Any Gumption Traps Here?

….“Intermittents become gumption traps when they fool you into thinking you’ve really got the machine fixed. It’s always a good idea on any job to wait a few hundred miles before coming to that conclusion. They’re discouraging when they crop up again and again, but when they do you’re no worse off than someone who goes to a commercial mechanic. In fact you’re better off. They’re much more of a gumption trap for the owner who has to drive his machine to the shop again and again and never get satisfaction.“(Cont.Next)

Two mi West, and a bit North of Hereford, OR.

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The Gumption Trap of Intermittents Require You To Look Closer.

….“On your own machine you can study them over a long period of time, something a commercial mechanic can’t do, and you can just carry around the tools you think you’ll need until the intermittent happens again, and then, when it happens, stop and work on it.
.... When intermittents recur, try to correlate them with other things the cycle is doing. Do the misfires, for example, occur only on bumps, only on turns, only on acceleration? Only on hot days? These correlations are clues for cause-and-effect hypotheses.“ [The Narrator then covers many tedious external gumption traps in the purchase of repair parts. He covers the virtues of making your own parts.]

Two mi West of Hereford, OR.

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A Satellite View Showing The ZMM Route Ahead, Along Which You Will See Photos Forthcoming.
IN THE /\ABOVE/\ SATELLITE VIEW YOU CAN SEE =>
…A) US-26 Highway, 50 Miles, FROM Unity, Oregon, Lower Right, TO Prairie City, Oregon, Lower Left.
…B) At Left, Along US-26 Highway, Is Seen 1) Sumpter Valley Interpretive Trail #260, And 2) At Red PinPoint, Dixie Sumit. And Then, At Right: Unity Reservoir
…C) Brown Areas Are Arid Semidesert Land Of Dry Grass, Which Are At Lower Elevations, With Less Rain.
…D) Light Green Areas, Are River Valleys, Some Of Which Show Irrigation.
…E) Darker Green is Mountain Forest, At Higher Elevation With More Rain.
…F) At Center, The Large Dominating Area Of Darker Green is Mountainous Malheur National Forest, Which As You Can See, US-26 Highway Partly Avoids By Curving Around To The North.
…G) To The Upper Right Of Word “Dixie Summit”, You See A Long Straight Line, Which Can Be Followed To Upper Right Off Screen, And Also, Followed To Lower Left For Several Inches. This Is Likely A Present-Day Railroad Track.
…H) Below The Red PinPoint, Along US-26 Highway, You Can See Words => “The “Strawberry Mountain Range” and the John….”. …. This range (See NOTE1: Below), is a rugged, 9,000-foot-plus Mountain Range in Oregon's Malheur National Forest, often known for the Strawberry Mountain Wilderness. This includes diverse eco-zones and alpine lakes. Located east of John Day, Oregon, the range is part of the Blue Mountains, offering popular hiking, backpacking, and habitats for elk, deer, and bear.

…NOTE1: At Blue Link NEXT Below => On The Terraine Map That Comes Up, You Should See The Following, Left To Right.
…A) Strawberry Mountain Wilderness, but unfortunately, can not tell where all of that is
…B) Strawberry Mountain: This Is the location of the peak, which you can see in the Google Earth View, SECOND Blue Link next down.
…C) Strawberry Range, at Red PinPoint. We can assume that the “Strawberry Mountain Range”, includes all of the light tan higher elevations FROM Strawberry Mountain Peak ALL THE WAY TO the Red PinPoint.
…D) Lookout Mountain, which you also will see in the Google Earth View, SECOND Blue Link next down.:
… To See The /\Above/\ Satellite View, Click Here. ATTENTION: Of course you can ClickDrag to explore this map on your own.

…NOTE2: At Blue Link Below => You Should See Strawberry Mountain, And Possibly Pick Out, Strawberry Mountain Range.
… AFTER This Google Earth comes up, the peak of Strawberry Mountain, should be at center, and has 3 distinctive patches of snow. Click Here. ATTENTION: Of course you can ClickDrag to explore this map on your own.

