Black Diamond Contour Elliptic Flicklock Trekking Poles

Published Jun 19, 2010 GMT

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These are trekking poles I originally bought for some day hikes in Alaska (August 2009) the Grand Canyon (December 2009).

I ended up just carrying them up and down the Canyon (they're light!), and then breaking the tip on one pole on the Big Pine Lakes loop in June 2010.

I took the poles back to REI to get a new tip, but they had none in stock or online, so I got a nice new pair of Black Diamond Alpine Carbon Cork trekking poles. Hurray, (almost) free upgrades!

MSRP	$119.95 (MSRP)

Onion Valley to Charlotte Lake - June 16, 2010 This is the third time I've done this hike in some form In 2005, I did the pass with my friend Ray and then went off-trail scrambling over to the Golden Trout Lakes and down that canyon In 2007, Kelly and I walked up to the pass and back I always ...

Alpine Carbon Cork Flicklock Trekking Poles These are trekking poles I got to replace the Elliptical Black Diamond poles that snapped on the Big Pine loop trail in June 2010 But they are very shiny and new

Big Pine Lakes Loop - June 17, 2010 Like the Kearsarge hike, this is the third time I've done this hike in some form In 2005, Ray and I make it as far as Lake 2 before it started to rain and we turned back I had always wanted to do the full loop and see some of the side hikes, so ba...

Shawn B

Comment | Jun 19, 2010, 8:04 pm

I really liked these poles until they broke. The elliptical shape kept the Flicklocks in alignment and gave the poles a more sturdy feel than regular round poles.

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