Need help with hiking poles

peregrina2000 said:

And my Santa doesn't even walk the Camino and never complains when I leave home for 6 weeks every year (but then, why should he complain since he is usually found in Brazil, France, or California during that time?).

But to the question of cam-lock vs. twist lock. My old Lekis have never slipped on me even they are that old fashioned twist lock style. But tell me, what poles do you carry? Thanks!

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Sorry for the late reply - I'm on the Camino now! . Mine are Black Diamond CF Flicklock poles. The CF stands for carbon fiber so thet are a bit lighter than aluminum.

I have said before in another discussion of walking stick, so integral to the body - buy two sets of rubber tips! No one talks about this. I lost a wonderful rubber cushioned tip walking out of Carillon when my stick got stuck in drain - tugging on it, left it down yonder.
Simple moral - EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE RUBBER TIPSx2
I spent two days with click and silence - all so avoidable with a few grams of an extra set of rubber tips!