Should a walking stick be part of your survival gear ??

[bigpaul]

[NorthernRaider]

Sometimes take a telescopic one with me when i have to visit dangerous cities, i just dress like a backpacker and carry the walking pole.

[Highlander]

lol,.. I thought for a long time that hikeing with a stick was for softies, and that they had no place in my equipment..... but for a while now, I have realised just how important they can be, I always have a stick with me when I am on the hills,...and it has saved me a few times

...and of course in our situations, a good stick is a fair weapon,...I use one I made myself from Hazel, I am not comfortable with modern extended ones

[bigpaul]

when i was on my" Fungus Foray" course last year, i found a staff very handy when slipping and sliding in the woods, without it i would have landed on my backside more than once ! i have seen Ray Mears use one when fording a river.

[Prepper1]

Hmmm wonder what the regs would be on that then.

What'd be acceptable to carry as an aid and not be classed as a weapon?

I tend to think if as the guy said in the article if an old lady had a 7 foot quarter staff it'd be seen as empowering, but what about me...
White 6 foot 16 stone plus skinheaded, tattood male...

Bout 5 mins before S019 turns up maybe...

ok for the countryside I think but maybe not city use.

[Metroyeti]

There a useful tool. Dnahoghunter on youtube made one that disconected and had a bayonet inside the bit that came iff had lead to weight it. So his walking staff was also a spear/club or preist

[SealDriver]

I'm thinking of getting one....having wood is always good, even if the shaft is twisted and the end all knobbly and warped.....I like Hawthorn best.

[Straight Shooter]

hawthorn IS the best !

[Hrusai]

[Highlander]

Nice pole, but I dont think it would be for me, its too long for my comfort, I prefer a sort of ski pole size,... but it does have a couple of nice features, the couplings are the same as you find on chimney sweep rods,...mmmm I wonder????