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Pole sitting
Pole sitting is the practice of sitting on top of a pole (such as a flagpole) for extended lengths of time, generally used as a test of endurance. A small platform is typically placed at the top of the pole for the sitter. Led by the stunt actor and former sailor Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly, flagpole sitting was a fad in the mid-to-late 1920s, but mostly died out after the start of the Great Depression.
==History and 1920s fad==
Pole sitting is related to the ancient ascetic discipline of Stylitism, or column-sitting. St. Simeon Stylites the Elder (c. 388–459) of Antioch (now Turkey) was a column-sitter who sat on a small platform on a column for 37 years.
Flagpole sitting was a fad in the mid-to-late 1920s. The fad was begun by stunt actor and former sailor〔Baker, Danny. "Shipwreck for ever in pole position." ''The Times'' (United Kingdom) 21 Aug. 2002: ''Newspaper Source Plus.'' Web. 22 Dec. 2011.〕 Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly, who sat on a flagpole, either on a dare by a friend〔Long, Mark A., and Jim Fee. ''Bad Fads.'' Toronto: ECW, 2002. p. 17 ''Ebrary.'' Web. 22 Dec. 2011.〕 or as a publicity stunt.〔 Shipwreck's initial 1924 sit lasted 13 hours and 13 minutes. It soon became a fad with other contestants setting records of 12, 17 and 21 days. In 1929, Shipwreck decided to reclaim the title. He sat on a flagpole for 49 days in Atlantic City, New Jersey, setting a new record.〔"Atlantic City's Historic Steel Pier at Trump Taj Mahal Hits the Auction Block on August 25th." ''PR Newswire US.'' 29 June 2011: ''Regional Business News.'' Web. 22 Dec. 2011.〕 The following year, 1930, his record was broken by Bill Penfield in Strawberry Point, Iowa who sat on a flagpole for 51 days and 20 hours, until a thunderstorm forced him down. Flagpole sitting in the 1920s was a major part of the decade.
For the most part, pole sitting died out after 1929, with the onset of the Depression.
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