This is why they keep restricting access to new places and have programs installed in to drones to prevent them from being able to be flown in “restricted areas”
Almost like this technology is super new and accessible now and doesn't have to rely on public money funding ridiculous costs. If Americans hadn't become so braindead History Channel would still be producing good shit, but they produce what gets views, and the average American doesn't have the attention span for this
I appreciate your silence when filming some of this. Too many youtubers jabber on loudly every second. Part of the enchantment is the silence of the area. Only natural noises. Thank you
This. It's why I think this channel is better than other similar ones. He doesn't come across as pretentious and he doesn't talk just to hear himself. I also love taking adventures based on "I found a weird thing on Google earth"
idk man I agree sometimes but when all I could hear was his footsteps I would of rather heard babbling or at least some scenic music lol. The feet stomping on the rocks in the dead silence definitely irritated me.
I was in an accident in 2008 which left me paralyzed, so I don’t get to do the hiking and exploring that I used to. For me TH-cam has come to somewhat filling that sense of adventure, although nothing beats the hands on, boots on the ground experience. I love history and Native American culture so please keep the vids coming
I absolutely love the silence in this video, with only occasional speaking which really adds to how beautiful this place is. I appreciate and love your history lessons in this too and its like watching a very engaging short film.
Spiritual training site is a very good hypothesis. Such sites were purposely remote so the initiates could focus without distraction. Many ancient traditions around the world had analogous remote sites.
The 'Anasazi' did not disappear, they simply moved, probably due to the great drought and the social dislocation and internecine raiding for food that resulted. They live on now in the contemporary Pueblos of Arizona and New Mexico. Hence their preference ( and the preference of contemporary archaeologists) for the term 'Ancestral Puebloans' rather than 'Anasazi' which is a Navajo word meaning 'enemy ancestors'. I know this because I am married to a Hopi woman whose genetic profile traces her genes back to Chaco Canyon. She and I thank you for your respect while visiting this site which is sacred to it's descendants. Great video!
@@shmooveyea It's missing the point to complain about being "ahistorical". Nolan and Jesse make no claim to being experts, nor are they trying to present a full explanation beyond an amateur opinion. The video, which is superbly shot and edited, does little more than document and re-create the wonder & awe they felt when they visited this unique place. Others who are better suited can educate and draw more informed conclusions. Let's instead be impressed at how carefully they have avoided giving too much information about where this place is, all the better to protect it for many years to come.
half the comments are about learning more in this video than _____. Any content like this has the responsibility to get the basics correct, as the OP points out. It's *basics* not some comprehensive lesson@@yorktown99
@@crazycheii The term Anasazi was used because it was the word used by Diné people when describing Ancestral Puebloan sites, i.e. "Anasazi bi ghan". (Pardon the spelling) So it wasn't the anthropologists and archaeologists who, "wrongfully termed the ancestral puebloans as Anasazi". The ancestral Puebloans are by definition also Anasazi/people different than Diné and these Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloan's descendants do live on in the contemporary Pueblo villages.
Thank you so much for sharing, and being respectful of these ruins. Also appreciate how you don't use music during the drone footage, really adds to the shots!
Thank you! Being respectful to the ruins is more important than anything. Glad to hear that because it's hard to know what to fill the silence with during drone shots. I personally love ambient nature sounds
@the_pov_channel it was the best idea to not add music, it really adds to the mystery and insane atmosphere this place has. Makes you alone with your thoughts and feel like you are there.
"I'm am very unobservant": finds incredibly beautiful and fascinating sites constantly. Lol, I'd tell you to keep it up but I don't think you have any plans to stop. Thanks for documenting this stuff!
@@imas84 100% correct. this site is called "the citadel" and it is very popular among locals and tourist on the grape vine. Certainly there are many who have never heard of it, but I doubt a dude whose profession is touring the southwest and making films about it has never heard of this site, nor had to search for hours on google maps to find it.
most of them are not obscure at all. This one is the Citadel in Cedar Mesa west of White Mesa, UT. It's described as "a moderately travelled hike of 6.2 miles round trip", no special truck or equipment is needed to get there. It's also a Wilderness Study Area so flying drones is not allowed. Sorry to burst your bubble but it's far less impressive when you know the truth about the channel.
This is called the Citadel, near Cedar Mesa West of Blandings, UT It's only a 4 mile hike. You don't need a special vehicle or equipment. Edit: I think you need to pay and get a permit or something. That may be available at the trailhead. Double-check before going to make sure.
Let alone he read a note about not going in and nearly 15 seconds later goes in. I hate these channels who claim they found it on google earth but clearly people have already located it.
@@CaptAxolotl it's pretty fucking weird. "I searched thousands of places on Google Earth, and then by a miracle i found it, an unknown place without a name that's actually called the Citadel, so i had to get my brothers special over landing truck with 6 wheel drive and high clearance. We finally took a highway to a state maintained trail head and paid two bucks each to walk 4 miles. But we had to bring OUR OWN SNACKS. The worst part was we had to pay 15 people not to hike so we could be alone there." It's like this guys who build cabins alone in the woods, but they have all these power tools that somehow stay charged. TH-cam grift.
I doubt that this outlook was a domicile. I believe that it was a lookout for a small number of observers, & that they would signal people on the ground some distance away, so that they could deal with intruders. WOW! What a spot !. I echo the comments of others & thank you for remaining essentially silent & for not destroying the video with the raucous music others incorporate in their videos. The weighted papers asking for visitors to leave all intact is a marvelous idea. So many ancient artifacts are vandalized with spray paint, and/or are damaged by people without regard for others, or for those who were the builders years ago. EXCELLENT video my friend. Thank you for sharing it with us. Cheers from Alberta.
Or instead of maximum security to keep people out , was a maximum security to keep people in ? Then that wall at the start of bridge was to make it easier to guard . A sweat shop for basket weaving maybe ?
Given the signs of a huge fire being constantly lit at the end of the peninsula, this wasn't just a 'fortress home'. This was a signal station. It probably provided navigation references for every native band, tribe and family within at least fifty miles of it. The smoke would be visible for leagues in the day and the fire still visible for dozens of miles at night. Given how many people it would be vital for, it makes sense for it to be so heavily defended.
If that is true, that is incredible. I never considered this, but the roof was clearly blackened by quite alot of smoke. Any idea as to what they would be signaling to their fellow tribe and family?
@@the_pov_channelIf it was a navigation station, then it signalled which way to go. Think of it like a gps waypoint now. Might've been someone who stayed down below to help the travellers with directions, food, etc..... Really would depend on the tribes.
The blackened patches on the rocks at the end of the peninsula don't look like anything left by a fire. It's common to see such black streaks on desert rocks, but they're a result of various chemical and microbial processes rather than flame (cf. "desert varnish").
My buddies and I would explore the ruins around the edges of the Pajarito Plateau near Los Alamos during our childhood. We never came across anything quite this spectacular. We did come across large deposits of pottery shards, however. This video reminds me of how much I miss doing this type of exploration. My heart is pounding! Thank you for posting this.
So, so grateful for this spectacular video - am housebound, can hardly walk - but climbed with you to the top of the world and then flew ! It was really freeing. I'm now going to the Grand Canyon with you, just like Indiana Jones and the Old Woman....
Actually one of the most mind blowing videos I have ever watched. This has opened my mind to whole new ideas and realities. Native Americans are incredible.
The biggest threat to "native" Americans was each other. They were Mongolian. Not native to America. They originally came over to North America when there was a land bridge connecting eastern Europe to America. Those aren't "well built". The Roman Empire existed at the same time as those were being built. "Native" Americans were not "incredible". They were savages who were too busy killing each other and worse, to progress in the slightest. They hadn't even domesticated horses before we taught them to.
@@DobuDobuDobuDot he mentioned in the video that native Americans killed each other because they were members of different tribes that were at war. However, the libs in school only want to harp on the whites killing them. Ex. Puebla and Navajo fight, Navajo win, and take land. Liberals: "oh well" White settlers and Navajo fight. White settlers defend their homestead and keep/take the land. Liberals "oh my God, colonists! Reeeee!
Logic would want they build some water rentention with stone and clay at the bottom but may they had a source or river passing by, who know. for food maybe the region was more populated by animal at this time, they could also have made some terasse farm to retain water and nutriment ( some cliff side look too clean to be only erosion) Look like there is a path from bottom to almost the top probably with the last section being jointed by some sort of scafold or rope to avoid the bridge lenght , actualy the cliff look more reworked than the bridge part probably to slow down visitor approach @@marjoriegarner5369
inside the house you can see one of them still have a strong black coating on the rock ceiling around 7:00 , you can also notice some kind of small " window " at the very top of the wall that were pushing smoke outside @@jackiemack8653
I retired, bought lots of new, better, lighter camping equipment with the intentions of doing something like this. A severe lung infection which was quickly cured set me back. Now 8 years later, I am slowly rebuilding my energy and stamina. Maybe I’ll get to use that equipment again. Frankly, having kids like you out there filming, I get to live life (whatever the word is) through you.
