Buddistick Hiking Stick Mount

 I am a weight geek,a specially when I'm hiking. I bought my Buddistick so I could operate backcountry QRP even when I'm about tree line, but I've been stumped looking for a leightweiht weigh to get it vertical. I finally figured something out, and with the help of my Elmer, refined the design today. I'm quite pleased with it, in fact.

The design begins with a 1" PVC cap with a 1/4-20 bolt through the top. I then modified the Buddistick base plate by adding a 1/4 hole, so there are 5--1 off each corner (used for guy lines) and one on the center of one end, for the counter poise. Now the hiking staff I use all the time (which I made myself from a Virginia maple sapling on my property) can serve a second purpose.

The design did great in this evening's calm weather. I'll be taking it up a local peak in a few weeks, so we'll see how it does in a breeze.