LEKI National Geographic Passport Pole

The pole works just fine. However, the NG info on the pole is unreadable due to the delamination of the data onto the shaft. I didn't buy the pole for the foot to meters conversion but the workmanship on the shaft is just so shoddy you would'nt want to hand it to anyone to "admire". NG should not be associated with such poor workmanship.

at the last minute before a two week trip to Turkey I decided to buy this stick as I have trouble on uneven ground. Well the whole country is uneven ground! Or so it seemed. Without my Leki, with its great suspension feature, I would not have been able to do even half of the tour's ancient sites and many of the modern ones as handrails are not often available and steps are universal and steep. Some of my tourmates borrowed it from time to time to use the built in monopod and several said they too were buying one for their next trip.

I quick shipped this pole to my house, once I realized I couldn't find my pair o' hiking stix. Just used this great tool on a backpack/hike/camp trip to Bruce Peninsula National Park in Ontario, Canada. Not only did it look cool as a gear piece, it did me well on all the terrain we ran across, including the rattler! So, cheers for this product. I plan to use it again, and forego my other hiking stix, on upcoming trip to Isle Royale in Michigan in August.

If you need to walk with a cane, but you're still active outdoors, this is a killer alternative.

As a cane, it's lightweight, solid, well-balanced. It's so nicely balanced that it almost swings itself forward for your next stride.

It extends to a length more than sufficient to function as a walking stick in rough or hilly terrain, and the handle is beautifully designed for this purpose (turn it one way for cane use, the other way for walking stick use.

You can put a rubber rip on it for city walking or use its carbide tip for hiking.

The handle comes off to reveal a camera mount. Nothing like having a monopod when you need one!

Plus there's built-in shock absorption, and lots of cool conversion tables printed on the barrel.

What a joy to use something so well thought-out that you can not only find nothing to criticize, but it actually reveals itself to be more useful and versatile than you expected!