MoapaPk wrote:People tended to stuff all sorts of smelly stuff inside
Sorry to go off topic, which I know never happens here, but why the hell would anyone put anything inside a register other than a signature?
by Bob Sihler » Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:35 pm
MoapaPk wrote:People tended to stuff all sorts of smelly stuff inside
by mcdbrendan » Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:36 pm
by mcdbrendan » Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:44 pm
Catamount wrote:Getting pissed at a register or actually taking the time to disassemble a cairn seems to be the act of someone who needs to get a grip.
by MoapaPk » Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:49 pm
Muddeer wrote:MoapaPk wrote:I've known people who bristle at the thought of any tiny sign of humanity on the tops of mountains; but they will happily avail themselves of all the man-made way stations, roads, trails, and mule paths for the summit bid.
Stations, roads, trails, and mule paths have practical uses. If you don't want to use them, you don't have to. And one can always take another route up. Seeing trash on a summit can't be avoided if you want to summit.
by MoapaPk » Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:58 pm
Bob Sihler wrote:MoapaPk wrote:People tended to stuff all sorts of smelly stuff inside
Sorry to go off topic, which I know never happens here, but why the hell would anyone put anything inside a register other than a signature?
by Dean » Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:01 pm
by MoapaPk » Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:08 pm
Dean wrote:I do a lot of hiking in the Nevada and Utah areas and love to find registers left by B & G, or John V. I found one this past saturday and it had two signatures in the past 5 years. Few people go to these summits and so you have all the isolation you really need if you are chasing the obscure and remote peaks but if you don't want to find a register on a peak, don't look for it. I for one enjoy and appreciate them. I've been known to place a few registers myself. I also enjoy finding USGS benchmarks.
by ksolem » Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:11 pm
by MoapaPk » Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:22 pm
cp0915 wrote:MoapaPk wrote:That summit, along with Kraft mountain, has been tagged by spray painters.
Charming.
How 'bout all those irresponsible gun nuts who leave their broken bottles (targets) scattered all around the base of the peaks around Frenchman Mountain? Getting to some of those peaks is like walking through a minefield. Who needs cairns when you have glass shards to lead you back to your car at the end of a long day.
I love living in a hellhole.
by Arthur Digbee » Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:01 pm
by Muddeer » Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:07 pm
MoapaPk wrote:I don't think many of us go to summits for "practical" reasons. In the remote areas around here, I read seldom-visited registers with fondness; they are like communications with friends, some too old to travel now, some long dead. Maybe there is some dog-peeing associated with placing registers; but I know the people who placed many, and I'd say they were more interested in saying "hello" and leaving behind time capsules.
by MoapaPk » Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:23 pm
Muddeer wrote: leave the mountain as you found it."
by rhyang » Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:34 pm
by Muddeer » Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:53 pm
MoapaPk wrote:Muddeer wrote: leave the mountain as you found it."
That really doesn't happen. Each ascent we make leaves a subtle trail, that gradually builds with repetition. It starts far away, when a person drives a relatively gas-guzzling 4x4 to a trailhead, or alters the habits of the animals that either avoid, or seek humans on the route. If you take horses or mules on the approach, they leave even more non-native remnants.
by Dave K » Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:54 pm
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