Island Cairns of Vee Lake

[cgundersen]

Several years ago, I posted a brief thread pondering the origin of cairns on the small islands of Vee Lake (were they assembled by someone who braved the chilly water and swam over; or, did some clever soul bring an inflatable, or better yet, a winter adventurer walked the frozen surface to taunt the summer folk?). Anyway, those cairns have now disappeared. Which raises the same question: swim, paddle or ice? And the next question is who is going to resurrect them?
Any suggestions?
Cameron

[balzaccom]

I hope nobody resurrects them. Most parks and wilderness areas now consider those graffiti...as do I.

[Lumbergh21]

I hope nobody resurrects them. Most parks and wilderness areas now consider those graffiti...as do I.

Same here.

[erutan]

Bear Creek Basin as a whole is infested with cairns. They have their place for old fading packer trails, when to start cutting up for a climb into favorable terrain you can't see, a really cool little camp off a ridgeline you can't see, etc.

There's more that are just idiotic - cairning a ridgeline because it's cool, cairning an outlet to go up to a lake (no **** buddy), cairning super easy XC like between lower lakes in Bear Creek Basin, etc that I do my best to dismantle.

[Jimr]

I don't know why this reminds me of a story. 2009, I was doing a solo hike up to Hungry Packer Lake. I stopped for a break after crossing the inlet stream to Dingleberry Lk. As I sat there, I watched a pack train crossing up stream at the packers crossing. As I got going again, passing by the packers crossing, I noticed a floppy leather hat on the trail. I figured one of the crew lost it, so I put it on top of a high boulder and rocked it down. Passing the spot on my way out, I noticed the hat was gone and a small duck was in it's place. I quietly said "you're welcome" and knocked the duck down. A subtle communication between two people who never met.