Thurs 12 Jul
The P H I L O S O P H Y P O S T
Thruout
the ages, the symbol of the circle has been used to symbolize the idea of the
completeness, of the harmony of life. In the ancient oriental, it is the
opposites of “Yin” and “Yang”:
In
symbolizing all of Man;s acquired Knowledge,
The
same circle-symbol is divided into four
quadrants
– the 3 Sciences of hard, provable
information,
and the Humanities of Beauty and Esthetics:
So,
too have we, as Mt-Men, developed our own circular symbol of meaning to this
life we lead. Within our lives we have three phases which we must try to
develop in our own character development:
The physical, the Intellectual and The Spiritual. Physical evolution, by
hiking, doing good hard work with hands and arms and shoulders – this give us a
feeling of respecting our own powers of body. The Intellectual development
should go on forever thru schooling (formal and informal), reading and
discussion of ideas. Finally, Spiritual
Development is evry person’s private beliefs, either thru a formal religion or
a private system of beliefs. Basically, it is all the same love of Humanity, of
Truth, Beauty and Goodness. It is one’s philosophy of Life. It is Man’s love of
Mankind. This, then, is our Mountain Man Symbol.
TBL
MB
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Do-It-Yourself Cremation of Red-Hat Hager
Last
night Mt-Men and Cityboys got first crack at making private fires up at their
own lean-tos. Roaring fire in Fort Jim
Bridger was fun while everyone was sitting around singing and talking and
laughing. But at snore time, the Spectre of Disaster started stalking in the
shadows. Even Falcon visiting late at
nite to get something out of his duffle bag didn’t notice it. A spark on Red
Hat’s bag!!! First we knew of it was about an hour before sunrise. Men woke up to see Red Hat sitting up staring
in wide-eyed amazement, confusion and near-panic! Panther Track immediately solved
the disaster situation by directing onto the slowly creeping punky fire the
only water available to him. He had a
goodly supply. Half the bag was
destroyed. After the shock wore off, we
discussed the learning value of the experience, then Lingo gave Red Hat his
sleep bag.
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“I
don’t care if this does look like a hole to you, kid! To us it’s a quarry!!”
Mr. E. Coli
Works Foreman
Great Western Granite
Mining Corporation
Last
Nite: Ka-CHEE-na left about midnite.
Agreed
to blow her car horn in 3 sets of 3 long blast… To let us know she got down the
trail ok. After 20 minutes, no sounds.
Lingo tore down the Socrates Trail with a flashlight at top speed, taking
7-foot leaping strides over boulders and fallen trees down the steep slope.
Calculated risk in a danger situation. Came puffing back up slowly half hour
later. “Must not have heard the horn because of the wind direction. All OK.”
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