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  2. 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.

  3. Peak bagging - Wikipedia

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    Peak bagging or hill bagging is an activity in which hikers, climbers, and mountaineers attempt to reach a collection of summits, published in the form of a list.This activity has been popularized around the world, with lists such as 100 Peaks of Taiwan, four-thousand footers, 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, the Sacred Mountains of China, the Seven Summits, the Fourteeners of Colorado, and the ...

  4. Trekking peak - Wikipedia

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    The term "Trekking Peak" is a commonly misunderstood colloquial term which may refer to a variety of types of peaks in the Himalayan Region. The term is most often associated with Group "B" NMA Climbing Peaks classified by the Nepal Mountaineering Association or easier. [1]

  5. Four-thousand footers - Wikipedia

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    The Four-thousand footers (sometimes abbreviated 4ks) [by whom?] are a group of forty-eight mountains in New Hampshire at least 4,000 feet (1,200 m) above sea level.To qualify for inclusion a peak must also meet the more technical criterion of topographic prominence important in the mountaineering sport of peak-bagging.

  6. Mountaineering - Wikipedia

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    Peak bagging is the general activity of ascending peaks that are on a list of notable mountains, such as the 4000m peaks of the Alps. Enchainment is climbing more than one significant summit in one outing, usually on the same day. Climbing via ferratas involves traversing ladder-like paths on highly exposed terrain.

  7. Walking stick - Wikipedia

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    Hikers use walking sticks, also known as trekking poles, pilgrim's staffs, hiking poles, or hiking sticks, for a wide variety of purposes: as a support when going uphill or as a brake when going downhill; as a balance point when crossing streams, swamps, or other rough terrain; to feel for obstacles in the path; to test mud and water for depth ...

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