The whole idea of carrying brown mold with a 10' pole is a poor one. Try walking around your yard with a 10' pole for a demonstration of why. Pass around and between a few trees. Not so easy. Note that you can't hang onto the END of the 10' and hold it up at all, much less with a bag of mold attached to the other end. To even lift it, you have to hold onto the pole in the middle (hey, that's only 5' away from the end!) and even then it is a cumbersome, unwieldy burden. Now imagine trying to maneuver through your average dungeon with it. I initially thought the suggestion was a joke, but as discussion of it continues, I realize some are actually thinking this is a plausible idea.