View Back Towards White Bird. Why Are the Canyon Walls So Close the Road Had To Be Blasted From the Vertical Walls?
“The way to solve the conflict between human values and technological needs is not to run away from technology. That’s impossible. The way to resolve the conflict is to break down the barriers of dualistic thought that prevent a real understanding of what technology is ... not an exploitation of nature, but a fusion of nature and the human spirit into a new kind of creation that transcends both. When this transcendence occurs in such events as the first airplane flight across the ocean or the first footstep on the moon, a kind of public recognition of the transcendent nature of technology occurs. But this transcendence should also occur at the individual level, on a personal basis, in one’s own life, in a less dramatic way. .. The walls of the canyon here are completely vertical now. In many places room for the road had to be blasted out of it. “(Cont.Next)
Four & 1/2 miles South of White Bird, ID. Narrative and landscape connections: It is just as impossible to leave this canyon as it is …. to run away from technology.“ Volcanic rock is seen everywhere. Of all rocks, volcanic lava is very tough and durable against being worn down. Although the river clearly wins, it can do so only by just enough to carry the water! This is the reason the canyon walls are so steep and close to the water. Next photo explains sign at right.
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(Photo = 111-1146 ...... ZMM Page = 261 ...... WayPt = 286i1. Photo at 287w 1667ft)