Worth every cent - Black Diamond Alpine Flz

Compact, durable with minimal vibration. Much quieter than my older pair of black diamond contour trekking poles. The cork handles are very comfortable and they help keep my hands dry. I am overall very satisfied with these poles. I contemplated getting the distance z poles because of how light they were. But I'm 6'3 and I found the fixed lengths they come in to be a bit of a down fall. The adjustability of these poles is worth the added weight. I was never a believer until I started using them. Trekking poles always seemed silly to me, but now, I never hike ANYWHERE without them. I hunch over much less when climbing uphill, and I have much more control when I'm coming downhill. A must have when hiking.

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