There are an abundance of benefits in having walking sticks for hiking. Hiking sticks are different than the canes you normally see. For one, they can be much longer than a cane. They don't have a curved handle, but are straight. They have a much sturdier tip, often times much larger in diameter than a regular cane, so that when you place them on the ground the have a better surface to ground area. [...]

Walking sticks have always been used by the blind and the elderly for mobility assistance. Nowadays, due to the development of modern technologies, many different types of equipment, such as rollators, have been available to assist the blind and the elderly. Nevertheless, walking sticks remain to be the simplest, cheapest, and easiest mobility tool to use. Unlike crutches, canes are only intended [...]

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Some people actually enjoy walking in the rain Image by Ed Yourdon (more details later, as time permits) ************************************** Months from now, if people stumble onto this set of Flickr photos, they won't know or care when the photos were actually taken. After all, rain is a fairly universal phenomenon, and it can happen in any of the four seasons of the year. Still, it's an [...]

MaximsNewsNetwork: 18 May 2010 - UNifeed - UNTV: United Nations, New York - Three Palestinian girls educated in a United Nations-funded school in a refugee camp have made history by winning a top spot at an international science fair in Silicon Valley for a revolutionary walking cane for the blind which they demonstrated today (18 May) for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in [...]

Hand carved walking sticks have been around for many years - centuries in fact. In the past, they have been used by royal families as a sign of wealth and sophistication. The different symbols carved into the wood helped to show off the user's abilities, social status, and interests. Nowadays, there are a few different reasons for their use. They can assist you during long treks as well as regular [...]