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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
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