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In contrast: A few years ago I was hiking on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). One of the few rules to follow there is to explicitly leave no trace, in respect to
by suncemoje 3mo ago
In contrast: A few years ago I was hiking on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). One of the few rules to follow there is to explicitly leave no trace, in respect to nature and others.
- smugglerFlynn 3mo agoPeople go to nature to interact with nature, not with traces of other human beings. You don't want to ride 4 hours to countryside only to find very same things you've been running away from. In contrast, people go to blogs to find opinions, and traces of opinions of others are usually adding, not subtracting. One can say whole HN is a sandbox for sharing opinions, therefore "untouched" posts with no comments and low points are less attractive.
- OuterVale 3mo agoThe common saying is 'Take only photographs, leave only footprints.'
- SoftTalker 3mo agoLet me guess, there are signs posted all along the trail about this?
- suncemoje 3mo agoNope, I never saw that one posted
- keane 3mo agoThere’s a 501(c)(3) dedicated to this too: https://lnt.org/ https://lnt.org/
- mega_dean 3mo agoI used to go hiking in New Mexico and I actually liked when I came across little signs that someone was there: a small stack of rocks, sticks arranged in a crop-circley pattern, a makeshift bridge over a small stream, etc. But the worst part of hiking was seeing brightly-colored bags of dog shit right next to the trail, so I guess overall I’m ok with a general “leave no trace” rule. Then again, someone inconsiderate enough to do that wouldn’t care if there was a rule against it, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