I love going /out/, but I have a disability and as a result of that I have to take trekking poles for the harder trails, which help me in uneven terrain (where I lack the stability of a healthy person), with climbing elevation and whenever there's something like a larger rock in the way. They are kinda like a railing that I take with myself and enable me to do hikes that would be too complicated otherwise.
This year, after a particularly long day I was so exhausted, I tripped and fell over, cracking my carbon fiber hiking poles with my knee. I duct taped them together and they lasted the rest of the hike, but now I need new ones and I have some questions that may be some anons can help me with:
- How are folding trekking poles compared to sliding ones? Particularly when there's muddy terrain, if they unfold themselves in mud they aren't an option for me.
- I considered going aluminium alloy instead of carbon fiber, the idea being that if a similar accident were to occur, they'd be stronger and less likely to splinter (and instead bend). It's more weight, but might be worth it for me. Does that logic check out?

Picrel are some I considered, no. 1 is the one most closely resembling what I had before.
Here's some stats for the stuff in the pic:
# Carbon fiber
- 193 g/pole
- 62-135 cm
- 36,19 €
# 6061 Aluminium alloy 1
- 235 g/pole
- 62-135 cm
- 23,98€
# 7075 Aluminium alloy folding
- 234 g/pole
- 115-135 cm
- 38,62 €
# 3k Carbon fiber & 7075 Aluminium folding
- 221 g/pole
- 115-135 cm
- 46,10€

Thanks for any advice anons, I know trekking poles are a bit of a meme on /out/, but for someone with a disability like me they are what enable me to do hikes that I otherwise couldn't and thus they are what enable me to go /out/.

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