…NOTE3: AFTER The NEXT Above Blue Link Has Come Up =>
,,,In a.Google Earth, you will be looking at =>You can try to discern where all “The Strawberry Mountain Range”, is located.
…This Range likely runs from the view in foreground, then up and over the Peak Of Strawberry Mountain, and then continues 3 inches to the right, and then left turn, curl around, part way toward “Lookout Mountain”.

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Sunday, July 21, 2024: …Unmentioned In ZMM, A Panorama That Opens With A Southwest View Of Unity Reservoir. … Strange To See So Much Water In This Dry Land!
…Then At Right, See The Fence Around The Spillway, Which To Right See 2 Rails Along The Top Of The Reservour’s Dam.
…Further Right, See The Hills Below Which Are The Dam Spillway Channel (Next Photo).
…And More Right, See The Secondary Road Which Brought Us From Herford, Oregon, And Points East.
…Then At Right End Of The Panorama, See The Edge Of The Reservoir Again.

To See Click Here To See A Satellite View Of Herford, Oregon, The Reservoir, and Town of Unity, Oregon e.

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Sunday, July 21, 2024: …Unity Reservoir Dam Spillway Channel & Flowing Water.

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Town of Unity Bathed In Orange Light of Sunset.

“We’ve come into the sage and sand of the desert and the engine’s started to sputter. I switch to the reserve gas tank and study the map. We fill up at a town called Unity and down the hot black road, through the sagebrush we go. .
…. Well, those were the commonest setbacks I can think of: out-of-sequence reassembly, intermittent failure and parts problems. But although setbacks are the commonest gumption traps they’re only the external cause of gumption loss. Time now to consider some of the internal gumption traps that operate at the same time.
…. As the course description of gumptionology indicated, this internal part of the field can be broken down into three main types of internal gumption traps: those that block affective understanding, called "value traps"; those that block cognitive understanding, called "truth traps"; and those that block psychomotor behavior, called "muscle traps." The value traps are by far the largest and the most dangerous group.
.... Of the value traps, the most widespread and pernicious is value rigidity. This is an inability to revalue what one sees because of commitment to previous values.“ (Cont.Next)

Two mi Northwest of Unity, OR. Please carefully note that Narrator. in mentioning the town name, implies the sense of Unity into his Gumption discussion. This is another example of the previously mentioned “Metaphoric Bridge Connection” Click Here. AFTER this page comes up, Do > Top > Edit > Find > … Metaphoric ..
…..Photo needed of the ZMM Gas Station or remnant thereof.

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Sunday, July 21, 2024: …The ZMM Route Enters The Small Town Of Unity, Oregon.

The ZMM Narrator Says =>
… “We’ve come into the sage and sand of the desert and the engine’s started to sputter. I switch to the reserve gas tank and study the map. We fill up at a town called Unity … ”

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Sunday, July 21, 2024: …Unity, Oregon: A Panorama That, At Left End, Has A View Of Two Buildings,
…Either Of Which, Back In 1968, Might Have Been Author Robert Pirsig’s Gas Station.

The ZMM Narrator Says =>
… “We fill up at a town called Unity and down the hot black road, through the sagebrush we go. .
…. Well, those were the commonest setbacks I can think of: out-of-sequence reassembly, intermittent failure and parts problems. But although setbacks are the commonest gumption traps they’re only the external cause of gumption loss.”Time now to consider some of the internal gumption traps that operate at the same time.
…. As the course description of gumptionology indicated, this internal part of the field can be broken down into three main types of internal gumption traps: those that block affective understanding, called "value traps"; those that block cognitive understanding, called "truth traps"; and those that block psychomotor behavior, called "muscle traps." The value traps are by far the largest and the most dangerous group.
.... Of the value traps, the most widespread and pernicious is value rigidity. This is an inability to revalue what one sees because of commitment to previous values.“ (Cont.Next)

Small Town of Unity, OR.
…Please carefully note that the ZMM Narrator. in mentioning the town name, implies the sense of Unity into his Gumption discussion. This is possibly another example of the previously mentioned “Metaphoric Bridge Connection” …

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Sunday, July 21, 2024: …Thirty Three Minutes After David Matos & Henry Gurr Are In The Small Town Unity Oregon, This Field Of Solar Electricity Generation Pannels Were Spotted North Of The US-26 Highway.

