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This skills program is part 2 of our look at the science and skills, myths and fact around trekking poles. Is hiking with poles a trendy gimmick, or a valuable skill? (This is an update of our <a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/shows/skills/E086.html">edition 87 originally presented on May 24, 2007</a>.)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.willamette.edu/cla/exsci/faculty_staff/abendroth-smith/">Julianne Abendroth-Smith</a> talks about the results of research into the effects on the body of hiking with trekking poles. She's a biomechanics professor at <a href="http://www.willamette.edu/">Willamette University</a> in Salem, Oregon.</p>
<p>We hear from Jayah Faye Paley, an author and educator, and co-host of an educational DVD, <a href="http://www.adventurebuddies.net/Second%20pages/Video%20&%20DVD.html">POLES for Hiking, Trekking & Walking</a>. Jayah's web site, <a href="http://www.adventurebuddies.net/">Adventure Buddies</a>, provides more information about her educational products and services. Jayah describes basic skills for using trekking poles.</p>
<p>Julianne Abendroth-Smith updates us on the very latest scientific results about the effectiveness of trekking poles and the effects of using them.</p>
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This skills program is part 2 of our look at the science and skills, myths and fact around trekking poles. Is hiking with poles a trendy gimmick, or a valuable skill? (This is an update of our <a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/shows/skills/E086.html">edition 87 originally presented on May 24, 2007</a>.)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.willamette.edu/cla/exsci/faculty_staff/abendroth-smith/">Julianne Abendroth-Smith</a> talks about the results of research into the effects on the body of hiking with trekking poles. She's a biomechanics professor at <a href="http://www.willamette.edu/">Willamette University</a> in Salem, Oregon.</p>
<p>We hear from Jayah Faye Paley, an author and educator, and co-host of an educational DVD, <a href="http://www.adventurebuddies.net/Second%20pages/Video%20&%20DVD.html">POLES for Hiking, Trekking & Walking</a>. Jayah's web site, <a href="http://www.adventurebuddies.net/">Adventure Buddies</a>, provides more information about her educational products and services. Jayah describes basic skills for using trekking poles.</p>
<p>Julianne Abendroth-Smith updates us on the very latest scientific results about the effectiveness of trekking poles and the effects of using them.</p>
<ul><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.wildebeat.net/icons/sound1.gif)"><a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/audio/WildeBeat-E162.mp3" >Show number 162 [MP3 format; length 10:20; 2,483,385 bytes]</a></li>
<li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.wildebeat.net/icons/sound1.gif)"><a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/audio/WildeBeat-E162-extended.mp3">Show number 161 & 162, combined version [MP3 format; length 19:58; 19,179,807 bytes]</a></li>
<li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.wildebeat.net/icons/text.gif)"><a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/scripts/E162.html">Transcript of edition 162</a></li>
<li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.wildebeat.net/icons/text.gif)"><a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/scripts/E162ext.html">Transcript of editions 161 & 162 combined</a></li></ul>
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