Sheryl Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 23 minutes ago, HarrySeaman said: Wood is an electrical insulator. A wooden walking stick would NOT ground anyone unless it was wet. A metal walking stick with a plastic or rubber tip will also insulate anyone from the ground. Again - he was nto talking about electrical grounding. OP was looking for a stick to aid in walking in soft ground. A wooden stick was suggested as preferrable to metal in that instance since it will be able to sink a bit into the ground. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenslegs Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 32 minutes ago, Sheryl said: Again - he was nto talking about electrical grounding. In his subsequent post he made it clear that he was referring to the healing effect of Earth's natural electricity. Some people believe it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 1 hour ago, Sheryl said: Again - he was nto talking about electrical grounding. OP was looking for a stick to aid in walking in soft ground. A wooden stick was suggested as preferrable to metal in that instance since it will be able to sink a bit into the ground. Any single footed walking stick will sink into soft ground. Two, three or four footed sticks will sink less as the same weight is distributed over a larger area A single large foot of say, 10 cm/sq, is better than three feet that have say 2 cm/sq giving a total area of 6 cm/sq. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowtail Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Get a forearm crutch. Much stabler that a walking stick and you can use both hands without having to lay it down somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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