Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks 14:40 - Sep 23 with 2755 views | BrixtonBlue | The sort hikers have rather than old people who can't walk very well. Saw loads of them in the Lake District and the people with them look pretty sprightly, with the sticks not seemingly supporting them at all (barely touching the ground from what I can see). They're not cheap either. Are they like a fashion accessory that says "I'm a proper hiker" or do they actually serve a practical purpose? | |
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Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:42 - Sep 23 with 1511 views | factual_blue | Are these people with one pole (not stick) or two? | |
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Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:42 - Sep 23 with 1515 views | BlueBadger | If you're using them properly, they are very good for additional balance and traction if you're on uneven or hilly ground, but yeah, there is a lot of 'walker posing' associated with them. They're quite often the walker equivalent of fat middle aged blokes squeezing themselves into lycra to go out on their push bikes. | |
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Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:44 - Sep 23 with 1503 views | hoppy | I've got one, and have found it to be useful. Not constantly, necessarily, but during the course of some possibly more arduous walks, with climbs or perilous cliff edges etc, it is helpful for testing the ground, giving a bit of support, providing something to lean on. | |
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Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:46 - Sep 23 with 1487 views | BrixtonBlue |
Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:42 - Sep 23 by factual_blue | Are these people with one pole (not stick) or two? |
Most I saw had two. What's the difference between a walking pole and a walking stick? | |
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Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:46 - Sep 23 with 1494 views | Keno | My favourite moment with a walking stick as at PR years ago. We were playing Man U and they had given the bottom tier of the East Stand over to away fans. Half way through the 2nd half Man U fans started trying to climb up into the top tier only to the faced by a old guy trying golf swings at them with an up turned walking stick | |
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Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:49 - Sep 23 with 1473 views | SaleAway | If used properly, can really help... on a descent can really take the pressure off the knees. | |
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Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:50 - Sep 23 with 1467 views | hoppy |
Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:46 - Sep 23 by Keno | My favourite moment with a walking stick as at PR years ago. We were playing Man U and they had given the bottom tier of the East Stand over to away fans. Half way through the 2nd half Man U fans started trying to climb up into the top tier only to the faced by a old guy trying golf swings at them with an up turned walking stick |
That might be why Factors was asking if these people had one or two sticks... | |
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Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:50 - Sep 23 with 1468 views | BrixtonBlue |
Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:42 - Sep 23 by BlueBadger | If you're using them properly, they are very good for additional balance and traction if you're on uneven or hilly ground, but yeah, there is a lot of 'walker posing' associated with them. They're quite often the walker equivalent of fat middle aged blokes squeezing themselves into lycra to go out on their push bikes. |
Or people who have Land Rovers for ferrying the kids to school. They could go off-road if they had to, but never have yet. | |
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Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:50 - Sep 23 with 1455 views | factual_blue |
Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:46 - Sep 23 by BrixtonBlue | Most I saw had two. What's the difference between a walking pole and a walking stick? |
They might well be Nordic Walkers. They have poles that should be 68% of their height. The contact with the ground is minimal and as you push on them as though skiing to increase momentum and provide an upper body workout whilst walking. And its good mindfulness stuff too. One of my group recommended it to Prince William. https://www.nordicwalkingeastanglia.co.uk/about/instructors | |
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Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:52 - Sep 23 with 1450 views | factual_blue |
Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:46 - Sep 23 by Keno | My favourite moment with a walking stick as at PR years ago. We were playing Man U and they had given the bottom tier of the East Stand over to away fans. Half way through the 2nd half Man U fans started trying to climb up into the top tier only to the faced by a old guy trying golf swings at them with an up turned walking stick |
I remember that well. I was in the North Stand. Somewhere about 1973-74? We won of course. | |
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Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:53 - Sep 23 with 1446 views | BrixtonBlue |
Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:50 - Sep 23 by factual_blue | They might well be Nordic Walkers. They have poles that should be 68% of their height. The contact with the ground is minimal and as you push on them as though skiing to increase momentum and provide an upper body workout whilst walking. And its good mindfulness stuff too. One of my group recommended it to Prince William. https://www.nordicwalkingeastanglia.co.uk/about/instructors |
Interesting. River's my favourite instructor. Doesn't seem to have many qualifications though. | |
