IS 12259 : 2024/ISO 7331 : 2020 Ski-poles for Alpine and Touring Skiing - Requirements and Methods of Test
NATIONAL FOREWORD
This Indian Standard (Third Revision) which is identical to ISO 7331 : 2020 'Ski-poles for alpine and touring skiing - Requirements and test methods' issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendation of the Mountaineering Sectional Committee and approval of the Production and General Engineering Division Council.
This standard was first published in 1987. The first and second revisions of this standard were published in 2001 and 2018 respectively. This third revision has been undertaken to align it with ISO 7331 : 2020.
Ski poles have been used for a long time. People first used one ski pole when skiing. The first ski poles could also be used as a weapon. A flat circle was put near the bottom of the ski pole in the 17th century.
People started to use two ski poles by the start of World War I.
A steel ski pole was first made in 1937. It was invented by Otto Lang. Before this, some people used bamboo for ski poles. More and more people started using metal ski poles after World War II.
The major change in this revision is as follows:
a) Requirements and test methods for adjustable poles have been added.
The text of ISO standard has been approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standard without deviations. Certain conventions are however not identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attention is particularly drawn to the following
a) Wherever the words 'International Standard' appear referring to this standard, they should be read as 'Indian Standard'; and
b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker while in Indian Standards, the current-practice is to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.