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By daniel roy Ranked #102 - Snowshoes April 20, 2009

As my question below points out, i've never used poles before. Always used trees for tarp tents, etc. But gettin ready for an AT thru hike I figured they couldn't be a bad idea. However, I simply could not see spending more than a hundred bucks on some trekking poles. Even a hundred seemed insane to me. At any rate I had been drooling over these simply because of the weight. Just as I was getting ready to purchase a 65 dollar pair of Lekis these carbonlites popped up on SAC and I got a steal for $110 shipped. I simply couldnt believe it cuz I religiously watch SAC and have never seen poles on there and as soon as I go to buy some other cheaper ones these $200 poles show up half off. Anyhow, I took these for a stroll thru the FlintHills in KS and they seem to be pretty good at helping distribute weight and keep balance over sketchy terrain. The twist locks seem to be of heavy duty caliber and easy to set lengths. I haven't tried it with frozen fingers but was wearing gloves when I used them and had no problems. I have to say that I am slightly impressed and do see this as being a very wise investment for the future. I don' have a good pair of digital scales to get an exact weight but given the shipping weight was exactly 2 lbs. I would imagine that these poles truly are somewhere around that 14 oz (per pole) advertisement. Thank heavens for the SAC lords as I would have wound up with some heavier, cheaper poles had it not been for the Gods of SAC!!!! I (heart) u BC.com!!!! keep it up!!!!

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