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skitch
climber
East of Heaven
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Mar 24, 2015 - 07:38pm PT
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Don't know, but I've enjoyed his books in the past.
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Mar 24, 2015 - 07:40pm PT
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I love his work, but really Mirror Lake? Much of his work is ephemeral....pictures please.
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skitch
climber
East of Heaven
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Mar 24, 2015 - 07:41pm PT
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I kinda don't give a sh#t about such things, but I know someone that will spend all day knocking cairns over. Whatever makes you feel superior I guess.
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Mar 24, 2015 - 07:56pm PT
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I dare say this is not his work:
He is a master (much thanks to photography):
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Mar 24, 2015 - 08:00pm PT
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I'm not a fan. Not as destructive as tagging, obviously, but it is still someone leaving their personal mark on a natural landscape.
Been seeing similar stuff in my local 'hood lately- it's becoming 'trendy'. I knock 'em down...which sometimes takes a little while, because there's lots of 'em.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Mar 24, 2015 - 08:02pm PT
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^The old return to nature movement, eh? Got any photos of your aftermath that can be Goggled?
As Rodney Ninow, U.S. Citizen and National Park preservationist always said.
Rock stacking is most definitely vandalism. Our national parks have been set aside by Congress to preserve the landscape as it was, is and (hopefully) always will be… natural. Rock stacks are anything but natural. They are a blight on the landscape and do not belong on our national parks.
As John Muir said: “As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I’ll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and the avalanche. I’ll acquaint myself with the glaciers and wild gardens, and get as near the heart of the world as I can.”
I see nothing in there about stacking rocks.
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Mar 24, 2015 - 08:09pm PT
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 24, 2015 - 07:57pm PT
Like I said, above, this is obviously NOT Goldsworthy's work, it was just a turn of phrase.
My guess is he'd object to the phrase :^)
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skitch
climber
East of Heaven
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Mar 24, 2015 - 08:16pm PT
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Mar 24, 2015 - 08:20pm PT
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I merely grovel in his great shadow......
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james Colborn
Trad climber
Truckee, Ca
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Mar 24, 2015 - 08:27pm PT
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Easily spent an hour making our own imaginative stacks that day. Fun stuff. Then off to the meadow!
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Mar 24, 2015 - 08:31pm PT
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eKatStackMama!!!
I miss you girlfriend!!
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Flip Flop
climber
salad bowl, california
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Mar 24, 2015 - 08:34pm PT
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James are you in the Valley ?
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Mar 24, 2015 - 08:41pm PT
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Anything to bump an eKatStackMama thread. My favorite gal on supertopo, ever.
Is it bitchin' that I made those gawdamn stones look like they're glued up there or what??!!
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Mar 24, 2015 - 08:47pm PT
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include Chris Drury
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james Colborn
Trad climber
Truckee, Ca
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Mar 24, 2015 - 08:49pm PT
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I wish I were in the Valley. photos are from last october. Best Week Ever!
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Mar 24, 2015 - 09:17pm PT
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Rock Stacking along West Cliff in Santa Cruz
I have such mixed feelings about it when I see it out in the wilderness.
Susan
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Petch
Gym climber
knapsack crack
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Mar 24, 2015 - 09:38pm PT
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The Rocks in question!
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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Mar 24, 2015 - 10:04pm PT
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My position on the balanced rocks at Mirror Lake is "evolving." Since we adorn the Ahwahnee Hotel, Pohono Bridge and other human creations in the Sacred Valley, why not finally these minor and more temporary creations of art of our time? It's an old parking lot, right? I'm all for restoring Yosemite's natural ecosystems. Letting an old Mirror Lake parking lot become a special place for a very benign but beautiful form of human art at this special, sacred place seems very appropriate and acceptable. Balance on!
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Mar 24, 2015 - 10:04pm PT
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I saw a sign at the Mist Trail trailhead about "Eco-Graffiti". Apparently it is the latest form of "natural narcissism". Unacceptable
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-Moss-Graffiti-1/
Along the lines of rock stacking is spelling out ones name in hillsides or other prominent location. Went into the Amboy Crater in December and found some obnoxious graffiti on the bottom (you can see the heart in the white area). Seeing more of this lately in the Grand Canyon
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