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mweinstone
02-16-2018, 21:41
The appalachian trail is my mother and i will respect her as such.
Im not pissin off shelter edges.....
I aint not diggin a cathole.....
And i sure as hell aint stackin rock sculptures ever.
Join us.....we are hikers.
All others are idiots.
Yes or no?
fastfoxengineering
02-16-2018, 21:52
What was the question?
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Turtle-2013
02-16-2018, 22:05
I didn't stack any rocks ... but I really enjoyed those that did!!!!!
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And i sure as hell aint stackin rock sculptures ever.
Wait! What? I love the little mini-stonehedges! Kind of creepy in the dusk on a rainy day. Makes you want to look over your shoulder. That light from the fire down in the trees is where the sacrifices happen...better hike faster. Don't camp near here.
If I start seeing those woven voodoo things in the trees I am going to take off running.
MuddyWaters
02-17-2018, 00:27
But pissing off shelter edges keeps bears away ....
Old Hillwalker
02-17-2018, 08:04
Good to hear from you Matty. Hope you are getting along well these days.
bigcranky
02-17-2018, 09:17
Hey, Matty, +1 on great to hear from you.
rocketsocks
02-17-2018, 10:47
Who’s yur daddy? :D
Sarcasm the elf
02-17-2018, 11:48
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stackin' rocks is just graffiti without the sharpie
http://www.hcn.org/articles/a-call-for-an-end-to-cairns-leave-the-stones-alone
another take on stacked stones from a North Carolina paper.
Tipi Walter
02-17-2018, 18:34
http://www.hcn.org/articles/a-call-for-an-end-to-cairns-leave-the-stones-alone
another take on stacked stones from a North Carolina paper.
I like his last quote---
"Let's check our egos at the trailheads and boat launches, and leave the earth's natural beauty alone."
As if the boat launches themselves aren't an eyesore???
Plus, cairns do serve a purpose now and then as many trails have neither trailposts or blazes. I can think of one in the Big Frog wilderness called the Big Creek trail which has no upper trailhead marker of any kind, except for two small cairns showing the jct.
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The Big Creek cairns.
oldwetherman
02-17-2018, 20:03
Matty!
As was mentioned previously it's good to hear from you!
Have you been at or near the Doyle lately?
Cairns marking trail heads are one thing, random “prayercairnes” can confuse trails.
Matthew, True AT hikers understand your message.
I do underground rock stacks so they do not disturb the natural appearance
1: find the right rock that is on the surface (this will be the top of the stack)
2: photograph the area to ensure perfect restoration
3: dig up other rocks and stack them underground beneath the top rock
4: fix up the area to perfection
5: maintain my "better than thou" attitude about those who stack rocks above the surface
Who’s yur daddy? :D
the PCT - they were never married, matty is a love child
Miami Joe
02-18-2018, 02:26
The appalachian trail is my mother and i will respect her as such.
Im not pissin off shelter edges.....
I aint not diggin a cathole.....
And i sure as hell aint stackin rock sculptures ever.
Join us.....we are hikers.
All others are idiots.
Yes or no?
This is why I'm here.
Miami Joe
02-18-2018, 02:28
Big Frog can get wild.
rocketsocks
02-18-2018, 08:18
the PCT - they were never married, matty is a love childthumbs up!
devoidapop
02-18-2018, 08:20
I have a rock stackin app on my phone
rocketsocks
02-18-2018, 08:23
Those that rock stack prolly lip smack.
methodman
02-18-2018, 08:47
I thought you were joking about the rock stacking app. I guess you weren't.
devoidapop
02-18-2018, 09:45
I thought you were joking about the rock stacking app. I guess you weren't.
I was. But, of course there's an app
Puddlefish
02-18-2018, 09:51
Rather than calling the people we share the trail with idiots... maybe we should be educating them about how the cairns are used for navigation and an art project cairn in the wrong place could get someone lost or dead. That the digging up of rocks, harms insect life, which impacts the rest of the food chain (at least temporarily.) The movement of rocks can cause erosion of ground soil, which has all sorts of negative consequences in certain terrains.
Tipi Walter
02-18-2018, 10:26
Rather than calling the people we share the trail with idiots... maybe we should be educating them about how the cairns are used for navigation and an art project cairn in the wrong place could get someone lost or dead. That the digging up of rocks, harms insect life, which impacts the rest of the food chain (at least temporarily.) The movement of rocks can cause erosion of ground soil, which has all sorts of negative consequences in certain terrains.
I think we can sometimes call the people we share the trail with IDIOTS---as on my last trip on the BMT I passed my favorite ridgetop "pretty rock feature", a place I like to sit by and get out of the wind etc. Well, wouldn't you know it but idiots came out and scorched it, signed Steamed.
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Here's the pretty rock as seen from the BMT heading north.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Backpack-2018-Trips-188-/20-Days-on-Seven-Mile-Ridge/i-zczCBrv/0/9d7d2b54/XL/Trip%20188%20%28168%29-XL.jpg
Upon closer inspection---the not so elusive Two Legged Idiots are out and about so beware.
Ctothepowerofthree
02-18-2018, 15:37
Stacking rocks destroys the eco system in the area.
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Wow, Matty you must have a very unique ancestral tree. Wonder what your DNA consists? ;)
Good to hear from you.
Rock stacking to create cairns can preserve ecosystems.
I'd venture each one of us has done more damage(change) to the ecosystem in the last 24 hrs, possibly here in front of keyboards, than rock stacking has in each of our entire lives.
Some comments here remind me of observing an anal environmentalist AT thru-hiker ripping another AT thru-hiker a new arse for throwing his banana peel off out of sight into the woods 50 ft away from the trail.
Humans, and human behavior, is part of the ecosystem not separate from it.
I have a rock stackin app on my phone
;):):cool::clap:datz
Another Kevin
02-22-2018, 18:09
All others are idiots.
Yes or no?
Some are ignorant.
Some are stupid.
Ignorance can be cured.
Stupidity is forever.