Ashton:AshtonPage wrote:Hey All,
In the thread “Did Waltz lie to Julia and Reiney” - SomeHiker asked what the Doodle shows – which is a good question because the general agreement is; there is no general agreement on what the Doodle shows. Which started me thinking...
The interesting is that except for Weaver’s Needle, the doodle doesn’t seem to show anything in particular - which is not what one would expect from a drawing whose express purpose should be to show something in particular. This makes the doodle itself is sort of a mystery – UNLESS our reports of Waltz saying that you could walk right past the mine and never see it are accurate. My point is that according to Waltz, for some unknown reason you really can’t see the mine - even when you’re close to it. Now if you can’t see the mine distinctly then you can’t draw the mine distinctly.
I’m saying that if the mine is so well camouflaged that you can’t draw an effective picture showing “this is it” then the most probable thing I would expect someone would draw is; what you see when you are at the mine. Just something to think about and perhaps it gives some credibility to the position that the doodle might be showing “this is what you see when you are at the mine.”
Best,
Ashton
I,for one, am inclined to agree with some of your thoughts.
And if it's true that Julia and Rhiney never made it to the top of the main mountain, that they may have realized their mistake in trying to do so.
I wasn't thinking of the "doodle" when I shot this photo,or another taken nearby, which when placed together can make up an impressive rendition of the sketch. I was instead more taken with the view from a place where I had found an oval area of small rocks, gathered and placed white side up and fairly level with the surrounding surface.
This photo was taken from an old trail, worn deeply into the rock in places, which follows a "lofty ridge" deep into the mountains.
Regards:Somehiker
