Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bionic knees! I heard good things about the Leki as well. There's a REI local here so I may check them out. We haven't done the Grand Canyon yet, but one day... Thanks. On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Tina Manley <images@comporium.net> wrote: > > I used the Gitzo monopod as a walking stick up until I had knee surgery to > replace two knees. Then I started, after physical therapy, with two Leki > hiking sticks. I used those to hike the Great Wall of China. I also used > the Leki sticks to hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back. I've > gradually been able to go back to one Gitzo monopod for photography and I > would never consider another one. The Gitzo functions perfectly as a > walking stick and a monopod. I do find that I use it less as a walking > stick since I had my knees replaced but that is a tribute to my surgeon and > has nothing to do with the Gitzo. Now I just carry the Gitzo, mostly for > use as a monopod, but also when I need an assist up stairs or a steep > slope!! > > -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // b: http://rfman.wordpress.com