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Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2025 04:31:00 No.2806955 View View Reply Original Report

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What's your opinion on dual wielding hiking sticks? Useful strategy or just a meme for tryhards?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2025 04:56:43 No.2806960 Report

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>>2806955
nigga they're $30 just try them and decide for yourself god damn

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2025 06:39:15 No.2806967 Report

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you should use them if you like to use them

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2025 07:12:50 No.2806972 Report

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>>2806955
Single wielding is retarded because you only use one side of your body. Single wielding is only viable if you have some kind of disability.
I like using poles because that way I my upper body while hiking and can go further and faster. Also they are good for trail running too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2025 07:56:30 No.2806974 Report

Quoted By: >>2807593

is there a shortage of sticks in the area?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2025 08:37:38 No.2806977 Report

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>>2806955
Single pole only slows you down when walking downhill. Two poles alow you to send it downhill.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2025 11:17:57 No.2806983 Report

Quoted By: >>2807019 >>2809354

>>2806955
hiking poles are most useful tool for hiking in mountains. i don't understand how everyone (including me) got memed they were for old ladies

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2025 12:51:31 No.2806986 Report

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>>2806955
I like to just use one because it helps me go down slopes easier and so I can poke shit with it

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2025 12:53:52 No.2806987 Report

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>is nearly everyone who goes hiking right about trekking poles, or should I listen to the autistic Larpers on /out/?
Quite a conundrum

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2025 13:43:47 No.2806991 Report

Quoted By: >>2807001 >>2807435

Three poles is the optimum amount, but women can utilize it most effectively by shoving the third up their vagoo and since women don't go outdoors, you will never see the strategy. Men can imitate it to a lesser degree by using a zip tie to fix the pole to their "pole" but unless you're hard the entire time it's nowhere near as effective

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2025 15:26:16 No.2807001 Report

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>>2806991
>he doesn't cram a pogostick
ngmi

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2025 15:58:02 No.2807005 Report

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>>2806955
However fast and far you can go without them, you can go faster and farther with them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2025 16:19:12 No.2807009 Report

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>>2806955
One of the best pieces of gear you can buy. I was a skeptic but after getting some cheap ones I used them enough to wear off the carbide tips and completely destroy them. The most important uses for me are crossing rivers and creeks, providing more points of contact when walking on slippery rocks and while descending to take much of the weight off my knees.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2025 17:17:42 No.2807019 Report

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>>2806983
When I first started hiking in local state parks that were mostly flat and with well maintained trails and easy terrain, the only people using them are old ladies.

It wasn't until I moved closer to the mountains and started dealing with steeper terrain, crossing rivers, and "trails" that were actually just muddy creek beds that I saw their value. Even then, took me about 5-10 hikes to get used to using them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2025 17:32:52 No.2807022 Report

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>>2806972
>Single wielding is only viable if you have some kind of disability.
true.
I have a sorta bum leg which gives me crappy balance and I only use one when I am just trapsing about in a more leisurely fashion but if I am going far or carrying any wieght at all I will use two. But one is way better than none

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Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2025 19:03:20 No.2807039 Report

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>>2807019
You’re an idiot.
>hike in local parks
>its all flat, mild terrain
>see old ladies using poles
>doesn’t occur to you that other places have more difficult terrain
>are told that poles are good for steep terrain
>”nah they’re just for old ladies lol fr fr no cap”
11° retarded

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2025 19:10:01 No.2807042 Report

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>>2807039
Nobody "told" me anything, I simply observed only old ladies using poles and figured that's who mainly used them. I wasn't scrounging the internet for the optimal way to do a 4 mile loop in my local state park on a sunday morning lmao

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2025 19:28:43 No.2807045 Report

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Why don't you stop being a fatherless retard for one moment and source your own hazel stick, Shaquan? They are free and there are millions of them innaforest, a lot of them perfectly straight with beautiful colours and gradients. Of course this would require you to go out, Shaquan, which we both know you have never been and will never be.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2025 19:39:22 No.2807047 Report

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>>2807042
>I just discovered /out/ last weekend
We have this thread every week, newfag

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Feb 2025 22:19:06 No.2807091 Report

Quoted By: >>2807151

>>2807047
>when I first started hiking
10 years ago dumbass

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Feb 2025 03:31:46 No.2807151 Report

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>>2807091
Yeah, I bet your daily hike from your car to McDonald's definitely warrants poles

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 20 Feb 2025 00:16:29 No.2807295 Report

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>>2806955
Single sticks are superior.
They make me feel like a wizard and wanderer.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Feb 2025 18:54:10 No.2807435 Report

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>>2806991
How are you not constantly hard when /out/

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Feb 2025 20:41:26 No.2807468 Report

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>>2807435
Who says I'm not?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2025 02:45:24 No.2807528 Report

Quoted By: >>2809436

Eh, i have a pair, just cheap ones, and sometimes i think about getting some nice new ones because i really like having them for tarp camping.

but then i remember i never end up bringing them anyway...

