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RE: Bains Kloof Mountain Pass.

in #amazingnature3 years ago (edited)

Those are definitely some truly impressive boulders. It'd be rather awe inspiring, in it's own way, to watch them begin to tumble.

We're really spoiled in today's day and age with our modern technology, communications, and tools. A large part of the history of Canada is the building of the transcontinental railroad; imagine having to build a railroad that joins the Pacific and Atlantic oceans with primarily human power. Or even digging out the Panama Canal! That really is human ingenuity and determination.

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Oh so great to see you again my friend.

I have seen those crash down and can guarantee that it is an absolute fearful sight as it dislodges other rocks on its way down. At times they can demolish a mile of carefully crafted mountain pass road that took many months to build at great cost, in an instant.

I think that some time in the future they will build sky ways to go over the mountains. Now that would be the way to go, as there would nr no kinks and dangerous u turns, as one could just drive straight over the mountains.

Oh yeah, I have always wanted to see that railroad and also the Siberian one. The old generation engineers were true masters of their trade and every century had its own works of wonders.
You speak of the Panama canal, but lets's go back to the days of an early Egypt and their water channels into the the towns and palaces with primitive tools. Have a look at the unfathomable pyramids. There are so many other historical examples of mankinds engineering feats in other countries. One can only be amazed at our stamina and endurance under any conditions.

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