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[Request] hiking poles (pair)
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If a little more heft is okay, and you want to be able to use it as a club, perhaps a staff/large stick would be an answer? Cheap/free, just find one and make sure the ends dont have splinters. Will be sturdy, as long as you keep it dry, will last ages.
Downside is that it won't be collapsible.
I do have a stick I use from time to time. I use it mostly when walking in town. But for the length of our daily hikes, it is too heavy, and it is only one and I would like a pair, and that would end up being way too heavy.
While we wait for actual valid suggestions (I'm also in the market for some good hiking poles), in keeping with the low budget options, you could try a hollow metal curtain rod from a hardware store. You can put a rubber foot on it, and it might be a bit lighter than a stick, but still fairly strong.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/pillar-25mm-x-2-0m-black-curtain-rod_p1284013 < that one is 2m long, weighing 600g. Not sure where that fits in relative to your stick. Maybe its still too heavy :/
Hopefully someone has some better suggestions soon.