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Rock-stacking/ Cairns - worthy of death or harmless fun?
Posted on 7/8/15 at 10:10 am
Posted on 7/8/15 at 10:10 am
I first noticed these about a decade ago in Colorado. Over the past several years, they've become endemic to every local state park, national forest and recreation area in Arkansas. You can't go anywhere without seeing them. There are areas of Devil's Den with dozens of them packed in a small area.
I used to think they were kinda neat, but out on the Buffalo, I see larger ones and I think "trashy, egotistical behavior".
What do you think?
I used to think they were kinda neat, but out on the Buffalo, I see larger ones and I think "trashy, egotistical behavior".
What do you think?
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Posted on 7/8/15 at 10:15 am to Numberwang
I don't know if I could ever be upset with a pile of rocks, but I guess it depends on the location? I like the rock pile on Ol Baldy at Garner State Park, but you also can't see it from any lower point.
This post was edited on 7/8/15 at 10:34 am
Posted on 7/8/15 at 10:29 am to Pitch To Johnny
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Posted on 7/8/15 at 10:31 am to Numberwang
They are used as property boundary corners in some areas, being a surveyor I don't like random ones because they cause me problems 
Posted on 7/8/15 at 10:35 am to hogminer
Haha that wasn't a shot at the OP, just didn't see myself in a rock discussion when I started the day. Fixed. 
Posted on 7/8/15 at 11:23 am to Numberwang
Posted on 7/8/15 at 12:32 pm to BlackPawnMartyr
Here's a shot somebody took of Lee Creek dry at Devil's Den.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 12:59 pm to Numberwang
I think it is the forest animals communicating their planned attack on humanity.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 1:30 pm to Numberwang
What the frick? I've done quite a bit of hiking in the Appalachians and some in the Montana Rockies and have never seen such nonsense. If anything, leave shite in nature alone because it's something's habitat.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 1:37 pm to Robert Goulet
Oh its coming soon.
Here's another picture of a massive area of stacking down at Devil's Den.
Here's another picture of a massive area of stacking down at Devil's Den.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 1:39 pm to Numberwang
Haha that's like crop circles of the forest. What is the point of this?
Posted on 7/8/15 at 1:39 pm to Numberwang
I was on a hike a few weeks back to an area called panther creek falls, here in georgia. Some guy was stacking this things everywhere and taking pictures and posing with them. dude was out of his mind. As he is walking around he saw a stack either he or someone else had created another time and he flipped out. "Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, mannnnnn, can you believe this, crazzzzzyyyy." for about 5 minutes
This post was edited on 7/8/15 at 1:40 pm
Posted on 7/8/15 at 1:40 pm to Robert Goulet
I think it started with hippies thinking they are being "spiritual" in some way. It is out of hand. I have to think it isn't good for streambed erosion to have rocks like that dug up in some instances.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 2:11 pm to Numberwang
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I see larger ones and I think "trashy, egotistical behavior".
I'm pretty sure it's just stoners killing time in the forest. I don't see it as anything to get too worked up about. It's better than a lot of trashy things people do to frick up the parks.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 2:48 pm to Numberwang
I'd be knocking those things over like popping bubble wrap. frick stacked rocks. Rocks are meant to be free.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 3:02 pm to Numberwang
Cairns are also used for route finding when hiking off-trail. It helps hikers/backpackers find the easiest route to their destination. Some purists don't even like seeing cairns in the backcountry because they like to find their own route. I like them in that sense, but there are only one stack built every so often. The pictures in this thread are absurd.
Posted on 7/17/15 at 1:12 pm to Numberwang
Ha, saw this article today from the Springfield, Mo paper, about the Buffalo River. Killz, you getting story ideas from tRant?
River art or 3-D grafitti?
River art or 3-D grafitti?
This post was edited on 7/17/15 at 1:14 pm
Posted on 7/17/15 at 1:20 pm to Numberwang
Somebody has a shite ton of time on their hands to do this shite.
Posted on 7/17/15 at 4:05 pm to Numberwang
We use them to mark a path that is usually above treeline and the trail is not well marked or non existent.
Posted on 7/17/15 at 6:10 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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We use them to mark a path that is usually above treeline and the trail is not well marked or non existent.
Well, YOU may, but I doubt that was the thinking when you see them on beaches, etc. I've seen them on the coast in Maine, in northern Michigan, and at Ka Lae. Trust me, there's no need for marking trails at Ka Lae. You either walk back to the road, or straight into the Pacific.
I subscribe to the theory that it's stoners thinking they've created rock art.
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