Duct tape, trekking pole and tent pegs

Sarah bought a pair of carbon fibre poles about 7 years ago because they were lightweight and on special of $80. They have served her well but at the weekend, the inevitable happened and one of them snapped when crossing a steep, rock fall. It went into a fissure and weight came onto it's shaft where it pushed against a rock. Not good as we were on very rocky ground for the next 2 days. She carried on using it, broken, for an hour until I suddenly thought that, for the first time ever, I was carrying some duct tape! I also realised our tent pegs are aluminium with a concave/convex shaft for strength. Would you believe the concavity was identical to the shape of the pole shaft at the break! Thus I splinted 3 pegs onto it and Hey Presto! a perfectly usable pole for the remainder of the trip. Thank you, whoever suggested to always carry some duct tape! By the way - we did the St Arnaud Range - absolutely gorgeous with heaps of choice of tarns to camp by!