I agree! I’m in my 50s with some heath issues which will never allow me to go explore these kinds of places. So thankful there are channels such as this.
@@frankedgar6694 that’s awesome man , I’d really like to see Alaska one day when I can afford it. Hope you good health man, I hope you can get out on that hike one day.
@@bicboy17 I’m not a cruise guy but the wife booked the Alaska cruise last year. We went late May. The weather was good and warm enough to enjoy being outside. Seeing whales from the ship was cool. Juneau, Skagway were cool little towns. Do it. It was fun and worth the money. Look for last minute deals too.
Thanks for a great video! I found that spot on google earth myself, probably 15 years ago. Back then, there was a different set of photographs on google earth. While planning a trip to see the more popular ruins nearby, I clicked on a set of photos on that long peninsula. The photos drew me in, and they included the name of the site. My only mystery was finding the trail to reach it, but that turned out to be obvious, since it shares a trailhead with the better known sites nearby. A questio at the ranger station confirmed my guess about the trailhead. It is a simply amazing location! Thanks for the drone footage. It gives a cool perspective I didn't get to experience first hand when I visited! One thing you may have missed is the wooden pegs on the interior wall of one of the rooms. It looks like they jammed sticks into the rocks to function like coat hooks, and those wooden sticks have survived a thousand years in the dry Utah air. there were a couple on exterior walls as well, and your footage shows one, though you didn't mention it. As we were leaving the peninsula, we came across three other visitors who were headed out to the site. They were all over 80 years old! Those were three very healthy, adventurous octogenarians! It seems regular hiking is good for your health! They said they had been hiking these canyons for decades.
@@JvariW Different groups have different reasons for being secretive about the exact locations of native American ruins. Those of us who explore these sites are secretive because we've seen so many sites degrade when they become too well known, and too many people begin to visit there. Many of the sites with scattered pot sherds and corn cobs a decade ago are now stripped bare, as people carry off the very archaeological resources that attracted them to visit in the first place. Instead, we find sites littered with trash now, instead of artifacts. We find that sites have been desecrated in recent years, as selfish visitors dig up grave sites and storage cysts, looking for artifacts to steal. We also come across people who have exceeded their skills, and need rescuing. I consider it my duty as a human to help my fellowman when I find someone in need. But it screws up my own vacation plans when I spend my day helping someone out of a canyon they did not have the skills and gear to enter in the first place. I have to shorten my own hikes when I give my water to somebody who did not take enough of their own, and found themselves desperately dehydrated. I don't want to encourage visits to places like this, on a public forum, because it will lure people into visiting a place that is simply too dangerous to visit for most of the people who watch youtube videos. Hiking in southern Utah requires skills, knowledge and fitness that too many people simply do not possess. Too many people think that the GPS maps on their phones will guide them. GPS simply doesn't work in canyons with no cell service, or when your phone battery is dead from "searching for service" for hours. The Bureau of Land Management doesn't encourage visits to most of the ruins in southern Utah for the same reason: they don't have the staff or funding to make remote sites safe for visits by the general public, nor to protect the sites from thieves. Their resources are already stretched too thin policing the sites that are well known and easily reached.
@@godsgod1677 It's in Bear's Ears National Monument. I realize that's a huge area, but if you're exploring by Google Earth, you'll find lots there to explore. I don't want to give a more precise location, because it might lure people to go visit a place they are not prepared to reach safely. This site is simply not safe for most people to visit.
@@JvariWThey are not mentioning this because most times "hidden" places/sights become famous they get destroyed sooner or later, by masses trying to get the best pictures there while trampeling everything and taking "souvenirs" aka rocks, shells, plants etc... That's also why the exact location of the last "tallest tree in the world" is kept secret.
Mate, sitting on my couch watching this scared and exhilarated me at the same time. Powerful and Amazing view of how far people would go and how they lived in the past . Great job
Fabulous ! Unique find...I'm an obsessive hiker who because of an injury have been on my computer watching my favorite subjects on U tube..for a couple of years. I have watched many and I have never seen this one 😘 What an honor to have been there !!!
How's this not unique captain negative? I just had to say I live to hike fish hunt whatever and I been watching too much TH-cam myself because a car cut me off and it broke my leg in 6 places so I'm growing bone around titanium rods etc. now, I really feel your pain😂 I'm planning a sw trip to see these spots I haven't seen and spend some time camping w no service hopefully.
This is absolutely amazing! I noticed that at 8:57 you can see some pieces of wood sticking out the top of the wall, near the "awning." Makes me wonder if they might have once had signs of some sort hanging there? There might've even been paint on the walls, furniture, curtains of some sort. It's fun to wonder! This place speaks of a time when people's lives were vastly different from our modern ones, yet they still had innovative architecture, built patios and common areas and rooms with a pretty view. Who knows, maybe siblings bickered over who got the bigger room, while their parents sat by rolling their eyes. Lives so different, yet maybe more similar to ours than we ever truly realize.
All of the structures are built from the same rock exhibiting the exact same traits, this piece is just larger before it gets fractured into smaller pieces via jointing and natural faults. A much more impressive example of this natural process is the Al Naslaa formation you can google if you are interested in the topic. @@ZaneM01
WOW! These are the most impressive, beautiful and intact ruins I've ever seen. I can see why they were challenging to locate and access. Your droning skills are so well choreographed, It felt like an amusement park ride.
Yeah maybe you won't support people like this if you really care. They go out with drones to ruin extremely stoic sites like this for add revinew. Because for some reason they feel the need to be Indiana Jones and need to inflate their ego for money and prosperity. If they really cared they would document it with the proper people
@@neo7759 Our ancestors. This was built by ppl who we haven't been told about. This is a ancient mining pit that is hidden in plain site by the powers that be in charge of this world.They don't want us to know what they have done to the earth because they are still doing it.
Most likely a grain storage site. Really only one small room with signs of "habitation" (fire). Likely just one or two "residents" protecting stored crops. Incredible site, though. Youcould easily reach out to nearby tribal historians and find out for sure, but looks to be less than 1000 years old, so good chance community memory carries stories about this site. Thanks for the footwork. ❤
@@dariazhempalukh There were two rooms with blackened ceilings, but he's still most likely correct. This looks like either a secure storage site or a place to retreat in emergencies, not a permanent dwelling.
@@Balkkenmy first thought, too; like Helm’s Deep in Lord of the Rings. Or that old fortress jn India that is carved into the top of a cliff. I’ve been to a similar fortified cliff side structure near Bernalillo, NM.
Awesome video in a very respectful way. I love the fact that you don't go too fast. We can hear you take it all in. Your silence speaks loudly. I appreciate that. I would also like to ask... At the 6:59 mark, am i the only one seeing the profile of a face in the huge rock in front of you?
"Saw something on google earth so here I am" love it. Loved the footage, The commentary, the simplistic yet humble appreciation for such a place and the ability to actually be there, respect for showing respect, Keep the content coming and keep having fun, I enjoyed this very much as I am not sure I will ever be able to venture to such a place, thank you my random internet friend :)
He didn't find it on google earth, this is a well known site called The Citadel Ruins. Dude's a fraud, he made up the story about finding it on google earth. The fact that there's an Archeological Resources Protection Act sign there says it all.
@@abel4776If its a fact please share your hard irrefutable proof with scientific theory and experiments and examples. You cannot just claim something with no evidence is a fact ans no the bible or whatever religious texts you have do not count.
Sincerely, Thank you. I want to ensure everything I produce is respectful to Native American heritage and brings to light the amazing aspects of the first people to North America. I think there's some amazing lessons we can learn from the way they lived.
I have been watching Desert Drifter for a while. YT recommend your channel. Perfect fit. I found a few on YT about Chinese villages built on incredibly high places, where access is ludicrously difficult. The locals state that they were built to protect the inhabitants from various raiders and war lords in the first half of the Twentieth Century. Here in the UK we have the remains of Hill forts that served a SIM purpose. I have walked in one that some of my ancestors almost certainly built and stayed in for protection. Different ages, different continents. Same purpose.
I’ve done 9 one-week trips on non-maintained areas of Grand Canyon, so am used to heights and narrows trails with sheer drops. But, some of the areas you have walked and video-ed make my legs weak just seeing it. This is an amazing ruin - maybe one of the most interesting I’ve seen on TH-cam. These people were like mountain goats. They had to carry everything they needed, water and food, up here on a regular basis. This ruin is in amazingly excellent condition. Stunning!
The cliffs were mined, you can clearly see this. I don't know how long ago or who, but definitely many reset periods have happened on earth and the tech that mined this is gone.
Do you say so because of the striations along the cliffs that kind resembles a quarry? Intresting to think about for sure but feel like its gotta be erosion right? @@rickdeckardbladerunner2049
This has got to be one of THE MOST stunning vids I have ever seen! What a helluva place to tackle! Fantastic footage, both drone and walking, and GREAT editing! And your use of "wind sounds" is a super effective and nice touch! So subtle, it took a while for it to penetrate my awareness, which was completely mesmerized by what I was watching! Excellent!
