emerald lake trail estes park Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/emerald-lake-trail-estes-park Sat, 21 Oct 2017 19:10:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Estes Park Hiking Trails Map http://toursmaps.com/estes-park-hiking-trails-map.html http://toursmaps.com/estes-park-hiking-trails-map.html#respond Fri, 02 Mar 2018 17:16:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=245065 WALKING POLES Finding a fallen tree branch to use as a walking stick might seem romantic, but nature rarely drops branches that are straight, of an optimum height, or in the right place. Walking poles avoid this by being dead straight and height-adjustable, and the wise hiker will opt to use one. Each pole reduces the strain and stress on the knees and legs by 25%, so hikers using two poles benefit from a 50% strain reduction, which means that longer distances can be covered. Sadly, using four poles does not reduce strain by 100%. Hard-core hikers do it with

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