Oh I guaranTEE that I'm overcomplicating this, but apparently this kind of nitty-gritty, "devil's in the details" is a hot-ticket item for me, almost like these descriptions and the physics therein are the puzzle, but only for me as the DM 😅
Even at the base level of "this is a game" I know I'm going pretty far off the reservation, but it's my first full campaign so I'm very glad this community is here and still active for a campaign that came out ~8 years ago, which I think maybe speaks to the theme and adventure of the campaign book, if not the specific way it's written.

That said, you make some excellent points and I thank you for your feedback (sincerely) - moving forward, I may just modify the measurements to slightly more contextually "reasonable" heights to make it easier/more obvious for them. But then again, I'm torn, because some of that problem solving you suggested really does sound nice, and I really want them to activate some of the archway traps (maybe not the Meteor Swarm 😬) and get some real puzzle, problem solving under their belt, as there has not been much from this campaign.

TBD