[Ohio-Talk] EXT: Tips on cane use during extreme cold

[Andra Stover]

Hello Kelsey, I personally have had no trouble with the NFB fiberglass
canes in colder weather. Stay warm out there.
Andra

On Sat, Jan 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM Kelsey Nicolay via Ohio-Talk <
ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello,
> I have a question for you all. I use a folding graphite cane ′Revolution′
> as my primary cane, but I also have an NFB cane that I use for outside
> travel. Given the weather forecast for next week, does anyone know whether
> the cold will affect the graphite cane in any way? I know when it's really
> hot and I've been using the cane outside, I have had problems with sticking
> joints and getting the cane closed, so I was wondering if the extreme cold
> might have similar effects or if the temperature will damage the cane at
> all. Do you think it would be better to use the NFB cane in this extreme
> cold or would that be even worse since that cane is fiberglass and it might
> break? I have never had to deal with this before, so curious to know what
> you all think.
> Sent from Kelsey Nicolay’s iPhone
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