+PandyBat Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Anyone have an extra trekking pole that they don't want or don't use? I'd like to have an metal adjustable one, not a wooden hiking stick. Please email me and let me know what kind it is and how much you would like for it. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
+IndJones Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 I'm not sure if you have Target stores near you or not. If so they have them 3 or 4 models from 9.95 up. At least they do hear in the Indy area. Hope this may help! Quote Link to comment
ZippySLC Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Columbia/United Cutlery makes a really nice hiking staff - the Cathedral Peak. Features include a removable handle with interchangeable knife and saw blades, watertight storage space, compass, and adjustable wrist strap. Sheath is fiber reinforced nylon and clips on the side of the hiking staff and houses the interchangeable knife blade. Overall length - Adjustable from 37" to 57" It MSRP's for $99, and most online resellers have it for $70. I can do it for $65 including shipping. Quote Link to comment
+PandyBat Posted April 30, 2004 Author Share Posted April 30, 2004 I'm not sure if you have Target stores near you or not. If so they have them 3 or 4 models from 9.95 up. At least they do hear in the Indy area. Hope this may help! Cool...I have a Target here. I'll check with them tomorrow. Thanks for the tip! Quote Link to comment
+PandyBat Posted April 30, 2004 Author Share Posted April 30, 2004 Columbia/United Cutlery makes a really nice hiking staff - the Cathedral Peak. Features include a removable handle with interchangeable knife and saw blades, watertight storage space, compass, and adjustable wrist strap. Sheath is fiber reinforced nylon and clips on the side of the hiking staff and houses the interchangeable knife blade. Overall length - Adjustable from 37" to 57" It MSRP's for $99, and most online resellers have it for $70. I can do it for $65 including shipping. I LOVE these types of poles. I would really like to have one like this but they are just a bit too pricey for my budget. I am trying to find one in the $25-30 range, which might be asking for too much...lol I'm sure these are well worth the $60 and I appreciate the offer. Wish I had one. Quote Link to comment
+Desert_Warrior Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Look on line for MASTERS poles. About $40. Quote Link to comment
ZippySLC Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 I LOVE these types of poles. I would really like to have one like this but they are just a bit too pricey for my budget. I am trying to find one in the $25-30 range, which might be asking for too much...lol I'm sure these are well worth the $60 and I appreciate the offer. Wish I had one. If I run across any less expensive ones I will let you know. Unfortunately that Cathedral Peak one is the only hiking staff that I carry. Quote Link to comment
+SBPhishy Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 They have them here at Big 5 for 25 I think. I have a Leki Sierra AS, and I really like it, but it was a little pricey... Quote Link to comment
KD4SHK Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 We bought two of the ones at Target for about $25 each a couple of weeks ago. Have used them on a couple of hikes, and are pleasantly surprised. The quality seems on par with the $60 "name brand" ones. I like the ability to collapse them to about 26" for packing, yet when expanded, they are pretty sturdy. Sam Quote Link to comment
+Team Flashncache Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 I was out in the woods this one time. I looked on the ground and there was this STICK! It looked like it was free, so I picked it up... Quote Link to comment
+Desert_Warrior Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 Here comes the age-old "STICK" crowd. He said colapsable. Yes, a stick is colapsable, but only one time! Quote Link to comment
jemmettg Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 I can attest to sticks at Target. They did great when a group of us were hiking the Inca Trail in Peru this winter. Quote Link to comment
+SnowLeopard Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 I just went up to target - they have two kinds of hiking poles (but only one in stock). I picked up an el cheapo for $19. It works good enough for what I'll use it for! Quote Link to comment
+West Tn Dawg Posted May 6, 2004 Share Posted May 6, 2004 Go to your local co-op and buy one of the small fiber-glass electric fence post. Place a small piece of heat shrink on one end for a handle and you have a great stick that is light and durable. Electrical tape works too, if you don't have any heat shrink. CHEAP TOO! Quote Link to comment
+GEO*Trailblazer 1 Posted May 6, 2004 Share Posted May 6, 2004 (edited) I know where a whole barrl full are at I think they range from 6.99 up. Cedar,Sasafrass,oak...and others. Come back down here caching again,you didn't say you needed a stick. Oh you said no wuud...lol got an adjustable cane or two. Edited May 6, 2004 by GEO*Trailblazer 1 Quote Link to comment
+PandyBat Posted May 6, 2004 Author Share Posted May 6, 2004 (edited) Well, believe it or not, I just bought two sassafrass sticks off of ebay. I went to Target and checked out their trekking poles and they only had about 6 left. Every one of them had something wrong with them.....couple were bent and the rest either wouldn't lock into place or were stuck into the locked position. I kinda figured if that were some of the problems with them in the store, they would probably fail me in those same respects somewhere down the road. So I decided then to go with wooden sticks. Bought a couple personalized ones on ebay for about what I would have paid for one aluminum trekking pole in the store. Works for me. Thanks for all the suggestions! Edited May 6, 2004 by PandyBat Quote Link to comment
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