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On 06/20/2014 02:11 PM, wrote:
SNIP
AT the event horizon, the acceleration level is 1.0 C (the speed of
light in a vacuum). Is that really a "weak" gradient?
Well, the gradient is the difference in the pull of gravity over the
length of your body. If you are close to the singularity the
difference in pull from your head to your toes is so high you will be
torn apart into a long, thin stream of your constituent parts. But far
enough away from the singularity the difference is so slight you won't
even notice the very slight stretching when you pass through the event
horizon.

There's no gravity outside the event horizon. Gravity, like light,
doesn't escape.