This Scene of Frost, Dry Volcanic Dust, Struggling Plant Life and Old Weathered Stump Is Almost Identical To Author Pirsig’s Own Summer 1968 Photo. You May View This Original ZMM Scene At Link Below.
“Chris is still asleep and we won’t be able to go anywhere until the air warms up. Good time to get the cycle tuned. I work loose the knob on the side cover over the air filter, and underneath the filter withdraw a worn and dirty roll of field tools. My hands are stiff with the cold and the backs of them are wrinkled. Those wrinkles aren’t from the cold though. At forty that’s old age coming on. I lay the roll on the seat and spread it open . . . there they are. . . . like seeing old friends again. .. I hear Chris, glance over the seat and see that he’s stirring but doesn’t get up. He’s evidently just rolling in his sleep. After a while the sun gets warmer and my hands aren’t as stiff as they were. .. I was going to talk about some of the lore of cycle repair, the hundreds of things you learn as you go along, which enrich what you’re doing not only practically but esthetically. But that seems too trivial now, though I shouldn’t say that. .. But now I want to shift into another direction, which completes his story. I never really completed it because I didn’t think it would be necessary. But now I think it would be a good time to do that in what time remains.“(Cont.Next)
Somewhere North of, but close to, La Pine, OR. Detour in new browser frame for Full size picture: http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Pictures-Robert-Pirsigs-original-1968-trip&id=aax
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(Photo = 113-1395 ... ZMM Page = 301 ...... WayPt = 358i14 ~4219. Photo at 372 4912ft)