[Cdt-l] Kicking cairns

[Brett]

>>I can't remember 
exactly but in one section in northern NM, it appeared all the 2-3 foot 
high cairn had been knocked over.  Since there were so many, I 
questioned whether it had been done deliberately or by snow/ice melt, 
but what was erect in '02 were knocked down in '07.<<  

Three words: COWS COWS COWS! 

Sounds like maybe the stretch from Ojo de los Indios over the mesa toward Rio Puerco, ie part of the New Mexico Mountain Club adopted "cairned route."



--- On Wed, 1/6/10, Sly <hikertrash at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Sly <hikertrash at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Kicking cairns
To: "CDT Mailing List" <cdt-l at backcountry.net>
Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 3:01 PM

Hmmm, not sure where you hiked but there's plenty of sections of trail 
that are only marked by cairns  in every state.  I can't remember 
exactly but in one section in northern NM, it appeared all the 2-3 foot 
high cairn had been knocked over.  Since there were so many, I 
questioned whether it had been done deliberately or by snow/ice melt, 
but what was erect in '02 were knocked down in '07.  From being easy to 
see were just barely visible above the grass.

Well, the CDT isn't as easy to follow as the AT or PCT, it's not all 
that difficult either.  To be honest I hope it's never marked as well.  
I prefer the challenge rather than walking mindless single track.

YMMV,

Sly

lwgear at juno.com wrote:
>
> My experience (1700 miles) on the CDT this past summer revealed that 
> alot of so-called cairns marking the ever-elusive CDT route are 
> nothing more than a single stone on top of a larger stone. Sometimes 
> you might actually get two or three piled together that some kind 
> hiker, previously lost and frustrated, took a minute to assemble. 
> Rarely did I ever see what would be considered a cairn built with hard 
> labor. You know, a couple feet high, big stones that even ATVers might 
> be dissuaded by.
>
> So who knows? Maybe Jack was accidentally stumbling over a few rocks 
> without even knowing what he was doing. I'm being somewhat facetious 
> but the point is...the CDT is horribly marked and until the government 
> overseers get their act together, we'll always be desperate for 
> ways--Ley maps, GPS routes, Wolf books, prayer--to stay on-track.
>
> lynne whelden
>
> PS The dictionary defines cairns as "a heap of stones piled up as a 
> memorial or as a landmark."
>
>
>
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