In Boulder, Colo., for example, a man named Michael Grab (who goes by the name Gravity Glue) has taken rock stacking to a high art, creating sculptures that seem to defy the laws of physics.

Gently, precariously, one by one, stones perch upon stones, rising above the ground in seemingly gravity-defying towers. In settings both urban and wild, the art of rock stacking can be practiced on a ...

Denton Machuga places a rock high atop his record-setting 101-inch stack in the individual height competition at the 2023 Llano Earth Art Festival.

That fleeting nature of the art seems to be part of the general appeal of rock stacking, even among amateurs. “You make it, you look at it,” said Randall McGehee, 56, of the small town of Noonday.

Works of art or monuments to ego? Rock-stacking stirs debate . Sep. 14, 2019 at 10:55 am Updated Sep. 14, 2019 at 11:18 am . By . The Associated Press. The Associated Press.

Before and after work, the 32-year-old is often outside, balancing the rocks, one atop another, into pillar-like formations that have caught the eye of many of his neighbors ...

A stack of rocks stands on Crissy Field at the Presidio on April 5, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. Bill Dan and Zach Pine (not pictured) hold rock stacking events on Crissy Field where people are ...

As the thousands upon thousands of Instagram posts can attest, rock stacking is nothing new. An as-of-yet unidentified person (or persons) in Banning, however, has raised the bar when it comes to ...

AKRON, Ohio - It's not a Zen or chi thing, Ed Cote insisted. Not art. Not therapy. Not even especially a skill, he will tell you. He said this as he hoisted a 40-pound rock, tipped it lengthwise ...

Rock-stacking tourists are damaging environment at Michigan's Tahquamenon Falls. Published: Aug. 27, 2018, 11:30 a.m. ... this rock art also really rubs some people the wrong way.

Rock-stacking stirs debate September 15, 2019 | Updated September 15, 2019 at 5:05 a.m.

To others, these manmade rock formations despoil nature’s beauty and stand as monuments to the human ego.Those who live along the north shore say […] Skip to content. All Sections.