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He had won a talmit for climbing the "mast," a tall pole of needle wood; it was some fifty feet high, and was peeled and smoothed; he had won one for "leaping the crevice," which was actually a broad jump, performed on level ground; one for walking the "oar," which was actually a long pole; two in contests of the spear, one for distance and one for accuracy; and one in swimming. - (Marauders of Gor, Chapter 12, Sentence #26)

"Never in the history of the Thing," called Svein, "has there been so high a winner in the contests as he whom we now proceed to honor". I was not surprised that this was true. Ivar Forkbeard had won six talmits. He had won a talmit for climbing the "mast," a tall pole of needle wood; it was some fifty feet high, and was peeled and smoothed; he had won one for "leaping the crevice," which was actually a broad jump, performed on level ground; one for walking the "oar," which was actually a long pole; two in contests of the spear, one for distance and one for accuracy; and one in swimming. He had done less well in singing, poetry composition, rhyming and riddle guessing. He had come in, however, in second place in riddle guessing. "This man," called out Svein Blue Tooth, obviously impressed, "has earned in these contests six talmits. - (Marauders of Gor)