wow- I never thought about what's living around & underneath the rocks. I just imagined that a really little animal might walk near it and get squished if it falls on them. thank you- interesting topic
Eh, I can understand the ecological argument, I have virtually no respect for the philosophical argument. I think all people would agree that we shouldn't do things that destroy the environment, at least not in a major way, but saying we can't do anything to mess with nature at all, whether that's building tree forts or piling rocks for fun, because you believe in some philosophical narrative that nature is sacred or humans have "no dominion" over it, I would say is more of a personal spiritual belief that shouldn't be mandated as a societal norm.
What about kicking rocks? Skipping rocks? Flipping logs? Picking wildflowwers? Foraging mushrooms? I am admittedly not outdoors much at all, so I have no stake in this, but isn't just the act of entering nature at all a disruption of the ecology? Is a bear felling a tree destroying a habitat or creating one? How can we be part of a biome and completely separated from it at the same time? I dissagree with things like littering, deforestation, industrial pollution, generally picking economic interests at the expense of ecological ones- but when you're out there and get the urge to play with nature, are we really so above the very ground beneath our feet as to treat it with kid gloves instead of treating it as the filthy omnivores we are?
I get this. I get your stand point. But the forest service has to go out and pull these apart, almost on a daily basis in certain rivers and creeks, to keep the damages to the small ecosystems inhabiting the creek beds, instead of doing better things with their time.
It's other creatures' habitat, and you don't need to do it to survive, so it's just an exercise of ego to no good purpose. You wouldn't go to a friend's house and start disassembling it to reconstruct it (badly) to your whimsical liking, right? That's like children who have no concept of respect boundaries and think everything they see is for them to play with. We have to be mature stewards, not agents of chaos who think everything in the world is there for our pleasure.
If you have to go out in nature and stack rocks as a marker that you were there , then you are probably more focused on yourself than your surroundings. Maybe you should stay at home and look in the mirror all day.
I was about to say I stack rocks on my own private property but I only stack lose dry rocks along a creek bed while watching the water and take the stack down when I'm done. I don't take pictures or post them but I find it a relaxing personal process. Using the loose dry ones are not hurting anything. But then I saw that you went over that in your video. Thanks for all the info.
I was at Tiger's Nest in Bhutan and was unstacking a lot of rockstacks that I saw otw because people had picked rocks up from grassy and moist areas. Halfway up, one of the guides scolded me for doing that because it was a way people made wishes or prayed for good luck in their culture. I tried to explain but ofc he was mad and I said sorry because I didn't know about that part. I believe I was right though...
I wonder how much habitat was destroyed to produce the materials in the camera he used to make this video? How about the metal in his ring? Did he use a vehicle to get to that location? I've never stacked rocks but stupid videos like this make me want to start.
@@diamondportal77you know the steps he took in the mud actually caused harm to the environment and the ecology. He effectively destroyed their environment just by leaving his footprints. It’s so awful. The microbes and skin cells that fell off in nature left such a massive trace and destroyed and placed such a massive mark onto nature.
Gently put the rocks back? As he runs and kicks the rocks at the end of the video.. I think we should continue to enjoy stacking and balancing the occasional rocks so Dillon can continue to kick them over as part of his extreme disdain and anger management. Balance Rocks responsibly kids and while your at it, skip a stone or three across a pond while there is still air to breath. Kick away Dillon and keep adding to Instagram and promoting the addiction of people to social media..
@@boblatkey7160 sounds like an excuse that you’re mad someone else is happy? Or can you not stack rocks? It’s ok bud I can teach you! Let’s hang out sometime brother
Seems stacking rocks is more natural than 98% of the stuff we doing daily. I hope he doesn't preach this and then go home and eat animal products which is the number one killer of the climate rn.
I mean no one's going to stop you from leaving trash aswell. But I agree that stacking stones is just too insignificant of a practice and people should stop caring about it
@@DevonLadd Absolutely. Some of those 'consumer goods' being rare earth metals that are used in mobile phones and video cameras that the video's host seems fine using🤔😒
Personally I think rockstacking says more "I was 'ere" than "this is mine". More an expression of residence within (and disregard for) than dominion over nature. My question, what's more acceptable from an ecological and/or societal/behavioural point of view, rock stacking or initial carving?
Great video!! Lots of people have said not to stack but never seem to explain why!! I guess we just do what is necessary and leave things as they were whenever possible. Lots of the time I'm nervous to put rocks back as they could crush anything underneath like crabs, slugs, or snails. Would you just throw a pebble underneath to make sure there's space or move them to a safer place?
