by Jace Bauserman Argali was a name that hadn’t yet crossed my radar in the outdoor gear world until March 2025. That’s when my friends Rafe Nielson, Shawn Skipper, and I embarked on a thrilling adventure to hunt the Southeastern Spanish ibex and Iberian mouflon. Nielson, already in the know, sent me Argali’s Carbon X Trekking Poles, and the moment I started testing them, it was clear—these poles are the real deal.