How does a tightrope walkers long pole help with balance?

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How does holding a long horizontal pole help with balance when walking across some narrow bridge or rope?

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The pole will make their rotational inertia around their feet (basically higher rotational inertia means its harder to rotate them, in this case that means falling over) much larger. Hopefully so much larger that any changes in their own body stance or any outside influences like wind will not be enough to make them fall.

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