Where Is the Turn-Off Into the “Seldom-Entered Canyon?“
“It’s looking bad for Chris. For a while he was way ahead of me and now he sits under a tree and rests. He doesn’t look at me, and that’s how I know it’s bad. .. I sit down next to him and his expression is distant. His face is flushed and I can see he’s exhausted. We sit and listen to the wind through the pines. .. I know eventually he’ll get up and keep going but he doesn’t know this, and is afraid to face the possibility that his fear creates: that he may not be able to climb the mountain at all. I remember something Phædrus had written about these mountains and tell it to Chris now.“ [Here, Chris hears the story about the moose. This takes his mind off his troubles.]
Cottonwood Creek, Gallatin National Forest, MT
Study of my map N+C 08, will show here is a reasonable sized ravine that might be the "seldom entered canyon"At first I thought might be where the Narrator turns left off the trail they are on. I had even gone so far as to show this route on my map. This I have called my second alternate climb route. However, as you will see, this route up is a less ideal fit to the Narrator's overall narative, than the route now proposed. This latter route beter fits the Narraror's earlier statement "Just up above the top of the ridge the snow can be seen now. On foot it’s many days away though. The rocks below it are too steep for a direct hiking climb, particularly with the heavy loads we are carrying, and Chris is way too young for any kind of ropes-and- pitons stuff. " [Clues as too nature of ridge edges.] "We must cross over the forested ridge we are now approaching, .... " [Does he mean their current trail point is on the side of that ridge (allbeit they are low near stream) and there is a later high portion of it that they will cross over to get to the snow?] .... " enter another canyon, follow it to its end and then come back at an upward angle along to the ridge. Three days hard to the snow. Four days easy." Either way, he can see specific identifiable parts of their route up! Imortant clues!! And these points on that ridge are in a straight line to the snow! Excellent for field verification!!.
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(Photo = Summer 2006 0145 ...... ZMM Page = 179 ...... Photo Simulate WayPt = N+C 08)
![Where Is the Turn-Off Into the “Seldom-Entered Canyon?“ “It’s looking bad for Chris. For a while he was way ahead of me and now he sits under a tree and rests. He doesn’t look at me, and that’s how I know it’s bad. .. I sit down next to him and his expression is distant. His face is flushed and I can see he’s exhausted. We sit and listen to the wind through the pines. .. I know eventually he’ll get up and keep going but he doesn’t know this, and is afraid to face the possibility that his fear creates: that he may not be able to climb the mountain at all. I remember something Phædrus had written about these mountains and tell it to Chris now.“ [Here, Chris hears the story about the moose. This takes his mind off his troubles.] Cottonwood Creek, Gallatin National Forest, MT Study of my map N+C 08, will show here is a reasonable sized ravine that might be the "seldom entered canyon"At first I thought might be where the Narrator turns left off the trail they are on. I had even gone so far as to show this route on my map. This I have called my second alternate climb route. However, as you will see, this route up is a less ideal fit to the Narrator's overall narative, than the route now proposed. This latter route beter fits the Narraror's earlier statement "Just up above the top of the ridge the snow can be seen now. On foot it’s many days away though. The rocks below it are too steep for a direct hiking climb, particularly with the heavy loads we are carrying, and Chris is way too young for any kind of ropes-and- pitons stuff. " [Clues as too nature of ridge edges.] "We must cross over the forested ridge we are now approaching, .... " [Does he mean their current trail point is on the side of that ridge (allbeit they are low near stream) and there is a later high portion of it that they will cross over to get to the snow?] .... " enter another canyon, follow it to its end and then come back at an upward angle along to the ridge. Three days hard to the snow. Four days easy." Either way, he can see specific identifiable parts of their route up! Imortant clues!! And these points on that ridge are in a straight line to the snow! Excellent for field verification!!. ************************************ (Photo = Summer 2006 0145 ...... ZMM Page = 179 ...... Photo Simulate WayPt = N+C 08)](http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/albums/album08/DSC_0145.sized.jpg "Where Is the Turn-Off Into the “Seldom-Entered Canyon?“ “It’s looking bad for Chris. For a while he was way ahead of me and now he sits under a tree and rests. He doesn’t look at me, and that’s how I know it’s bad. .. I sit down next to him and his expression is distant. His face is flushed and I can see he’s exhausted. We sit and listen to the wind through the pines. .. I know eventually he’ll get up and keep going but he doesn’t know this, and is afraid to face the possibility that his fear creates: that he may not be able to climb the mountain at all. I remember something Phædrus had written about these mountains and tell it to Chris now.“ [Here, Chris hears the story about the moose. This takes his mind off his troubles.] Cottonwood Creek, Gallatin National Forest, MT Study of my map N+C 08, will show here is a reasonable sized ravine that might be the \"seldom entered canyon\"At first I thought might be where the Narrator turns left off the trail they are on. I had even gone so far as to show this route on my map. This I have called my second alternate climb route. However, as you will see, this route up is a less ideal fit to the Narrator's overall narative, than the route now proposed. This latter route beter fits the Narraror's earlier statement \"Just up above the top of the ridge the snow can be seen now. On foot it’s many days away though. The rocks below it are too steep for a direct hiking climb, particularly with the heavy loads we are carrying, and Chris is way too young for any kind of ropes-and- pitons stuff. \" [Clues as too nature of ridge edges.] \"We must cross over the forested ridge we are now approaching, .... \" [Does he mean their current trail point is on the side of that ridge (allbeit they are low near stream) and there is a later high portion of it that they will cross over to get to the snow?] .... \" enter another canyon, follow it to its end and then come back at an upward angle along to the ridge. Three days hard to the snow. Four days easy.\" Either way, he can see specific identifiable parts of their route up! Imortant clues!! And these points on that ridge are in a straight line to the snow! Excellent for field verification!!. ************************************ (Photo = Summer 2006 0145 ...... ZMM Page = 179 ...... Photo Simulate WayPt = N+C 08)")