Thanks Maryse, Yes, you remind me that my walking stick came with a wrist strap. I quickly abandoned the strap, as it felt to me like more of an encumbrance. Just another instance of "different strokes" – one size never fits all when it comes to Parkinson's! Kathleen On Friday, October 26, 2012, mschild wrote: > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn