[5] Even though the event has been through major technical evolutions (with steel, aluminum and fiberglass composite poles), the book with its further adaptations is still used as a reference.
The bamboo pole was just as flexible as fiber glass, and you didn't see anyone trying to take them away from vaulters like Ozolin of Russia in 1928 or Oe and Nishida of Japan in 1932.
"[6]Ganslen had learned some of his vaulting technique from friendship with Sueo Ōe who he met on an AAU international tour.
He entered the Army in 1942 at the outbreak of World War II as a lieutenant in the Signal Corps.
While stationed at Camp Crowder at the Signal Corps School in Missouri he continued to compete for the Army Track Team, travelling extensively.
At times the military would organize competitions in Track and Field and Ganslen competed in them when possible.
Ganslen kept a journal which describes the battles waging all around him while continuing to keep the post functioning.
[17] His work at NASA led him to write Effects of some tranquilizing, analeptic and vasodilating drugs on physical work capacity and orthostatic tolerance[18] He is buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.