Reprise: Using All Fours, part 1




The WildeBeat show

Summary: <p><img src="http://www.wildebeat.net/supplements/E087/PolesDVD.jpg" alt="[Pole Hiker's silhouette]" width="242" height="255" hspace="8" align="right"> This skills program is part 1 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 a reprise of our <a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/shows/skills/E086.html">edition 86 originally presented on May 17, 2007</a>.)</p> <p>Steve talks to <a href="http://www.willamette.edu/cla/exsci/faculty_staff/abendroth-smith/">Julianne Abendroth-Smith</a> of <a href="http://www.willamette.edu/">Willamette University</a> in Salem Oregon. She's a biomechanics professor studying the physics of hiking, and how hiking with various poles and walking sticks affect the body.</p> <p>Steve talks to Jayah Faye Paley, an author and educator, and co-host of an educational DVD, <a href="http://www.adventurebuddies.net/Second%20pages/Video%20&amp;%20DVD.html">POLES for Hiking, Trekking &amp; Walking</a>. Jayah's web site, <a href="http://www.adventurebuddies.net/">Adventure Buddies</a>, provides more information about her educational products and services.</p> <p>We'll hear more from Julianne Abrendroth-Smith and Jayah Faye Paley in part two. We'll find out Jayah's techniques for using poles, and we'll update you with the latest scientific research about those techniques.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/audio/WildeBeat-E161.mp3">Show number 161 [MP3 format; length 9:55; 2,382,262 bytes]</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/scripts/E161.html">Transcript of edition 161</a></li> </ul> <br clear="all"> For a complete audio archive, and to find out more, visit: www.wildebeat.net