Quote Originally Posted by ba-ba View Post
I'm a fell runner so have never used poles. Simple as that. I have no underlying issues where their use might be required, and feel they're an unnecessary expense that would just get in the way (nearly had my eyes taken out a couple of times by people not knowing where the end of them was). Also mean you can't hold the map. And you look like a trail wonk
Lol 😂 have to agree with ba-ba and "I'm a fell runner" and "you look like a trail wonk" are more than enough justification in my book