by DGFone » October 29th, 2011, 7:41 am
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To me, at least, your example fails.
What about if you had a 50 metre wide brick wall at waist height, you cant say it would be easier to go around than just hop over it.[/quote]
Then yes, you would jump over. But many minor objects, like a bench, tend to be taller than they are wide. But a parkour runner would still jump over. Why? Because it's more flashy and it is, as per Parkour's terms, a straighter line. Same with trash cans. Hop up and over.
Yes, the jumps are more flashy than the old boring round-a-go, but keep this in mind: in the vertical direction, you have to fight gravity. Even with your brick example, if there are many walls, it would in the end be more efficient to go the long way around because you don't have to jump all the time.
Minor objects like benches and trash cans? Human mentality fail. The world is in three-dimensions. Believe it or not, but going around is still the straighter line. And what do you know? No gravity fighting.