On Tue 23 Nov '10 at 19:10 gr wrote:

Is carbon too fragile for backcountry skiing (ie; they break instead
of bend like aluminum)

I had a friend who whilst just standing for a chair managed to push his
ski edge over the top of the basket and fracture his carbon pole.

I'm guessing alum would have taken that.

Conversely my alu poles have a few dents in and a slight odd corkscrew
curve to them (hey, 7 years old!), I'm guessing carbon would have simply
flexed and would still be straight...


Anyway, surely you're taking telescopic * 3 ?



A.

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Alun Evans