I'm Afraid of Heights and Almost Turned Back On This Hike...
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 พ.ค. 2022
- #exploring #ruins #americansouthwest #ancienthistory #nativeamerican #thetrekplanner #petroglyphs
At the end I say I'm going to keep exploring. It was at this point, I realized that my time was short and I just went back to my car haha
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Alcove Ruins aren't for the faint of heart. While the hike is somewhat easy, there is one very exposed part that puts you right on the cliff edge. Unfortunately, you need to go past this in order to make it to the ruins up close. If you have binoculars or a telephoto lens, you can always stay low in the canyon to see the ruins while being safe.
Thank you for joining me on this adventure to Alcove Ruins! We have many other interesting adventure videos coming soon. Thank you for being part of our very small adventure channel!
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👍How to be a respectful visitor to these places👍
Native American groups still live in this area and beyond today. These places are still special and hold significance.
1️⃣Don't climb on walls or structures. Don't lean on or climb over them. Many places don't even need to be visited up close. View these places from a distance or with binoculars.
2️⃣Do not touch the rock art. Don't touch or create new rock art to preserve ancient stories.
3️⃣ Leave All Artifacts. Leave artifacts and structures undisturbed to maintain their historical significance. It is illegal and wrong to take artifacts. If you want something to take home, support local tribes by buying their handicrafts and jewelry.
4️⃣ Manage Waste Responsibly. Use waste bags; don't leave human or pet waste behind. Don't 'go' near cultural sites.
5️⃣ Camp With Care. Don't camp near historical sites. No fires near these areas, and ensure all waste is packed out. Don't make fires in caves or alcoves. Camp in designated spots only. When you leave, make sure to make the site cleaner and better than when you found it. Pick up extra trash you may see.
6️⃣ Control Your Pets. Don't let pets roam freely near archaeological areas to prevent destruction. Pets are not allowed in or near sites.
7️⃣ Preserve Fragile Areas. Don't disturb fossils and please protect delicate soil and plant life.
8️⃣ Follow Rules. Don't engage in illegal actions such as building cairns, or using climbing gear to access archaeological sites.
9️⃣ Obey Drone Rules and Laws. Numerous locations in the American Southwest and beyond, such as the Navajo Reservation, Wilderness Study Areas, and various restricted spaces, enforce strict drone usage prohibitions. It is crucial to not only honor the legacy of the people who once inhabited these areas but also show respect for the present-day residents and adhere to their local laws, customs and regulations.
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NOTE: I don't claim that I am the first person to "discover" these places. I just find things on Google Earth and want to go see what they are!
I do not claim to be an expert on anthropology, geology, or archaeology. I say that my channel is about "amateur archaeology". I don't have a degree or formal training in archaeology. I am just a hiker who loves to explore and see new things especially the ancient history in the American Southwest. This is what my channel is about. I hope you stick around and explore with me!
I do not give out locations to the places in my videos. I take seriously the responsibility to protect and respect these ancient places. If you do find/visit one of these locations, please visit respectfully. I try my best to hide noticeable landmarks, mountains, and canyons in my videos. - บันเทิง
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I'm from Mississippi and me and my buddies went out west a few decades ago for 3 weeks camping. We did a guided tour of Masa Verde. I was blown away. Being able to find and see things like this on your own is incredible! Keep it up.👍
mEsa verde
Welcome to the scenic wonders of the American West. You've only begun to explore the magnificent views that await you.
You'll never get to see them all, there are WAY too many, hidden and scattered over thousands of square miles, in some of the most in difficult, desolate terrain on Earth.
These were some tough people.
I appreciate how respectful you are to these incredible places. Thank you so much for taking me along on these wonderful treks, the type I use to do.
One of the best on YT and that's why I like being a subscriber. Very respectful content.
