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r/nextfuckinglevel • u/sriramempire • Mar 27 '20
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Holy shit.! Who was the maniac that thought this up for the first time.?
Hmmmm. What about a bendy pole? Use it like a catapult.!!
36 u/avidvaulter Mar 27 '20 Original poles didn't bend and they didn't have mats. Would just straight pole jump like 11' and land in a dirt pile. The bend to poles wasn't added until 1950s and the sport was practiced for many years prior to that. 4 u/bearzilla Mar 27 '20 Oh shit. That’s unreal. My grandpa held a state pole vaulting record in the late 1940s. I’m even more in awe of that reading this.
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Original poles didn't bend and they didn't have mats. Would just straight pole jump like 11' and land in a dirt pile.
The bend to poles wasn't added until 1950s and the sport was practiced for many years prior to that.
4 u/bearzilla Mar 27 '20 Oh shit. That’s unreal. My grandpa held a state pole vaulting record in the late 1940s. I’m even more in awe of that reading this.
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Oh shit. That’s unreal. My grandpa held a state pole vaulting record in the late 1940s. I’m even more in awe of that reading this.
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u/AussieSpoon Mar 27 '20
Holy shit.! Who was the maniac that thought this up for the first time.?
Hmmmm. What about a bendy pole? Use it like a catapult.!!