Our testers put everything from budget aluminum to the fanciest carbon through the wringer. These are our favorite trekking ...

The Leki Skytera FX Carbon SL trekking pole combines Z-shaped and telescopic into one pole. We find out if it's any good.

We aren’t sure what normal people are doing with 7-meter-long telescoping poles, but — as you might expect — the carbon fiber is not particularly conductive. That’s where the tape comes in.