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Canal pole vault

Also known as Fierljeppen · polsstokverspringen

Canal pole vault: photograph by Peter van der Sluijs
Photo: Peter van der Sluijs, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Sprint, plant a long pole in the canal, climb it as it swings and leap across the water for the farthest landing.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Netherlands.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Celtic and Atlantic Europe.

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