hi there
i believe in most cases, the preferable way to cross these pits would be simply to jump over them, that is, from the edge launch yourself in the air, and land on the other edge while being airborn when over the pit. that's why a person is required to hold up arrow and then the side arrow keys, or even tap them quickly.

if you try to sit and hang your legs downwards, it won't work well. that is because if a pit is too wide you won't be able to put your legs on the other edge and stand up. even then, if you try to do that or crawl across, you're more likely to lose balance at some point and fal deep down in the pit.

as far as we talk about fire pits, it is even hard to imagine the above situation camochek, if one sits down on the edge of a firepit, his legs would catch fire as soon as he tries to take them across. it is better to jump high in the air over fire pits, or lava pits as there were in super liam.

besides, the concept of pits in side scrollers seems a bit strange to me, like if a person is moving straight ahead and encounters a pit, there has to be a way around it as in real life. if the pit is huge, still it could end after walking a distance around the pit itself.
however, if they can't be crossed that way, it becomes more like a river, or just a large gap in the entire area, stretching horizontally as far as the eyes can see, or put it as infinitely or across the whole landscape, more like separating the land into 2, 3, or subsequent parts.
if that's the case, those gaps tend to be larger even for jumping across them, as generally one doesn't find smaller strips separating the land horizontally, and that too, at frequent ocasions.
if we think about lakes, or streams of water, they should be more wide, useful for crossing in a boat.

further opinions and views are welcome

Why should I bother jumping or crawwling crossing the pit when my dog Reever would much more enjoy working her way around it? .

hi.
i think we, blinds can use ouer walking stick to recognise pit, or use the foot.
if you see that your ending of the foot isn't standing on the ground, it mean that a pit is infrunt of you.
btw: i think also a way to cross pit is to put a peece of wood on it and walk on this peece of wood like on a bridge, but insted of a bridge which stand and not move, this will be bridge which you can cross pits and take it with you.
kamochek.

Hello folks. As I spent some years in my life in rural landscapes. I mean, I lived on a city during all my life so far, but some of my family friends, and even my parents had farms at some points. And today I also help to take care of some abandoned animals with the aid of my sister. The fact is, I had to cross pits a few times in my life so far. I prefer and agree that it is better to surround the area for another solution first, but in the case wI really had to jump over it I used a shaft, my cane or even a branch to detect the proportions of the given pit and then jumped over it.
A bit careless, I know, but neither my family, neither I knew how to take care of a blind boy, in the case, me. So I grown like a sighted person whenever possible.
Best regards, Haramir.

Hi.
depending on the size of a pit, I would use my cane to get a feeling on how big it is, and if I can reach the other side of the pit. If I can't reach the other side of the pit with my cane, I would never try to jump across it on my own. I have never seen pits in the real life, or sure I have, but then there were bridges over the pits.
It's kinda cool that people have seen pits in caves in the real life.

hi.
i also been in caves, but there wasn't pits.
someone here was in israel? in jerusalem?
there is a place in jerusalem wich called "sataf."
there you will find many caves, and one cave even have a waterfall inside of it.
but there are no pits.
and question, which i don't know the answer to it: what the different between pit and casome?
even if i don't know what this word means in english.
kamochek.

Well, I have to use my cane to feel the pit. then I'll jump over it.

sorry for that silly question:
but i don't know what is cane.
kamochek.

hi.
ah, ok.
in hebrew we it's name is walking stick, or touching stick.
kamochek.

Hi guys, let's Choose one of the pits we know from one of the games and jump inside to see what there is, maybe there is a safer place from the outside. LOL.

Hi. Well first I'd get my super duper jumping shoes, then, run, jump, scream wooo hooooo! land and... hope the poisoness snakes don't kill me. Or if  we are talking about that boring thing called real life, what ever that is, I'd go to the pit, sweep my Kane across it and if the cane doesn't reach the  other side, then no way am I jumping it. but even if it does reach the other side I'd still be very careful.

I have seen in jymnastics a spunge pit, a hole in the ground containing spunges, so that even if you fall you don't even get hurt, you just hit the top of the spunges. even if you were to hit the spunges with enough force to go through it to the bottom there is a trampoline there. the objective of those spunge pits are to hold a rope, jump, bend your knees, and unbend them as the end of the pit approaches.