Ok, in my obsession to all things Pinterest I wanted to pin my favorite picture I have ever taken of my husband pole vaulting. I, in full disclosure, have absolutely no photography skill what-so-ever, but I really like one particular picture I took years ago with my little point-and-shoot camera. I learned, however, to my dismay that I can't pin pictures directly from Facebook (which makes sense, but I never actually knew this was a "rule" prior to trying this). So, I decided to use it in a blog post. The picture inspired a walk down memory lane and I decided to post a few of my favorite pictures from some of our pole vault adventures. I lost many photos in the great hard drive crash of '06, but these are a few that I still have and that hold special memories for me. You will notice a lot of these photos are not actually of anyone vaulting, but rather the amusing things that surround the events. Let's face it, you can look online and find great pictures of people pole vaulting that actual photographers took. You can't find these pictures anywhere else! Enjoy....
The first set of photos is from Indoor Nationals in Boston, MA. Our friends, Rosemary and Aren live in Brookline, MA and were gracious enough to be our hosts. They did not, however, realize they were getting a lesson in using mass transit whilst carrying 18' long pole vault poles. Here, Aren helps Jeremy load pole vault poles through the window of a bus.
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| You go through the window! |
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| Ever wondered how you get pole vault poles on a bus? |
The next photo is from the Olympic Trials in 2008. It seems like a million years ago now as we are approaching the 2012 Olympic Trials in June. This sign was posted outside the stadium and listed the "prohibited items." You will notice the fourth item down lists "poles" as a prohibited item and I remember musing over the irony of hosting the pole vault Olympic Trials. I realize now that no one else might find this as entertaining as I did.
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| Prohibited: poles |
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| Leaving Eugene, OR after the Olympic Trials |
These last two pictures are from a beach vault in Michigan (holy cow--can't remember what year this was!). Jeremy and I met in Wilmington, NC when he was in town for a beach vault. My very first meet ever seeing Jeremy jump was on a beach. Even though I am hesitant to call anything a beach that is found on a lake, not an ocean, this meet was pretty cool. The first picture is just a picture of poles lined up against the runway as the high school kids were warming up. The second picture is my favorite pole vault picture I have taken to date. If I could photoshop people out of the background it would be perfect.
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| Pole vault poles on the "beach" |
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| Ha, I made it extra large to enjoy the awesome-ness! |
Hope you enjoyed just a couple of my random favorite pole vault pics. I am hoping to ransack Jeremy's computer soon to find more that I lost on my old hard drive, so you may be seeing my favorite pole vault pics, volume II soon!
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