Old School Pole Available

[Darth Vaulter]

There is a new (as in unused) Gill 14' aluminum pole for sale in Maine on eBay. Go to ebay.com and type in "gill pole vault" in the search window. Just looking at the picture of the pole tip made my shoulders hurt.

[2-15-46]

There is a new (as in unused) Gill 14' aluminum pole for sale in Maine on eBay. Go to ebay.com and type in "gill pole vault" in the search window. Just looking at the picture of the pole tip made my shoulders hurt.

Hey... you could buy 'em new for $50 back in the early days!!!

[souleman]

I don't think they even cost that much. I paid $54 for my 1550 black Catapole in 1969. Later...........Mike

[ladyvolspvcoach]

Yeah! My first skypole was $64 including shipping in 1963! I remember my dad complaining about it....

[2-15-46]

Yeah! My first skypole was $64 including shipping in 1963! I remember my dad complaining about it....

Do you remember what size it was????:)

[baggettpv]

Yeah but remember the salaries back then were like $5,000/ year.. $54 went alot farther than now! When I first started teaching in '82 my salary was 14k. Take home at $800/month. Rent at $400. Not much left over for fun stuff.

Rick Baggett

[ladyvolspvcoach]

Do you remember what size it was????:)

Yeah it was a 14 150 skypole!!

Yeah but remember the salaries back then were like $5,000/ year.. $54 went alot farther than now! When I first started teaching in '82 my salary was 14k. Take home at $800/month. Rent at $400. Not much left over for fun stuff.

I think at that time my dad was making somewhere around $15K a year with 7 kids....he was amazing. We never wanted for anything...

[2-15-46]

Do you remember what size it was????:)

Yeah it was a 14 150 skypole!!

Yeah but remember the salaries back then were like $5,000/ year.. $54 went alot farther than now! When I first started teaching in '82 my salary was 14k. Take home at $800/month. Rent at $400. Not much left over for fun stuff.

I think at that time my dad was making somewhere around $15K a year with 7 kids....he was amazing. We never wanted for anything...

with 15 K coming in at that time you were considered on the hi end if the totem pole..... wish my coach woulda bought me a 14-150 instead of a 16 180...which I recenctly found in my mothers garage as we were cleaning here estate...... measured it with a 50 lb weight at a 14 scale and it was something 200 plus:)

[souleman]

It's kinda funny but back in those days the question after a jump wasn't, "did I get inverted"? or "was I under"? (OK once in a while that question was asked) or "how was my trail leg"? but instead it was "did I get any bend"? Bob, that's how we bought poles back then. We (and our coaches) actually thought we would "grow into them".....ha ha............Later.......Mike