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Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Mar 24, 2015 - 10:14pm PT
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I suspect Yosemite Institute was the original culprit.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Mar 24, 2015 - 10:28pm PT
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TMJesse nails it.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Mar 24, 2015 - 10:36pm PT
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In Yosemite or real wllderness it's like a dog pissing on a tree. "I was here and I'm hot sh**t"
Really more like a dog shitt*ng in the trail as no one can help but step in it.
Like a Mandala, do the right thing and destroy it when you leave. Your karma will be at peace.
Letting an old Mirror Lake parking lot become a special place for a very benign but beautiful form of human art at this special, It's in the now dry Tenaya creek bed.
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Brian
climber
California
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Mar 24, 2015 - 11:11pm PT
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I wouldn't spend a whole day at it or anything, but when I see those I knock 'em down: Mirror Lake, the trail to Yosemite Falls, the entrance to the Narrows in Zion, and so on and so on. Don't like 'em. Really dislike them when the proliferate to such an extent, so I'll generally spend a bit of time knocking some over. Happy to chat, very reasonably and respectfully, to folks who ask why I'm knocking rocks down and spreading them around rather than piling them up. And, no, I'm not enough of a jerk to knock down towers in front of the people making them; but when there are so many it's easy to be taking down a few while others are piling up a few. Again, I never waste too much time at it, but I'm happy to detour to pull a few down. I'm even happier to be places where this sort of nonsense has not caught on.
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Mar 25, 2015 - 12:07am PT
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In your own backyard, knock yourself out. In a public or ostensibly "wild" place, I knock 'em down. I definitely go out of my way to knock 'em down. Gotta nip that sh#t in the bud. Apparently it's highly contagious.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Mar 25, 2015 - 08:12am PT
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knocking them over, particularly dispersing the rubble, strikes me as something sisyphus might find engaging. that or throwing sticks for a pack of retrievers
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Mar 25, 2015 - 09:17am PT
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Yosemite was raped long ago, by things much worse than a few stacked rocks.
Why don't we tip over and disperse the hotels, roads, stores, restaurants, gift shops and the like?
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snakefoot
climber
Nor Cal
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Mar 25, 2015 - 09:26am PT
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zbrown, that looks like lower yose falls area. not a big fan at all when i see them in yosemite, especially since they are now all over half dome.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Mar 25, 2015 - 09:29am PT
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Stacking rocks in a river is slightly different. Next time the water gets high they are gone. IF the water ever gets that high again.
I was up at Mirror Lake 18 months ago, 2014 Facelift trail cleaning. I went around the lake from the Death Slabs to the Werner's Crack slide.Those stacks weren't there at the time. All of those have been put up sometime since then.
A new Facelift job? Why not since we're getting less trash every year?
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Mar 25, 2015 - 12:23pm PT
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When I come across stacked rocks I usually take it as a sign that I am not far enough off the trail.
But sometimes I'm wrong.
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c wilmot
climber
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Mar 25, 2015 - 01:38pm PT
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A waste of taxpayer money and NPS time.
In 2012 the NPS trail crew in the valley spent a few days removing all of those stone statues near mirror lake- literally spending thousands of dollars to do so. Apparently they have cropped up again. Please do not make silly statues in our National Parks that the NPS has to remove at cost
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Mar 25, 2015 - 01:39pm PT
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How does that Gravity Glue or Keystone Balance even work?! I look at that and it's remarkable. I can't imagine what sleight of hand or witchcraft is required to do such things.
Personally, I don't find the occasional balance stacks objectionable. They're interesting, non permanent and will topple soon enough. I liked the photo of a ratty rap anchors as a contrast.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Mar 25, 2015 - 02:48pm PT
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MH2, that's an awesome column!!
Yo eKatNonCommitalMomma, you haven't said where you stand?
Maybe some of these hippy artists would like some rocks stacked into their keesters???
Maybe some concession folks would like some cash registers stacked into their keesters?
Maybe some climbers would like some bolts stacked into their keesters?
Maybe some Rangers would like some squad cars or loudspeakers stacked into their keesters?
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Roots
Mountain climber
Tustin, CA
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Mar 25, 2015 - 03:47pm PT
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You wouldn't have liked being on Kauai last week....
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Roots
Mountain climber
Tustin, CA
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Mar 25, 2015 - 03:49pm PT
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How do you feel about this??
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Mar 25, 2015 - 03:52pm PT
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Roots
Mountain climber
Tustin, CA
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Mar 25, 2015 - 03:54pm PT
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Stacking doesn't bother me - it's usually done where tons of people gather so if I have to "enjoy" the moment starring at a hundred tourists, then I welcome a diversion of cairns.
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