Tag Archives: Stilts

Stilts in the peach orchard

A great photo of stilts being used in a Palasade, CO peach orchard.  Much faster than moving a ladder around, orchard stilts can be used to help with pruning and fruit thinning.  This design is similar to the one I used here:Build Your Own Stilts Plans for building your own stilts used to be published [...]

Chabad of Longmont: Purim in China !

Chabad of Longmont asked me to help them celebrate “Purim in China” with bubbles and stilts.  With so many banquet tables it was  crowded, so we moved the bubbles outdoors on the deck of the barn/event hall.   Bubbles in Longmont!  Wheee! Getting creative with crushed grocery sacks makes for a fun stilt soccer challenge!

Stretch the Ostrich Jockey

Stilt Walking Hazards and Adventures

Dear fellow stilt walkers, Know your equipment! Loosened stilt-skate screws may well have led to George Sommerdorf’s  death. George Sommerdorf, Jr., died last Friday while skating on Donner Lake in Northern California  1/31/07  *Equipment failure leads to death of stilt skater *Sacramento, CA :  George Sommerdorf, 50, drowns while stilt skating on Lake Donner, please [...]

Stilts for Sale !

Hand held wood stilts for sale! **Made in America.** Hard wood stilts for years of fun and fitness! Quality you can trust! Hardwood with a safe, natural oil finish. Have Fun! And develop fitness, balance and coordination! With Grandpa’s patented, adjustable wood stilts. Grandpa’s Stilts are made of quality straight grained hard wood and will [...]

Archuleta County Fair, Pagosa Springs, CO

We introduced a new entertainment option at the Archuleta County Fair: “wonder exhibits”.  These are entries for the exhibit hall that are designed to introduce some wonder and whismy to the traditional displays of cooking, craft, gardening and husbandry displays that are a part of the county fair experience. We started with two exhibits: Tulips [...]