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How Jack the Pole Climber got treed
By Paul Emmel | July 22, 2022
Jack “The Squirrel” Johnson, at the height of his career, was one of the fastest utility pole climbers in the Arrowhead Region of Minnesota. At one point, as a veteran employee of Northern Power & Light, he could climb up a fifty-foot pole in 11.5 seconds! The man scrambled up like he had fire in his pants! One day while... READ MORE >