Ko te hiahia mō te kawe waka poutū he rite tonu ki te tawhito o te ao tangata.ngā papa hiki tuatahii whakamahia te mana tangata, te mana kararehe me te mana waipēhi hei hiki i te taumaha. Kua whakawhirinaki ngā taputapu hiki ki ēnei momo mana taketake tae noa ki te hurihanga ahumahi.

I Kariki onamata, i whakawhanakehia e Ākirīmete tētahi taputapu hiki pai ake e whakahaerehia ana e ngā taura me ngā pūrei.whakamahiahe wīni me te rīpene hei takai i te taura hiki i te pōpini.

I te tau 80 AD, ka eke ngā toa gladiatorial me ngā kararehe mohoao ki te papa hiki tawhito.toro atute teitei o te papa tākaro i te Roman Coliseum.

Kei roto i ngā tuhinga o ngā wā o mua te tini o ngā tāngata i hiki i te taputapu hiki me ngā tauira i whakarato taonga ki ngā wāhi motuhake. Ko te mea rongonui o ēnei ko te papa hiki o te Whare Karakia o St. Baram i Kariki. Kei runga i te tihi o te maunga tēnei whare karakia, e 61 mita te teitei i runga ake i te whenua. Ka whakamahia e te hiki ngā kete, ngā kupenga utanga rānei hei kawe i ngā tāngata me ngā taonga ki runga, ki raro hoki.

I te tau 1203, i tāutahia te papa hiki o tētahi whare mōneka i te takutai o Parani mā te whakamahi i tētahi mīhini oma nui. Nā te kaihe te mana hiki. Mā te takai i tētahi taura ki tētahi pou nui, ka hikitia te kawenga.

I te rautau 18, ka tīmata te whakamahi i te kaha miihini i roto i te whanaketanga o ngā papa hiki. I te tau 1743, i whakamanahia e Louis XV o Wīwī te tāutanga o ngā papa hiki kaimahi mā te whakamahi i ngā taumaha taurite i roto i te whare rangatira tūmataiti o Versailles.

I te tau 1833, i hikihia ngā kaimaina i ngā Maunga Harz o Tiamana e tētahi pūnaha e whakamahi ana i ngā tokotoko tauutuutu.

I te tau 1835, i tāutahia he tūāpapa hiki whitiki e peia ana e te whitiki, e kiia nei ko te "mīhini wini" ki tētahi wheketere i te UK.

I te tau 1846, ka puta te papa hiki waipēhi ahumahi tuatahi. Kātahi ka puta mai ētahi atu taputapu hiki hiko i muri tata mai.

I te tau 1854, i hangaia e te miihini Amerikana, e Otis, tētahi tikanga ratchet, ā, i whakaaturia e ia te papa hiki haumaru i te Whakaaturanga Hokohoko o New York.

I te tau 1889, i te hanganga o te Pourewa o Eiffel, i tāutahia he papa hiki e whakamahia ana e te mamaoa, ā, i muri mai ka whakamahia he ararewa.

I te tau 1892, i oti te hanga i ngā taputapu hiki o Maunga Astilero i Chile. Tae noa ki tēnei wā, e 15 ngā papa hiki e whakamahi tonu ana i ngā mīhini me ngā taputapu mai i te neke atu i te 110 tau ki muri.

I tēnei wā, ko te "Gotthard Tunnel" kei te hangaia i Graubunden, Switzerland he kauhanga rerewē raro whenua mai i ngā papa retihuka o Alpine ki ētahi atu whenua Pākehā. E 57 kiromita te roa, ā, e tūmanakohia ana ka oti, ka whakatuwheratia hoki ki ngā waka i te tau 2016. I te teihana tereina tere "Alps" e 800 mita te teitei i runga ake i te whenua, ka hangaia he papa hiki tika ki te whenua. Kia oti, koinei te papa hiki roa rawa atu o te ao. Kia tae ki te whenua mā te papa hiki, ka taea e ngā pāhihi te eke ki te Tereina Tereina Tere o Alpine Glacier ka tae ki te papa hiki i runga i te maunga i roto i ngā haora e rua.