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2025 06:32:24 No.2807584 Report

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You're gonna look super dorky but I swear they're the best things I've ever gotten for hiking

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2025 06:56:26 No.2807593 Report

Quoted By: >>2807620 >>2809158

>>2806974
I met an Australian once who decided to hike the mountains near me with a stick. He was 20 something and getting passed by old ladies (who had trekking poles).

It's always funny to see you flatlanders talk a big game when you've never actually been on a real mountain.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2025 11:11:36 No.2807620 Report

Quoted By: >>2809354 >>2809357

>>2807593
I live in the mountains. I bet you live at sea level

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Feb 2025 23:44:19 No.2809158 Report

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>>2807593
I met an Australian once. He called me a cunt and kept walking

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Mar 2025 23:28:34 No.2809242 Report

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>>2806955
They're good for inclines while wearing a pack.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Mar 2025 16:06:18 No.2809333 Report

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>>2806955
hiking sticks do work in reducing fatigue when hiking with a heavy pack. However they're a meme if you're traveling lightly.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Mar 2025 18:39:35 No.2809354 Report

Quoted By: >>2809412 >>2809431 >>2809533

>>2807620
>>2806983
>>2807019
anybody who doesn't use trekking poles is either a flatlander or under 30.
And if you're under 30, you should still use them to prevent your knees from getting fucked.
t. 32 years old and has fucked up knees from years of hiking up and down mountains without poles

Trust me, even if you're 20 and have healthy knees, you should still be using trekking poles. Don't wait until after your knees are fucked up like I did.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Mar 2025 19:07:31 No.2809357 Report

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>>2807620
Ironically I do live at sea level and the mountains are right on the water so I often go from 500 feet to 6,000 feet in 3 to 5 miles depending on the hike.

If you "live in the mountains" and don't use trekking poles than you probably live somewhere where you can get to 12k feet but start at 9.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 03 Mar 2025 04:58:08 No.2809412 Report

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>>2809354
Best gear investment I ever made.
I absolutely make them longer on the way down.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 03 Mar 2025 09:08:31 No.2809431 Report

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>>2809354
Your knees are fucked from years of being obese or being a tradesclown.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 03 Mar 2025 09:49:27 No.2809435 Report

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>>2806972
A single pole is pretty good if im carrying a rifle, which is always. I don't really like using poles at all other than in real nasty bouldery creeks.

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Anonymous Mon 03 Mar 2025 09:58:40 No.2809436 Report

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>>2807528
Mint for tarp camping. Set up a cozy wee job in alpine this summer, had a good boulder at the other end too. Granted it was pretty mild weather, we did have a bit of rain amd wind which sounded very cool lashing at my sturdy tarp. Yeah a really need to get a good tent, proper weather would make for a rough time up there.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 04 Mar 2025 05:04:20 No.2809533 Report

Quoted By: >>2809906 >>2811033

>>2809354
I own a pair and find them useful mostly when carrying a heavier pack or definitely when snowshoeing. Otherwise they're too awkward and potentially hazardous when im relying on them more that making sure I have good footing.
guess I'm only 28 though so you're right

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Mar 2025 04:32:15 No.2809811 Report

Quoted By: >>2809906

I use to use trekking poles until I had one snap after overuse. They're also awkward and I never really needed one on steeper elevations. If I need something to lean on I use my staff.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Mar 2025 20:42:35 No.2809906 Report

Quoted By: >>2809913 >>2810827

>>2809811
>>2809533
>Trekking poles are awkward and potentially hazardous.
>Don't really need them on steeper elevations
You both are retarded. One of you is probably the retard that keeps making stick threads and neither of you live near any real mountains.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Mar 2025 21:53:48 No.2809913 Report

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>>2809906
I'm not trying to discourage anyone from using them I just had a lot easier of a time not using them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 07 Mar 2025 06:24:41 No.2809953 Report

Quoted By: >>2810897

I use to use a backpack until I had one tear after overuse. They're also awkward and I never really needed one on 2 mile loop trails. If I need to carry something I use my car.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Mar 2025 04:10:06 No.2810827 Report

Quoted By: >>2810897

>>2809906
What is your definition of "real" mountains?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Mar 2025 17:37:31 No.2810897 Report

Quoted By: >>2811022

>>2810827
If you have to ask: you don't live anywhere near one.
>>2809953
>Trekking poles are awkward so I don't use them and drive everywhere
>I consider 2 mile loops a hike
And you felt obligated to post

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Mar 2025 13:25:58 No.2811022 Report

Quoted By: >>2811024 >>2811357 >>2811514

>>2810897
I live in Colorado, and in my experience trekking poles are more of a hassle than they're worth in most situations

Also the second guy is baiting you

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Mar 2025 13:28:27 No.2811023 Report

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>>2806955
I dual wield with my full auto crampons

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Mar 2025 13:32:46 No.2811024 Report

Quoted By: >>2811235 >>2811512

>>2811022
>and in my experience
Then you've never done anything significant.

