everybody stops, like hitting the brakes. when you show them a video of you doing that, they re amazed. chris: the sport is expensive. poles can cost up to $1,000. d.c. vault has a rental program. louthie has shorter vaults a for those age six and up. we have young kids that are spec tack a later. we have a decade to work with them before they get out of high school. chris: 6-year-olds pole vaulting? we have good one, actually. chris: so some have been standouts. like olivia who was in the olympic trials. but that s not the real prize. keep your leg engaged. i would love to see somebody develop like that, yeah. but i just want to see each individual develop to the maximum of their potential at their level, whatever that is. chris: louthie says he thinks a couple kids you saw in our story
a lot of folks come from the lower income zip codes in the city, i talk to them about what we can do for them and we go from there. chris: d.c. vault is designed for athletes at all levels, from nuwbies to those louthie thinks could break records. this is the world record height. yes. it is. chris: does that seem unimaginably high to you. . i think anything above 16 feet, you wonder why the bar is up there. chris: i might bring it a little lower, like 10 or 11 feet, wonder why it s up there. you say that the sport you attracts outliers, kids who don t fit in in a more conventional setting. it gives them bragging rights. they re able to if somebody said well, what do you do, i play soccer. what do you do? i he poe vault.