Game is cool but it seems a bit too easy to fall to your death for how many holes there are.
Thank you and yes, there's a lot of pitfalls as a secondary threat. That's intentional.
If you switch your action difficulty to EASY, then the pitfall trigger will be disabled (meaning, you won't be able to fall into holes or get pushed into them).
However if you still plan on playing in normal/hard action difficulty then if you get into "nearly falling" animation, just wait for a few seconds and the player will automatically bring himself back no problem. When you're in the "near falling" animation, getting attacked or pressing the walk button towards the hole will cause a game over. I hope the info helps. :D