At about 12:06 your walking across what could be divots used to grind food. Not sure if they are natural or man made divots but if there was any way for the inhabitants to get acorns or maise they could use a stone to grind them into flower and make flat bread. It’s a beautiful location. You’re super lucky to have been able to see that place, thank you for being so respectful. And the ice sliding looked crazy fun.
Absolutely. They could have done that if needed. There were actually two large, grinding slabs on the floors up two of the internal rooms though. I saw them. They would have cooked and done other things outdoors when possible, and retired indoors to do those things when they needed to get out of the wind and the weather. I would say that food would’ve been taken to this place over a period of time and gradually was built up for emergencies and times of need. These were the original preppers
Liked the illumination on just how terrified the people were that lived in isolated and dangerous places just so they and their children could stay alive. Whatever was hunting them truly must have been fiercesome. It is an awesome mystery that you shed some light on. Thank you.
Unbelievably beautiful and scary to get to - wow, what a great broadcast you have made. Thank you so much. Glad you respect Native American history and culture.
Eh. It’s like any strategic decision. There are pros and cons to building remotely and elevated like this. I don’t think it’s black and white, genius or stupid. I’m sure they had their reasons and could comprehend the consequences they might run into. Both of these takes are reductive.
No water source, no food source, cannot sustain a siege for over a week. Seems to me it's simply a destination for pilgrimage where people may have stayed for a night or so.
I have sons your age, and the risks you take keep my heart pounding! I really love your channel, and I think you're going to get big. UNLESS, of course, all the moms watching die of a heart attack for fear of you falling!;)
Me too! You funny! Thanks for saying it. If these were my boys I’d be proud and worried sick about their safety. And talking about being worried, who ever lived here had some serious enemies to worry about. And we think we have problems…
Im from the Rez. In Canada. Eskasoni 1st nation. Unreal how ppl adapted n how we survived everything thrown our way. Language barely there but we trying to save it. Im fluent speaker. Trying to share mikmaq i know n speak it Daily So cool you checking all these areas out. Love the content. Thanks for sharing.
You should consider making videos on here going through your language. You might find an audience interested in helping your people keep it alive (or at least more documented).
@@AnomalousCanid for comanche, the numunu that's like not allowed at all foreigners knowing the language is a great tragedy (from the comanche perspective)
Interesting thought with Man's Best Friend as part of the discussion. The still-remaining residual smells left by the Indians the dog might still parse might have offered a reasonable visualization of the peoples, animals and activities as they occurred in ruins... essentially brining the ruins back to life.
Excellent video, thank you for not disclosing any information about this place its incredibly dangerous to find and access. I love seeing the 1st nations homes without any graffiti or trash. You have found a real gem of a niche with your videos, when they blow up viral please stay humble.
The Citadel ruins in Cedar Mesa, UT!! Great place! Only $2 Fee per person. Easy hike. Kid and dog friendly. Get to the Kane Gulch Ranger Station and they can point you in the right direction 🤙
Definitely seems more like a prison to me. Alcatraz, basically. There's so much fortification and isolation but it also would take effort to bring supplies like food and water, something that would be easily cut off by a siege. Not ideal for a fortified settlement, but perfect for a prison.
@@damkayaker or exile or beating etc. Crime wasn't so much of thing if you lived in a small settlement as you can imagine. People also had to be more forgiving
Nice video. Great place to explore. Ones imagination goes wild thinking about the generational lives who habitated this island in the sky. This ancient place was seen by American explores a while back, but that does not take away from a modern day adventurers find. They built such obviously defensive habitations and occupied them for several centuries. An unexplained mystery about this ruin ,and many others scattered across the region, who were they defending themselves from? Certainly not bears, wolves or cats. What people? Nomads? Aztecs? Some suggest this was not a very peaceable kingdom. Defense was from the predator neighbors. Thats the way this culture was. Something to think about.
The people who built these homes lived in the area for centuries, but for most of that time, they lived in parts of the mesa that were more easily accessible. It was in their final decades in the area that they started building in these sites on the canyon walls, in more easily defended locations. That change was brought about by necessity: a decades-long drought drastically reduced the food supply. The residents started killing their neighbors to steal their food. During those drought years, both the Ancestral Puebloans and the Fremont culture to their north adapted to the food shortage by changing the way they built their homes, and by building food storage granaries high on the canyon walls to reduce theft. The drought never let up, though, and they abandoned Cedar Mesa, and most of the rest of the area after a few decades of drought.
Doesn't look like anyone would be defending this place. A handful of small "rooms". Not many families. Not many fighting men. Perhaps just looked cool. Even now people like to live in interesting and quirky places.
@@buakawfan333what’s left is the hard structures… what cannot been seen are the former “soft” structures that were taken when this site was abandoned, or withered away with time. The location likely inhabited many more than may appear at first look, as many similar locations are
My gosh... The beauty of it.. the landscape and then the sky/weather... Reminds me of seeing the rez upstate .. to experience such pure beauty with a community of those that care and love each other... They are the richest people to live. These cameras cannot capture the feeling, and the beauty of everything new and old... I had a feeling just now that i havent had for a VERY long time because of a lot of negativity effecting me horribly.... I absolutely need to get back out there for a while... Thank you for this video. I so didnt even know how badly i needed this...
Possibly a fossilized Head I know of a Fossilized Dragon in Morrocco It Stretches about 1200 Miles the Length on top Africa Died Attacking a Huge Fish in the Sahara Desert about 500 miles Visible from Google Earth Can Also See the Sliced Neck As Ancient Texts Suggests MudFossil university
Drone cameras enable seeing these structures from incredible angles, with no disturbance to them. We get to actually SEE these things without risk of damaging them.
@the_pov_channel Awesome! In 1997, a resident of Idaho once asserted to me that the legacy of North America's indigenous peoples was a massive deception perpetuated by others (I was likely your age then, as you are now). It completely bewildered me at the time, leading to an abrupt end to our conversation. The day before, I had visited the 'Head-Smashed-In' site in Alberta, which left me in awe. Your video undoubtedly provides compelling evidence for the incredible historical legacy left by the indigenous peoples in the USA. Thank you for disproving that elderly woman's misconception. These monuments should stand as reminders of our shared ancestry, fostering mutual respect. We must remember that there's more to be proud of that unites us than divides us; as a species, we are fundamentally the same. The evidence you've presented here is fascinating, showcasing the universal skills we all possess, whether seen in the defensive earthworks of places like Maiden Castle in Dorset or the intricate lithic artifacts of Machu Picchu. Continue to express reverence and enthusiasm for these sites to educate us all and promote better humanity. Well done, and thanks again. Ad altiora!
Well the "tribes" as they are called did not exist until after European colonialism before that the so called pre historic Natives were actually large Nations probably 5 big Regions. Like in the south we have these mega mounds really like Aztec style but earth mounds, called Pre Columbian mound builders. But some of the mounds are older than the Great Pyramids of Giza. I like to watch the videos of old Native Chiefs talking about their history.
All you see you there are rock walls. This could’ve been built in 1895. And it’s already been proven there’s a deception or at least a conflation of facts. Those tribes migrated and were not indigenous and many of them in the last thousand years.
Can't image the beauty of just staring up into the sky at night and the wonder of the universe before you. Thank you for your adventures. Reminds me of my younger days. From a Vietnam Era Marine Corps veteran.
I don't think this is as defensive from people as you believe, you're trapped out there. You mentioned having to carry all the food and water to that location, that's a lot of work so I doubt they did, they're vulnerable there, an enemy could easily just block them off and starve them out. This seems like a cool place to congregate, observational, a good communication point with fires, defendable from animals, but not really a place to hide from people or fight them, there's no escape. This to me is more of a peaceful outpost of a nearby community but that's just my untrained opinion.
There's a youtuber called Outdoor Boys and he hiked through a similar area to the one you did, maybe even the same area but he walked in the valleys an not the tops. Whilst walking through the valleys, he saw several dozens of these ancient buildings scattered across the sides of the cliffs. He explored many and found ancient hand paintings on walls, old hay, pottery, and even holes that would've been sealed up to preserve food. He found a dried up piece of corn in one of them. It was really fascinating and it's so cool to see other people cover these ancient civilizations.
Have you considered that this was once surrounded by seawater before a shift of the earth caused massive flooding and water displacement? Macchu Picchu has seashells around it despite it's current high altitude.
Thank you for showing me and my son this place. We are from Ottawa Canada. Were surprised there is so much snow there. Amazed at the incredible lengths these people went for a place to live
Most likely it was not a permanent dwelling. It was a temporary emergency, shelter, or dwelling place. They would’ve kept food and water supplies there. Think of it as an emergency shelter. They would’ve had defensive walls staggered so that anyone approaching would have to take a zigzag approach to get through the walls, giving the defenders a chance to stop them if needed. They could’ve easily connected those walls and you saw the bypass where you would simply slide down one side of the cliff and go around the wall and climb up the other side. They were clever. There were structures like this all over North America, once upon a time. Unfortunately, a lot of them have been destroyed over the last 200 years by property owners, farmers, and unfortunately, the government. I know we’re quite a few places are that have walls of earth or rocks that were defensive and others that were ceremonial. You have a lot of places up in Canada as well. Just ask the Aneshnaabe.
People definitely lived here. But I have a hard time believing that it was inhabited year round. Just the lack of access to game and water close by would be a 24 hour struggle. This was probably more like a fort that they fell back to in time of trouble. Absolutely amazing though. Great job.
@@danielpeet9811 Its not got any defensive design, it cant have been intended for being under siege. the enemy could just wander right in or block the Exit with a few men and your Cooked. it would make much more sense as a hide-out and Watch-tower like place. it over-looks that Valley that a larger force would have to travel through if they wanted to attack someone in the region.
The ice gliding in the end was great 😂😂 absolutely loved this video man, I loved that you were very respectful of this incredible place while showing us and of course, careful and safe. So cool that you found it on google maps, honestly so entertaining to watch 👌🏻
fantastic drone shots......amazing natural fortress.....and quite a bit of work to bring all the materials up there.......thanks for trekking out there.....👍👍
Fabulous-- ruins, video/drone footage, and hike. Thanks for sharing, and allowing many to go along with you who otherwise would never see such awesomeness!! Well done!!!
Is this in a national park? Seeing the cliff dwellings and stuff out west has always been fascinating. My people, the Muscogee, largely built with timber and laths. Always thought stone was the way to go especially in primitive building.
Another jaw-dropping video. I don't think I've ever seen a place so gorgeous and so intimidating at the same time. I can't even imagine the lengths those people had to go through just to get firewood to stay warm in the winter.
This is a fairly well known place, but it's good not to publicize the location. Should be earned through dedicated reserach, like you found it. Quite an adventure getting there...lots of cryptobiotic soil to be careful of when there's no snow on top. My buddy almost had a panic attack at that sketchy spot before the bridge and I had to talk him down. Y'all are brave (nuts?) to have crossed it in the snow. Utter magic once you get there. There IS some rock art around, as well, and other ruins nearby.
I absolutely love this video! Great footage. I love the sound of the wind whirling, something about it brings me back in time, almost as if I were there when it was home to the natives.
This video is truly captivating, showcasing a remarkable choice of destination. I can't help but feel envious of your incredible journey. Well freaking done!!!
I watch a lot of these types of videos and I have to say, this is one of the best I've seen. Amazing location, Great camera and drone work, Nice wind swept audio over the drone shots. Helped that it was a spectacular day too. I live in New Zealand so this landscape is something I've never personally experienced but would love to. I wonder if the local climate was different back when it was built. It seems to barren to support humans. Great work.
NZ! What a place. I want to go there as much as you want to come here. Regarding the climate- yes, I have wondered that myself. There was very little water near this ruin. While they were amazingly resourceful, during periods of draught this place would be incredible hard to live in. Makes you wonder
Great job: thrilling to 'be there' as you explored. I had to keep reminding myself that I wasn't in danger of falling off the edge! Thanks for an exciting tour.!
Just found your channel,Amazing I never in my life which is 58 years long thought I would see something as awesome as that structure thank you for sharing it. I instantly subscribed
What an incredible find! Have to admit my fear of heights has me biting nails you all make it safely. Great work on remaining respectful, but taking the risk to show us sights we'd not otherwise see.
To me it looks like it was once a mini archipeligo on a body of water, amazing find. Huge props for the drive to find things like this, and then document. Life here must have been beautiful
Thank you for sharing your videos are full of wonder and aw! And it is so nice not having to mute annoying music. I love the quietness and your research is out of this world fantastic
What a spectacular find! The condition it is in is amazing. So why is it nearly impossible to find a work of pottery fully intact? Why are there shards everywhere? Did they just smash all their pottery before they abandoned the place?
I also wondered this..could they have broken what they could not take. To keep from any enemies from using..if not coming back..loved this..wonder how old..
When these places were first "discovered" they were usually full of the original inhabitants house hold items such has ceramic vessels, stone tools and other artifacts; and over the years the artifacts have all been removed. For the most part the broken sherds that scatter a sites surface are just left behind trash items from the original inhabitants.
Thank you for allowing me and millions others to learn of these people . Amazing , I also have an Aussie, love how well behaved your dog seems.mine is about 8 weeks old. Thanks again. Look forward to the next journey ,✌️❤🌎🐶
F'n Sweet man! My parents took us to Mesa Verde when I was a boy. And this type of archeology and architecture and history have fascinated me ever since. 👍
Great video , love the quality love the peace and quiet makes it better with no music makes you feel like you are really there ! much love and light to you.
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I love this. Private citizens with drones and cameras making better content than the "History Channel" ever produced. The people have the power.
This is why they keep restricting access to new places and have programs installed in to drones to prevent them from being able to be flown in “restricted areas”
@@TartarianTruthTV Lol. Cool, bruh: the government is attacking you on behalf of... the History Channel?
@@simonjohnston9488 everything you just said was completely out of your head. I didn’t mention any of that at all…
@@TartarianTruthTVHoly shit I always love seeing other people that know about Tartaria
Almost like this technology is super new and accessible now and doesn't have to rely on public money funding ridiculous costs. If Americans hadn't become so braindead History Channel would still be producing good shit, but they produce what gets views, and the average American doesn't have the attention span for this
I appreciate your silence when filming some of this. Too many youtubers jabber on loudly every second.
Part of the enchantment is the silence of the area. Only natural noises.
Thank you
This. It's why I think this channel is better than other similar ones. He doesn't come across as pretentious and he doesn't talk just to hear himself.
I also love taking adventures based on "I found a weird thing on Google earth"
Oooo yeah agreed!
Reminded me of the ambient sounds on halo maps
As everyone flocks to angels landing
idk man I agree sometimes but when all I could hear was his footsteps I would of rather heard babbling or at least some scenic music lol. The feet stomping on the rocks in the dead silence definitely irritated me.
I was in an accident in 2008 which left me paralyzed, so I don’t get to do the hiking and exploring that I used to. For me TH-cam has come to somewhat filling that sense of adventure, although nothing beats the hands on, boots on the ground experience. I love history and Native American culture so please keep the vids coming
Sorry to hear. Sending good vibes to you ❤️
Will do friend. Thanks for your support and stoked to have you along for all the adventures
Have you seen the outrider USA bikes? For people with mobility challenges?
I agree whole heartedly. I have COPD and watching and witness their journey. I thank them. I always look forward to a new adventures.
dam im sorry to hear that its life from a whole different perspective
My anxiety went thru the roof watching you walk close to the edge , amazing footage awesome video!!!!
I agree! My palms are sweating just watching this!
This man's never heard of black ice! Remember what happened to Cliff Burton😢
True
Is this Central America.?
I was feeling in the knees, lovely footage.
I absolutely love the silence in this video, with only occasional speaking which really adds to how beautiful this place is. I appreciate and love your history lessons in this too and its like watching a very engaging short film.
Spiritual training site is a very good hypothesis. Such sites were purposely remote so the initiates could focus without distraction. Many ancient traditions around the world had analogous remote sites.
Extremely well observed! The sound of nature, the wind... perfect.
That's exactly what I was thinking about during this video..
This is beyond awesome. Thank you so much for sharing your adventures.
I just did Devils Chasum. The Pueblo is 3 stories high.
Keep unice work.
The 'Anasazi' did not disappear, they simply moved, probably due to the great drought and the social dislocation and internecine raiding for food that resulted. They live on now in the contemporary Pueblos of Arizona and New Mexico. Hence their preference ( and the preference of contemporary archaeologists) for the term 'Ancestral Puebloans' rather than 'Anasazi' which is a Navajo word meaning 'enemy ancestors'. I know this because I am married to a Hopi woman whose genetic profile traces her genes back to Chaco Canyon. She and I thank you for your respect while visiting this site which is sacred to it's descendants. Great video!
This video is very ahistorical, unfortunately the creator is more concerned with editorializing than educating
@@shmooveyea
It's missing the point to complain about being "ahistorical". Nolan and Jesse make no claim to being experts, nor are they trying to present a full explanation beyond an amateur opinion. The video, which is superbly shot and edited, does little more than document and re-create the wonder & awe they felt when they visited this unique place. Others who are better suited can educate and draw more informed conclusions. Let's instead be impressed at how carefully they have avoided giving too much information about where this place is, all the better to protect it for many years to come.
half the comments are about learning more in this video than _____. Any content like this has the responsibility to get the basics correct, as the OP points out. It's *basics* not some comprehensive lesson@@yorktown99
@@yorktown99 Thats valid af, tho the claim that people lived there for "potentially thousands of years" had me with a raised eyebrow when he said it.
