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Subject: Volkstaf...
From: "John Russell"
Date: Sat, June 2, 2007 7:45 am
To: customerservice@folstaf.com
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Hi guys.

We moved to Florida a couple of years ago and I began to hike through the state parks here.

I have some occasional knee and back trouble, and I realized I could use an assist climbing small hills and grades as well as just taking some of the pressure off of my joints; I also needed something to prop on to keep from going down as my right knee sometimes gives out.

I ordered your Volkstaf and I took it out to try it out on the same day I received it. I unfolded it and put it to the test: seeing if it would support my nearly 300 pounds while I leaned on it heavily as I climbed a steep hill.

I expected it to collapse and bend into a useless piece of metal junk resembling an abstract sculpture, after which I'd return it to you and tell you what a useless piece of junk it was.

Not only did it not collapse, it didn't even bend!!! I was able to lean on it heavily and complete a climb up a steep little hill that I would not otherwise have been able to do unless I got down on my hands and knees and crawled!

I have not been without it since!!! It goes everywhere with me in my motorcycle's saddlebag, and it has become my friend in the outdoors. I would not be without it!

It has other nice uses besides hiking: convincing recalcitrant snakes to move away from my path; as a temporary support for gear; for fishing stuff out of water; and more!

Thanks for such a GREAT quality product! I will never be without it, and I will probably order a couple more soon, one as a spare for me, and one as a gift.

See you in the outdoors.

John Russell

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