If you would notice, I have shoes on even when hanging from the pole. You might ask, "Why do you need shoes when you are only hanging from a pole?" Well, my friend, the answer is simple...
It is just a Texas tradition. There you see me doing the ancient evening ritual of pole hanging. This began during the Mexican/American war when the Texas Rangers had to find a way to quickly and effeciently make the Mexicans stop and say, "What the fuck are they doing?" or if you are Mexican, "Buenos noches el ***** muy bien senior."
Now, this is a statewide thing, but not many Texans do it. Kaboom for instance, probably does not do it because he could care less about the brave Texans that lost their lives during the war, but I, on the other hand, feel it is my duty as a Texan to show my patronage to the K.I.A. of the Mexican/American war.
...Or possibly it is just because it is a cool fun thing that weird rock climbing kids like myself do because it is funny. :checkit: