Quote Originally Posted by o_O
Quote Originally Posted by -N-
Say there is a barn 10 m tall you wish to pole vault over with a 12 m pole. You charge the barn at 0.6c. Do you see where this is going?
The pole breaks.
Doofus.

The pole contracts to 9.6 m due to length contraction. However, since you'd be in an accelerating frame of reference while vaulting (due to circular motion and momentum shift), you'd probably be fine due to some GR crap I don't know. That's how my SR prof explained it - superiorist punk.