‘Information Concerning The Photos Forthcoming =>

NOTE1: From here, US-26 (John Day Highway), goes generally Northwest to Oregon’s Blue Mountain Summit, and somewhat later, then trends Southwest to Prairie City, Oregon.

NOTE2: …Henry Gurr does not at all remember where, were taken, the eight photos (after the next Google Street View Photo.),
AND Viewing The Entire 50 Miles FROM Unity, Oregon TO Prairie City, Oregon => Did NOT … Find Anything Relevant. :-((
….1) On SatelliteView, and
….1) On Google Street View,
But One Of Henry’s Eight Photos, Showed An Early Railroad Engine, And Said The Words => Malheur National Forest. …. From This. Google Search For =>
Early Railroad Explanation Display Sign Malheur National Forest. .
…And, these words, with the Wisdom Of Google, were enough to find WHERE these Eight Photos where taken!

…AND These Eight Photos will be seen AFTER a Google Street View, FIFTH Photo Forthcoming.

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The Warmth of Day Is Gone.
….Gumptionology Continues as We Head West and Up.

….“ In motorcycle maintenance, you must rediscover what you [should] do as you go. Rigid values make this impossible.“(Cont.Next)

Five miles Northwest of Unity, OR. Like the Narrator, I too am very tired when I get to this stretch of road. I stop to take a photo of the sunset, which is my habit.
…. As I am posing the shot, this Cyclist comes by, so I include him for “action”.
……Since I am stopped, I decide to rest, study ZMM for upcoming needed photos, look at my maps, and write notes. I needed to review ZMM for the next ZMM Sights I should be looking for, and also where a suitable campground might be.
….While doing this, the driver of a diesel pickup truck, with his wife, stop to see if I need help. Neighborly! And just like the Narrator says, this happened repeatedly in the semi desolate, low population, areas of the American West! Amazing! ! Amazing!
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NEW TOPIC: Although both the Narrator and I departed Brownlee Campground in the morning, you can tell I have only covered about half of the Narrator’s distance by evening, this the same day.
….Why am I so slow? First off, I drive slowly (less than 40 mph) because I want to take my time to enjoy the experience. Also, I won’t miss anything related to the ZMM research, for example, any ZMM Narrator’s travel descriptions I should be looking for.
For These Reasons, I Am Parked By The Road Much Of The Time! =>
…A) I must closely reread each ZMM passage for the scenes ahead, and as I drive carefully search for the corresponding ZMM scenes.
…B) For each scene I decide to photograph, I must record the GPS data and altitude.
…C) I am also constantly writing out full notes on the scenery I am passing through, what the signs say and what I am doing and experiencing.
…D) At each stopping point I also record the distance to (and names of) nearby towns plus my car odometer reading.
…E) All this reduces my overall road speed to typically less than half that of the Narrator.

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Now It’s Getting Cold Because =>
….Very Clear Low Humidity, Relatively High Altitude, Oregon Atmosphere Lets The Day’s Heat, Rapidly Escape to Outer Space!
….Gumptionology Continues as We Head West and Up.

….“The typical situation is that the motorcycle doesn’t work. The facts are there but you don’t see them. You’re looking right at them, but they don’t yet have enough value. This is what Phædrus was talking about. Quality, value, creates the subjects and objects of the world. The facts do not exist until value has created them. If your values are rigid you can’t really learn new facts.
.... This often shows up in premature diagnosis, when you’re sure you know what the trouble is, and then when it isn’t, you’re stuck. Then you’ve got to find some new clues, but before you can find them you’ve got to clear your head of old opinions. If you’re plagued with value rigidity you can fail to see the real answer even when it’s staring you right in the face because you can’t see the new answer’s importance.

….The Birth Of A New Fact Is Always A Wonderful Thing To Experience. It’s dualistically called a "discovery" because of the presumption that it has an existence independent of anyone’s awareness of it. When it comes along, it always has, at first, a low value. Then, depending on the value-looseness of the observer and the potential quality of the fact, its value increases, either slowly or rapidly, or the value wanes and the fact disappears. “(Cont. Next)

Five miles Northwest of Unity, OR.
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Attention!! Attention!! The Narrator’s Chautauqua mentioned in the above passage and the next photo discusses =>
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THE PROBLEM OF BEING STUCK, UN-ABLE TO “SEE” WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, AND HOW TO “SEE” “ANEW”, AND THUS BREAK OUT OF BEING STUCK.
….The perceptive reader will perceive this a major topic of ZMM, and a topic to which the Narrator returns throughout the book!!
The Finding Of New Facts Comes From => “The AHA -- Flash of Insight.”!!
….For More Information, And A Different Approach To, This Very Important Topic, Please See These =>
…A) My “AHA Flash of Insight” Article. Click Here.

