Handstands Across America » Gear http://www.handstandsacrossamerica.com/blog Doing Handstands Wherever I go, Why Not? Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:03:45 +0000 en hourly 1 Got the gear! http://www.handstandsacrossamerica.com/blog/2008/05/06/got-the-gear/ http://www.handstandsacrossamerica.com/blog/2008/05/06/got-the-gear/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 03:57:00 +0000 Sam E. http://www.handstandsacrossamerica.com/wordpress/?p=36 So I ordered a bunch of gear off Backcountry.com. Expensive stuff, but better with a 20% off coupon!

I got all the main stuff I’m gonna need for hitting up all the national parks on my roadtrip at this point :-)

Got…

]]> http://www.handstandsacrossamerica.com/blog/2008/05/06/got-the-gear/feed/ 1 Do You Need Hiking Poles? http://www.handstandsacrossamerica.com/blog/2008/04/14/do-you-need-hiking-poles/ http://www.handstandsacrossamerica.com/blog/2008/04/14/do-you-need-hiking-poles/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:47:00 +0000 Sam E. http://www.handstandsacrossamerica.com/wordpress/?p=26 SteepAndCheap.com is so addictive. I have purchased shirts, sleeping bags, flip flops, sleeping mats, watches, socks and who knows what else? They are the Outlet for an Outlet. That’s right, Backcountry.com‘s outlet is Backcountryoutlet.com whose outlet is SteepAndCheap.com which features items at ~50-85% off and sometimes you just can’t pass it up. This is quality outdoors stuff people!

There was a “good deal”, or so I told myself for a set of trekking poles made by LEKI for $69.99. They had good reviews!

Instead of only looking up this reviews for this model, I looked up something more important. Are hiking poles worthwhile? Basically, if you have bad knees, yes they can be. For me, they are not worth the 70 bucks at this time. Thank you self control for saving me 70 dollars.

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