Folding pole, in particular for nordic walking

A folding pole, comprising at least four pipe sections, wherein the pipe sections are connected to each other by means of plug-in connections whilst aligned along the pole axis in the assembled state of the folding pole, and at least two pipe sections are still connected to each other by means of a movable connecting element, being at least one tension cable, in the folded state, and wherein a pole handle is arranged on an uppermost pipe section and a pole tip is arranged on a lowermost pipe section wherein

• at least one of the plug-in connections is achieved by means of a positive snap-in locking device on a second pipe section, wherein the second pipe section has an outside diameter smaller than or approximately equal to the inside diameter of a first pipe section and can be slid into the first pipe section and can be fixed in the relative axial position by the positive snap-in locking device, wherein the first pipe section is the uppermost or second uppermost pipe section and that the second pipe section is the first adjoining middle pipe section downwards, wherein the snap-in locking device comprises a spring-loaded radial locking pin which is held against the action of a spring element in the form of a leaf spring penetrating in a radial through hole of the second pipe section;
• wherein the further plug-in connections are configured as pure plug-in connections, in which pipe sections are fastened only in an axial direction in the connected state,
• wherein the pipe sections are connected to each other by means of the at least one tension cable, which is fastened to the lowermost pipe section and to the uppermost pipe section and which is arranged so as to pass through the interior of the at least two middle pipe sections, wherein the second pipe section has a terminating pin disposed along the pole longitudinal axis, the terminating pin having a central through opening for the tension cable and further having a channel into which an upper end of the leaf spring projects and in which the leaf spring is fastened in a self-restraining manner;
• and wherein the folding pole is configured in such a manner that the folding pole can be transferred from the folded state to the assembled state by connecting the further plug-in connections and then, with the snap-in locking device released, pulling the second pipe section out of the first pipe section until the tension cable is under tension, and fixing the positive snap-in locking device.