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Mountain guide Alice Manfield with a long wooden walking pole in the early 1900s. When in use, modern trekking poles resemble ski poles as they have many features in common, such as baskets at the bottom to prevent the pole sinking through unstable surfaces, and rubber-padded handles and wrist straps to strengthen holding grip.
Pole climbing appears in some historical documents describing various cultural practices. For example, Fray Diego Durán describes watching an Aztec climbing feat: ". . . to see an Indian standing on top of the 'flying pole' (for so they call it) anywhere between one hundred eighty and two hundred feet in height! He stands there with a trumpet ...
In addition to pole sports, the IPSF has created codes and standards for competitions in the disciplines of ultra pole, artistic pole, and para pole. [10] [41] Ultra pole involves rounds of trick battles between participants. Artistic pole puts more emphasis on artistic elements compared to pole sports.
FLZ or Flz can refer to: Ferdinand Lumban Tobing Airport, an airport in Sibolga, Indonesia, by IATA code; Flightlink, a regional airline based in Tanzania, by ICAO code; Flutter-tonguing, a musical technique often denoted by "Flz." WFLZ-FM, a radio station in Tampa, Florida, U.S. branded as "93.3 FLZ"
Shawnacy Campbell Barber (27 May 1994 – 17 January 2024) was a Canadian track and field athlete specializing in the pole vault. Barber was a world champion in pole vault, having won the event with a height of 5.90 m at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing . [ 3 ]
The President of Chile visits the south pole in January 2025. In 1991, Michael Palin visited the base on the eighth and final episode of his BBC Television documentary, Pole to Pole. [36] [37] On January 10, 1995, NASA, PBS, and NSF collaborated for the first live television broadcast from the South Pole, titled Spaceship South Pole. [38]
Cr(VI)-free coatings are more environmentally friendly than surfaces with a Cr(VI) content. No zinc flake coatings used in the automotive industry nowadays contain this substance. Various manufacturers, such as car companies and their suppliers, have produced their own specifications and supply rules in order to define the requirements for ...
English: Magnetic north pole positions of the Earth. Poles shown are dip poles, defined as positions where the direction of the magnetic field is vertical. Red circles mark magnetic north pole positions as determined by direct observation, blue circles mark positions modelled using the GUFM model (1590–1980) and the IGRF model (1980–2010) in 2 year increments.