What?
Tripod Trekking Poles - the perfect multi-tool for outdoor enthusiasts who love photography. Designed for hiking, mountaineering, and ski touring, the Tripod Trekking Poles combine the functionality of regular trekking poles with a camera tripod. They come equipped with all the standard features of telescope trekking poles and can be easily transformed into a monopod or a tripod for cameras, smartphones, and action cams. You can even use them as a Selfie Stick! In addition, the Tripod Trekking Poles follow common tripod standards, allowing you to mount external quick-release systems and adapters for various devices.

Why?
Tripods are mainly used to stabilize the camera for long exposure photography, images with high dynamic range (HDRi), panoramas, time lapses, or to work in low light conditions. In the backcountry, those technicalities of photography are of great interest because of the
central motif for outdoor photography, nature. During outdoor activities, tripods also make good use of taking group pictures or selfies on solo trips. The above aspects are essential during outdoor activities to capture nature's beauty, keep memories, and share adventures with friends and family. Nevertheless, hobby or professional photographers often struggle
to take camera tripods for outdoor activities.

How?
Through extensive customer and market research, concept development, prototyping, and testing, a mulitool for photography during outdoor actvites was developed, the Tripod Trekking Poles. The product combines the camera tripod with trekking poles to create a more conducive environment for photographers in the backcountry. This is particularly practical for outdoor activities where people usually use poles. Designed as telescopic
trekking poles, the product can be separated by the pole segments and transformed into a tripod, providing a versa0le solu0on for the target audience's needs. Overall the Tripod Trekking Poles reduce weight, limit the amount of equipment, and offer a very accessible solution for outdoor activities. They put the tripod in the user's hand, right where it is needed.