1. A track and field event where one uses a fiberglass pole, momentum, strength, and technique in order to get over a crossbar{i.
e. bar} at a certain height. One runs down a pole vault runway, plants the pole into the
box while jumping off at the same
time or a little earlier, goes into the
air, inverts {or, flips upside-down}, and goes over the cross bar, and lands on the mat.
Note: If someone says the reason they do it is for the "hot chicks" {or something to that extent}, or one of the first things they say about it is they mention the hot
girls, they aren'
t true pole vaulters.