Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5210173-20140530162616/@comment-3146930-20140531041746

Mr.DarkPhantom wrote: Darkcloud1111 wrote: Keep in mind that both Luke and Annabeth were also able to hold up the sky, and neither of them are anything besides demigods. There parents as well based on their powers wouldn't pass on any kind of super strength (except maybe Hermes, as he is the god of athletes). Also keep in mind that all demigods have at least some godly power in them, so in general all demigods would be a little stronger then most normal people. If anything, that bit of information should be removed instead of fixed. so what you say is that a demigod and a god is not really that strong and the sky is not that heavy?

It may not be. The curse of holding up the sky belonged to Atlas, but it is mentioned that anyone can take on this punishment as long as they do so willingly. However it is still a punishment and would obviously be a painful experience for whoever was holding the sky at the time. Percy, Annabeth, and Luke are mortal so there would be a limited time they could hold up the sky before dying from the stress of it. Others like Atlas and Artemis are immortal, so they don't have to worry about the stress of the task killing them, but there is no way to actually measure how much the sky weighs.