So the last time I went skiing (2 years ago!), I lost the basket off one of my poles again. I had forgotten about it, though, having been so long, so never brought it into the shop to get it repaired. Well, I’m going skiing this weekend (Yes! Boarding is fun and all, but skiing is pure bliss. 
) and thought, “Hmm… I should probably do something about that.” (For those who don’t know, a ski pole without a basket is worse than useless because it’ll get ripped out of your hands when you try to do a pole plant. I didn’t realize how bad it would be until the first time I tried to ski with a basket-less pole.)
But how to fix it by the weekend? Have no fear, the AOL CD is once again there to rescue you with its 1099 free hours!
There’s a metal bit still on the pole that will keep the CD from slipping up the pole… Then I had to wedge in some cardboard and protect it with tape so it would fit snugly.
I think it’ll do all right! It’s wider than the standard basket, but definitely quite stylish. And I love getting yet another use out of an AOL CD (though I’ll have to pick another one up one of these days since I’ve lost my coaster 
).
