I’m not a skeptic of hiking poles like I am of hiking boots but I’m curious if any pre-industrial people use(d) them
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Scientific evidence for them is scant & contradictory (to put it mildly)
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But given how much time hunter-gatherers seem to spend walking with huge loads, and how low-tech hiking poles are...do/did they use them?
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I always thought a shepard’s staff had more to do with the mountainous summer pasturing than it did with, I dunno poking sheep with it or whatever.
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doesn’t it have a hook on it for catching sheep or whatever? idk I’m so ignorant
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Walking sticks/staffs seem pretty universal, no?
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they seem normal but you never see women carrying huge loads on their heads using them
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Walking sticks are historical. From my own experience: Can get good carbon for $30. Joints less sore. Balance muscles less sore. Arms get bit of workout. Work as tent poles (tent now 0.lbs). Enable stream crossings that were previously undoable. Make great pointing devices.pic.twitter.com/Pf7mwabmpy
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*0.5lbs, since just tarp material (
@ZPacksLLC). That tent is a 2 person! Photo from Matthes Lake a couple weeks ago, the only pokes are my two walking sticks.
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