I guess the only person that knows why he hung on is him? - Brian Sullivan
you would assume so...maybe he thought he might bounce back up again! :) - Zee from WeDoCreative
It's a reflex when you're falling, you want to hold onto something for as long as possible. - Andrew Trinh
I think that's actually a cooler trick than vaulting the pole. - Ray Grieselhuber
If it is a reflex I would think that resisting the reflex would be something a pole vaulter would normally do? - Brian Sullivan
Pole vaulters release when they know where they want to drop, in this case this wasn't planned so you'd hold onto something for dear life. At least until your brain comes into action again. - Andrew Trinh
LOL. I laughed so hard. This is a gold medal! - Ryo
he held on because he was over the pit you place your pole into which has no padding - all things considered he probably had a softer landing than letting go at top - mike "glemak" dunn
Oh the relief when I realised it wasn't the one where the guy comes down on the pole...perfectly on his daddy bag - Toby Graham
"More ominous signs Wednesday have scientists saying that a global warming "tipping point" in the Arctic seems to be happening before their eyes: Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is at its second lowest level in about 30 years." - imabonehead
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"The National Snow and Ice Data Center reported that sea ice in the Arctic now covers about 2.03 million square miles. The lowest point since satellite measurements began in 1979 was 1.65 million square miles set last September." - imabonehead
"On top of that, researchers were investigating "alarming" reports in the last few days of the release of methane from long frozen Arctic waters, possibly from the warming of the sea, said Greenpeace climate scientist Bill Hare, who was attending a climate conference in Ghana. Giant burps of methane, which is a potent greenhouse gas, is a long feared effect of warming in the Arctic that would accelerate warming even more, according to scientists.
Overall, the picture of what's happening in the Arctic is getting worse, said Bob Corell, who headed a multinational scientific assessment of Arctic conditions a few years ago: "We're moving beyond a point of no return." - imabonehead
"Remind your senators to support and push forward the Omnibus Public Land Management Act - it is the most important land conservation measure in years." - Joshua James
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"As it heads out the door, the Bush administration is handing the keys to our national forests over to the mining, timber and oil and gas industries. Its targets are the crown jewels of our national forest system - millions of acres of pristine landscapes in Alaska's Tongass Rainforest and Idaho's Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem." - Joshua James
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