockies with a pretty high center of mass with pack on (6'4") and have tried trekking poles many times. I can see the appeal but I prefer to balance out using my arms. If it's really steep I get on all fours and navigate up or down rock faces with my hands. Poles are a larp unless you're geriatric or an arthritis fag

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Dec 2024 13:50:10 No.2793328 Report

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>>2785161
>be man
>over at a nice lady's house having a conversation, couple of drinks in the kitchen after dinner
>it starts to get romantic
>hand up her dress
>spread lips and find the button
>just then a door near the kitchen flings open
>"MOM WHO IS THAT!?!"
>oh boy this is embarassing
>his mom cant even get a word out
>"OP liste-
>he starts shrieking with eyes wide
>mom "OP PLEA-"
>this OP locks eyes with me and points
>"GAT YOU NIGGA YOU GAY"
>"OP STOP!"
>op starts rambling
>"ultralight larper, bet you use trekking poles too. Stick to your paved trails and trailrunners, cuck.”
>OP immediatley relaxes and smirks
>"incel faggot, enjoy that bussy"
>spins around and disappears back into room lit by a dim blue hue
>you slowly turn to look at your date
>quite in shock
>she is tearing up
>she cant even look at you
>"anon I am so sorry, that is my son OP. He*sniffs* he isn't well."
>she puts her face in her hands
>"it's ok, you can go if you want"
>you try to console and say we can hang for a little longer
>she says she actually insists to end the night as it is ruined for her already
>arrange to talk and meet again
>she calms a little but it is better left another time
>you give her a hug and a peck
>as you are walking out you pass the door you take a glance at it
>there is a marking
>it just simply reads
/out/

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Anonymous Tue 10 Dec 2024 14:05:33 No.2793330 Report

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>>2785162
What about the hundreds of thousands of trees you passed on the trek there, you retarded nigger? Post your $180 obnoxiously branded telescopic aluminium walkingstix(tm)

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Anonymous Tue 10 Dec 2024 14:08:11 No.2793331 Report

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>>2787423
What a shitty hatchet. The head part is supposed to be connected to the handle via a wedge, not a friction fit or glued eyelet. Enjoy your ER bill.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Dec 2024 00:05:08 No.2793455 Report

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I don't understand why anyone uses trekking poles. Just pay attention where you're waking

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Dec 2024 10:05:51 No.2793569 Report

Quoted By: >>2797048

I never use trekking poles on flat. Only going uphill and down as they essentially turn you into a creature with 4wd. Especially helpful when going uphill because you can literally pull yourself up with them making use of your arms to propel yourself where otherwise they're not doing much to assist your progress. Theyre useful going down for taking the strain off your knees and balancing when stepping down large steps or stepping stones across streams and the like. 4 points of contact is better than 3.

Flat ground, stash them away. They don't really do anything imo.

Tried a "staff" a few times when I found a suitable piece of wood and trimmed the small branches off etc but it was largely useless. Felt good in the hand on flat ground though. But it's a big stick, they always feel good to carry even if they're largely functionally useless for hiking.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 15 Dec 2024 04:59:10 No.2794276 Report

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>>2786793
is that a berghaus centurio? can you tell me about it please, there is so few reviews online.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 15 Dec 2024 07:47:25 No.2794299 Report

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>>2790000
Have you tried being strong?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 26 Dec 2024 20:10:29 No.2796558 Report

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>>2785161
I'm looking to get a walking pole I can use as a pull-up bar while I'm out hiking to incorporate into my morning stretch and exercise routine before begining my daily trekking.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 27 Dec 2024 21:57:48 No.2796778 Report

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>>2785161
I don't really hill walk much anymore, but I walk the dog everyday across a neighbours farm.
I've come to the conclusion that my best option is a seven foot long hazel pole that I can use to
1) beat brambles and other thorn bushes back,
2) polevault over streams, fences, mud and general wet areas
3) use it to push myself up hills

it's great for difficult terrain but the downside is if I just have to carry it on open ground
I have a shorter one that's only about 5'6" long which I use for lighter walks but it has to be thick enough to work as a good bush beater/polevault

