Stone-stacking - or any other kind of seemingly "natural" physical signs that we leave in some place - have become a plague in what used to be relatively deserted locations. From the article in The Guardian :
"Our personal monuments turn empty landscapes into peopled places. When we reach a remote summit or deserted beach, we know people have stepped there before, but for a moment we can enjoy a place where humans do not predominate.
No longer. A forest of stacked stones destroys all sense of the wild."
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...ment-adventure-tourism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
I see quite a bit of this in the desert, as rocks abound, and the temptation to leave a mark always exists.
"Our personal monuments turn empty landscapes into peopled places. When we reach a remote summit or deserted beach, we know people have stepped there before, but for a moment we can enjoy a place where humans do not predominate.
No longer. A forest of stacked stones destroys all sense of the wild."
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...ment-adventure-tourism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
I see quite a bit of this in the desert, as rocks abound, and the temptation to leave a mark always exists.