Answer:
What devours all and can kill a king. Destroy a town and crushes mountains down?
I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground. Sometimes I leave, but I am always around
Passed from father to son and shared between brothers, its importance is unquestioned though it is used more by others.
Ambitious people will climb the social version of this contraption.
What can you lose that will cause other people to lose theirs too?
I touch the Earth, I touch the sky, but if I touch you, you’ll likely die. What am I?