…B) How To Apply The Narrator's "Finding New Facts" To Teaching, And Tutoring, And Learning. Click Here.

…C) Building On A Full Understanding of the “Flash Of Insight” => My Compact Explanation Of => “How Our Mind Works”. Click Here.

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”Discoveries” ARE When We Connect With REALITY, By The Action of QUALITY!
….This Is Precisely When NEW FACTS Are Formed, AND
…….This Is Precisely Where Previously Was A COMPLETE VOID In Our Understanding.

….[ “The birth of a new fact is always a wonderful thing to experience. It’s dualistically called a "discovery" because of the presumption that it has an existence independent of anyone’s awareness of it. When it comes along, it always has, at first, a low value. Then, depending on the value-looseness of the observer and the potential quality of the fact, its value increases, either slowly or rapidly, or the value wanes and the fact disappears. “ ]
.... “The overwhelming majority of facts, the sights and sounds that are around us every second and the relationships among them and everything in our memory—these have no Quality, in fact have a negative quality. If they were all present at once our consciousness would be so jammed with meaningless data we couldn’t think or act. “ (Cont.Next)

Wetmore Campground, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, nine and a half miles Northwest of Unity, OR.

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When You Are Caught, And Stuck =>
…It’s Usually Value Rigidity. Slow Down!
…….You Should Be Going Slow Anyway!
….Because It’s Cooler, and There Is More Moisture, Huge Trees Can Grow At These High Altitudes Near Blue Mountain Pass.

….“ So we preselect on the basis of Quality, or, to put it Phædrus’ way, the track of Quality preselects what data we’re going to be conscious of, and it makes this selection in such a way as to best harmonize what we are with what we are becoming.
.... What you have to do, if you get caught in this gumption trap of value rigidity, is slow down—you’re going to have to slow down anyway whether you want to or not—but slow down deliberately and go over ground that you’ve been over before to see if the things you thought were important were really important and to . . . well . . . just stare at the machine. There’s nothing wrong with that. Just live with it for a while. Watch it the way you watch a line when fishing and before long, as sure as you live, you’ll get a little nibble, a little fact asking in a timid, humble way if you’re interested in it. That’s the way the world keeps on happening. Be interested in it. “(Cont.Next)

Wetmore Campground, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, nine and a half miles Northwest of Unity, OR.

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Back On the Road With Gumptionology.

….“At first try to understand this new fact not so much in terms of your big problem as for its own sake. That problem may not be as big as you think it is. And that fact may not be as small as you think it is. It may not be the fact you want but at least you should be very sure of that before you send the fact away. Often before you send it away you will discover it has friends who are right next to it and are watching to see what your response is. Among the friends may be the exact fact you are looking for.“(Cont.Next)

Blue Mountain Pass, nine and a half miles Northwest of Unity, OR.

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Sunday, July 21, 2024: …Thirty Four Minutes After The Previous Photo Showing “Solar Collectors”, We Spotted A Turnoff Sourth Of The US-26 Highway.
…And, Hoping For Interesting Sights! …Turned Into Where It Said => “Sumpter Valley Railroad Interpretive Trail”

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Continued From Previous Photo. …. And, Hoping For Interesting Sights! …Turned Into Where It Said => “Sumpter Valley Railroad Interpretive Trail”
…But At First, Our Reward Was The /\Above/\ Flowers, And Those In Next Photo.

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Continued From Previous Photo. Hoping For Interesting.
…And Our Reward Was The /\Above/\ Flowers.

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Continued From Previous Photo. Three Minutes After Previous Photo, Along “Sumpter Valley Railroad Interpretive Trail”
…David Matos & Henry Gurr Stopped At A Building, To Read This Sign About “This Area Recently Prescribed Burn”.

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