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Piling stones...  

tickles4us 62M
1600 posts
3/30/2020 9:38 am

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4/3/2020 5:27 pm
Piling stones...

Have you noticed the pictures over the last several years of people in their media or on dating sites etc. showing them standing next to these piles of stones somewhere out in a wonderful nature setting?

I'm puzzled. Why do people feel the need to go out into a<b> natural </font></b>setting that has an abundance of<b> natural </font></b>beauty and stack a pile of rocks or stones? Do they think they are adding to the beauty of the scene? Collecting the naturally placed rocks and stones into an unnatural pile that is clearly man made. Now I suppose some of the pictures are from people who came upon these unnatural formations and just thought "wow look this pile of stones that someone made here, isn't it beautiful, so artistic." "Isn't it cool." "Some stranger just came here and chose to pile these stones up in such a cool interesting stack like this and then leave it here just for me or people to come by and find it." "Look at the cool way they stacked them balancing them in the pile on one another in such a way, it's just amazing." Is it their artistic streak? Their need to add to the beauty of nature? Or is it their need to say look at me, look at what I did, see, I was here?

What do you think about these piles of stones seen about unnaturerally in nature? Are they an addition or a distraction? Is it an abuse in a national park to do something such as pile stones up in an unnatural stack? Should people limit there stone piling to private or even public (with permission) gardens? What would you think about someone choosing to take the stone piles they came across out in nature and put them back in their<b> natural </font></b>state...scattered about as they once were?
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tickles4us 62M
7262 posts
3/31/2020 3:26 pm
    Quoting secret_lade:
    I kind of like the way it looks.... Not quite sure why, but I do.
Yes they can be interesting to look at especially the ones with interesting balancing feats. I would just rather I not see them out in the places where I might go hiking for instance. I think they are very appropriate though in gardens or even limited public places. I don't see myself ever taking a picture to post on a dating site though with a pile of stones or a selfy with the pile of stones in it.
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secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
3/31/2020 3:06 pm

 I kind of like the way it looks.... Not quite sure why, but I do.


tickles4us 62M
7262 posts
3/31/2020 5:03 am
    Quoting lindoboy100:
    There's a World Championship of Stone Stacking, the European leg is held in Dunbar, just 20 miles doon the road from me McTick.

    Apparently they have a variety of categories from highest to most creative. I actually quite like them when they're on a beach. And the sea/nature will work its magic and restore them to their natural condition. I kinda get annoyed when I see them inland, they kinda spoil the natural beauty.

    Two asides:
    There's a wee hill in County Mayo where people raise small stone stacks in remembrance of loved ones, can't for the life of me remember the name of it. But it's a lovely spot over looking the sea, very peaceful.

    For centuries in Scotland we've been raising cairns, piles of stones, to guide people across mountains, particularly useful in snowy or low visibility conditions. They are often shaped in a way which can provide some shelter.

    And just to finish, in answer to your last question, I'd put them back.......
Certainly there are places and times when the stacking of stones is appropriate. I do have an appreciation for history and cairns made for good reason. Contests are fine with me as I'm guessing they aren't done out in natural settings far away from civilization and left there for long term. I'd find it annoying on a sandy beach that didn't otherwise have stones laying about but a stony beach as long as they weren't everywhere you went and looked might not be so bad. Around here there aren't any beaches with tidal waters so the stacks could be there for a long while. I can understand the wee hill situation for remembrances as long as it doesn't get contagious and spread widely. That reminds me of that bridge somewhere over there in Europe where people take padlocks and lock them onto the side rail system as a symbol of their love or some such thing. Now that does annoy me. But hey I guess someone could take a set of bolt cutters and collect then all to salvage for the brass. Lol their symbol of love being melted down in a furnace to make door knockers or whatever.
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lindoboy100 61M
23969 posts
3/31/2020 2:28 am

 There's a World Championship of Stone Stacking, the European leg is held in Dunbar, just 20 miles doon the road from me McTick.

Apparently they have a variety of categories from highest to most creative. I actually quite like them when they're on a beach. And the sea/nature will work its magic and restore them to their natural condition. I kinda get annoyed when I see them inland, they kinda spoil the natural beauty.

Two asides:
There's a wee hill in County Mayo where people raise small stone stacks in remembrance of loved ones, can't for the life of me remember the name of it. But it's a lovely spot over looking the sea, very peaceful.

For centuries in Scotland we've been raising cairns, piles of stones, to guide people across mountains, particularly useful in snowy or low visibility conditions. They are often shaped in a way which can provide some shelter.

And just to finish, in answer to your last question, I'd put them back.......


tickles4us 62M
7262 posts
3/30/2020 10:34 pm
    Quoting mc_justmc:
    I've seen that, I don't get it.
Me either. I've been tempted to do a little rearranging at times.
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mc_justmc 63M

3/30/2020 6:27 pm

 I've seen that, I don't get it.


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