My good old Leki Super Makalu trekking poles.

Honestly, I don't know how I'd hike without them.

I'd probably fall over a lot more. And have even worse knees.

And where would I hang my dirty socks in camp without one of my poles extended between two trees?

Trekking poles rock. And Leki makes them best in my opinion.

But after 10 years and several thousand miles of very hard use, I finally broke the carbide tips off both poles while traversing the GR20 in Corsica last month.

Yep, they've gone the length of the John Muir Trail, the Tonto Trail, Tahoe-Yosemite Trail, England Coast-to-Coast, Haute Route, West Highland Way, Wonderland Trail, Offa's Dyke Path. And many more tough trail miles right here in Maine and New England.

But the GR20 finally did them in. (And almost did me in, too!)

Or so I thought.

Until I called the nice folks at Leki and discovered that my poles were covered by a lifetime warranty.

Woo-hoo!

And so what arrived in the mail the other day?

New lower pole sections with carbide tips to replace my broken ones!

I immediately zapped them together and they're now ready to tackle the next big trek.

Thanks Leki, for both the excellent trekking poles you produce and the fine customer service.

Do you use trekking poles when you hike? What brand?