From:	"Seth A. Buntain" <enthar@***.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Jumping, Climbing, & Swimming
Date:	Tue, 15 Mar 1994 17:30:17 -0600

>
> > On Mon, 14 Mar 1994, Bill P. Flint wrote:
> > How about:
> > Running Start: Quickness meters (increased by Athletics)
> > Standing Start: Half Quickness meters (increased by Athletics)
>
Being a long jumper myself...

> is gonna do a jump of about 12 feet. Maybe, Unlikely for someone of
> average strength though. A six would
Not so unlikely. Running jump (long jump) freshman year was 12 feet for me.

> allow 12 meters or 40 feet. Impossible. Also, jumping is much more a
actually, if you use his formula, an _untrained_ human, with _average_
quickness, is going to get 2 meters, or ~6 feet. not overly impressive. But
then thats a couch potatoe.
The other end of the spectrum is the olympic class jumper, with a quickness of
6 and atheletics of 6 or more. He could get, on a good day, 12 meters, which
as you said is ~40 feet, which is a good approximation of the world record.

> a factor of strength then quickness. Being a really good sprinter helps
> you get going, but that is as much strength as well.

Hmm, I dont know if I exactly agree with that, but... I dont know if I
disagree either, so Ill just leave it. Stan
> Skrub.
>

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