I used these poles on a 16-mile weekend on the Appalachian Trail in the rain. The grips never got slippery once. The speedlocks make the poles very easy to adjust up or down and they never collapsed on those long uphill climbs and downhill knee-jolters. I would enthusiastically recommend these trekking poles to anyone looking for lightweight essential (in my opinion) backpacking gear.
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