It is handy to have a blog. Mine goes back to 2008 and it is searchable.
I read about two women who are sharing first place in pole vaulting. That reminded me of my own pole vaulting. I had never tried or thought of trying when the track and field coach said to me that the team pole vaulter was sick and he asked me to try to fill in for him. I thought I had written about my getting clunked in the head and in the forearm by the pole. Yep, there on Novemer 5, 2022 https://fearfunandfiloz.blogspot.com/search?q=pole
There are several things I have failed at and pole vaulting is one of them.
