The Climb Is Steep Enough To Require Special Foot Work.
….And Here Is The Start Of The Upward & Gradual Building of the Narrator’s Chautauqua, As To The Nature of Quality

….“ Chris shouts, "When are we going to get to the top?" .. "Probably quite a way yet," I reply. .. "Will we see a lot?" .. "I think so. Look for blue sky between the trees. As long as we can’t see sky we know it’s a way yet. The light will come through the trees when we round the top." .. Last night’s rain has soaked this soft duff of needles sufficiently to make them good walking. Sometimes when it’s really dry on a slope like this they become slippery and you have to dig your feet into them edgewise or you’ll slide down. .. I say to Chris, "Isn’t it great when there’s no underbrush like this?" .. "Why isn’t there any?" he asks. .. "I think this area must never have been logged. When a forest is left alone like this for centuries, the trees shut out all the underbrush." .. "It’s like a park," Chris says. "You can sure see all around." His mood seems much better than yesterday. I think he’ll be a good traveler from here on. This forest silence improves anyone. .. “
….[Here the Narrator tells us of Phaedrus’ earlier conclusions on the Nature of Quality, then the story starts a build to more & more clarity => ]
.....“He noted that although normally you associate Quality with objects, feelings of Quality sometimes occur without any object at all. This is what led him at first to think that maybe Quality is all subjective. But subjective pleasure wasn’t what he meant by Quality either. Quality decreases subjectivity. Quality takes you out of yourself, makes you aware of the world around you. Quality is opposed to subjectivity.
....I don’t know how much thought passed before he arrived at this, but eventually he saw that Quality couldn’t be independently related with either the subject or the object but could be found only in the relationship of the two with each other. It is the point at which subject and object meet.
....That sounded warm.
....Quality is not a thing. It is an event.
....Warmer.
....It is the event at which the subject becomes aware of the object.
....And because without objects there can be no subject—because the objects create the subject’s awareness of himself—Quality is the event at which awareness of both subjects and objects is made possible.
....Hot. . “....

Upward, Moving Towards To A Climax Ridge, Gallatin National Forest, MT. Another trail clue => This slope is quiet and steep enough to require “dig your feet into them edgewise“ This tells us that perhaps they are following a sideways slant up the slope? Since this was not mentioned previously, it may mean this kind of steepness did not happen previously, or is such an angle of approach not needed previously
….Of course the Narrator may be merely looking for a new way to tell the story. Or perhaps we should not read too much into this.
….Similar analysis could be applied to the Narrator's "Isn’t it great when there’s no underbrush like this?" Did this not happen previously, or we reading too much into this? Either way, these are possible field consistency check for the correct trail hypothesis.
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(Photo = September2006 0047 ...... ZMM Page = 213 ...... Photo simulate WayPt = N+C 15 9000ft = 8.30 mi fm DeWeese.)