Surprising uses of trekking poles most of us didn’t know

Trekking poles in Australia are most common for the householders that love hiking and running. It is used to provide us with enough balance that helps in reducing knee pressure. It is better to provide support than anything that allows us to move faster.

We still, however, are not aware of the versatility of the product today. We only see trekking poles in the light of hiking over the mountains with a backpack strapped on our respective bodies. Even though hiking is an excellent reason to purchase trekking poles, we ought to be aware of surprising uses that might help us in all walks of life.

Helping a photographer

Photographer can suffer much damage without the aid of professional things by their side. However, trekking stick can come to perfect aid and ensure to fulfil the demands of photographers just on time.

In a way, the trekking pole can help most of us in three ways concerning photography: selfie stick, monopod, and tripod. Of course, for making those, we would have to use technological skills to reform them into something new.

Unknown depth

While walking through the forest or a strange place, we might end up coming across a path full of deep snow or muddy water. If we don’t have trekking stick with us to help in the measurement of individual depths, we will end up in big trouble. We can quickly assess the situation of our surrounding and determine the level of danger we are in at present.

First aid emergencies

Sometimes people might be in danger, and we are forced to carry out a first aid emergency and rescue mission. In the remote places, trekking poles might be a great solution to help the victims and us by making them walk a balanced gait all along.

To communicate with others

If we imagine ourselves being stuck on an island for a long time, we probably won’t step a foot inside the aeroplane or ship for the entire lifetime. A trekking pole can be helpful for most of us in sending secret signals at times of difficulty. We have to tie a blaring object by the end of the pole and use it to form certain signs. For instance, we can draw V to indicate that we are in dire need of assistance.

Assistance in laundry

When we are travelling a lot, we need extra support to get our laundry on time. When we are deep inside a forest, camping our way out, we can use trekking poles as support to tie the rope at either end of two sticks and use it to fan away from the wet clothes with natural air. Such a system only helps most of us in getting the best of the already dangerous situation.

Shelter in the woods

Imagine if we are travelling somewhere and the tent we were supposed to use suddenly seems to be in the worst condition, what would we do? The experts suggest most of us to use the trekking poles instead. We can use whatever things we see, for instance, big leaves and even log of woods, and place them over the supportive trekking poles on four sides as ultimate support. That’s how we can make the shelter even if we don’t own a single thing in the name of a tent.

Conclusion

It is said that the urban poles are helpful for individuals striving to go hiking. However, it can have other uses too depending on how we perceive it’s utilisation in daily life. For instance, we can multitask and use the pole for the photographer in three distinct ways while on the other hand, using it as a shelter would also be helpful for us in a critical situation.