Don't touch that can, you'll be accused of disturbing historic relics
(I forget who it was that was criticized for removing old nails that she considered trash...)
Interesting Cairn!
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Heh, I don't! And neither does she!retired jerry wrote:Don't touch that can, you'll be accused of disturbing historic relics
(I forget who it was that was criticized for removing old nails that she considered trash...)
Karl
Back on the trail, again...
Back on the trail, again...
Re: Interesting Cairn!
Huh, I saw the same oneadamschneider wrote:Here's one I saw last October at Ramona Falls:
(For the record, I don't understand the hate. They're not hurting anything.)
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Re: Interesting Cairn!
I did the enchantments day hike on 7/4, without the cairns I would probably still be there wondering where the trail is.drm wrote:I can understand people who want a place without them.
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Re: Interesting Cairn!
Cairns to identify an actual maintained trail through a rocky section without tread (which would otherwise require scarring the rock) is quite different than through a cross country region, where one should expect to have to deal with route-finding.tonyzhang wrote:I did the enchantments day hike on 7/4, without the cairns I would probably still be there wondering where the trail is.drm wrote:I can understand people who want a place without them.
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Re: Interesting Cairn!
Oh noes!! (Ross Creek Cedars, Montana)
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[quote="adamschneider"]Oh noes!! (Ross Creek Cedars, Montana)
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I encountered a couple stupid extraneous cairns marking a trail that nobody, absolutely nobody, could possibly miss. Three rocks high, so I added three more just to be a smartass:
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I have no idea what this is supposed to be. Looks like some stoners got halfway through something and lost interest. Or maybe Tom got halfway through scattering it and lost interest.