Are you strong enough to pull yourself on top of a ledge above you?

[Howard]

Let's say the ledge is low enough that you can grasp it in your hands after a jump, but high enough that you can't really use the jump's inertia to help you up. Are you strong enough to pull yourself on top?

 

[guapo337]

i think.

 

[minendo]

Are you strong enough to pull yourself on top of a ledge above you?

Yes, but if it were now I could not since I sprained my wrist on Saturday while biking.

 

[KingNothing]

What the heck? If you can do one pull up, you can do this.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: KingNothing
What the heck? If you can do one pull up, you can do this.

No you cant.

1) holding onto a bar is a lot easier than holding onto the corner of a block.

2) pulling your entire body up over a ledge is a lot harder than pulling your chin up to the level of the ledge.

 

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: KingNothing
What the heck? If you can do one pull up, you can do this.

You'd be surprised how many people cant do even one dead-hang pull up

 

[conjur]

Never gone rock-climbing?

 

[KingNothing]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: KingNothing
What the heck? If you can do one pull up, you can do this.

No you cant.

1) holding onto a bar is a lot easier than holding onto the corner of a block.

2) pulling your entire body up over a ledge is a lot harder than pulling your chin up to the level of the ledge.

I've pulled myself onto tree limbs using an overhand pull-up motion before. It didn't feel significantly harder to keep going past my chin.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: KingNothing
What the heck? If you can do one pull up, you can do this.

No you cant.

1) holding onto a bar is a lot easier than holding onto the corner of a block.

2) pulling your entire body up over a ledge is a lot harder than pulling your chin up to the level of the ledge.

I don't think it's harder because you can swing your leg up onto the ledge to help yourself up.

 

[BatmanNate]

I'd say it depends on how slippery the ledge is, if it has any incline, and what the surface perpendicular to the top of the ledge is made of. I did this a lot with brick walls when I was younger, but never on cliffs or anything.

 

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: KingNothing
What the heck? If you can do one pull up, you can do this.

No you cant.

1) holding onto a bar is a lot easier than holding onto the corner of a block.

2) pulling your entire body up over a ledge is a lot harder than pulling your chin up to the level of the ledge.

If you swing your leg up while pulling yourself part way up, you can get your foot on the ledge, and then start working yourself up onto the ledge. Not nearly as easy on a bar, since you have to position and balance yourself perfectly to not slip off the bar with your foot

 

[CaseTragedy]

i say yes, unless its raining.

 

[jlee]

If I can use my legs, than sure.

 

[Corporate Thug]

never tried

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Yeah. I can do pull ups.

 

[Atrail]

all you have to do is get halfway and throw your leg over, how hard is that...

 

[civad]

I have done it quite a few times during my job (surveying...)

not in recent days though..

 

[Wallydraigle]

Yes.

 

[BeauJangles]

definately

 

[Kadarin]

Absolutely.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: CadetLee
If I can use my legs, than sure.

Hell, I used to scale brick walls with hands & feet alone, never mind a jump or running start. You'd be amazed how little of a ledge you need for a foothold.

- M4H

 

[crab]

I could about four years ago.

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Yup. All 210 pounds of me 😛

 

[poopaskoopa]

I could do it every time I tried. Haven't tried it in 1.5 yrs though...

 

[Rent]

Originally posted by: Howard
Let's say the ledge is low enough that you can grasp it in your hands after a jump, but high enough that you can't really use the jump's inertia to help you up. Are you strong enough to pull yourself on top?

Yes