October 5, 2011 Rock Balancing

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by glatt

I know someone whose little kid saw one of these on a shoreline, was curious, so walked over to look at it more closely, touched it, and a heavy rock fell and smashed the kid's bare foot. These are one of those deceptively dangerous things. In hindsight it's obvious, but I bet you didn't look at these and immediately think "broken feet." It's good that these are out in a stream where they are relatively unreachable.

Did they try to sue God over gravity?

Clearly, this practice should be outlawed.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Clearly, this practice should be outlawed.

I don't think it should be outlawed at all, in fact, I've done this myself.

But I do think that people should be mindful of what they are doing and how it may impact others, especially in a public place. I think these are kind of cool and the few that I've seen, I've enjoyed. But if they were everywhere, I'd probably get sick of them, especially if I were visiting some pristine back country stream and was trying to get away from signs of other people. These go against the idea of "leave no trace."

[SPUCK]

Originally Posted by glatt

But if they were everywhere, I'd probably get sick of them, especially if I were visiting some pristine back country stream and was trying to get away from signs of other people. These go against the idea of "leave no trace."

I agree. I always knock them down if I see them. I want to see as much of this earth as I can in it's natural state. I don't want to see some guy's personal statement or 'art'.

[Trilby]

Originally Posted by SPUCK

I agree. I always knock them down if I see them.

SPUCK the Destroyer!