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maltimore@feddit.org to Desire Paths@sh.itjust.works · 5 天前

This one's a head scratcher 🤔

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This one's a head scratcher 🤔

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maltimore@feddit.org to Desire Paths@sh.itjust.works · 5 天前
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  • felbane@lemmy.world
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    Low spot on the trail. When it rains, mud pit.

    • maltimore@feddit.orgOP
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      5 天前

      Good point actually, that makes a lot of sense.

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        Or there was a barrier of sort there before, but now there isnt anymore.

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      Oh, that’s a good notion. My thought had been that it’s a place where people often stop so it formed a bypass of sorts.

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      Found the hiker.

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      Hmmm maybe, but the left is on a slope. The real path is lower, why wouldn’t the rain pool there?

      Here’s a baseless guess: someone dumped something big on the trail there for awhile and a path formed from the detour and never went away

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        The real path is the one that floods. When it’s wet, people use the desire path to avoid the puddle.

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          Ohhh!! Duh, I totally misinterpreted that haha. I am fully on board with your theory now

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        It’s hard to tell from a picture, but to me, the road looks higher and everything slopes down to the right.

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          It is, but I misunderstood what the the person I replied to was saying (even though it was very obvious lol)

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          It’s still possible that the main trail is lower in the middle than on its right edge witch would still cause a lot of mud with a good rain

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