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Please see our copyright and disclaimer notice page. You quickly recover by catching yourself with your poles, taking a more upright stance, shortening your stride, and getting that runaway foot and leg back underneath you. However, by this time you have expended a little too much energy and are feeling a bit fatigued in the triceps and legs. You may even slip again, relying too much on your poles for compensation. The hill seems to become steeper and your stride becomes shorter and shorter until you feel like you are almost walking.