These structures are not extremely strong. When you hit them, they'll break and absorb some of the energy of the fall. Whether it will be enough energy or not is an open question. There's only one way to find out, but we don't recommend you try it! And while we do like to do our own research and take things apart here at HowStuffWorks, you have to draw the line somewhere. This is definitely a line.
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