@@crazycheii The term Anasazi was used because it was the word used by Diné people when describing Ancestral Puebloan sites, i.e. "Anasazi bi ghan". (Pardon the spelling) So it wasn't the anthropologists and archaeologists who, "wrongfully termed the ancestral puebloans as Anasazi". The ancestral Puebloans are by definition also Anasazi/people different than Diné and these Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloan's descendants do live on in the contemporary Pueblo villages.
Thank you so much for sharing, and being respectful of these ruins. Also appreciate how you don't use music during the drone footage, really adds to the shots!
Thank you! Being respectful to the ruins is more important than anything. Glad to hear that because it's hard to know what to fill the silence with during drone shots. I personally love ambient nature sounds
@@the_pov_channel I, too, appreciate not having music overlaying or concealing the ambient sounds of nature. Good work; good hike; stay safe; be well.
Looks like the Green River in Utah
@the_pov_channel it was the best idea to not add music, it really adds to the mystery and insane atmosphere this place has. Makes you alone with your thoughts and feel like you are there.
@@RazainthewoodsRoad Canyon.
"I'm am very unobservant": finds incredibly beautiful and fascinating sites constantly.
Lol, I'd tell you to keep it up but I don't think you have any plans to stop. Thanks for documenting this stuff!
Observance and research are drastically different from each other
I think those are already found and studied. Klick bate.
@@imas84 100% correct. this site is called "the citadel" and it is very popular among locals and tourist on the grape vine. Certainly there are many who have never heard of it, but I doubt a dude whose profession is touring the southwest and making films about it has never heard of this site, nor had to search for hours on google maps to find it.
most of them are not obscure at all.
This one is the Citadel in Cedar Mesa west of White Mesa, UT.
It's described as "a moderately travelled hike of 6.2 miles round trip", no special truck or equipment is needed to get there. It's also a Wilderness Study Area so flying drones is not allowed.
Sorry to burst your bubble but it's far less impressive when you know the truth about the channel.
This is called the Citadel, near Cedar Mesa West of Blandings, UT
It's only a 4 mile hike. You don't need a special vehicle or equipment.
Edit: I think you need to pay and get a permit or something. That may be available at the trailhead. Double-check before going to make sure.
Thanks. The name fits, its a very defensible retreat, but not a long term settlement.
Let alone he read a note about not going in and nearly 15 seconds later goes in. I hate these channels who claim they found it on google earth but clearly people have already located it.
@@CaptAxolotl it's pretty fucking weird.
"I searched thousands of places on Google Earth, and then by a miracle i found it, an unknown place without a name that's actually called the Citadel, so i had to get my brothers special over landing truck with 6 wheel drive and high clearance.
We finally took a highway to a state maintained trail head and paid two bucks each to walk 4 miles.
But we had to bring OUR OWN SNACKS.
The worst part was we had to pay 15 people not to hike so we could be alone there."
It's like this guys who build cabins alone in the woods, but they have all these power tools that somehow stay charged.
TH-cam grift.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@CaptAxolotl, if you hate it so much, why don't you click not too recommend channel, easy.
As a vertigo sufferer I am so grateful to be able to see this fascinating place through your drone and video footage.
I find it physically painful to watch.
@@deker0954 I recoil immediately. I cannot help that my brain screams "Nope."
me too, couldn't go there in real life and I so appreciate that others can...Thank you
It got scary for me a couple of times.
My brain was having an argument with itself “It’s not real!” “But it’s so steep and deep!”
Wow this place is incredible. Great idea for a video!
There's just something profound about this sort of thing.
Whens the next sleeper video coming?
I just found this channel and I have to agree. Great video!
I didn’t even know this place existed. What a great video.
They were defending against nephilm.
I doubt that this outlook was a domicile. I believe that it was a lookout for a small number of observers, & that they would signal people on the ground some distance away, so that they could deal with intruders. WOW! What a spot !. I echo the comments of others & thank you for remaining essentially silent & for not destroying the video with the raucous music others incorporate in their videos. The weighted papers asking for visitors to leave all intact is a marvelous idea. So many ancient artifacts are vandalized with spray paint, and/or are damaged by people without regard for
others, or for those who were the builders years ago. EXCELLENT video my friend. Thank you for sharing it with us. Cheers from Alberta.
Agree. It was most likely used as a look-out tower
If true, then there might be more structures hidden somewhere.
Or instead of maximum security to keep people out , was a maximum security to keep people in ?
Then that wall at the start of bridge was to make it easier to guard .
A sweat shop for basket weaving maybe ?
@@Mk101T a prison for the violent criminals? I like the ‘lookout’ theory.
@@OfftoShambala No not prison for criminals . Prison for sweat shop workers .
I really appreciate your editing, thank you for not putting any music and just letting us take in the amazing views.
Given the signs of a huge fire being constantly lit at the end of the peninsula, this wasn't just a 'fortress home'. This was a signal station. It probably provided navigation references for every native band, tribe and family within at least fifty miles of it. The smoke would be visible for leagues in the day and the fire still visible for dozens of miles at night. Given how many people it would be vital for, it makes sense for it to be so heavily defended.
Yeah, it looks too remote and sparse to sustain a significant permanent population, but a small group could maintain and defend it for a long time.
@benjaminollis7621comanchee most likely.
If that is true, that is incredible. I never considered this, but the roof was clearly blackened by quite alot of smoke. Any idea as to what they would be signaling to their fellow tribe and family?
@@the_pov_channelIf it was a navigation station, then it signalled which way to go. Think of it like a gps waypoint now. Might've been someone who stayed down below to help the travellers with directions, food, etc..... Really would depend on the tribes.
The blackened patches on the rocks at the end of the peninsula don't look like anything left by a fire. It's common to see such black streaks on desert rocks, but they're a result of various chemical and microbial processes rather than flame (cf. "desert varnish").
My buddies and I would explore the ruins around the edges of the Pajarito Plateau near Los Alamos during our childhood. We never came across anything quite this spectacular. We did come across large deposits of pottery shards, however. This video reminds me of how much I miss doing this type of exploration. My heart is pounding! Thank you for posting this.
So, so grateful for this spectacular video - am housebound, can hardly walk - but climbed with you to the top of the world and then flew ! It was really freeing. I'm now going to the Grand Canyon with you, just like Indiana Jones and the Old Woman....
Actually one of the most mind blowing videos I have ever watched. This has opened my mind to whole new ideas and realities. Native Americans are incredible.
Wow thank you. They took a dream of the coolest fort in the world and made it into reality.
Look up pre clovis people's very interesting findings
The biggest threat to "native" Americans was each other.
They were Mongolian. Not native to America. They originally came over to North America when there was a land bridge connecting eastern Europe to America.
Those aren't "well built". The Roman Empire existed at the same time as those were being built.
"Native" Americans were not "incredible". They were savages who were too busy killing each other and worse, to progress in the slightest. They hadn't even domesticated horses before we taught them to.
Then why did they all need to be killed?
@@DobuDobuDobuDot he mentioned in the video that native Americans killed each other because they were members of different tribes that were at war. However, the libs in school only want to harp on the whites killing them.
Ex. Puebla and Navajo fight, Navajo win, and take land. Liberals: "oh well"
White settlers and Navajo fight. White settlers defend their homestead and keep/take the land. Liberals "oh my God, colonists! Reeeee!
Thank you for responsibly exploring and responsibly sharing this site in the video.
I can’t help but think his propensity for walking on ice near cliffs is NOT responsible.
As an old lady who used to be able to do those things, it gives me great vicarious pleasure to watch your escapades😮
Me too. 81 yrs old. Appreciate this. Wonder how they got water and food.
@@marjoriegarner5369Me too and I don't see fire pits or anything
Brilliant comment!!! You have spoken for many of us!! Thankyou @paulapridy6804 !!!
Logic would want they build some water rentention with stone and clay at the bottom but may they had a source or river passing by, who know.
for food maybe the region was more populated by animal at this time, they could also have made some terasse farm to retain water and nutriment ( some cliff side look too clean to be only erosion)
Look like there is a path from bottom to almost the top probably with the last section being jointed by some sort of scafold or rope to avoid the bridge lenght , actualy the cliff look more reworked than the bridge part probably to slow down visitor approach @@marjoriegarner5369
inside the house you can see one of them still have a strong black coating on the rock ceiling around 7:00 , you can also notice some kind of small " window " at the very top of the wall that were pushing smoke outside
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I retired, bought lots of new, better, lighter camping equipment with the intentions of doing something like this. A severe lung infection which was quickly cured set me back. Now 8 years later, I am slowly rebuilding my energy and stamina. Maybe I’ll get to use that equipment again.
Frankly, having kids like you out there filming, I get to live life (whatever the word is) through you.
I agree! I’m in my 50s with some heath issues which will never allow me to go explore these kinds of places. So thankful there are channels such as this.
Frank come to pa I’ll go hiking with you anytime
@@bicboy17 If I could afford it, I’d be on a plane tomorrow. PA is on my bucket list.
@@frankedgar6694 that’s awesome man , I’d really like to see Alaska one day when I can afford it. Hope you good health man, I hope you can get out on that hike one day.
