cairnvanity
/ˈkɛənˌvænɪti/nounVerified NewThe building of stone stacks on trails and summits as personal monuments or photo props.
What began as waymarking has become souvenir: ridgelines bristle with unstable towers raised for a camera. Conservationists ask hikers to leave rocks where they found them; the stacks keep growing, one self-portrait at a time.
Etym. — cairn + vanity: the navigational pile recast as a vanity pile.
Rel. — pinrush
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