Interesting Cairn!

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Re: Interesting Cairn!

Post by pdxgene » June 18th, 2016, 3:32 pm

adamschneider wrote:Here's one I saw last October at Ramona Falls:
new-agey rock stacking.jpg
(For the record, I don't understand the hate. They're not hurting anything.)
Hah! I saw that one... from the other side....lol...
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Re: Interesting Cairn!

Post by Guy » June 18th, 2016, 4:16 pm

If you really want to see fireworks post something about cairns on the Portland Hikers Facebook Page ;) :
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Re: Interesting Cairn!

Post by pdxgene » June 18th, 2016, 4:37 pm

This particular one lasted only until the next rainstorm. The first surge of water and it'd be done and it was gone next time I went. And again, this particular one was well off the trail and almost kinda hard to even see.

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Re: Interesting Cairn!

Post by adamschneider » June 18th, 2016, 8:53 pm

drm wrote:If you ever followed cairns that led you the wrong way, you might understand.
Yeah, that'd be a problem, but the vast majority of these things that I've seen were on top of summits or in places where navigation was not an issue. If it's a place where cairns are necessary to find your way, then by all means flatten the decorative ones!

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Post by Webfoot » June 19th, 2016, 12:10 am

drm wrote:If you ever followed cairns that led you the wrong way, you might understand. Or had cairns going in every which direction. And some people just want to have a place where they have to find their own way. I don't really hate them, but I can understand people who want a place without them.
I meant the artistic/impressive rock balancing. The first time I came across really good examples of those I was stunned. Finding a good one feels like coming across a little piece of Machu Picchu or something.

Of course it is possible to turn anything into some bad, and if people are ripping up mossy rocks that is wrong.

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Re: Interesting Cairn!

Post by TJ_T » June 19th, 2016, 10:30 am

We all have our reasons for enjoying the outdoors. Some people like to stack the rocks to pass time, as a form of meditation, or to get connected to their environment. I get it.

As a photographer, I like to photograph places in their natural state without signs of humans if at all possible. Thus, these things kind of ruin my experience and the way I enjoy the outdoors. Who are people to decide that they can impact my experience in that way? Thusly.. I knock them over.

I'm fine with people building them. Just knock them over before you leave. Leave no trace, know what I mean?
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Re: Interesting Cairn!

Post by romann » June 20th, 2016, 6:28 pm

I like seeing cairns (especially "new agey" ones ;) ), but never build them. There were some big and impressive "arch" stacks on scree field just below Angels Rest, several years ago.

If there's just one or two they may add to experience, but I can understand when it's just too many.

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Re: Interesting Cairn!

Post by Peabody » June 20th, 2016, 7:14 pm

TJ_T wrote:We all have our reasons for enjoying the outdoors. Some people like to stack the rocks to pass time, as a form of meditation, or to get connected to their environment. I get it.

As a photographer, I like to photograph places in their natural state without signs of humans if at all possible. Thus, these things kind of ruin my experience and the way I enjoy the outdoors. Who are people to decide that they can impact my experience in that way? Thusly.. I knock them over.

I'm fine with people building them. Just knock them over before you leave. Leave no trace, know what I mean?

+1

Except for the "As a photographer" part. I consider myself more of a picture taker.
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Re: Interesting Cairn!

Post by adamschneider » June 20th, 2016, 7:37 pm

romann wrote:If there's just one or two they may add to experience, but I can understand when it's just too many.
What, you mean like this? ;)

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Re: Interesting Cairn!

Post by TJ_T » June 20th, 2016, 7:54 pm

Peabody wrote: +1

Except for the "As a photographer" part. I consider myself more of a picture taker.
Photography is writing with light.

You write with light. You're a photographer. :-)
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