The Great West Coast Trail Trekking Pole Debate: Aluminum, Carbon Fiber, and the Art of “Air-Walking”

A tall hiker carrying a heavy pack uses two aluminum trekking poles to balance on the West Coast Trail.

The Portrait of a 280-Pound Sloth West Coast Trail Trekking Poles: Picture a 51-year-old man who is six-foot-five, weighs 230 pounds, possesses zero core strength, and is carrying a 50-pound pack. Now put him in the mud. My gait is slow. And I don’t just mean slower than average. I mean that my progress is … Read more