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A recent NPR article addresses this issue, and was raised following an opinion column written by NAU senior lecturer Robyn Martin. (possibly a pseudonym for BobP ?)

https://www.hcn.org/articles/a-call-for ... ones-alone
http://www.npr.org/2015/08/05/429597208 ... -southwest

Money Quote

"Yes, I have knocked a few down, sure," she says, adding that she considers the cairns "pointless reminders of human ego."

Interesting to note that this topic is more widespread than just here on HAZ.
(Previously discussed in a HAZ Forum Thread on LNT Ethics.)

What's a "senior lecturer"? An old person who talks incessantly?? Hey, maybe that can be my next profession. Then I too can be a "pointless reminder of human ego".

From NAU writing for NPR? So is this a case of the stoned talking about the stacked?

I've knocked down more than a few. I have built a very select few. Not a big fan of rock stacks.

I wonder what haz's stance is on cairns. :STP:
http://youtu.be/CW5I0iQksKk

@MtnBart01

What was really interesting was right after the video, this was the next one to start...Dr. Patrick Carnes, Leading Sex Addiction Expert, Video Interview
One has to wonder what the link is here.

AZ Wandering Bear wrote:What's a "senior lecturer"? An old person who talks incessantly?? Hey, maybe that can be my next profession. Then I too can be a "pointless reminder of human ego".

From NAU writing for NPR? So is this a case of the stoned talking about the stacked?

Do the NAU professors have a reputation for being stoners? Reason I ask is when I summited Kendrick, there was a person who I believe was an NAU professor that reeked of ganja and patchouli. He also had a bear bell and when I asked him about it said it was a prayer bell...

@Jason Cleghorn
When I attended there for a while, I found them to be the same as at the University of Florida. If there were any on any drugs or whatever, they hid it completely. Most were climbing the academic ladder.

Alston Neal wrote:One has to wonder what the link is here.

Next videos are based on the viewing habits of the individual. Because google knows everything. That's apparently a topic of interest to those who use the computer you are using.

My next video was an instructional guide on how to function while drinking at work.

@chumley
I knew I would leave myself open for that one, but if the spiderbots were really tracking me it would have linked me to bacon addiction.

@MtnBart01
That has got to be the Top Most Classic Video in HAZ History.....

And yes, I've gotten to the Point now where Excessive Cairns are really annoying...I hate trying to Photograph some Areas of Sedona....

@Outdoor Lover
I'm kind of partial to that time in band camp I mean Reavis Ranch when Joe found a machete and terrorized apples. We visited the cairn that marks Reavis' grave just to stay on topic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYMpC_yc ... _dZlNqqMdg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpXbJQI_ ... _dZlNqqMdg

Jim_H wrote:@Jason Cleghorn
When I attended there for a while, I found them to be the same as at the University of Florida. If there were any on any drugs or whatever, they hid it completely. Most were climbing the academic ladder.

But did they have a bell while they were climbing that ladder?

MtnBart01 wrote:I wonder what haz's stance is on cairns. :STP:
http://youtu.be/CW5I0iQksKk

Let he who has not stacked rocks cast the first stone!

That was some good rock throwing form right there!

Jim_H wrote:@Jason Cleghorn
When I attended there for a while, I found them to be the same as at the University of Florida. If there were any on any drugs or whatever, they hid it completely. Most were climbing the academic ladder.

You went to UF?

@Jason Cleghorn Yup, shocking, I know. I graduated April 30, 2004. I lived off of SW 27th St, in Lexington Crossing Apartments, near Campus Lodge, if you remember that place.

Ok I went to the Manitou Arts festival today and took a look into Fountain Creek which not only runs through my backyard, but runs through the town of Manitou. Would it be frowned on if I threw rocks at these?

Manitou has an Arts Festival?

Save your energy and let the next flash flood rearrange things. ;)

MtnBart01 wrote:Would it be frowned on if I threw rocks at these?

Not as long as you kept score and published the results. ;)
Maybe you and Bob could create your own teams to compete in this venture.