It's the Orange "rocket" that's the culprit. When people over-LOOSEN the poles, the rocket gets STUCK on the bottom of the screw. What you're doing by capturing the blue expander at the sleeve is affixing the blue so you can move the orange piece up the screw just a bit to release it. Knowing this is ESSENTIAL.
Please PRACTICE this! When it's EASY, it's right. Don't force it. I'll link to this post on my AdventureBuddies blog.
I had this problem with a pair of trekking poles I had. I'm now wondering if I didn't need to replace them after all!
NormyPie 3 weeks ago
Excellent thanks this often happens when beginners over loosen their poles and usually I just give up and give them another pole!!
harryesimpson 1 month ago
Nicely done! Failure to tighten is a problem!
It's the Orange "rocket" that's the culprit. When people over-LOOSEN the poles, the rocket gets STUCK on the bottom of the screw. What you're doing by capturing the blue expander at the sleeve is affixing the blue so you can move the orange piece up the screw just a bit to release it. Knowing this is ESSENTIAL.
Please PRACTICE this! When it's EASY, it's right. Don't force it. I'll link to this post on my AdventureBuddies blog.
trekkingpoleguru 7 months ago