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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
September 24, 2004
A pair of high-tech, aluminum hiking poles made the snowy, sometimes sidehill trek to the summit of Horse Ridge a lot easier.
In fact, according to something I heard somewhere, the hike was 17 percent less taxing, thanks to these New Age walking sticks.
I would have estimated more like 16, but....