tip 52 of the pole 47 downwardly into the elongate opening 54 defined by the three walls 34 38 two of the side walls 36 and 38 are made with their inner surfaces substantially planar while the third wall 34 has at its middle portion an element 56 protruding moderately into the opening 54 this protrusion 56 engages the middle part of the tip portion 52 to press it against the two flat surfaces of the walls 36 and 38 and thus hold the ski pole 47 upright slots 58 are provided between the three wall members 34 38 to provide a certain amount of 34 yield 34 in the wall members 34 38 so that they can grip the tip portions 52 of the poles of varying diameters and hold these poles vertically as indicated previously herein the spacing and arrangement of the mounting members 22a and 22b are of particular importance in the present invention since ski poles 47 are usually sold in pairs the upper and lower mounting members 22a and 22b are likewise arranged in pairs the overall configuration of the spacing of the mounting members 22a and 22b is in a generally rectangular pattern with the members 22a and 22b being arranged evenly in both longitudinal and transverse rows to describe this arrangement further reference is made to fig2 and more particularly to the platform 12 appearing at the extreme right of fig2 the mounting members 22a and 22b are arranged in two transverse rows designated 60a and 60b as shown herein each row 60a or 60b has six pairs of mounting members 22a.