Sisyphus appears in several Greek myths, though today he is often associated with just one. In the famous legend, he is punished by Zeus for cheating death and condemned to endlessly push a ...

"But to write my own story, to have closure no matter the outcome, it’s a gamble I’m willing to take — to climb even if there is no summit," Gao writes.

If Sisyphus were Canadian, he would not be eternally damned to push a boulder up a hill only to have it roll down before he can reach the top. That would be too easy.