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Tue 10 May, 2005 10:48 pm
What's the highest height you can achieve by pole vaulting?
Me? About two foot.
It's easy to work out.
It's a combination of:
body mass
strength
velocity
ductility of the pole
technique
gravity (hey, it varies even on this planet)
pole length
http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/211_fall2002.web.dir/Daniel_Lenord/vault.html