Your hiking stick can turn into your life saver in the wilderness.

    Examples of use:

   When really necessary in a extreme situation, you can sharpen the end after removing the rubber tip and sharpen it like a spear.  Makes a great weapon if caught in the wilderness and you have nothing else.

    You can use some string with safety pin for a fishing pole to catch a fish if need be.

    You can even use your stick for a weapon to ward off a critter.  Beats using your hands or running away which you should never do unless you are positive you can outrun your assailant.

    One of the most useful ways to depend on a walking stick of course is just for that.  If you have sprained and ankle or just tired, your stick works as a crutch or a good prop for a little leverage to get to places that would otherwise be much too difficult.

    Getting out of quicksand is possible with a walking stick or better yet to measure the mud before you sink into it.  If you didn't do that and land in quick sand hold the pole horizontal to you and lay backwards, while you wiggle ever so slowly your feet upwards.  The stick can be used for your support for climbing out in a horizontal fashion till your legs are up further and you can crawl out.  Quick sand is tricky and it is important to relax and never panic.  The pole supports you in the sand similar to a floating log in water.