A competitor tries to grab a flag as he falls off the "gostra", a wooden pole covered in lard, during the main competition, part of the celebrations on the religious feast day of St Julian, patron of ...

ST JULIAN’S, Malta – For more than a century, locals in the small Maltese town of St Julian’s have celebrated their patron saint by running up a steeply angled log, smeared with lard, protruding over ...

George Tipping, an 83-year-old man who enjoys going up 82-feet timber poles, proves popular with the crowd in this year's World Pole Climbing championships. A farm in rural Warwickshire was taken over ...

Philadelphians love to celebrate sports victories by climbing poles. In the video, posted Feb. 1, Del Pizzo wears an Eagles sweatshirt as she describes poles of all shapes and sizes, detailing ...

NEW ORLEANS (NEXSTAR) — Philadelphia Eagles fans are known to climb streetlight poles to celebrate victories. New Orleans is well aware of that and prepared to down any overexcited birds. The Royal ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Rock Hall inducted some of music's shining stars Saturday night. Across town, a lesser-known institution paid homage to those who keep the lights shining. The American Public ...

Pike Electric's Cory McMichael said, "Considering the overall condition and feel, climbing poles treated with oil emulsion was definitely easier, especially compared to poles treated only with ...

ST JULIAN'S, Malta (Reuters) - For more than a century, locals in the small Maltese town of St Julian's have celebrated their patron saint by running up a steeply angled log, smeared with lard, ...