Pole-sitting

Flagpole sitter redirects here. Flagpole Sitta was a song by Harvey Danger. Pole-sitting is the practice of sitting on a pole for extended lengths of time, generally used as a test of endurance. A small platform may be placed at the top of the pole.Pole-sitting is related to the ancient ascetic discipline of Stylitism, or column-sitting. Famous column-sitters include St Simeon Stylites the Elder (c. 388-459) of Antioch (now Turkey) who sat on a column for 36 years. [1]The world record for pole-sitting was set during the World Championship by Daniel Baraniuk, from Gdańsk, Poland, who sat on a 16-by-24-inch platform on an 8-foot pole for 196 days from May 15 2002 to November 26 2002. Short breaks were allowed every 2 hours. [2]
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