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I strongly dislike debating the finer points of Tolkien's work
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Then don't. But we are. That's more or less the point of this forum.
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Anway, I would think an Ent's stride to be around 10 ft?
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Oh, not that big.
Let's think about this, I'm abuot 6ft, and I have a long stride of 3 ft. That's a ratio of 2:1. Now, as Prof. Tolkien says, the average Ent was about 14ft tall. If we apply the same ratio to Ents, we get a 7 foot stride.
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so didn't have to change their way of walking like we do when we go downstairs without bending our knees.
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They were, however, less posable then we are, so staircases would take quite a lot of balance. I suppose maybe there's a slight jump or such involved. A special technique, as it were. But, they would certainly have to change their walk a bit. You have to think, also, that staircases are less of a step for them, as compared to us. While a staircase may be a step 1/7 our body size, they're a step roughly 1/15th a Ent's body size. That's a lot less distance to raise your feet, as compared to the rest of you.