<div>I see now. Pay back for cow tipping is cairn tipping.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Brett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:blisterfree@yahoo.com">blisterfree@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<td valign="top">>>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><<a href="mailto:hikertrash@gmail.com" target="_blank">hikertrash@gmail.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><br>From: Sly <<a href="mailto:hikertrash@gmail.com" target="_blank">hikertrash@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Kicking cairns<br>
To: "CDT Mailing List" <<a href="mailto:cdt-l@backcountry.net" target="_blank">cdt-l@backcountry.net</a>><br>Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 3:01 PM<br><br>
<div>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 href="http://mc/compose?to=lwgear@juno.com" target="_blank">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 dictionary defines cairns as "a heap of stones piled up as a <br>> memorial or as a landmark."<br>
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