@@bicboy17 I’m not a cruise guy but the wife booked the Alaska cruise last year. We went late May. The weather was good and warm enough to enjoy being outside. Seeing whales from the ship was cool. Juneau, Skagway were cool little towns. Do it. It was fun and worth the money. Look for last minute deals too.
Thanks for a great video! I found that spot on google earth myself, probably 15 years ago. Back then, there was a different set of photographs on google earth. While planning a trip to see the more popular ruins nearby, I clicked on a set of photos on that long peninsula. The photos drew me in, and they included the name of the site. My only mystery was finding the trail to reach it, but that turned out to be obvious, since it shares a trailhead with the better known sites nearby. A questio at the ranger station confirmed my guess about the trailhead.
It is a simply amazing location! Thanks for the drone footage. It gives a cool perspective I didn't get to experience first hand when I visited!
One thing you may have missed is the wooden pegs on the interior wall of one of the rooms. It looks like they jammed sticks into the rocks to function like coat hooks, and those wooden sticks have survived a thousand years in the dry Utah air. there were a couple on exterior walls as well, and your footage shows one, though you didn't mention it.
As we were leaving the peninsula, we came across three other visitors who were headed out to the site. They were all over 80 years old! Those were three very healthy, adventurous octogenarians! It seems regular hiking is good for your health! They said they had been hiking these canyons for decades.
Hi, where is it? I want tot look around the area on Google maps myself. Thanks.
Idk why they are treating it like a secret. Obviously ppl know where it is. All I know is Utah. Southern Utah is the best I can give ya
@@JvariW Different groups have different reasons for being secretive about the exact locations of native American ruins.
Those of us who explore these sites are secretive because we've seen so many sites degrade when they become too well known, and too many people begin to visit there. Many of the sites with scattered pot sherds and corn cobs a decade ago are now stripped bare, as people carry off the very archaeological resources that attracted them to visit in the first place. Instead, we find sites littered with trash now, instead of artifacts.
We find that sites have been desecrated in recent years, as selfish visitors dig up grave sites and storage cysts, looking for artifacts to steal.
We also come across people who have exceeded their skills, and need rescuing. I consider it my duty as a human to help my fellowman when I find someone in need. But it screws up my own vacation plans when I spend my day helping someone out of a canyon they did not have the skills and gear to enter in the first place. I have to shorten my own hikes when I give my water to somebody who did not take enough of their own, and found themselves desperately dehydrated.
I don't want to encourage visits to places like this, on a public forum, because it will lure people into visiting a place that is simply too dangerous to visit for most of the people who watch youtube videos. Hiking in southern Utah requires skills, knowledge and fitness that too many people simply do not possess. Too many people think that the GPS maps on their phones will guide them. GPS simply doesn't work in canyons with no cell service, or when your phone battery is dead from "searching for service" for hours.
The Bureau of Land Management doesn't encourage visits to most of the ruins in southern Utah for the same reason: they don't have the staff or funding to make remote sites safe for visits by the general public, nor to protect the sites from thieves. Their resources are already stretched too thin policing the sites that are well known and easily reached.
@@godsgod1677 It's in Bear's Ears National Monument. I realize that's a huge area, but if you're exploring by Google Earth, you'll find lots there to explore. I don't want to give a more precise location, because it might lure people to go visit a place they are not prepared to reach safely. This site is simply not safe for most people to visit.
@@JvariWThey are not mentioning this because most times "hidden" places/sights become famous they get destroyed sooner or later, by masses trying to get the best pictures there while trampeling everything and taking "souvenirs" aka rocks, shells, plants etc...
That's also why the exact location of the last "tallest tree in the world" is kept secret.
Mate, sitting on my couch watching this scared and exhilarated me at the same time. Powerful and Amazing view of how far people would go and how they lived in the past . Great job
Fabulous ! Unique find...I'm an obsessive hiker who because of an injury have been on my computer watching my favorite subjects on U tube..for a couple of years. I have watched many and I have never seen this one 😘 What an honor to have been there !!!
Im not sure you know the meaning of the word unique.....
I certainly do. @@StopBanningMaStuff
How's this not unique captain negative? I just had to say I live to hike fish hunt whatever and I been watching too much TH-cam myself because a car cut me off and it broke my leg in 6 places so I'm growing bone around titanium rods etc. now, I really feel your pain😂 I'm planning a sw trip to see these spots I haven't seen and spend some time camping w no service hopefully.
Or how to spell TH-cam..........its not u tube. It is TH-cam or YT. @@matildagreene1744
I think it a prison,
This is absolutely amazing!
I noticed that at 8:57 you can see some pieces of wood sticking out the top of the wall, near the "awning." Makes me wonder if they might have once had signs of some sort hanging there? There might've even been paint on the walls, furniture, curtains of some sort. It's fun to wonder! This place speaks of a time when people's lives were vastly different from our modern ones, yet they still had innovative architecture, built patios and common areas and rooms with a pretty view. Who knows, maybe siblings bickered over who got the bigger room, while their parents sat by rolling their eyes. Lives so different, yet maybe more similar to ours than we ever truly realize.
9:10. Walked past that amazing balanced rock and didn't even mention it.
I wondered if it was repurposed for a well designed trap to spring on the unwanted. Scary if you think about it.
A trap? Can we all actually go back, pause it, and think how is this even possible?? Why is it not one of the greatest monuments in existence lol
All of the structures are built from the same rock exhibiting the exact same traits, this piece is just larger before it gets fractured into smaller pieces via jointing and natural faults. A much more impressive example of this natural process is the Al Naslaa formation you can google if you are interested in the topic. @@ZaneM01
@@ZaneM01 breaks off a bigger rocks falls rolls and comes to rest in that position perhaps the bottom erodes over time as well
Jesus christ
WOW! These are the most impressive, beautiful and intact ruins I've ever seen. I can see why they were challenging to locate and access. Your droning skills are so well choreographed, It felt like an amusement park ride.
Yeah maybe you won't support people like this if you really care. They go out with drones to ruin extremely stoic sites like this for add revinew. Because for some reason they feel the need to be Indiana Jones and need to inflate their ego for money and prosperity. If they really cared they would document it with the proper people
They did not live in an extreme place. The place was ideal at the time of construction. The native Americans did not build it.
@@artemiserituWho on earth built it then?
@@neo7759 Our ancestors. This was built by ppl who we haven't been told about. This is a ancient mining pit that is hidden in plain site by the powers that be in charge of this world.They don't want us to know what they have done to the earth because they are still doing it.
@@neo7759 READ THE BIBLE! jk I'm curious too.
Most likely a grain storage site. Really only one small room with signs of "habitation" (fire). Likely just one or two "residents" protecting stored crops. Incredible site, though. Youcould easily reach out to nearby tribal historians and find out for sure, but looks to be less than 1000 years old, so good chance community memory carries stories about this site.
Thanks for the footwork. ❤
I thought that multiple ones have the black colour on the ceiling? Wasn’t it the fire marks?
@@dariazhempalukh There were two rooms with blackened ceilings, but he's still most likely correct. This looks like either a secure storage site or a place to retreat in emergencies, not a permanent dwelling.
@@Wlerin7 Temporary shelter against raids would be my guess.
@@Balkken: very temporary - water and food access might be problems.
@@Balkkenmy first thought, too; like Helm’s Deep in Lord of the Rings. Or that old fortress jn India that is carved into the top of a cliff. I’ve been to a similar fortified cliff side structure near Bernalillo, NM.
Awesome video in a very respectful way. I love the fact that you don't go too fast. We can hear you take it all in. Your silence speaks loudly. I appreciate that. I would also like to ask... At the 6:59 mark, am i the only one seeing the profile of a face in the huge rock in front of you?
just made a comment its there its a native man thats cool af
i saw that too!
"Saw something on google earth so here I am" love it. Loved the footage, The commentary, the simplistic yet humble appreciation for such a place and the ability to actually be there, respect for showing respect, Keep the content coming and keep having fun, I enjoyed this very much as I am not sure I will ever be able to venture to such a place, thank you my random internet friend :)
Thank you internet stranger. Its as simple and complex as that 🤣
He didn't find it on google earth, this is a well known site called The Citadel Ruins. Dude's a fraud, he made up the story about finding it on google earth. The fact that there's an Archeological Resources Protection Act sign there says it all.
I appreciate your respect. I'm Native American and your respect means alot to me. Ty
@@abel4776If its a fact please share your hard irrefutable proof with scientific theory and experiments and examples.
You cannot just claim something with no evidence is a fact ans no the bible or whatever religious texts you have do not count.
@@PepicWalrus I have a source for them:
They made it up.
Sincerely, Thank you. I want to ensure everything I produce is respectful to Native American heritage and brings to light the amazing aspects of the first people to North America. I think there's some amazing lessons we can learn from the way they lived.
Lies.
@@PepicWalrusthis is absolutely NOT a fact. Sorry.
