Aventure Nordique who carry the Swix you have and this one say that both brands fit poles that are +- 14 mm at the screw. I screwed them right on to my Black Diamond Traverse poles. After I screw them on I put a band of black plasitc tape around the lower thread, I have never had one pop off.Rodbelan wrote: ↑Mon Dec 09, 2024 9:10 amBlagues à part, not sure these (made by Wintersteiger) would fit...randoskier wrote: ↑Sun Dec 08, 2024 5:28 pmHave you tried foreplay?
These ones are a good screw. They weigh a half an ounce more but doubt you would notice that. More durable and they are flexible enough.
I always carry two spare baskets, but not big ones like that- just the regular BD powder basket. In fact when I tent camp I carry eight of them, because I use them as snow anchors (dead-men) for the tent. I just tie a blocking knot in a loop of webbing, thread it through the center hole of the basket and attach a biner to it, voila! Works great for securing the tent and is light.
In Finnmark a couple of years ago on the vidda, I met a group of French skiers from Gap, they were doing an old time reenactment of a polar expe, tres Grand Nord! They had firs and Daniel Boon hats, wooden pulks, etc. They had big wood telemark sticks, but also were cheating a bit and using modern poles. One guy had lost a basket and was really bummed. I asked him what brand of pole he had- he said Black Diamond- I said you are in luck and gave him a basket. He said how can I ever thank you. I replied that will be 50 Euro please. Location, location, location.
