Hold your poles and use the hand straps - Page 2

Line101 · 01-02-08, 01:38 AM

thats sick

danger · 01-02-08, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Line101

thats sick

i havent done it. they would arrest me and ban me from the mountain

Adam · 02-02-08, 12:04 AM

Sometimes when Im snowboarding I wish I just had a set of poles!
The bother of taking your foot from its binding to walk up a track really sucks!

Line101 · 02-02-08, 04:18 PM

ya that would be a pain to have to take your foot out of your bnding every time you get on a char lift.

scottp96145 · 12-02-08, 05:32 AM

I never use straps, except to hang up my poles when I am finished skiing. There was a time when poles did not have straps--only hand grips.
Nothing to do with how skilled I am or how frequently or infrequently I fall. More to do with the seriousness of my falls and the liability pole straps place on my ability to free my hand from the pole/ strap to avoid potential thumb or hand injuries. Like running gates (racing) or glade or tree skiing where there is a potential for a serious fall or "catching a pole basket".

There is a danger of thumb or hand injury if you happen to fall on the pole and somehow your hand is wedged between the pole and body. -- I would rather hike up to get my pole than suffer a thumb dislocation. Also if your pole basket gets caught anywhere while you are flying down the mountain, or getting on or off a lift, and it happens past enough so that you cannot get your hand out of the strap, there is the potential for injury.

01-02-08, 01:38 AM	#16
Line101 I haven't picked a title Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: South Lake Tahoe Posts: 112	thats sick __________________

02-02-08, 12:04 AM	#18
Adam I haven't picked a title Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ireland Posts: 81	Sometimes when Im snowboarding I wish I just had a set of poles! The bother of taking your foot from its binding to walk up a track really sucks! __________________ Thanks, Adam

12-02-08, 05:32 AM	#20
scottp96145 I haven't picked a title Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Alpine Meadows, Calif. Posts: 29	I never use straps, except to hang up my poles when I am finished skiing. There was a time when poles did not have straps--only hand grips. Nothing to do with how skilled I am or how frequently or infrequently I fall. More to do with the seriousness of my falls and the liability pole straps place on my ability to free my hand from the pole/ strap to avoid potential thumb or hand injuries. Like running gates (racing) or glade or tree skiing where there is a potential for a serious fall or "catching a pole basket". There is a danger of thumb or hand injury if you happen to fall on the pole and somehow your hand is wedged between the pole and body. -- I would rather hike up to get my pole than suffer a thumb dislocation. Also if your pole basket gets caught anywhere while you are flying down the mountain, or getting on or off a lift, and it happens past enough so that you cannot get your hand out of the strap, there is the potential for injury. __________________

02-02-08, 04:18 PM	#19
Line101 I haven't picked a title Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: South Lake Tahoe Posts: 112	ya that would be a pain to have to take your foot out of your bnding every time you get on a char lift.