5 Trekking Pole Brands ROBBING You Blind (And 2 Worth Every Penny)

The Gear Files

The pole that sends you tumbling down a rock face isn't the cheap one it's the $250 carbon pole that snapped clean in half the second you leaned on it heading downhill. IN THIS VIDEO: Strip away the marketing and a trekking pole is three things: a shaft, a lock, and a grip. Carbon shatters where al