Re: how would you cross a pit?
Kamochek, when I was referring to pits in temples I was talking about a purely imaginary temple. Not any specific or real ones. Lots of treasure hunting games from classic arcade games such as Montezuma's Revenge to modern third-person adventures like Tomb Raider have pits, chasms, and so on as traps to make the game more challenging for the player.
As far as the terminology goes a chasm is simply a very large pit that is extremely deep. For instance, a pit might only be 10 feet deep if it is intended to trap an intruder, but a chasm could be hundreds of feet deep. Obviously, a chasm is a naturally occurring pit in the ground where a pit, such as in a temple, could be man made.
As for using a board or piece of wood to cross a pit or chasm I suppose that is possible, but carrying one around could get cumbersome. You'd want to make sure whatever you used could carry your weight , and was wide enough to easily cross. That is a pretty good sized plank that could get extremely heavy to lug around from place to place. So not precisely practical for an adventurer or explorer to use on expeditions. More commonly in games these days the explorer has a simple tool like a grappling hook he or she can use to swing over the pit or chasm which would be easy to carry on their person and gets the job done.
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