Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:29 am
Is this a burial mound??!!
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MikeTX wrote:RickandRhonda wrote:Did someone say cairn?
This cairn leans just a little, but is bombproof. Over 7 feet tall and nearly three feet in diameter, this is the largest cairn I have ever seen.
not to be the obnoxious texan or anything.
Diego Sahagún wrote:Mount Whitney's hut is not the only on a 4000er:
http://www.caivarallo.it/rifugi_cai_var ... ifugio.php
Bob Sihler wrote:I apologize and wish to clarify, way too late now, that by bringing up "Cairns and Registers," I meant summit cairns.
I have no real problem with cairned routes when the way is complicated or dangerous or when there is a need to establish one path out of concerns for the environment (as in the desert or across tundra). When the route is obvious and/or the cairns are pointless or misleading, though, I am all for tearing them down and have done so myself several times.
I have also made my own cairns at times to mark an off-trail route that I worried I might have trouble finding again, but I have dismantled them on the way back.
Cairns on the summit? I still don't see why unless the highpoint is vague.
Day Hiker wrote:What is the highest point in the contiguous United States? It's the stupid metal cap on the chimney on the Smithsonian Hut on Mount Whitney. This fact is rather irritating. Highpoints should be natural features.
Bob Sihler wrote:Cairns on the summit? I still don't see why unless the highpoint is vague.
Sierra Ledge Rat wrote:Bob Sihler wrote:I apologize and wish to clarify, way too late now, that by bringing up "Cairns and Registers," I meant summit cairns.
I have no real problem with cairned routes when the way is complicated or dangerous or when there is a need to establish one path out of concerns for the environment (as in the desert or across tundra). When the route is obvious and/or the cairns are pointless or misleading, though, I am all for tearing them down and have done so myself several times.
I have also made my own cairns at times to mark an off-trail route that I worried I might have trouble finding again, but I have dismantled them on the way back.
Cairns on the summit? I still don't see why unless the highpoint is vague.
THE DESTROYER DOESN'T CARE WHETHER THE CAIRNS ARE ON THE SUMMIT OR ON THE TRAIL, THEY WILL ALL BE DESTROYED.
Sierra Ledge Rat wrote:There are certain things that I know I'll never change, like the hut on top of Mount Whitney.
Bob Burd wrote:Day Hiker wrote:What is the highest point in the contiguous United States? It's the stupid metal cap on the chimney on the Smithsonian Hut on Mount Whitney. This fact is rather irritating. Highpoints should be natural features.
Not true. It would probably have been dismantled by eco-terrorists if it were.
Bob Burd wrote:Day Hiker wrote:What is the highest point in the contiguous United States? It's the stupid metal cap on the chimney on the Smithsonian Hut on Mount Whitney. This fact is rather irritating. Highpoints should be natural features.
Not true. It would probably have been dismantled by eco-terrorists if it were.