How To Climb A Greased Poles

The Phillies are in the World Series and you know what that means... City workers must grease the telephone poles on Broad Street. This is to deter revelers from climbing above cheering crowds to chug beers. You might think this solution was born of necessity. However, climbing greased poles began centuries ago and has been a decades long tradition in Philadelphia. Join us as we explore the history of lubricated logs.