I have had good fortune with the old, solid fiberglass canes. I have had them run over, slammed in car doors, bent them a ways and have never broken one.
earlier, Lee A. Stone, wrote: >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. > > E-Mail:<mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Tel:(412) 268-9081 > >-- >Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around us in awareness. >-- James Thurber >Come and chat with me at #quietzone on irc.newnet.net > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.16/1652 - Release Date: >9/4/2008 6:54 PM John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
