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Posted: **Fri Apr 16, 2004 8:56 am**

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High-flying fun

By CASEY OLSON
Sports editor

You might call pole vaulting the oldest extreme sport.
Long before body piercings, half pipes and jumping out of an airplane with a parachute strapped to your back, there was pole vaulting Ã¢â‚¬â€

Posted: **Fri Apr 16, 2004 10:20 am**

The other safety measure that has been getting a lot of backing in the pole vaulting community is the use of helmets. Wisconsin, North Dakota, and Minnesota already require helmets for high school pole vaulters, and New York is considering a similar law, according to PoleVaultPit.com.

talk about journalistic integrity! she even knows the right place to go do research

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Pole Vault Article from Federal Way Mirror

Pole Vault Article from Federal Way Mirror