Our Partners
Bruce Caldwell
Loved by the pole vault community because of his enthusiam, generosity, and knowledge - Bruce is known as Mr. Pole Vault. He is the owner and founder of Fiber Sport, eOnlineSports, TrackBagWorld, and is the vice president of Kanstet USA. Bruce helped the Alaska Pole Vault Club by donating a 125 foot Kanset runway, gave us many discounts vaulting poles.
Michael Hirt
Michael Hirt of Alaska CEU for offering his expertise and skills by helping us hook the Salcha Dome’s radiant heat to our home’s boiler.
Dennis Price
Dennis Price of Salcha Electric for the use of their lift, boom truck, and equipment for raising and assemblying the the Salcha Dome. Dennis not only offered his equipment but his expertise as well, saving us from making many mistakes in the process.
Mitch Loveless
Mitch Loveless is the owner of Rolling Stone, Inc and offered us discounted gravel and the use of his equipment. Mitch is known throughout Salcha for his kindness and generosity.
The Brannan Family
And a big thanks to Jim Brannan (my father), my three children, and Tori (my spouse) for selflessly volunteering two of their summers to help errect the building. To learn more about our family you can visit our website, Crazy Alaska.
UST-Essx Vaulting Poles
I used to develop the website for UST-Essx and they paid for my services in poles. To this day they continue to offer excellent service, discounted poles, and are willing to ship to Alaska. While not all of our poles are Essx, most of them are and they come highly recommended.
Altius Vaulting Poles
Special thanks to the folks at Altius Poles - especially George and Jeff. They have gone out of their way to supply excellet poles at a discounted price and given their councel freely.
The Pratt Family
Big thanks to Justin and Jenny Pratt (known as the backpratteres) for coming over to help with the cement work for the foundation. We were severely short-handed and you literally saved the day. Our kids hang out so much we have renamed them the Bratts.