From The High Areas Around Mount Blackmore, You Can See The Narrator’s . Gallatin Valley. At One Corner Of The Valley Is Bozeman. ..

….. Below us and miles away beyond the forested slopes and the fields beyond them is the Gallatin Valley. At one corner of the valley is Bozeman. A grasshopper jumps up from the rock and soars down and away from us over the trees. .. "We made it," Chris says. He is very happy. I am still too winded to answer. I take off my boots and socks which are soggy with sweat and set them out to dry on a rock. I stare at them meditatively as vapors from them rise up toward the sun. [End Chapter 20.]

The Top Of A Ridge Crest, On Flank Of Mountain With Snow, Above Upper Fox Creek, Off Of Upper Cottonwood Canyon, Gallatin National Forest, MT. Yes! As can be seen in /\ Above /\ Photo, from the high areas around Mount Blackmore, you can see the Narrator’s . Gallatin Valley. At one corner of the valley is Bozeman. ..
…And also according to a GoogleEarth, a view of Bozeman, and the valley, is indeed possible from a ridge, at flank of, snow covered Mt. Blackmore.
….Note another Narrator's trail location clue => Evidently they can see the Gallatin Valley plus Bozeman from the high place where they rest, or at least see in that direction.
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For /\ Above /\ Photo, Our Thanks Go To SumitPost.org. Click Here For Photos & Info Re Mount Blackmore. :This page says =>
…. Mount Blackmore, located in the Gallatin National Forest, is a beautiful, volcanic peak located just south of Bozeman, Montana. Located just below the peak is Hyalite Canyon, a hang out for local climbers. Also, located at the base of Mount Blackmore is Hyalite Reservoir. The trail to Mount Blackmore is well used by locals from Bozeman.
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DATE-LINE: May 19, 2021. by Henry Gurr.
…REMEMBERING THAT => THERE ARE NO USELESS WASTED WORDS IN ZMM, WHAT ARE WE TO MAKE OF => " A Grasshopper Jumps Up From The Rock And Soars Down And Away From Us Over The Trees.." .
....….In Photo Album for ZMM Part II., you may remember assertion => “There are NO Useless Wasted Words in ZMM.” This was concerning Narrator saying => "A transparent-winged bug sets down from the heat on a stalk of grass by Chris’s foot. “.
…. The ZMM Book Enthusiast, reading either of the above, should go on to think HARD about this next sentence =>
....…. "We made it," Chris says. He is very happy. I am still too winded to answer. " .
...." => Chris is supper happy with his accomplishment, but Narrator can only call this "The Winner!" Egotist., AND in no way support or join Chris in his feeling of joy!
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Is This Like These Other Bird Master Motifs? In which => Chris Needs Fatherly Support, Tries Repeatedly To Reach His Dad. But None Ever Comes. :-(( ..A) . “In the distance a single bird cries plaintively.”
..B) “... back up the logging road. As we climb it I get a sudden depressed feeling I’ve been walking up this logging road all my life.
...."Dad?"
...."What?" A small bird rises from a tree in front of us.
...."What should I be when I grow up?"
....The bird disappears over a far ridge. I don’t know what to say. "Honest," I finally say.
...."I mean what kind of a job?"
...."Any kind."
...."Why do you get mad when I ask that?"
...."I’m not mad . . . I just think . . . I don’t know . . . I’m just too tired to think . . . . It doesn’t matter what you do."
....Roads like this one get smaller and smaller and then quit.
....Later I notice he’s not keeping up.
....The sun is below the horizon now and twilight is on us. We walk separately back up the logging road and when we reach the cycle we climb into the sleeping bags and without a word go to sleep. ” [[The way Author Pirsig has written this, apparently the Narrator couldn’t do differently if wanted to. }}
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At the Start of Chapter 23.
….The Same happens EVEN The Narrators Bad Dreams of “The Glass Door”. :-(( ….... “There it is at the end of the corridor: a glass door. And behind it are Chris and on one side of him his younger brother and on the other side his mother. Chris has his hand against the glass. He recognizes me and waves. I wave back and approach the door.
....How silent everything is. Like watching a motion picture when the sound has failed.
....Chris looks up at his mother and smiles. She smiles down at him but I see she is only covering her grief. She’s very distressed about something but she doesn’t want them to see.
....And now I see what the glass door is. It is the door of a coffin—mine. ”
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.... SUMMARY:
....….The above => " A Grasshopper Jumps Up From The Rock And Soars Down And Away From Us Over The Trees.." .
..A) of course is good story-telling ,and even might have actually happened.
..B) But in addition this should be taken as a telegram =>
..C) Telling us that => Important Momentous Events are here-abouts, AND Author Robert Pirsig uses this telegraph method to tell us, that he KNOWS this is an example of Narrator bad treatment, and father, to Chris!
....Is this such a Telegram? Is This Again, Author Pirsig’s method, to alert the reader => That Metaphorically, just as the Grasshopper goes down and away, so does any hope of help from the Narrator to Chris! =>
….A Powerful Unforgettable Series of Events. With the poignant, agony, RESULT, in this case =>
.... “..Later I notice he’s not keeping up.
....The sun is below the horizon now and twilight is on us. We walk separately back up the logging road and when we reach the cycle we climb into the sleeping bags and without a word go to sleep. ”
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