Are Trekking poles in total Weight count

Depends if you are a pack weight or full skin out disciple. But over the top, yeah, a bit.

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You can just shave all the hair off your body to balance the weight out.

Yer but then if I shave my feet I’ll have to wear socks.

I have seen folk not counting the weight of extra clothing they wear and or stuff they carry in their pockets.

kind of silly to me because in the end all I care about is the weight I carry on top of my naked weight .

Who cares? What matters is that the poles are taking weight off my legs–a lot of weight–at the exact moments it makes the most difference. An 8-oz pole in my right hand taking 300+ oz off my left leg…use whatever math you like. :-)

There’s base weight, pack weight (base + consumables) and Full skin out (FSO, base + consumables + worn + carried), and then there’s blubber.

Yes.  If poles go, they get counted.

“Full Skin Out”, or “Skin Out” weight eliminates all manner of “creative” accounting. It is the only way to provide a meaningful weight without listing exceptions, “what about”, or footnotes. Doesn’t matter where the item resides – in your pack, on your body, or resting against a tree – if it goes, it gets counted.

How you arrange you spreadsheet is up to you. The “Total Weight” is up to the scale.

Yes but you only count the weight of the pole that is in movement to its next plant.  The weight of the pole on the ground doesn’t count.  Same goes for shoes.

The question should be why are you carrying 8oz poles when lighter ones are out there..

When I use my poles I’m typically pushing downward and back.  My average downward thrust  is three pounds over the weight of the poles, so I’ve been subtracting three pounds from my base weight. : )

I just used 8oz ea as an example the real weight is 6.5oz ea and that is limited by cash available.

“My average downward thrust  is three pounds over the weight of the poles, so I’ve been subtracting three pounds from my base weight. : )”

Shoot, each of your arms weighs 7 to 10 lbs, so if you just rest the pole on the ground with no thrust you’re taking that much weight off.  You’re way more UL than you thought! :-)