Re: [SPAM][Grand_Canyon_Hikers] Re: Cairns and Ducks
Why do you feel the need to remove carins? Are they actually detrimental to your enjoyment of hiking. It seems to me that the person who put them there had a...
Becky Ryder 2009-08-01 11:24:08 #56848
Re: Cairns and Ducks
Chris,
I agree and have pretty much swayed away from tearing down cairns and ducks that I did not set as I have begun to think I might have been screwing up...
scoutmaster1006 2009-08-01 11:12:17 #56847
Re: Cairns and Ducks
Mike,
I have moved from the "tear them down" camp to the "leave them" camp. Once I posted here a rant about excessive cairns along the Tonto Trail, in...
chris.forsyth 2009-08-01 11:01:25 #56846
Cairns and Ducks
I have a question for all.
I have set cairns and ducks and removed them as well... Usually only the ones I set, but also others I felt were not necessary. I...
scoutmaster1006 2009-08-01 10:40:28 #56845
When Routes Become Trails (Was "Re:Things that make it easier.....ca
The "cairns vs ducks" discussion has been interesting and educational. I hadn't thought much about a formal distinction between the two but the "duck is a...
billferris2003 2009-08-01 10:13:34 #56844
Things that make it easier.....cairns
A great post, Chris. Filed under the "(b) helpful" category, would be the potential benefit of reducing social trailing. An appropriately-cairned route can...
billferris2003 2009-08-01 09:22:07 #56843
Re: More cairn use and where
It only seems appropriate to add that Teemu Selanne is also a type of duck ;o)
Bill Ferris
Flagstaff
http://www.gcadventure.com
--- In...
billferris2003 2009-08-01 09:10:36 #56842
Archive of Grand_Canyon_Hikers Yahoo Group as of 2014-10-07. Contact info@e-t.com for help.