@@armin-senpai9194 Yeah and this guy actually made a video out of it. It seems these days everyone wants to blame the little guy for the earths enviromental problems, whilst turning a blind eye to greedy corps who put profit over environment
Glad to see you are educating people about the damaging potential of our species’ drive to alter our environment. I think in addition to education there should be ways to channel that energy which is hard wired. Too bad we don’t build and maintain dry stone walls at the borders of our properties any more. That will cure anyone of the urge to randomly stack rocks.
A lot of people say don't stack rocks because it's bad. I never believed them because they didn't explain why it's bad. Thanks for explaining it. Now I know I was right. It's not bad. You don't think you kill more bugs by stepping on them while hiking? There are probably millions of rocks in a place like that. Moving 6 rocks does virtually nothing.
But it isn't just 6 rocks. It's a massive amount done by tourists. A habitat missing would kill more insecets long term then a few dying in a day by getting squished by people.
@@pro20digy20and I don’t think you understand how easily a habitat can be altered and/or destroyed. How did so many animals go extinct? There was once so many in a large areas! Humans hunted a majority of them or removed too much of one resource to allow said bugs and species to survive. A few people throwing trash on the ground doesn’t do much. When you have a sizable amount of people doing though, it the damage gets exponential. Not to be a bible thumper, but based off what we know, the Nile turning “blood” (scientifically more likely an algae or bacteria) caused a chain reaction that lead to the plagues of Egypt. Idk if the Nile turned red because humans did something to it overtime, or if was truly a fluke in nature, my point is, one change like that caused a chain reaction so severe, they had to include in the Bible.
Hmm. So would you say it might be okay if I just pick one or two nice but dry and such rocks on each of my hikes and then just stack them later someplace at home? Fun, beautiful, and pretty safe to the environment, isn't it?
Appreciate getting the message out there. If anyone thinks stacking rocks is artsy or a way of appreciating nature -- they are probably loving nature TO DEATH and they don't understand their impact. #kickrocks
Came to find your video to share as I saw someone posting about how cool rock stacks and mentioned disturbing creatures etc as you mentioned. And I got this reply, "I agree generally, Alison. Boulder Creek is frequently full of people floating along in inner-tubes, dogs and kids in the water, and abutted by homes where it runs through town. Except for some ducks, there is little else in the creek. There are areas with fishing ponds for kids. Also worth noting, the cairns are frequently built and taken down. Lots of other undisturbed creeks and rivers in Colorado to enjoy. This creek is mostly wild as you travel up into the Flatirons." Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Anyhow posted back your video and hope they get the drift.
I do wonder what your long lost Stone Age ancestors would think about your concerns relating to an infinitely small amount of temporary inconvenience to some insects, I’m not sure the ecological impact could be measured? Unlike Stonehenge , of course that made a number of mammoth homeless. Tut tut
OK you moved a rock that habitat moves over a couple inches into another rock I’d say you did more damage picking up that rock putting it back down and squishing that worm. People go out pick up Rockstrom and River do what you want with them you’re not hurting anything
To be honest, I didn’t even know about rock stacking/ rock balancing as a hobby before this video was recommended to me by RU-vid; so thanks: now you can BET I’ll get into Rock Stacking 👍 Already joined the subreddit for it and subscribed to two dedicated RU-vid channels on the hobby
The Problem with rock stacking. What I expected: People randomly piling up rock-stacks will lead hikers into wrong directions. What I got: Mah poor moist salamanders and microalgae and also I'm gay!
@@GardensoftheAncientsHerbal This entire argument is pointless non issue. Rock stacking will definitely destroy the environment faster than our mass usage of pesticides and pollution via fossil fuels.
@@Vireo yes I’m sure me stacking a few rocks will have drastic horrible effects on the ecosystem, more than my city pumping sludge and feces into the river all year.
I feel like theres a conspiracy or some kind of agenda to try to destroy rock stacking simply because its so peaceful to do. You got all these angry miserable people aggressively knocking over calming zen style stacks of rocks. Stacking rocks is one of the least impactful things we do as humans. No more impactful than people walking on the trails and exploring to begin with. If anything we make the critters homes more boujee and luxurious than it was before. Went from living under a rock to having a 6 story suite.
feels like you didn't watch the video. the surface of the rock is not innately valuable habitat for anything. the value is derived from the moisture that is protected under the shelter of rocks on the ground.
You are welcome to your opinion but I disagree with you. I would also put forth my opinion that you are harming our social environment by posting this quibble with an ancient practice. I hope more people don’t start posting this sort of hogwash.
