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AARP Home » Health » Healthy Living »Not Your Father's Cane

Not Your Father's Cane

Boomers increasingly opt for trekking poles and walking sticks

by: Maureen McDonald, from: AARP Bulletin, June 24, 2011

Jayah Faye Paley started out 15 years ago teaching a smattering of 70-year-old women and others how to use trekking poles to navigate the hills surrounding San Francisco. Now, the 53-year-old certified trainer from Pacifica, Calif., teaches multiple classes all over the country, including at Yosemite and Rocky Mountain National Park, and at adventure stores, local recreation stores and senior activity centers. … Back to Article

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