Just walk in their foot steps and they will guide you through their dwellings. Very nice video. I really like the respect you give to these places you visit. 😎👍
My late-husband and I took a trip to Santa Fe, NM back in 1990 when I was 30 years old. We went to visit Bandelier National Monument and were the only two people there. We got to go inside every nook and cranny of those ruins and I felt such an incredible connection to that place. I’ve never been able to adequately explain it, but it felt like I was drawn to it on a deep, spiritual level. I appreciate and respect your sense of adventure and excitement at seeing all these ruins for the first time, and can’t thank you enough for bringing me along. Stay safe!
I know exactly what you mean about being drawn to the place. I feel that way about New Mexico in general. I live in Colorado.. but we bought a condo in Angel Fire, NM. I swear, when we drive down and cross the border, the atmosphere changes. It's quite amazing! 💕
Question? Where's the restroom? 😢
This was really fun. Thanks a lot.
It was very interesting to see the masonry. Some walls were covered with mud inside and out. Some of the mud mortar between the sandstones had twigs in them. Imagine having to carry clay and water and stones and wood up to that arched alcove!
I think I will start praying for you. Just watching you scares me. I love your adventures and sharing with us, I would never have gotten to see those wonderful ancient places. Thank you. 😊
After taking 11 straight years out to trek the world I returned home and still haven’t trekked my own nation, too old now so keep on trekking where few have gone before. I’m following with appreciation.
I imagine these sites were built in troubled times. Imagine the places by the rivers now washed away by time!
Once again thank you for taking us along. I enjoy your adventures a lot.
The directional-windblown green grasses at 8:35 was something we haven't seen before. Moisture & shade.
I'm not afraid of heights however I think this would've been past my self preservation buffer.
You, sir, are amazing.
Really appreciate that! Thank you!
Especially doing it alone!!! One wrong step & your laying waiting for someone to notice you didn’t come back, then figure out where to search for you! Phew! Amazing!
Yes I would never have done this it only takes one misstep to break bones. I really think drones are a wiser choice for these dangerous sites!
If those rocks could talk, OH, the stories they could tell! Can't imagine that lifestyle. Just a few steps from the actual stone age.
Thanks for the tour TREK PLANNER.
Rocks are actually well known for being aggressive and bloodthirsty beasts among many indigenous peoples. You should pray to your gods that you will never hear their bloodcurling cries of war, it would be the last thing you ever heard. A dead rock is a good rock.
I am so grateful that you trek to these sites and document them. Being that those are so easily accessible. They made be destroyed by visitors soon and all but forgotten. Those are very well intact for the potential age of them. Thank you again.
I hope that someday I get to see the area you are in. Most of the places in my area like that have been destroyed by farming or looting. In the early 1900s there were over 4000 documented mounds in my county. Now there are probably less than 50. I really enjoy your channel man. Its cool seeing what you find on google earth.
Thank you! It's sad to see many of these sights here disappearing to looting too :-( Where are all these mounds at??
@@TheTrekPlanner I’m in southeast Missouri. In scott county. All of southeast Missouri was once a huge swamp and the natives built huge mound complexes in the swamp to live on. The swamp was drained in the early 1900s and the huge cypress trees were logged revealing these mounds. Most of them were looted for the pottery vessels most of them contained. My area is famous for a lot of the Mississippian era head pots that were buried along side the people in the mounds.
Those in the west are being destroyed by land owners and looters for profit and are not being prosecuted by the right wing constitutional sherriffs and local DA's .
@@TheTrekPlanner
@ 7:20 (Notice the ash in the floor, and apparently it's been swept). I would take a QTip and an old Spice Container, glass so it could be sterilized in the inside, and swap a bit of the smoke, and have it "Carbon Dated" at you local University). It may be recent or from the time of habitation.
I would gather it from an area closer to the wall. Could do a separate in another space.
Label Date of Collection, use latex gloves, just to keep it as forensic as possible.
Just keep it closed until you can find a University lab that will do it "for the value 9f their studies", and they shouldn't charge you.
