Thread: Climbing Rules
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Re: Climbing Rules

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Originally Posted by Siri View Post
Actually, CLIMBING is considered "contact[ing] the PYRAMID and/or the floor (Level 0)" ...which makes me wonder what led you to believe that a robot flying up needs to touch the horizontal rungs or anything else on the pyramid, provided it takes off from the floor*? In fact, even if the floor didn't count, why would you need to touch it beyond Level 1?

*Not doing so would be a violation of G05-C anyway.

EDIT: This actually does have relevance to a viable CLIMBING strategy (not just flying).
The Q&A has clarified that sequential contact of each zone is necessary for a climb to be valid.
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