Full stop.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Mar 2025 16:14:15 No.2811033 Report

Quoted By: >>2811051

>>2809533
>they're too awkward and potentially hazardous
>They're also awkward and I never really needed one on steeper elevations.
Why is /out/ filled with shitposters? This bait is so low quality it's not even funny.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Mar 2025 19:32:13 No.2811051 Report

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>>2811033
It's a Shitposting & Memes but Outdoors related board
Anyone who goes outside is too busy going outside to post here

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Mar 2025 19:38:08 No.2811053 Report

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>>2806955
There's almost no drawback to duel wielding. When it's inconvenient, you can just grip both sticks in one hand.

I personally really like using hiking polls because I like to use my arms. Also, make the sticks short so you can push down and pogo off the ground rather than pull yourself up all the time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Mar 2025 22:03:09 No.2811094 Report

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>>2806955
>What's your opinion on dual wielding hiking sticks?
Idunno, why don't you go find a fucking tree and test it with branches you retarded cons00mer.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 16 Mar 2025 00:29:25 No.2811235 Report

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>>2811024
Sounds like goalpost moving

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Mar 2025 02:48:12 No.2811357 Report

Quoted By: >>2811508 >>2811564

>>2811022
>I live where the base of most hikes is 7,000 feet and most peaks are 9 to 10k
Holy fuck you're retarded. Thanks for proving my point.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Mar 2025 03:56:26 No.2811508 Report

Quoted By: >>2811564 >>2811706

>>2811357
Yeah 3k elevation gain is bitch mode. I go 3k feet from sea level to the top of the mountain in my back yard here in New York

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Mar 2025 04:09:28 No.2811512 Report

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>>2811024
Nah come on man. In 4th and low 5th you need your hands to scramble. On anything more you need ropes. On snow you need an ice axe. And on waterfall ice you need two ice tools and screws.
These things have the rep of being for old ladies because they aren't really necessary. Maybe they're nice sure. I don't think they've ever been considered core mountaineering equipment though.

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Anonymous Tue 18 Mar 2025 04:14:05 No.2811514 Report

Quoted By: >>2811564

>>2811022
>I live in Colorado, and in my experience trekking poles are more of a hassle than they're worth in most situations
colorado doesn't have real mountains

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Mar 2025 05:39:19 No.2811521 Report

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>>2806955
I’m getting older and my knees are shit. Saved me a bunch of times.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Mar 2025 14:55:47 No.2811564 Report

Quoted By: >>2811604

>>2811357
Colorado has more 14ers than any other state and hundreds of 13ers but go off ig

>>2811508
Climbing from sea level is not the same as climbing at altitude so who cares?

>>2811514
Cope fatty. The east coast has no real mountains. I would be embarrassed if I ever used fattysticks east of the Rockies

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Anonymous Tue 18 Mar 2025 17:09:29 No.2811591 Report

Quoted By: >>2811744

ITT:
>Posers who act like poles are always and unambiguously gay regardless of who's using them
>Posers who act like they are absolutely necessary for "real" outdoors
>Real /out/ists that actually have the experience to know when they're appropriate and when they're not

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Mar 2025 20:10:29 No.2811604 Report

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>>2811564
>Start at 12k
>Hike to 14k
LOL

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Mar 2025 22:25:35 No.2811626 Report

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>>2807005
This. Every little bit of work done by your arms is work your legs don't have to do. That goes for both balance and propulsion.

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Anonymous Wed 19 Mar 2025 14:37:47 No.2811706 Report

Quoted By: >>2811734

>>2811508
>New York
hahahahahahaha

Wait, New York looks like THIS?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Mar 2025 18:57:08 No.2811734 Report

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>>2811706
We call those foothills in the west.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Mar 2025 19:36:44 No.2811744 Report

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>>2811591
I pack in my poles and take them out when the terrain gets too steep. It's verry common where I live for the approach to be pretty flat and then get very steep very fast. Once the come out I keep them out the rest of the hike though because when I come back they help a lot when I'm tired--even on the "flattish" parts of the approach.

I don't take them on hikes less than a few miles or hikes that are mostly flat--although there aren't a lot of "mostly flat" hikes where I live.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Mar 2025 07:27:46 No.2812086 Report

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FUN ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO WITH POLES

- Practice swordfighting
- Pimp cane walk
- Drawing funny dicks in the sand
- Trying to gallop like a majestic gazelle
- Can help pick up trash
- Practice swordfighting x2
- Helps push away brush in certain types of bushwacking
- Use it to jiggle quicksand for 15-20 minutes
- Practice swordfighting x3

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