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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The LEKI Wanderfreund telescoping travel cane is designed to provide mobility support and increase balance for simple hikes and around-town touring. With a collapsed length of only 23.2 inches, the Wanderfreund is an ideal travel companion for journeys at home or abroad. The Wanderfreund features a versatile Multi-Medical COR-TEC grip. This textured grip allows the Wanderfreund to be used in a traditional cane-style or, when extended to its maximum 47.2 inches, as an actual walking staff. LEKI's Super Lock System (SLS) takes advantage of wide thread patterns and steep-angled lock adjustments to provide greater security than is found on most telescoping canes. It also makes adjusting the length of the Wanderfreund quick and easy. Giving you peace of mind, the SLS locking system is far less prone to loosening while in use than poorer-crafted canes. The Wanderfreund's carbide flex tip deflects up to 30 degrees without damaging the lower pole section. This reduces the risk of shaft breakage if the pole should get caught between rocks or tree roots on the trail. By attaching the press-fit rubber tip (included), you can use the Wanderfreund indoors or on improved walking surfaces. The LEKI Wanderfreund is sold individually.

Product Description
A member of LEKI's Travel Series of trekking poles, the Travel Wanderfreund Pole offers a cane-style grip for those who need extra support or load relief on or off the trail. A three-section heat-treated aluminum shaft adjusts from 66-135 centimeters while LEKI's Super Lock System allows the pole length to be adjusted with the least amount of torque (hand strength). Like all LEKI trekking poles, the carbide flextips are replaceable and offer a very secure hold on any terrain and surface.

Specifications

Series: Travel Series
Shaft: Aluminum 3-section / 10.2 ounces each
Grip: Multi-Medical Grip
Strap: Cord
Finish: Ultra Sonic
Comes with Rubber Tip
Adjusts from 65-135 centimeters
Lifetime warranty against shaft breakage

About LEKI

LEKI, the world's leading manufacturer of ski, hiking and trekking poles, had its start in Kircheim, Germany as a hobby of its founder, Karl Lenhart, an airframe mechanic and avid skier. Lenhart believed aluminum would make a superior ski pole compared to the heavy steel models available in the late 1940's. After successfully creating lightweight poles for his friends, in 1954, the hobby became a full time business. LEKI originated the use of nylon webbing for straps and created plastic molded grips and baskets in place of metal and leather. Additionally, Lenhart developed an aluminum tempering process that produces pole shaft with incomparable strength, durability, and reliability.

In 1984, Klaus Lenhart, Karl's son, assumed leadership and shortly there after developed the first dual-component grip. He is also responsible for improving adjustable pole-locking technology and grip innovations such as the Trigger Click-In system and COR-TEC, a material made of real cork and latex. As the ski market continued to flourish, LEKI began manufacturing hiking poles primarily for European mountain guides. The concept of using two poles as means of relieving stress on knee joints and the lower back appealed to climbers who also saw benefits in performance and safety. LEKI poles eventually caught on with the general hiking and trekking population that recognized and appreciated the preventive health benefits as well as the climbing support and stabilizing effects. In 1990, LEKI USA was incorporated. The North American market has embraced the company's line of alpine, Nordic, back country, mountaineering, Nordic walking, and trekking poles. Like their European counterparts who have been loyal to LEKI for nearly five decades, North American outdoor enthusiasts know and appreciate LEKI quality and value.

Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

well designed October 31, 2008
I have used walking sticks for a number of years. I like the collapsible models because they are light and, when collapsed, they fit in the pockets on the backs of airline seats. The Komperdel poles have slightly heavier shafts, but I prefer the handle design on the Leki sticks for the slight hook they have at the end. It makes them real handy for hanging on the backs of chairs, reaching out to extend your grasp and pull objects toward you, or shut doors. The sticks might be a little light for users who need a lot of support, but they work fine for just augmenting your balance. Stay away from the "anti shock" models, which might more properly labeled "anti stability."

4 out of 5 stars

utility pole July 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This is a lightweight collapsible pole which works beautifully in all likely walking circumstance. It comes with a strange little flexible plastic hook attached, & no explanation of its purpose. It's a useful thingummy. Lets you hang the pole on the back of bus & Metro chair rails, you can slide the strap of an umbrella over it & so forth. But I have a feeling it has some other purpose.

4 out of 5 stars

grear walking stick March 11, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Of all the walking sticks I've checked out, this is a best buy. Light-weight, it telescopes to a size that will fit into medium-sized suitcase.
It is easy to use and sturdy. Highly recommended.

4 out of 5 stars

Telescopic Walking Cane January 12, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful

Pricey for what it is. Telescopic hiking poles of the same design and material cost half as much. I never did find out how the so-calles anti-shock system worked.

5 out of 5 stars

fantastic cane!!!!!! November 18, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful

I need a cane for use every day due to nerve damage in my left leg so the cane becomes my left leg. I have bought alot of different canes and the last one was advertised to support 500 pounds, and came with a life time warranty, after my 3'rd cane and that one was starting to bend I got fed up and saw the Leki cane. I use to cross county ski alot before I got injured and own a pair of Leki adjustable poles which work fantastic. I purchased the Leki wanderfreund cane and used it very hard the first couple of days that would really destroy any cane that I own and it took everything that I could throw at it. I take the tip off outside and the carbide tip really works great, it also just snowed so I took off one of my snow baskets from my ski poles and put it on my cane and it worked super. The bottom line is you cannot find a better cane both for looks or performance there is no match!!!