In the 60's and 70's, I witnessed many an orphan ski pole repurposed to a certain type of pipe! They were hung in several secret places on the mountain for emergency use, known locally as a "kitchen". So....if you live where it's legal, there ya go!
We've done this. Also use broken hockey sticks.I use retired ones in the garden, strong light and rustproof.
Perfect for ensuring social distancing, swing it around like a made man when you go out people will give you distance and those that don’t will wish they had. If this keeps up long enough people will recognize you a keep their distance long after this has passed.
Reminds me of a story my visually impaired friend told me when she first got her cane. She is legally blind, but can make out blobs. She was super frustrated in an airport, when people were literally stepping over her cane, while she was walking. So the next person that did it she started swinging it back and forth whacking them on both ankles a couple of times until they could get loose, all the while saying loudly something like, “What's that? Is someone there?”Perfect for ensuring social distancing, swing it around like a made man when you go out people will give you distance and those that don’t will wish they had. If this keeps up long enough people will recognize you a keep their distance long after this has passed.
Speaking only for myself, yes.Is everyone so OCD they couldn't possibly ski with a mismatched pair of poles?
Pair em with another orphan and get skiing - everyone knows there is more cred in looking like you ski a lot and DNGAF about your mismatched, scratched, bent poles than in sporting bright and shiny new carbon Lekis etc.
Speaking only for myself, yes.
That sounds like there's a lot of overlap with the list of "crazy-people-at-ski-resorts"*...the potential let's-ski-one-of-each-ski BSL buddy list*
Good move. I'll swap you skis, but only both at the same time!*Crosses @Jenny off the potential let's-ski-one-of-each-ski BSL buddy list*
That sounds like there's a lot of overlap with the list of "crazy-people-at-ski-resorts"
*Crosses @Jenny off the potential let's-ski-one-of-each-ski BSL buddy list*
Now that's just crazy talk!If your feet are about the same size but the BSL are slightly different, you can avoid binding adjustments by swapping one boot along with the ski.
If your feet are about the same size but the BSL are slightly different, you can avoid binding adjustments by swapping one boot along with the ski.
Is everyone so OCD they couldn't possibly ski with a mismatched pair of poles?