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> “It must be ingrained in human nature to pile rocks on top of each other. There was no other way it could have got there other then a human stacking it on top
by libria 6y ago
> “It must be ingrained in human nature to pile rocks on top of each other. There was no other way it could have got there other then a human stacking it on top.”
We gotta stop blaming Instagram for things that have been human nature for 12,000 years. Even as Hammurabi set his chisel to a tablet I have no doubt he was tempted to carve a photo of what he had for breakfast that morning to show his peeps.
- GaryNumanVevo 6y agoCairns are pretty important for mountaineering. GPS can be spotty between large rock faces and it’s nice to see a line of them up a boulder field. Although they have to be reset every season which is annoying.
- rtkaratekid 6y agoYeah except for all the times that people who think they know the route start setting up cairns and before you know it there are networks of poorly designated trails sometimes on the correct path but most of the time not. Sometimes they’re useful in the sense of knowing other people have been where you currently are. I’ve been mountaineering for 10 years though and there have only been a very few number of times that community cairns actually mark a path clearly and correctly. Sorry, it’s a bit of a pet peeve of mine. I have lots of stories of getting lost because I followed cairns instead of common sense or reasonable route finding.
- GaryNumanVevo 6y agoDepends on the route, I did the Mountaineer's Route on Whitney and they were pretty helpful, although there are probably < 100 people that do that in a season. Maybe I should get a better GPS