Leki Thermolite® Trekking Poles - Pair

Extremely valuable hiking when footing is bad: in snow,ice,or mud.

Very useful, and collapses to a very compact size

I was attending a High Adventure Training with Boy Scouts and our instructor told us that trekking poles helps tremendously when backpacking so I decided to purchase one. I have only used it once and it was very easy to adjust and very very light. It made the trip so comfortable that I will not go backpacking without it. I like the Leki brand because there is a lifetime warranty for the shaft breakage. I am planning on buying my son his own pair.

I wanted reliable poles. I had "cheaper" poles that refused to stay consistently locked in the middle of a backpacking climb. I wanted reliability and I found them in Liki. I guess the old adage "You get what you pay for" is true.

Use a similiar product in the Beartooth Mountains of Montana-The Beaten Path trail, 26 miles. The pole (I used only one) was very helpful covering the granite rocks and the stream crossings. The trail was 16 miles downhill and the pole definately saved my knees the last three days.