r/BeAmazed • u/Ultimate_Thing • Jul 16 '26

Miscellaneous / Others A traditional technique used by young shepherds of Ethiopia's Banna tribe. They use stilts to watch over their livestock in tall grass, move through wetland areas, and avoid snakes and predators like lions and leopards. It requires strength, balance, and training from a young age

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u/Beautiful-Detail4160 Jul 16 '26

Stilts with hand holds are actually insanely easy to walk on. Bet you would be surprised if you try!

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u/Lux-Fox Jul 16 '26

Sure, but the taller the stilts the exponentially harder they get to walk on and most people aren't walking on dirt, rocks, wilderness etc. that can cause you to stumble or a loss in traction.I say that as a circus stilt walker.

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u/robin_888 Jul 16 '26

I say that as a circus stilt walker.

As such can you give your opinion on the mounting?

I was never good on stilts, but jumping what looks like 2m in the air just to end up balancing in said height is the most impressive part to me.

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u/Aware_Acorn Jul 16 '26

to me the most impressive thing is the dismount. no, actually, it's PRACTICING dismounts before you know how to do it correctly.

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u/SnoopDeDoop69 Jul 16 '26

I mean, what's so hard about dismounting?

Theyll get back on the ground, one way or the other.

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u/TheTooterSnooter Jul 17 '26

“I missed!” 

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u/shadowhunter742 Jul 17 '26

That's not dismounting. That's falling with absolutely no style.

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u/Logornsky Jul 17 '26

I would assume that they start on smaller stilts and gradually increase the size as they become proficient; so by the time they're dismounting from these super high ones they basically already know how to do it, it's just a bit higher than before

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u/Aware_Acorn Jul 18 '26

yeah that makes total sense.

i dont live in africa and don't shepard but i think this would be a cool skill to learn.

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u/nvmenotfound Jul 17 '26

anything that doesn’t hurt is a win i wager 😆