LOL - Hiking pole blowout
Tried adjusting the length with a slightly longer dowel.
This was at the foot end, but when I was entering and adjusting.
I guess the wire nut must have been slightly off center or maybe just too much force or both.
IMO - now to use a hiking pole the wire nut deal is not safe unless you are lightweight and IMO it needs to have a different tip style or a different adapter so the bearing is on the aluminum shaft and not concentrated on the very tip.
It broke exactly at the end of the alum shaft.
It snapped down unfortunately and shot through my hammock, but its repairable.
It did not damage the webbing/tip holder.
It did not bend the trekking pole.
Shot off like a rocket.
Good thing nobody was standing there, well maybe the X would have been a plus.
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