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 27 Dec 2024 22:06:41 No.2796783 Report

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>>2786462
Is that just a pole or is it a sawn one sanded down to round?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 28 Dec 2024 23:18:51 No.2797048 Report

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>>2793569
I have a walking staff made from a crooked branch I found. I like it more than any stick - the staff has a nub right where my hand naturally rests. It makes going up steep climbs much easier and it makes going down steep climbs much safer (as long as I am careful not to impale my jaw with the end of the stick). I use it as a balancing pole when I need it. I put a Tapcon in the end of it and it can grip any terrain except rock.

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Anonymous Sun 29 Dec 2024 00:00:57 No.2797061 Report

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>>2785162

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 16:49:29 No.2798743 Report

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>>2785161
>you have to buy trekking poles
Says who?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 16:52:05 No.2798745 Report

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>>2791468
Why did this make people seethe lol

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 17:34:44 No.2798750 Report

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>>2785322
"It was just a larp"
I don't understand this word anymore
Is this like when a gen-a says skibidi

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 11 Jan 2025 03:24:46 No.2799407 Report

Quoted By: >>2801497

These threads always baffled me. I've been doing backcountry stuff forever and almost every single person out there has them for the reasons already mentioned here by people with functional brains. Then I went on a giga normie 3 day flat ass trail with some friends recently and noticed that only fat people and old people had them. All the """outdoor""" type people (lumping 80L+ packs full of who the fuck knows what) sneered at my poles. Then it hit me, most of /out/ is in fact /in/ gay nigger trolls looking for (you)s or they only do the most basic normie shit ever and think they are hot shit for being able to walk a flat groomed trail.

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Anonymous Tue 21 Jan 2025 15:10:14 No.2801476 Report

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>>2785161
Why

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 21 Jan 2025 17:23:04 No.2801497 Report

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>>2799407
I occasionally go hiking in the local normie state park when I don't feel like driving all the way out to the NF and it's always funny passing the Walmart Warriors drenched in sweat at 40F huffing and puffing trying to lug their 80L molle packs with no poles up a three mile trail while still hearing the highway lmao

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 21 Jan 2025 17:26:45 No.2801498 Report

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>>2785161
>has a bell
I get it but you should live in a place that respects your right to self defense, even from cougars and bears. Get a gun.

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Anonymous Tue 21 Jan 2025 22:27:41 No.2801538 Report

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Anonymous Sat 25 Jan 2025 02:01:04 No.2802183 Report

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>>2785162
>he doesnt into geomancy

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Anonymous Sat 25 Jan 2025 02:55:18 No.2802190 Report

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>>2785161
I like your bear bell :)

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Anonymous Sat 25 Jan 2025 03:03:22 No.2802192 Report

Quoted By: >>2804263

>>2786319
We must go deeper.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 04 Feb 2025 06:55:38 No.2804263 Report

Quoted By: >>2804280

>>2802192
What in the harbour freight monstrosity

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 04 Feb 2025 09:26:28 No.2804278 Report

Quoted By: >>2804326

>>2785161
The level of faggotry and dependence on comfort that one has to be on to buy a fucking iron stick instead of just picking one up is actually disgusting if you think about it

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 04 Feb 2025 10:14:29 No.2804280 Report

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>>2804263
fencing pliers, good for recycling pallets

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 04 Feb 2025 16:33:25 No.2804326 Report

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>>2804278
>dependence on comfort
You best not be wearing shoes soft boi

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Anonymous Sun 09 Feb 2025 19:04:29 No.2805260 Report

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i think sticks should be tall

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Feb 2025 19:11:08 No.2805263 Report

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>>2785177
it must not have been long enough
it feels wrong when it's crotch length and you're coming downhill you feel like you could trip and get staked on it
chest height ones can poke your eyes or something but something taller than you will just slide by you

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