The Great Wall of China is another example of frustrated humans aware of an infinite universe and wanting to leave a mark.
I’ve been on the Wall 4 times in different places.
It is an incredible feat of human enginuity.
Lifetimes dedicated to shouting at the sky.
Yet, it could not keep out a bunch of guys that could ride horses and shoot arrows at the same time.
The Khans
I climbed one section of it, once. I will admit that the only thing that kept me going up was a young woman coming down with a baby in her arms.
My boss stayed at the bottom.
What amazing opportunities you’ve had. Sometime you need to write longer descriptions of what it was like for those of us who’ll never experience it.