Trekking (Hiking) Poles Survey

Hello!

I'm a graduate student from the University of Minnesota working on a marketing project involving hiking. More specifically, my team and I are interested in learning about beliefs and opinions regarding the use of trekking (hiking) poles. If you'd be willing to take about 5-10 minutes of your time to complete a short survey, we would greatly appreciate it!

Trekking (Hiking) Pole Survey

I am happy to answer any questions you may have, and any feedback is welcome!

The survey is asking how much more I would enjoy hiking if I had poles, well. I already have poles and love them, so can't factually answer that question to continue the survey. Then I am asked how likely will it be that I buy a pair next year. I received a pair of Black Diamond Z Poles Ultra Distance two Christmases ago, so have no plans to buy more. I LOVE MY POLES. Sorry I can't complete the survey.

hstx2013;

Very nice work on putting together the hiking pole survey. I can see your time spent at the University was well spent!

I completed the survey,but forgot to indicate a suggestion, that is....just how often is a particular hiker actually using hiking poles? Just last year I bought a nice pair of Leki poles at a discounted, close out price. The issue with me is...... I seldom use them. That's why I never bought a pair before.

I live and mainly hike in a different terrain than most TrailGroove readers in that it is almost totally rolling hills or just plain flat. Nothing compared with Utah, etc. So hiking poles are something I don't feel a real need for except if I want to go hiking in the snow.

Good work with the survey, I hope you'll be able to share some of the results with us. I would be interested to see similar research results on tents, shoes, ...............heck, even trails.

Gary M

Olathe, Kansas

Hiking is a very general term. I tend to use poles more for backpacking than hiking, unless the terrain is very hilly or particularly lending to trekking poles.

clicked the link, already closed for submission. I'm guessing not too many replies to the survey.