Ducks in the Backcountry (Crosscountry)

[longri]

Context matters.

[sparky]

haha wow...tell us how you really feel!

I have never or will ever build a cairn, and I have never, or will ever kick one down. I dont have time to get all negative nelly while vibing the natural seritonin flushes released while tramping the mountains

[tomba]

Discussion about cairns in the backcountry a couple of years ago:
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Edit: Thanks for merging the threads.

[Jimr]

I think KICK 'EM DOWN should go into your sig

[RoguePhotonic]

It never fails to amaze me the weird places I find them. Built with seemingly no purpose at all. I sometimes kick them down but there is something that sort of makes me feel bad about it for some reason. I only value the ones that can be useful such as on a technical climb that has a very narrow route corridor or on an old trail that is hard to follow.

I have built one or two but in the case of needing to mark where I go back off a ridge or something if climbing a peak I might mark it and then kick it down on my way back.

[SSSdave]

Good laugh reading through this thread again.

gonna pwug you duck

[rlown]

the ducks down star col towards the North were interesting. Most were helpful, until you hit the ledge (no bodies found below that last duck but it was scary). I tend to kick them over, but I always build then next to Mark's tent so he can find his way back.