I collected a wild yucca pole from alongside the road in Arizona and cleaned it up to make a hiking stick for my wife. Very lightweight and very strong. She uses it whenever she goes hiking.

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Yucca Hiking Sticks

But you know for practical hiking poles I use the trekking poles that I bought at Costco, which several guys have already mentioned.

KC

Wind in my hair, Sun on my face, I gazed at the wide open spaces, And I was at home.