Allegory to the Sky Cave

Ok, so you can get in the air and go up. Can you go anywhere?
It’s hard to know if you don’t experience the blinding power of tons of air ripping you skyward. Like plato’s allegory of the cave. You are unaware of what reality is until you step out into the burning light.

This pilot, after almost 8 hours, flew across all of eastern Washington state to land in Idaho, some 275km later. This is just over half of what is possible each year in Brazil and Texas. I took this picture after crossing the grand Columbia River.