> Maryse, I can''t handle more than one walking stick. I often need to do > something with one hand (hold on to a stair rail, open a door, extract a > wallet) and that gets awkward with two poles. It's too much stuff for me to > juggle. Did John have a solution for that? Or did he use two poles only > when walking for exercise? The hiking poles have a strap that goes around the wrist so you can easily let go of the pole, it won´t fall even if you go up/down stairs and have to hold on to a rail. maryse ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn