This hiker kicks over people's picturesque stone stacks. But he's got a good reason

As It Happens Why this British hiker keeps kicking over people's picturesque stone stacks

Stuart Cox is waging war against the hundreds of stone stacks that people keep leaving all over his favourite hiking trails.

The decorative structures, he says, are destroying local archaeology, damaging trail systems and disrupting wildlife . So when he sees one, he destroys it.

His weapon of choice?

"Brute force and a size 11 boot," the British hiker told guest host Catherine Cullen.

Cox has garnered millions of views and international headlines for his expletive-laden videos , posted this spring and summer, in which he kicks down stone stacks in Peak District National Park near Derbyshire, England.

Some commenters have condemned his curmudgeonly boots-to-rock approach, but