I was watching pole vaulters on TV earlier. I cannot comprehend them. They must be supremely stubborn or have amazing self-denial, I’m not sure which. Think about it. The first hundred times you run at that frame with a pole in your hand you must fail and fail miserably. I’ll bet you not only don’t go over the bar but that you end up going in the opposite direction. I’ll bet the first 20 times you don’t even get the end of the pole seated in the socket, it must wang off the cushion or scrape along the run-up track before wanging off the cushion.
Pole vaulters are amazing.