I have been watching Desert Drifter for a while. YT recommend your channel. Perfect fit. I found a few on YT about Chinese villages built on incredibly high places, where access is ludicrously difficult. The locals state that they were built to protect the inhabitants from various raiders and war lords in the first half of the Twentieth Century. Here in the UK we have the remains of Hill forts that served a SIM purpose. I have walked in one that some of my ancestors almost certainly built and stayed in for protection. Different ages, different continents. Same purpose.
i appreciate your respectfulness for the location. that is so rare with many people
I’ve done 9 one-week trips on non-maintained areas of Grand Canyon, so am used to heights and narrows trails with sheer drops. But, some of the areas you have walked and video-ed make my legs weak just seeing it. This is an amazing ruin - maybe one of the most interesting I’ve seen on TH-cam. These people were like mountain goats. They had to carry everything they needed, water and food, up here on a regular basis. This ruin is in amazingly excellent condition. Stunning!
Yea it's crazy the cliffs and drops.
The cliffs were mined, you can clearly see this. I don't know how long ago or who, but definitely many reset periods have happened on earth and the tech that mined this is gone.
@@rickdeckardbladerunner2049 yes
Do you say so because of the striations along the cliffs that kind resembles a quarry? Intresting to think about for sure but feel like its gotta be erosion right? @@rickdeckardbladerunner2049
Imagine having to take small children up there.
Amazing footage. Please keep hiking, exploring, and sharing, Preserve the memory of these historic sites!
Thats the idea! Thank you
This has got to be one of THE MOST stunning vids I have ever seen! What a helluva place to tackle! Fantastic footage, both drone and walking, and GREAT editing! And your use of "wind sounds" is a super effective and nice touch! So subtle, it took a while for it to penetrate my awareness, which was completely mesmerized by what I was watching! Excellent!
Thank you! Really loved the video, thanks for taking us along! Beautiful!
Dude! Your angles gave me the feeling that I get when I’m looking over the edge of anything…looks precarious ! Well done and thanks for sharing
HOLY MOLY! Insane footage. Thanks for taking the time, money and effort to share this with us!!! 🤙
At about 12:06 your walking across what could be divots used to grind food. Not sure if they are natural or man made divots but if there was any way for the inhabitants to get acorns or maise they could use a stone to grind them into flower and make flat bread. It’s a beautiful location. You’re super lucky to have been able to see that place, thank you for being so respectful. And the ice sliding looked crazy fun.
the divots are made by water but if you found the perfect bowl for grinding would you not use it? im sure they did
Thought same, great comments.
Absolutely. They could have done that if needed. There were actually two large, grinding slabs on the floors up two of the internal rooms though. I saw them. They would have cooked and done other things outdoors when possible, and retired indoors to do those things when they needed to get out of the wind and the weather. I would say that food would’ve been taken to this place over a period of time and gradually was built up for emergencies and times of need. These were the original preppers
Liked the illumination on just how terrified the people were that lived in isolated and dangerous places just so they and their children could stay alive. Whatever was hunting them truly must have been fiercesome. It is an awesome mystery that you shed some light on. Thank you.
Unbelievably beautiful and scary to get to - wow, what a great broadcast you have made. Thank you so much. Glad you respect Native American history and culture.
Building here is actually genius. That is incredible, honestly I am speechless. That is just crazy.
Seems like a dumb place to build really
Eh. It’s like any strategic decision. There are pros and cons to building remotely and elevated like this. I don’t think it’s black and white, genius or stupid. I’m sure they had their reasons and could comprehend the consequences they might run into. Both of these takes are reductive.
No water source, no food source, cannot sustain a siege for over a week. Seems to me it's simply a destination for pilgrimage where people may have stayed for a night or so.
@@hans7856 That's a very good point!
@@Pusfilthsays the clueless person who is sitting on a couch in the city lmao go back to your video games.
I have sons your age, and the risks you take keep my heart pounding! I really love your channel, and I think you're going to get big. UNLESS, of course, all the moms watching die of a heart attack for fear of you falling!;)
terrifying
Bwaaahahahaha!
Are you hitting on this young man? Cause it sure sounds like it 😅
Me too! You funny! Thanks for saying it. If these were my boys I’d be proud and worried sick about their safety.
And talking about being worried, who ever lived here had some serious enemies to worry about.
And we think we have problems…
Really! They’re just strolling along like they’re on a broad roadway!!
4:08 I like how you record the wind with high quality in the wide shots.
Magnificent!
Im from the Rez. In Canada. Eskasoni 1st nation. Unreal how ppl adapted n how we survived everything thrown our way. Language barely there but we trying to save it. Im fluent speaker. Trying to share mikmaq i know n speak it Daily
So cool you checking all these areas out. Love the content. Thanks for sharing.
Language is such a powerful cultural vehicle. Keep that flame lit.
You should consider making videos on here going through your language. You might find an audience interested in helping your people keep it alive (or at least more documented).
@@AnomalousCanid
for comanche, the numunu that's like
not allowed at all
foreigners knowing the language is a great tragedy (from the comanche perspective)
@@tictacterminator That's unfortunate. Is it better for it to potentially disappear? I suppose it's not for me to ask.
Hey, from the mainland! 👋
Full credit for a having a brother and dog who dared to travel with you. Best wishes to all of you. Great adventure.
Interesting thought with Man's Best Friend as part of the discussion. The still-remaining residual smells left by the Indians the dog might still parse might have offered a reasonable visualization of the peoples, animals and activities as they occurred in ruins... essentially brining the ruins back to life.
Excellent video, thank you for not disclosing any information about this place its incredibly dangerous to find and access. I love seeing the 1st nations homes without any graffiti or trash. You have found a real gem of a niche with your videos, when they blow up viral please stay humble.
It’s already pretty well known. It’s called the Citadel, and it’s south of Blanding, Utah.
Haha
The Citadel ruins in Cedar Mesa, UT!! Great place! Only $2 Fee per person. Easy hike. Kid and dog friendly. Get to the Kane Gulch Ranger Station and they can point you in the right direction 🤙
Looks like an old open mine the way it steps down perfectly everywhere.
Amazing video! I love how you let us just listen to the wind and footsteps, so we can feel more like what it's like to be there!
Glad to know you enjoyed that. Cheers
This looks more like a prison than a habitat to me. Whatever purpose this place served, it sure is beautiful. Thanks for posting
Woah, now that's a wild thought. Could just as easily keep people in, as out...
Definitely seems more like a prison to me. Alcatraz, basically. There's so much fortification and isolation but it also would take effort to bring supplies like food and water, something that would be easily cut off by a siege. Not ideal for a fortified settlement, but perfect for a prison.
Given the size of the structures could it have served as a temporary shelter, or maybe it was a sacred place to them?
@@aloysiusdevadanderabercrombie8- No back then if you did something bad you were killed ... they didn't keep you in prison.
@@damkayaker or exile or beating etc. Crime wasn't so much of thing if you lived in a small settlement as you can imagine. People also had to be more forgiving
Nice video. Great place to explore. Ones imagination goes wild thinking about the generational lives who habitated this island in the sky. This ancient place was seen by American explores a while back, but that does not take away from a modern day adventurers find. They built such obviously defensive habitations and occupied them for several centuries. An unexplained mystery about this ruin ,and many others scattered across the region, who were they defending themselves from? Certainly not bears, wolves or cats. What people? Nomads? Aztecs? Some suggest this was not a very peaceable kingdom. Defense was from the predator neighbors. Thats the way this culture was. Something to think about.
The people who built these homes lived in the area for centuries, but for most of that time, they lived in parts of the mesa that were more easily accessible. It was in their final decades in the area that they started building in these sites on the canyon walls, in more easily defended locations.
That change was brought about by necessity: a decades-long drought drastically reduced the food supply. The residents started killing their neighbors to steal their food. During those drought years, both the Ancestral Puebloans and the Fremont culture to their north adapted to the food shortage by changing the way they built their homes, and by building food storage granaries high on the canyon walls to reduce theft.
The drought never let up, though, and they abandoned Cedar Mesa, and most of the rest of the area after a few decades of drought.
Doesn't look like anyone would be defending this place. A handful of small "rooms". Not many families. Not many fighting men. Perhaps just looked cool. Even now people like to live in interesting and quirky places.
@@buakawfan333what’s left is the hard structures… what cannot been seen are the former “soft” structures that were taken when this site was abandoned, or withered away with time. The location likely inhabited many more than may appear at first look, as many similar locations are
My gosh... The beauty of it.. the landscape and then the sky/weather... Reminds me of seeing the rez upstate .. to experience such pure beauty with a community of those that care and love each other... They are the richest people to live. These cameras cannot capture the feeling, and the beauty of everything new and old... I had a feeling just now that i havent had for a VERY long time because of a lot of negativity effecting me horribly.... I absolutely need to get back out there for a while... Thank you for this video. I so didnt even know how badly i needed this...
Found your channel by accident. And I'm so happy i did.
Thanks for being so respectful.
Just love your videos.
Thank you for being respectful to the place and the people.
