achtungpv wrote:Davis never jumped on anything longer than 5m. His largest was 9.8. He did weigh around 215 lbs.
Chmara was on gigantic poles as referenced above. Another 5.81 Pole pole vaulter (ha ha) was Marion Kolasa. I believe he was on poles around 11.0...but he was another ~6'6" 200+ lbs vaulter.
i held in my very own two little hands a 5.20 9.8 spirit that Jacob used (and subsequently no heighted on the next day)...that pole was a tree trunk