Worst Place to Pole Vault Ever
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:18 pm
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:28 pm
wtf?! is that sawdust?
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:38 pm
Yep, It's not too bad if you land feet first.
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:18 pm
That is what pole vaulting looks like over here in Kentucky! haha just messin
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 3:18 am
My teammate at Lindenwood is the Guatemalan record holder, and I think things have improved a bit since then 
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 1:22 pm
I'm sure it was better even then. We were up in one of the villages, and I built that pit myself, so no offense intended. 
I'll change my post to:
Worst Place to Pole Vault Ever -
My own pit in a village in Guatemala!
That pit is also way better than the first one I built for myself in Apache Oklahoma which was made out of straw. I should start a business: McMichael Organic Pit Design.
I’ll also say this. If you made a sawdust pit about five times bigger than the one in the picture it would be safe for a 20’ foot vault. It really isn’t a bad place to land.
I'll change my post to:
Worst Place to Pole Vault Ever -
My own pit in a village in Guatemala!
That pit is also way better than the first one I built for myself in Apache Oklahoma which was made out of straw. I should start a business: McMichael Organic Pit Design.
I’ll also say this. If you made a sawdust pit about five times bigger than the one in the picture it would be safe for a 20’ foot vault. It really isn’t a bad place to land.
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 2:12 pm
I jumped into a sawdust-over-old-tires (not inner tubes) pit at a dual meet hosted by Shawano (WI) High School in 1967 and I agree with Tim that it wasn't that bad. In fact, it was much better than a couple of the Cloud 9 inflatable pits that I landed on (or was launched from) in that era.
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 2:15 pm
what was your PR on that pit?
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 2:21 pm
I made 15' on that pit, but I landed flat on my back on that jump and it knocked the wind out of me and some sense into me. I did not try a bar that high on it again. 14' or lower was no problem.
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:54 pm
Looks a lot like my old high school pit, but, Dude that runway blows!!
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 8:37 pm
The goats and chickens seemed to like it just fine. 
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:24 am
Haha, organic pits.