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If you fell down a crater or hole on the moon, is there a way to exploit microfravity/low gravity to get to the top? Lets say your survived a fall into Aristarchus crater on the moon with a slow slide down the side of 1.8 miles down (3000 meters). That is too high to jump back up, assuming you can jummp roughly 10 meters on the moon.

Is there another way to exploit the low gravity on the moon to get back to the top of the crater rim?

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    $\begingroup$ Walk and climb. $\endgroup$ – JohnHoltz Apr 23 '20 at 23:19
  • $\begingroup$ What is the slope of the crater wall? $\endgroup$ – Organic Marble Apr 23 '20 at 23:41
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    $\begingroup$ Ignoring the whole spacesuit gloves and heavy equipment thing, rock climbing should be easy for most people even with sheer vertical walls. It is rare to have unclimbable rock cliffs on Earth, and the moon has 6 times less gravity. $\endgroup$ – Kevin Kostlan Apr 24 '20 at 0:28
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    $\begingroup$ @OrganicMarble let's find out! What is the slope of the sides of Aristarchus crater on the Moon? $\endgroup$ – uhoh Apr 24 '20 at 0:36
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    $\begingroup$ Of course, what matters for the linked question is not the average slope, but to minimise the maximum slope of all possible paths from the centre to the rim. From a cursory look at the map in the answer to the linked question, it looks like there may be a route that stays mostly in the green area, so walking with some scrambling should probably work. $\endgroup$ – gerrit♦ Apr 24 '20 at 9:02

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