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Maybe barbed wire fences are built differently in different parts of the world - at any rate, nobody really mentioned the way that we as kids learned to cross them safely. Crossing on top in the middle between two posts: Most often barbed wire fences are not very tightly strung, especially if they're not very new - meaning that the individual wires will have some slack to them. Go to the midway point between two posts (see on the schema below). Press down on the top wire - either using a stick, or, carefully, using your hands. This will lower the top wire for 20 cm easily, which should allow you to cross by swinging over one leg, then the other. Of course for a smaller person, or when...
Full answer by fgysin: https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/a/15846 (CC BY-SA 3.0).
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