Walking poles and their holes

March 2011

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Walking poles have been blamed for track damage and quickened erosion
DOC is encouraging people who use hiking poles to use rubber tips because of the damage caused track surfaces without them. DOC project manager in Tongariro conservancy John Wilton writes in a report that by a conservative estimate 20,000 poles are used on the Tongariro Alpine Crossing each year. Wilton calculates that if each pole […]

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