I would make friend with a Student or Faculty Member. (I would take a course that allow me to get to do some of this. How fun that would be to get credits for doing your Passion!)
Geology, Anthropology, or Archaeology (although the latter guys really frustrate me with their "Belief" rather than Open Minded Discoveries and Facts)
"Mainstream Academics" use a 19th Century Theory as their foundation for their Paradigm and Linear Timeline ".
The "Standards of Science and Research " prohibits using a Theory as Fact. "Authentic Academics" follow the "Standards of Science and Research" (my values are here).
Enjoy your Explorations and Discoveries!!!
Beth Bartlett
Sociologist Behavioralist
and Historian
“I don’t know if it’s real or not” ?! I’d say it definitely is☺️
This was GREAT! And your advice (hiking, exploring the ruins), SOUND! 😊😊🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾
That was amazing. Thank you for sharing. They probably stayed safe and warm. I could picture buffalo hides and blankets.
What a beautiful place!👍
Right on I live in Vancouver and I remember hiking around that area on a road trip a few years back. Just wandering aimlessly exploring the southwest.
It would be amazing to just wander around for awhile
@The Trek Planner it was! It was my first visit to the American southwest, and I recognize the terrain in your video so I looked up the area, and sure enough that is a spot we meandered through:) love the vids dude
Awesome video, wish how we could see how these industrious people lived, fascinating people that lived there! Thanks again!
I agree! Thank you for watching, Julie!
One of the most interesting channels I have found. I love this stuff!
Thank you for being so respectful of our ancient culture ! Certainly hope and wish all exploration people would be and are respectful!! Stay safe.
Most enjoyable and informative, lest not forget inspiring! Thanks for doing!
You have been finding some incredible sites and I appreciate your respect for these ancient artifacts and people!👍
Visited various Butler Wash sites including this one with my hiking buddy Daren in 11/2021 and still get anxious remembering that exposed section. Great area to explore. Thanks for a great video!
I don’t know if you are crazy brave or just crazy but I love your hikes and the respect you show these sites!
I love to see the old ovens in places like these.
That would be so cool to see, people across the valley calling out to each other!
Wow, that was enough to make my stomach churn, even though I know you are very experienced and are wearing the right shoes . . . I think it's all the loose rock maybe. All I can say is good for you and thank you for respecting these sites. I love watching.
I enjoy these treks so much. Always expect a bobcat to come boiling out of one the enclosures or caves.
I'm just finding some of your older content and loving it! Thanks.
That one square ruin must have been built by an OCD perfectionist!😆 Cuz that’s amazingly perfect!
Grats on 100,000 you earned 'em all well done
Moki steps , found all over CR , I have explored Comb Ridge for 30 years and still go back , we only get to see a small section there , but its littered with ruins and art , all the way into AZ, Im a private guide in that area and at Mesa Verde .
They might have run out of their water supply there so had to abandon the location eventually?
@@MegaLivingIt The whole 4 corners region was in drought , plus dwindling resources . They are direct descendants of the Hopi and Zuni tribes . Migrated south and are still there today along the RIO Grande river in New Mexico . If anything these people might have had it a little easier being closer to the San Jaun river . But 1300 AD the party was over and all Ancestral Puebloans had to go .
Thanks for sharing these incredible hikes. Seeing water seepage makes me think a gallon collected a day is plenty to survive on. Hunting had to get tougher by the day. Great place I coulda survived in. Imagine the shape these people were in. The kids musta grown up tough and able to run those hills hunting and gathering. Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Faint of heart raising hand. 🙋♀️ At least when it comes to heights. I was feeling it just watching you hike there via my phone. 😅 Gosh, it's beautiful there, though. And those ruins are incredible! Thank you for taking us there while our bums are firmly planted on solid ground. 😅
Hard for me to imagine toddlers on those heights, but I’m sure it was families, so yes. Thanks for taking us on your journey. Stay safe! 🙏
Very cool to see these homes from so long ago. Its easy to imagine people living there and doing their daily activities, raising a family. Amazing!
Great trek...always too short! Loved the way you showed the twigs in the mud pieces. Amazing trek...good that you have the right shoes to grip those tiny steps! Surprised that you didn't encounter any snakes or lizards.
A lizard scoots by @ 2:43 going center to right. I agree though eyes peeled for larger fanged wigglies.
@@metaldetectingwithlugnut Thanks for your keen eye! I will look for it!
Yes I saw some lizards in the video.
Great video. I appreciate the respect you have for the artifacts you found. I wonder if the archeological department at one of Utahs universities would be interested in this area.
Thank you! I think this one has been surveyed before
I once, long long ago, worked with special forces and regularly worked in hills like that. Even training is dangerous when you’re simulating combat. I took a few spills that, 42+ years later, I still feel. Be careful out there if you’re hiking solo!
Thank you for your service.
Would be a great place to camp ! With care , of course 😁👍
From the distribution of soot on the ceiling the cave was clearly used by people lighting fires long before the walls of the dwellings were built.
Very interesting. Unknown specifics , why, when, who, how long, enemies, stone, mud, grasses, clothing, food, defending from ? Thanks for these intriguing vids. 👍🏻🤠
Thanks Julio! I wish we knew more too
Another great video down memory lane. I love the videos, and appreciate you keeping most locations secret and showing respect. Growing up, I’ve seen ruins destroyed be people looking for pottery. I know people who have gone and destroyed them to look for pottery and also chiseled the petroglyphs off the cliffs.
Incredible find!! TY for sharing!!! God Bless!!!
I am almost positive that I did this hike for an Eco Psychology course about ten years ago. It was breath-taking in both the view and the hike up! Be sure to wear very grippy shoes.
Love this! I would love to hike in beautiful Utah
I like that it's hard to find. No one has vandalized it.
Very beautiful ruins. Thank you.
This video made me look away a couple of times. But the ruins were beautiful.
Comb ridge is loaded with these artifacts-a real treasure trove of undisturbed ruins. I volunteered at Natural Bridges for 3 months in the 1980s and was introduced to lots of Anasazi real estate by the full time rangers. Finding these artifacts on your own makes an indelible impression. I think those tiny steps are indicative of the diminutive stature of the inhabitants-between 4 and 5 feet tall, as are the entrances to the dwellings. If my memory serves me you were close to Fish Mouth alcove? That trail looked familiar.
You are an awesome and true mountain goat !
You’re a regal mountain goat the way you make in through the steep rocks.
Absolutely incredible
I love it! Thanks for sharing.
Soot rather than smoke.... but yeah. COOL!!!
8:15 remember families lived here for however many years , meaning lots of babies and children climbing around up here were our adult friend is filming this for us. 👍👍👍👍👍
Would like to see what you found at the end of those steps and also the alcoves across the valley. Maybe a part 2?
This place is beautiful
Great videos, thanks for sharing
How exciting!! Takes ya back to those days and makes one think of how they lived and survived tucked into a mountain. Thanks for sharing but can i make a suggestion please, try to not move the camera so much and go slower because us old folks would like to revel in the beauty of these dwellings for more than a second. Plus it gives me a headache with swift movements. 😉🥰 Thanks again and keep em coming!!
they did pick awesome spots with chokehold at entrance. would be hard to attack.
You were VERY near the Kachina petroglyph panel which is absolutely huge, and beautiful. You were also near the River House Cliff dwellings both on the San Juan River near the south end of Comb Ridge.
Magnificent. Thank you.
Both of my sons did live in Moab Utah in the late 90s,there are so much ruins all around town and a short ride out of town,i was amazed that there was so much in such a small area.
Can you imagine having toddlers and young children up there? Sleepwalkers might have it a little rough up there, too! If someone in the family or group came up missing, you wouldn't have to look very far, to find them.
