The playground "slide"

[Joel S. Berson]

I note that the parallel bars used by adults (if one can call
13-year-old gymnasts "adults") don't have the cross-bars of monkey bars.

Joel

At 5/4/2012 05:58 AM, W Brewer wrote:
>(1) MD 1950s: monkey bars (> 1960s US Army parallel bars); (2) NoCA 1970s
>Monkey Bar (gay bar); (3) Welcome to the Monkey Bar =
>http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=8391.
>Jungle Jim = (1) Johnny Weismuller TV show; (2) playground climbing frame
>(not parallel bars).
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