Dan, you have often mentioned these trekking poles. are these some
you made up to your highth or were these store bought? Lee
On Tue, Sep
02, 2008 at
12:23:53PM -0400, Dan
Rossi wrote:
> Interesting viewpoints.
>
> Personally, I never use a folding cane when traveling independently. If I
> am with sighted folks and am going sighted guide, I will use a folding
> cane for short bits. However, when traveling to and from work I always
> use a rigid cane.
>
> I have twice broken a folding cane at one of the joints and it is a mess
> trying to get home with a flopping cane.
>
> Toward that end, I only use Aluminum rigid canes. I once had a cane get
> run over. I bent it relatively straight and continued home where I could
> affect more permanent repairs.
>
> When off roading, IE hiking, I use trekking poles that are a lot sturdier
> than any cane. I use two of them and since I started using them, I have
> stayed on my feet a lot better.
>
> --
> Blue skies.
> Dan Rossi
> Carnegie Mellon University.
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