Patent ID: 8474471

Claim:
A pole of the type used for trekking, skiing, hiking or Nordic walking, comprising: at least three telescopic tube portions of a pole shaft provided with a pole grip and pole tip, wherein in each case two adjacent tube portions can be adjusted relative to one another, a damping device with a guide sleeve retained in a rotationally fixed manner in a first tube portion and with a compression-spring device, an axial pin secured axially in a second tube portion and being guided in the guide sleeve, wherein the first tube portion is the lowermost tube portion and the second tube portion is the second-from-the-bottom tube portion, wherein the guide sleeve, has a stop, against which the lowermost tube portion butts by way of its top edge, and wherein the guide sleeve, in a central region, has two mutually opposite slots, wherein a transverse pin is arranged perpendicularly to the pole axis in the guide sleeve, above the compression-spring device and at least in part in the slot, in which case the pin can be moved axially in the slot between a top stop and a bottom stop, wherein the entire compression-spring device is mounted in the guide sleeve, and wherein an insert piece is positioned on the guide sleeve, engaging in part axially in the guide sleeve and likewise having a central aperture for accommodating the axial pin.