[AhAhPatel]

Nope. you are completely right. I had misread the rules to say that a climb is considered invalid if you touch more than 2 at a time that aren't adjacent. (basically you could go from 0 to 2 as long as you don't touch 1). thank you for the clarification! Also, i see your point for horizontal, but i just thought about the vertical aspect, that is if we are touching the pyramid, we can extend vertically to 84". I guess we will have to rethink our approach. however, i thank you for your help!