What About A Hiking Staff?
August 5th, 2006Depending thus on the kind of hiking staff you have, price can range from ten dollars to somewhere around a hundred. However, if you want a real bargain, then head on to the woods and select and secure your hiking staff.
It should be a stout straight wood. Its diameter about 1 ½ inches, or 3.5-4 centimeters. Any type of wood may be used for making your own hiking staff, however, the most suitable woods are hickory, ash, oak, and iron wood (or “muscle wood�). You may also use good grades of elm, sugar maple, wild cherry, yellow birch, mountain ash, and Saskatoon for your hiking staff.