Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah…I was accompanying the Prophet on a journey riding a slow camel lagging behind the others. The Prophet passed me and asked, What is the matter with you? I answered, I am riding a slow camel. He asked, Do you have a stick? I answered, Yes. He said, Give it to me. When I gave it to him, he beat the camel and rebuked it.
-Sahih al-Bukhari, Traditions of the Prophet, Book 38, Hadith 504
There were better ways on the Darb to get your camel moving than to beat it with a stick. I found that clucking worked best, or tapping hard on the shoulder, or riding side by side with a faster camel so that the slower mount knew how quick a pace it had to match. In any case, we all knew it was a forty day marathon, not a hundred yard dash. For that, take a Hilux.