I've heard they find skeletons with healed broken bones . Kids who didn't listen to their parents
I am sure if those native peoples saw us briefly they would say same about our toddlers around all the zooming cars.
Amazing ! !
Physical history to be treasured
This was a cool place, many people once lived here
Great explore.
Love you're video's dude.
I have done a lot of hiking in these areas in search of ruins, I am fascinated by these peoples and their culture.
One thing I quickly deduced, they lived in tight family groups and I feel were very warlike, look where and how they built, generally all very defensable positions where you could see people approaching from miles away.
I belive they lived in constant fear of attack from other clans, perhaps to raid their food and possessions?
Also many times with these ruins, the granaries were hidden some distance away, from where they lived.
Anyone aproaching was always forced to hike up the canyon floor, would have been at a huge disadvantage, they had and used arrows of course.
Sad thing is, these ruins that are accessable, near lakes or campsites are destroyed.
More than once I've caught young kids alone taking great joy in in dismantling these ruins and throwing the rocks down the cliffs, meanwhile back at camp, mom and dad pull back a few brewskies, it's sick, something that stood for 700 to over a thousand years, destroyed by disrespectful, unsupervised kids!
Let’s go let’s go adventure
I have such a fear of heights That this was hard to watch but still great. Gramma Candy
Hey Gramma Candy! It was hard for me to go there and I probably won't ever do it again!
You always have the best videos.
Thank you, Ed!!
@@TheTrekPlanner You earned it big guy. I'm just glad to watch them.
Found some cliff dwellings down in Grand Gulch which is nw of mexican hat and sw of blanding in 1989 it’s a primitive area so you have to check in at the ranger station,it’s about a 5 mile hike and drops about 900 feet,but I’m sure you will like it and so will your viewers. It’s an easy hike and well worth it .
Very cool.
Are you on that ledge holy crap I don't like heights this one got me be careful up there thanks for the adventure
Recall seeing these dwelling buildings in oldWestern cow boy movies !
At 8:20, I think I would have had to peek around that [apparent]corner. Where does that go, only the Trek Planner knows.
Why didn't these people use some kind of chimney or other means of ventilation? It must have been so smoky inside.
Also - these living places are located in defensive spots. Were there tribes or groups warring with each other? Protection from wild animals? It's all so fascinating - makes me want to take some anthropology classes. Thanks for taking us to these amazing places!
“It looked
Ike it would be a fun hike!” Pant pant. Are you having fun yet?
at 4.29 against the rock wall, that wall is a bed, they filled it with grass, heather, straw and soft material, a skin over it and they slept on it
Freaked me OUT when he was walking along the edge. Yikes!
It’s not plaster, it’s Adobe…good stuff.😂
I just found these older vids. did not know Utah has such immense natural features. so doh on me lol
Eagles nest!
;-)
Eagles Nest is nearby
Sure hope you give a close family or friend your plans for these treks!
That’s six tenths of a mile, just over half a mile..👍
When ever i see habitats like that i always wonder how where the people able to provide for themselves under those extreme conditions. Water would of been a expensive resource. Food would of been grown or harvested a long distance away. And yet they felt it to be necessary to live there.
I really enjoy your videos, I’d love if they were slightly longer form tho. Maybe 15+ minutes? I’d even watch up to around 25 minutes pretty regularly
Killer find. Excellent Vid!
" . . .probably for grinding corn . . ."
I believe piñón nuts would have been closer.
Carbon dating those twigs would give a date for the structure.
Thanks!
Thank you so much, Mike!! Appreciate you supporting my channel very much!
-Jeff
Do you think that that seepage area was source of water, and mud to make mortar for the stone houses?
I wish you hadn't cut short the video. Where did the steps lead to?
So I’ve watched several of your videos and it makes me wonder just how many people really were living in the southwestern United States.