We haven’t thought about pole-vaulting in ages, not since we accidentally flipped on the track and field competition on TV during a long-ago summer Olympics, or maybe it was during junior high school gymnastics… At any rate, pole vaulting is a rather ridiculous-looking sport that we’ve never considered practicing, and are less likely to consider now that we’ve watched the painful accidents of athletes in Epic Carnival’s listicle of 12 of the Best Pole Vaulting Fails Ever. We’re disappointed that they left this vintage (like, 1978 vintage) pole vault accident out, though.