Power Pole

From Dragon Ball

The Power Pole is a magical staff that is used by Goku for most of Dragon Ball. It is first seen in Dragon Ball chapter 1 of the manga and is used to inspect Bulma and her capsule vehicles. It is last seen in Dragon Ball GT, at the closing scene of the last episode. Goku stated that the Power Pole was given to him by his deceased grandfather, Gohan.

The purpose of the Power Pole is to climb from Karin Tower to Kami's Lookout above the clouds. It fits in the hole at the top of Karin Tower and stops at the bottom of Kami's Lookout where Goku is able to climb the top with a ladder on the side of the bowl shaped lookout.

[edit] Origin

The Power Pole is one of the two items that Goku possesses that mimics the character Sun WuKong in the chinese novel Journey to the West. The other item is the Flying Nimbus.