is it wrong to...
throw a couple rocks off the trail in n. penn.?
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If everyone did that with just 1 on their way thru, it would fall under trail maintenance...no? Sounds good to me...
Do one thing everyday...that makes you happy...
depends,....on who you throw them atOriginally Posted by sloopjonboswell
The trail was here before we arrived, and it will still be here when we are gone...enjoy it now, and preserve it for others that come after us
I sure woudn't have a problem with that, but you'll probably face crucifixion by the leave-no-trace crowd.
Another thread headed to the ditch
The trail was here before we arrived, and it will still be here when we are gone...enjoy it now, and preserve it for others that come after us
Yea, go ahead... it's not like we're going to miss a few.
no, but even better than throwing them would be to hide them in somebody's pack.
It would be futile in northern Pa. , better to pave it, and cover it with asto-turf....
That would be a great job to create. I think it should be part of the stimulus package. And not just in Pa.
Pat and I drove down to re-hike the section from Springer to Neels Gap. We did some other stuff on the trip but I brought some PA rocks from the AT home with us. Pat made an AT logo out of them in the walk way. If anyone missed those rocks I'll bring them back on the next trip south.
O come on guys, I keep putting them back on the trail,Pa is known for the rocks, lets keep it that way!
But seriously, cant someone start building those boardwalks over the rocks like they do on the swamps in NJ or such?
With age things change ,I was rised in Pa. and now I miss the rocks, when I had to come home from school and weed and hoe 3 rows in the garden I HATED the rocks. That was every day except when it was raining.
I wouldn't think it's wrong, but next winter's frost action is likely to replace whatever you remove anyway.
P.S. I'll be walking on them next week, so leave a few for me
Last edited by Tinker; 02-11-2009 at 11:36. Reason: Added to text.
As I live, declares the Lord God, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn back from his way and live. Ezekiel 33:11
I'm sure the Boy Scouts in Yellowstone thought the same way a few years back.."No big deal". That is up until the time that they faced criminal charges for destroying fossils.
I wouldn't. But your mileage may vary.
i thought he was using sarcasm and wit. my bad.
hell no, don't throw rocks off the trail! leave no trace the way people here tell you to or you will go to hell! and don't use humor! you'll go faster!
how was that?
I threw one on the rock pile near the Pinnacle in PA. Considering the size of the pile it looks like hikers have been doing this for years.
If you could figure out how to dig most of those ba$tards up out of the ground, please do so.
.....Someday, like many others who joined WB in the early years, I may dry up and dissapear....
There are just more underneath. The rocks are not the problem, It is the lack of dirt. The glaciers left all the dirt in Vermudd and Muddchussetes.
If there were not differences it would be monotonous and you might forget where you are.
Just don't toss the ones sharpened by the trail maintainers. They spend a lot of time getting those points sticking up just right!
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest. Henry David Thoreau
and trail maintainers shouldn't be buildin' rock steps with them either. like shelters, steps don't belong in the mountains
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