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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDoes anyone know how a seven foot fence is considered unscalable.
As a kid I think I could have gone over at a single bound.
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Does anyone know how a seven foot fence is considered unscalable. (Original Post)
Arne
Jan 2021
OP
If Capitol Police see someone about to climb over, they just open the gate and let them in.
Midnight Writer
Jan 2021
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TruckFump
(5,812 posts)1. I'm a girl and, yeah, as a young person, no problem to get over that! EOM
Arne
(1,968 posts)2. We had summertime high jump competition in the back yard.
Actually pole vaulted between garages.
...that sounds like stuff my son did!!!!!!
Arne
(1,968 posts)4. I really appreciate our wonderful childhood.
It got very strange but made us who we are.
RockRaven
(14,784 posts)5. World record high jump is a touch over 8 feet, so.......
If you get over it without scaling, it was un-scaled...
frazzled
(18,402 posts)6. Supposedly, it's because of the wire mesh
Which makes it impossible to get a foothold. Plus it cant be cut. However, Id think any reasonable sized person with strong arms could pull themselves up and hoist themselves over the top. They should have made it 10 feet.
But what do I know. Im 5 foot 2 and just over seven decades. Im not getting over it.
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)7. No place to put your feet.
The holes are too small to use as footholds, and they are coated to make it hard to use friction. But a friend could probably give you a boost.
Arne
(1,968 posts)8. Always liked the Hogans Heroes fence, where Lebow would just lift it up.
Midnight Writer
(21,548 posts)9. If Capitol Police see someone about to climb over, they just open the gate and let them in.
Arne
(1,968 posts)10. Or open fire depending on skin tone.