A competitor tries to grab a flag as he falls off the "gostra", a wooden pole covered in lard, during the main competition, part of the celebrations on the religious feast day of St Julian, patron of ...

Earl Barnes of Anderson, on leave from serving at Fort Stewart with the U.S. Army, gives his best log toss contest attempt during the 57th annual Hillbilly Day in Mountain Rest on the Fourth of July. ...

Competitors in the greased pole challenge at the Italian Market Festival in 2017 reach the prizes at the top. (Katherine Kuo) While Philly police still want fans to stay on the ground this weekend, ...

ST JULIAN'S, Malta (Reuters) - For more than a century, locals in the small Maltese town of St Julian's have celebrated their patron saint by running up a steeply angled log, smeared with lard, ...