This Photo Can Serve to Illustrate the Narrator’s View, Since all the Mountains In This Area Look About the Same.
“I say, "This is it" to Chris, and he gets off. We’re on a slope that allows us to see over unbroken forest for miles. .. Chris is all for exploring, but I’m so tired I just want to rest. "You go by yourself," I say. .. "No, you come along." .. "I’m really tired, Chris. In the morning we’ll explore." .. I untie the packs and spread the sleeping bags out on the ground. Chris goes off. I stretch out, and the tiredness fills my arms and legs. Silent, beautiful forest . . . .. In time Chris returns, and says he has diarrhea. . "Oh," I say, and get up. "Do you have to change underwear?" .. "Yes." He looks sheepish. .. "Well, they’re in the pack by the front of the cycle. Change and get a bar of soap from the saddlebag and we’ll go down to the stream and wash the old underwear out." He’s embarrassed by the whole thing and now is glad to take orders.“(Cont.Next)
Lochsa River Canyon, ID. Here again the Narrator does not do what Chris wants. Why? Why has the Narrator always pressed on down the road, to this degree of exhaustion? ************************************
(Photo = 110-1064cz.5 ...... ZMM Page = 244 ...... WayPt = 265i3. Photo at WayPt = 267x 3372ft)