Emergency medical stretchers, particularly those used by the military, require a difficult-to-achieve set of parameters: they must be lightweight and foldable so as to be easily carried in a backpack, ...

The Legacy Lite Core-Tec poles by Leki are your go-to, all-around trekking pole that can be used anywhere in the world. Leki uses a 7075 aluminum shaft which is equal parts lightweight and sturdy.

It was the carbon-fiber pole and again, the bar rose to near the 20-foot range. Are we now witnessing the peak of the carbon-fiber era in the pole vault, save for one man who is no longer competing?

Description as one outside of sports may see it: Run strong and fast down the runway carrying a fiberglass or carbon fiber pole, which then at full speed you plant into a box and jump up, swing to ...

Inside it is upwards of 10 fiberglass/carbon fiber poles, all of which will be used over the course of an event as the Santa Catalina pole vaulter elevates to new heights.

For the uninitiated, pole vaulting is as much art as it is science. Athletes sprint down a runway, plant a flexible fiberglass or carbon fiber pole into a small catch box and use it to propel ...