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How To: Adjust Trekking Pole Straps EffectivelyIt may seem obvious but there's a right way and a wrong way to strap on those trekking poles. Get it right with this simple tutorial for maximum comfort and utility.Photos by Jennifer Howe / howephoto.us
Set up the straps so the webbing lies in a conical, half-twist shape with the open end upward.
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why does each photo in the howto gallery cause a post back to the server? Maybe to up the page views for some intercompany back patting? There is not reason to reload the page, almost makes it unusable given all the junk that the page contains.
You guys can do better.
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Excellent photo tutorial. I use a similar technique with a slightly different strap - one with a buckle that sits at the back of the hand. I find the key is to make sure that the buckle doesn't lie across the bottom edge of the hand, where the strap isn't held as tightly and its difficult to get to the strap to tighten it.
With it at the top end of the hand, these problems go away.
I also find that this type of pole strap is not set up to properly sit smoothly around the wrist and palm. To fix that, I undo the strap and give it a half twist and do it up again. The direction of the twist should be clear if your are holding the pole and pass the strap around your wrist. Don't forget to use the other hand to adjust the other pole, otherwise you will end up with two left-handed or two right-handed setups.
— Doug F
The problem with this is that the strap tail is between your hand and the grip, this I find irritating, I have rethreaded my strap, (you can drift the pin out) so that the tail emerges at the top
— Hugh
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