Tracks Compact Travel Staff

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Product Features

• Staff is hand-built with high-strength, lightweight anodized aluminum tubing
• Length adjustable between 48 and 54 inches
• Collapsible design for compact storage and travel
• Contoured foam grip with adjustable wrist loop for comfort
• Designed to reduce stress of walking and increase traction

Product Description

Product Description

The Tracks Compact Travel Staff is hand-built with high-strength, lightweight anodized aluminum tubing. It features an upper section with push-button length adjustment and two shock-corded lower sections for compact storage and travel. Its length is adjustable between 48 and 54 inches (122 and 138 centimeters), its stored length is 19 inches (48 centimeters), and it weighs 10.5 ounces (300 grams). An elastic keeper strap secures the staff when collapsed. The staff has a contoured foam grip with adjustable wrist loop, a camera mount beneath a walnut knob, and a molded flex tip with removable rubber foot and trekking basket.

This staff is designed to reduce the impact of each step. The weight which is normally carried by the lower body is transferred to the arms and torso, lessening the stress on the legs by five to 10 pounds. This allows you to experience more power and traction going uphill and to reduce strain on the knees and ankles when coming down. These travel staffs are available as single walking staffs and paired as trekking poles.

Product Description

Your international travel companion. The Compact Travel Staff features an upper section with push-button length adjustment, and two shock-corded lower sections for compact storage and travel. An elastic keeper strap secures the collapsed staff. The Compact Travel Staff has a contoured foam grip with Wedge Lock wrist loop, a camera mount beneath a walnut knob, and a molded flex tip with removable rubber foot and trekking basket. Tracks walking staffs and trekking poles help you walk smarter. They reduce the impact of each step you take so that weight which is normally carried by your lower body is transferred to your arms and torso, lessening the stress on your legs by 5 10 pounds or more. This means you get more power and traction going uphill, and save your knees and ankles when coming back down. All Tracks staffs are hand-built with high-strength, lightweight anodized aluminum tubing. They are available as single walking staffs and paired trekking poles. Their soft foam handgrip stays comfortable hour after hour, while their adjustable wrist straps aid transfer of weight when walking.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• Note: Gift-wrapping is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B000F9Z7SG
• Item model number: 5953
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #55,446 in Sports & Outdoors (See Bestsellers in Sports & Outdoors)

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Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Happy Camper/Hiker, February 19, 2009

By	J. C. Bednar "J.C. Bednar" (Junction City, KS USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a great hiking stick. The top hard wood knob has a built in compass, and is good to bash critters/persons that come at you in an aggressive manner. It also has a good wrist band made out of elastic that comes in quite handy. There is also a nice carrying strap. The stick can be extended or collapsed just buy twisting it a few times.

The hiking stick is collapsable and consists of three sections total. An added bonus is that there are "tick marks" measured off in increments along the extended portion of the hiking stick so you can measure the depth of any water obstacles that you come along. However, the measurements are in "metric". Kind of baffling. I just used a conversion scale and scratched the "english" measurement underneath the metric.

The handle screws off to offer a small compartment where you can store some matches or an emergency fishing kit or some sort of small items that may come in handy. The hiking stick comes with a hard plastic "V" that screws on in place of the hard wood handle. This is used for hunters for a rifle rest. Also, once the hard wood handle is screwed off, you can screw a camera in its place and the stick makes a good stand for photogrophy purposes.

About the only thing I can say "bad" about this hiking stick is that the rubber tip for the point of the stick has a tendency to un-screw itself when hiking. After a while it does get kind of aggravating, so one day I just tightened the tip a little too much and stripped out the threads in the collapsable sections and ruined my stick. I bought a second stick and used thread tape to help keep the rubber tip on. Now I have NO problems. I would suggest you do the same if you buy this hiking stick. Another "bad" comment is that this stick is kind of "pricey". However, as another reviewer commented, this hiking stick is worth every penny.

I have also used this stick to help hold up a poncho during a rain storm and also as a splint to keep a fellow hikers leg straight when she injured her leg/ankle. The alternate uses for this hiking stick is only limited to your imagination.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tracks compact travel staff, February 18, 2007

By	Moe Rica (Costa Rica) - See all my reviews

Great product! Sturdy, light and easy to use. Worth the price.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great gift for my hiking Dad!, October 18, 2007

By	Mary Alice Madaris "Mary Alice" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this as a birthday gift for my ever ambling father. He lives in out West and wanders all over canyons and rocks and mountainsides.
He wrote me after using it for about a week to tell me how much he loved it and what a great gift it was. He'd even been accosted by another gentleman who wanted to know where it came from because his daughter had been pestering him to "be more careful" while hiking.

He says it is lightweight and easy to work with and learn to depend upon for extra support. He loves it!