Trekking Poles when you need your hands

[4rcgoat]

When I stop I typically take a knee,lay them down on the ground.

 

[gabenzeke]

Yeah, but then You bend over to pick them up and your (sweaty) shirt rides up your back exposing your sweaty skin to your backpack and sometimes, if your bino harness isn’t closed, your binos fall, maybe you even lose a wind checker bottle.

Good girls bend at the knees, not the waist.

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[displacedtexan]

Oh. This is a real question...

Sometimes I just drop them on the ground and pick them back up.

 

[taskswap]

This isn't meant to be flip. But I just set them down? If I want a snack I'm usually near a log or rock I'm about to sit on. I just lean them against it. Why complicate things?

 

[Poser]

Gotta learn to squat not bend.

Squatting to pick something up off the ground is not the natural movement, bending over is. That’s the way body mechanics work.

 

[ORJoe]

Squatting to pick something up off the ground is not the natural movement, bending over is. That’s the way body mechanics work.

Yeah that's why you have to learn it

 

[Poser]

Yeah that's why you have to learn it

You probably won’t find a bigger proponent on Rokslide of the benefits of squatting. My take on this matter is well documented. However, when it comes to picking something up off the ground, your natural inclination to bend over and pick it up is the correct way and from a physics standpoint, the most efficient.

 

[CorbLand]

You probably won’t find a bigger proponent on Rokslide of the benefits of squatting. My take on this matter is well documented. However, when it comes to picking something up off the ground, your natural inclination to bend over and pick it up is the correct way and from a physics standpoint, the most efficient.

The best and most efficient way of doing things is dictated by the circumstances. In the case of having a heavy pack, not wanting your shirt to ride up and/or binos falling out, squatting is more efficient.

But, the best way I have found is to use one strap over the other and hold both in one hand. If I need both hands, I lean or hook them on the nearest bush, tree, rock, etc.

 

[grfox92]

I lean them against my partner and then he moves and they fall down. Then I pick them up and lean them against me and they fall down and I pick them back up. Then I collapse them and tuck them next to my water bottle because I'm annoyed.

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