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The Pole Vaulter

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A high schooler with a funny name becomes a pole vaulter.

Tags Spring Teenagehood Coming of age Success Friendship Achievement YA Moving Dramatic Nostalgic

Storyteller

Matthew Dicks

Featured on

Pole Vaulting, Comedy, and the Congo

Recorded Date

July 11, 2011

“Pole vaulting is an interesting sport, it requires strength and speed and precision, but mostly you just have to be crazy.”

Photo by Rigoberto Lara Guzmán
Matthew Dicks

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