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Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:55 - Sep 23 with 1432 views | BlueBadger |
Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:50 - Sep 23 by BrixtonBlue | Or people who have Land Rovers for ferrying the kids to school. They could go off-road if they had to, but never have yet. |
Even worse than that: | |
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Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:57 - Sep 23 with 1421 views | Swansea_Blue |
Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:44 - Sep 23 by hoppy | I've got one, and have found it to be useful. Not constantly, necessarily, but during the course of some possibly more arduous walks, with climbs or perilous cliff edges etc, it is helpful for testing the ground, giving a bit of support, providing something to lean on. |
Funny, I say the same about my Mrs. | |
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Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:57 - Sep 23 with 1420 views | Keno |
Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:52 - Sep 23 by factual_blue | I remember that well. I was in the North Stand. Somewhere about 1973-74? We won of course. |
I stood on the North Stand then!! We could have hugged a few times | |
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Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 15:01 - Sep 23 with 1402 views | hoppy |
Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:57 - Sep 23 by Keno | I stood on the North Stand then!! We could have hugged a few times |
Or he may have waved his walking stick at you... | |
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Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 15:05 - Sep 23 with 1397 views | Steve_M |
Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:42 - Sep 23 by BlueBadger | If you're using them properly, they are very good for additional balance and traction if you're on uneven or hilly ground, but yeah, there is a lot of 'walker posing' associated with them. They're quite often the walker equivalent of fat middle aged blokes squeezing themselves into lycra to go out on their push bikes. |
Much more importantly than that, they reduce the load on the knees considerably. That's particularly the case with a rucksack any bigger than a small day bag. I find the poles offset the additional weight of the rucksack. They're far more useful than just for posing, I would recommend anyone who did a decent amount of hill walking invest in a pair. Now very expensive waterproof jackets on the other hand..... | |
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Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 15:10 - Sep 23 with 1380 views | Ryorry |
Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:50 - Sep 23 by BrixtonBlue | Or people who have Land Rovers for ferrying the kids to school. They could go off-road if they had to, but never have yet. |
Round here those landies do actually go off-road regularly, as the kids' parents are farmers, vets, riding school proprieters etc! | |
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Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 15:11 - Sep 23 with 1375 views | hoppy |
Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 15:10 - Sep 23 by Ryorry | Round here those landies do actually go off-road regularly, as the kids' parents are farmers, vets, riding school proprieters etc! |
Not so much the ones seen in Kingston-on-Thames and the like. | |
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Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 15:12 - Sep 23 with 1372 views | BrixtonBlue |
Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 15:10 - Sep 23 by Ryorry | Round here those landies do actually go off-road regularly, as the kids' parents are farmers, vets, riding school proprieters etc! |
Well I'm sure they do Ry. They don't here, in that there London. | |
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Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 15:19 - Sep 23 with 1357 views | Ryorry |
Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 15:11 - Sep 23 by hoppy | Not so much the ones seen in Kingston-on-Thames and the like. |
Well you can larf, but when I was a teen and worked at a riding school in Leatherhead (only 10 miles from KoT) one of the best bits of the job was piling in the landie & driving round the bypass into the fields where some of the ponies were kept! | |
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Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 15:32 - Sep 23 with 1337 views | jeera | For poking cows with. | |
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Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 15:34 - Sep 23 with 1327 views | Keno |
Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 15:32 - Sep 23 by jeera | For poking cows with. |
and euphemism of the day goes to ......... | |
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Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 15:36 - Sep 23 with 1319 views | NewcyBlue |
Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 14:50 - Sep 23 by BrixtonBlue | Or people who have Land Rovers for ferrying the kids to school. They could go off-road if they had to, but never have yet. |
I can understand that though. | |
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Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 15:51 - Sep 23 with 1295 views | TractorWood | I did some fell running in the lakes a couple of weeks ago without poles. My GPS unit is the most important thing. I think it's down to preference. [Post edited 23 Sep 2020 15:52]
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Another thing I don't understand - walking sticks on 15:54 - Sep 23 with 1279 views | hype313 | I'm sure they have their merits, but when I see people fully dressed top to toe with Patagonia clobber and two sticks walking along Felixstowe Promenade, I do wonder how much extra support one needs. | |
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