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2. Trainers Say Walking With This Tool Delivers More Of A Full ...

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   Pole planting: When you plant the pole on the ground, you aren’t planting it perpendicular to the ground, but rather at an angle. This is different than trekking or backpacking with poles, which ...

3. Trekking pole - Wikipedia

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   Mountain guide Alice Manfield with a long wooden walking pole in the early 1900s. When in use, modern trekking poles resemble ski poles as they have many features in common, such as baskets at the bottom to prevent the pole sinking through unstable surfaces, and rubber-padded handles and wrist straps to strengthen holding grip.

4. Nordic walking - Wikipedia

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   The straps eliminate the need to tightly grasp the grips. As with many trekking poles, Nordic walking poles come with removable rubber tips for use on hard surfaces and hardened metal tips for trails, the beach, snow and ice. Most poles are made from lightweight aluminium, carbon fiber, or composite materials. Special walking shoes are not ...

5. Walking stick - Wikipedia

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   Nordic walking poles are extremely popular [citation needed] in Europe. Walking with two poles in the correct length radically reduces the stress to the knees, hips and back. These special poles come with straps resembling a fingerless glove, durable metal tips for off-road and removable rubber tips for pavement and other hard surfaces.

6. Hiking - Wikipedia

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   Snowshoes and hiking poles, or cross country skis are useful aid for those hiking in deep snow. [77] An example of a close relationship between skiing and hiking is found in Norway, where The Norwegian Trekking Association maintains over 400 huts stretching across thousands of kilometres of trails which hikers can use in the summer and skiers ...

7. Hiking equipment - Wikipedia

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   Hiking equipment is the equipment taken on outdoor walking trips. The duration, distance, planned activities, and environment impacts equipment selection. For example, a short day hike across flat farmland versus trekking in the Himalayas would call for different types of equipment.