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    Bill Poett
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    @wpoettaol-com

    Locale: Santa Barbara

    Hey BPL crew, I just received a beautiful duo-mid from MLD, I'm experimenting with the two pole set up for couples using the 12 inch pole extenders included with the DUO. I have a pair of ti goat poles and the extenders only fit about two inches up the tip so when I cinch the tarp down they are angling out from the pole causing instability. Any thoughts tips would be appreciated as I'm hopping to go play this weekend.

    thanks in advance for your help.

    Bill

    #1548108
    BlackHatGuy
    Spectator

    @sleeping

    Locale: The Cascades

    Hi Bill,

    If you've got the Ti goat poles, then you can 'uncap' one, and put the bottom of the other into the top of the uncapped pole, negating the need for the extender on at least one pole. This creates a fairly solid single extended pole.

    Not sure about the other pole, but perhaps having one pole without the instability would help.

    Take care,

    Doug

    #1548113
    Bill Poett
    Member

    @wpoettaol-com

    Locale: Santa Barbara

    Thanks Doug for the quick response, but that creates another challenge because the Duo is designed to go grip into a reinforced top thre is no harness for a pole tip?

    Glad we love challenges ;0)

    Bill

    #1548115
    BlackHatGuy
    Spectator

    @sleeping

    Locale: The Cascades

    Would a rubber tip on the pole end solve that? If not, how about an empty ibuprofen bottle? That would still weigh less than one of the extenders, I would think.

    #1548119
    Greg Mihalik
    Spectator

    @greg23

    Locale: Colorado

    Bill,
    I have used AGPs and extenders that were large enough to go to the shoulder, but taper in the tip is still the issue. The extender and pole are still torqued.

    I will add that while scary looking I did ok in 40+ gusts. So go play.

    The only idea I came up with was to put a temporary plug in the extender at "tip length + 0.5", fill the extender with "just enough" epoxy, and then insert the pole tip (slathered with some sort of magic release agent), to create a solid and square socket.

    Some day I'll try it.

    #1548120
    Bill Poett
    Member

    @wpoettaol-com

    Locale: Santa Barbara

    An empty IB bottle would work great Bingo.

    Mucho thanks.

    Bill

    #1548122
    BlackHatGuy
    Spectator

    @sleeping

    Locale: The Cascades

    "and then insert the pole tip (slathered with some sort of magic release agent)"

    or wrapped in a bit of Glad plastic wrap…

    #1548205
    Franco Darioli
    Spectator

    @franco

    Locale: Gauche, CU.
    #1548207
    Julian Thomas
    Member

    @jtclicker

    If you have 2 sets of poles, these might be worth a try. I've a set on order
    http://www.backpackinglight.co.uk/product443.asp

    #1548227
    Scott Bentz
    BPL Member

    @scottbentz

    Locale: Southern California

    We took a group of scouts to Philmont Scout Ranch. They require the use of a separate rain shelter, i.e. 10 x 12 tarp. We extended our poles by lashing 2 sets of poles together with bicycle inner tubes that we cut lengthwise. I think about 30" would do. You might have the tube already sitting around your garage.

    #1548495
    BlackHatGuy
    Spectator

    @sleeping

    Locale: The Cascades

    The best solution, in my ALWAYS humble opinion, is GG Lighttrek 4 adjustable poles with the GG pole extender. The extender is the same carbon fiber as the poles (I think, Grant would know better!), just shy of 17". You take the lower portion of the trekking pole out, fit the extender into the upper section via the 2" sleeve, and then put the lower portion in the bottom of the extender and adjust to fit. It creates one solid pole, no swaying or wavering, that's tall enough to use as the center pole for a SuperMid. Weighs 20 grams on my scale. Below is a pic I took with the extender in a trekking pole setting up a SpeedMid well off the ground! As you can see from the pic, it's like one, solid, long pole. I love mine! I didn't really need it with the SpeedMid, but set it up to test it out.

    Lighttrek with extender

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