<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">>>I can't remember <br>exactly but in one section in northern NM, it appeared all the 2-3 foot <br>high cairn had been knocked over. Since there were so many, I <br>questioned whether it had been done deliberately or by snow/ice melt, <br>but what was erect in '02 were knocked down in '07.<< <br><br>Three words: COWS COWS COWS! <br><br>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."<br><br><br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 1/6/10, Sly <i><hikertrash@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Sly <hikertrash@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Kicking cairns<br>To: "CDT Mailing List" <cdt-l@backcountry.net><br>Date: Wednesday, January 6,
2010, 3:01 PM<br><br><div class="plainMail">Hmmm, not sure where you hiked but there's plenty of sections of trail <br>that are only marked by cairns in every state. I can't remember <br>exactly but in one section in northern NM, it appeared all the 2-3 foot <br>high cairn had been knocked over. Since there were so many, I <br>questioned whether it had been done deliberately or by snow/ice melt, <br>but what was erect in '02 were knocked down in '07. From being easy to <br>see were just barely visible above the grass.<br><br>Well, the CDT isn't as easy to follow as the AT or PCT, it's not all <br>that difficult either. To be honest I hope it's never marked as well. <br>I prefer the challenge rather than walking mindless single track.<br><br>YMMV,<br><br>Sly<br><br><a ymailto="mailto:lwgear@juno.com" href="/mc/compose?to=lwgear@juno.com">lwgear@juno.com</a> wrote:<br>><br>> My experience (1700 miles) on the CDT
this past summer revealed that <br>> alot of so-called cairns marking the ever-elusive CDT route are <br>> nothing more than a single stone on top of a larger stone. Sometimes <br>> you might actually get two or three piled together that some kind <br>> hiker, previously lost and frustrated, took a minute to assemble. <br>> Rarely did I ever see what would be considered a cairn built with hard <br>> labor. You know, a couple feet high, big stones that even ATVers might <br>> be dissuaded by.<br>><br>> So who knows? Maybe Jack was accidentally stumbling over a few rocks <br>> without even knowing what he was doing. I'm being somewhat facetious <br>> but the point is...the CDT is horribly marked and until the government <br>> overseers get their act together, we'll always be desperate for <br>> ways--Ley maps, GPS routes, Wolf books, prayer--to stay on-track.<br>><br>> lynne whelden<br>><br>> PS The
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