Join Date: Jun 2001
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If it's any help, I carried on my LEKI trekking poles to/from Patagonia a couple years ago. They are also collapsible and have sharpish-metal tips. TSA didn't bat an eye as they went through the screener on the outbond at DCA or at YYZ on the return.