@benjaminollis7621 I meant the people to whom this place means something. Those who left the notes asking not to enter the buildings for example.
@@richbuilds_com We knew what you mean, he’s just being a meatball.
This is AWESOME! @ 7:04 The rock feature left of the large structure, almost looks like a face. Thank you.
Thought the same thing!
Another sphinx
Possibly a fossilized Head I know of a Fossilized Dragon in Morrocco It Stretches about 1200 Miles the Length on top Africa Died Attacking a Huge Fish in the Sahara Desert about 500 miles Visible from Google Earth Can Also See the Sliced Neck As Ancient Texts Suggests MudFossil university
Agreed!😮
It's a fossilized Head
Drone cameras enable seeing these structures from incredible angles, with no disturbance to them. We get to actually SEE these things without risk of damaging them.
@the_pov_channel Awesome! In 1997, a resident of Idaho once asserted to me that the legacy of North America's indigenous peoples was a massive deception perpetuated by others (I was likely your age then, as you are now). It completely bewildered me at the time, leading to an abrupt end to our conversation. The day before, I had visited the 'Head-Smashed-In' site in Alberta, which left me in awe. Your video undoubtedly provides compelling evidence for the incredible historical legacy left by the indigenous peoples in the USA. Thank you for disproving that elderly woman's misconception. These monuments should stand as reminders of our shared ancestry, fostering mutual respect. We must remember that there's more to be proud of that unites us than divides us; as a species, we are fundamentally the same. The evidence you've presented here is fascinating, showcasing the universal skills we all possess, whether seen in the defensive earthworks of places like Maiden Castle in Dorset or the intricate lithic artifacts of Machu Picchu. Continue to express reverence and enthusiasm for these sites to educate us all and promote better humanity. Well done, and thanks again. Ad altiora!
And now we are being told the natives were black people and the people we call natives today are pretending to be natives to white wash history. >.>
Deception. That's a new one
Well the "tribes" as they are called did not exist until after European colonialism before that the so called pre historic Natives were actually large Nations probably 5 big Regions. Like in the south we have these mega mounds really like Aztec style but earth mounds, called Pre Columbian mound builders. But some of the mounds are older than the Great Pyramids of Giza. I like to watch the videos of old Native Chiefs talking about their history.
People don't give nearly enough credit for just how intelligent our native peoples are and were- these ruins are incredible!
All you see you there are rock walls. This could’ve been built in 1895. And it’s already been proven there’s a deception or at least a conflation of facts. Those tribes migrated and were not indigenous and many of them in the last thousand years.
LOVE this footage! My heart drops a bit because you get so close to the edge 😨But I love the journey! Your pup is awesome too🐕 Thanks for sharing😃 👍🏼
Can't image the beauty of just staring up into the sky at night and the wonder of the universe before you. Thank you for your adventures. Reminds me of my younger days. From a Vietnam Era Marine Corps veteran.
thank you for your sevice sir, youre appreciated more than you know.
@@dilloncurry9052 Thank you for your kindness to a Veteran of the Vietnam Era. I appreciate You! Namaste. Semper Fi!
You people killed millions of innocent people. Shame!
I don't think this is as defensive from people as you believe, you're trapped out there. You mentioned having to carry all the food and water to that location, that's a lot of work so I doubt they did, they're vulnerable there, an enemy could easily just block them off and starve them out. This seems like a cool place to congregate, observational, a good communication point with fires, defendable from animals, but not really a place to hide from people or fight them, there's no escape. This to me is more of a peaceful outpost of a nearby community but that's just my untrained opinion.
@@qlipIs that the only thing you got from their comment
Great video man would love to hike this someday! Thanks for sharing!
Finding an abandoned Minecraft Base
May be
they got a hell of a lot further than I ever did playing irl minceraft
"Oh I'm afraid said base is fully operational!"
I think many video games tell us more about the earth than what we are told. There could be many layers to this earth with many more inhabitants .
11 year old 2B2T base
Outstanding video. IMHO one of the best uploads on TH-cam, in fact.
There's a youtuber called Outdoor Boys and he hiked through a similar area to the one you did, maybe even the same area but he walked in the valleys an not the tops. Whilst walking through the valleys, he saw several dozens of these ancient buildings scattered across the sides of the cliffs. He explored many and found ancient hand paintings on walls, old hay, pottery, and even holes that would've been sealed up to preserve food. He found a dried up piece of corn in one of them. It was really fascinating and it's so cool to see other people cover these ancient civilizations.
Have you considered that this was once surrounded by seawater before a shift of the earth caused massive flooding and water displacement? Macchu Picchu has seashells around it despite it's current high altitude.
the whole western usa was under water 70 million years ago
the andes where formed the same way as the rockys and colorado plateau
Thank you for showing me and my son this place.
We are from Ottawa Canada. Were surprised there is so much snow there.
Amazed at the incredible lengths these people went for a place to live
Most likely it was not a permanent dwelling. It was a temporary emergency, shelter, or dwelling place. They would’ve kept food and water supplies there. Think of it as an emergency shelter. They would’ve had defensive walls staggered so that anyone approaching would have to take a zigzag approach to get through the walls, giving the defenders a chance to stop them if needed. They could’ve easily connected those walls and you saw the bypass where you would simply slide down one side of the cliff and go around the wall and climb up the other side. They were clever. There were structures like this all over North America, once upon a time. Unfortunately, a lot of them have been destroyed over the last 200 years by property owners, farmers, and unfortunately, the government. I know we’re quite a few places are that have walls of earth or rocks that were defensive and others that were ceremonial. You have a lot of places up in Canada as well. Just ask the Aneshnaabe.
Wow. I find it pretty funny that a Canadian is surprised that it actually snows elsewhere in the world.
But then again, you are from Ottawa.
@@viridian4573 play nice!
People definitely lived here. But I have a hard time believing that it was inhabited year round. Just the lack of access to game and water close by would be a 24 hour struggle. This was probably more like a fort that they fell back to in time of trouble. Absolutely amazing though. Great job.
I imagine the environmental condition, at that time, were more suitable .
Those mountains were carved by a river just like the grand canyons, so there was access to water
Yeah. I’m thinking this is a Native American “helm’s Deep.”
@@danielpeet9811 Its not got any defensive design, it cant have been intended for being under siege. the enemy could just wander right in or block the Exit with a few men and your Cooked.
it would make much more sense as a hide-out and Watch-tower like place. it over-looks that Valley that a larger force would have to travel through if they wanted to attack someone in the region.
As a fan of archeology, this find fascinates me. Many thanks for the tour. An incredibly thought-provoking place
Agreed. thank you
The ice gliding in the end was great 😂😂 absolutely loved this video man, I loved that you were very respectful of this incredible place while showing us and of course, careful and safe. So cool that you found it on google maps, honestly so entertaining to watch 👌🏻
Drone footage is such a great perspective! Thank you so much for sharing.
*illegal drone footage. Drone's aren't allowed in this Wilderness Study Area
Great video Nolan. A little too close to the edge for me. What a drop off! And the views are astounding. Looking forward to seeing more from you.
fantastic drone shots......amazing natural fortress.....and quite a bit of work to bring all the materials up there.......thanks for trekking out there.....👍👍
This place is supercool. Big thank you for sharing your hikes !!
Fabulous-- ruins, video/drone footage, and hike. Thanks for sharing, and allowing many to go along with you who otherwise would never see such awesomeness!! Well done!!!
Cheers friend! Happy to have you along
Just found this channel and i love it! The aerial shots combined with the sounds from the wind was spectacular.
7:18 - wow, those walls were 100% intact back in 2018 when I worked as an ambassador for the monument.
Is this in a national park? Seeing the cliff dwellings and stuff out west has always been fascinating. My people, the Muscogee, largely built with timber and laths. Always thought stone was the way to go especially in primitive building.
Is this in Utah?
What is it called?
Anyone know what those notes say?
Thank you for observing responsibly. This is a jaw-dropping sight! I hope to go here one day.
Another jaw-dropping video. I don't think I've ever seen a place so gorgeous and so intimidating at the same time. I can't even imagine the lengths those people had to go through just to get firewood to stay warm in the winter.
It wasn’t always as arid there as it is today.
Thank you for a great trip! This is one of my faves for sure. Loved the drone footage, really did it justice.
This is a fairly well known place, but it's good not to publicize the location. Should be earned through dedicated reserach, like you found it. Quite an adventure getting there...lots of cryptobiotic soil to be careful of when there's no snow on top. My buddy almost had a panic attack at that sketchy spot before the bridge and I had to talk him down. Y'all are brave (nuts?) to have crossed it in the snow. Utter magic once you get there. There IS some rock art around, as well, and other ruins nearby.
Its actually very well known. It is in a National Monument.
I was thinking about how sketchy it would have been for those living there in deep winter....snow covering everything or iced over.
In US you keep national monuments in secret? I expect there is not much medieval ruins on this continent. This should be major historical attraction.
it is an Open Pit Mine repurposed by rock stackers. not that impressive.
@@VOID-Venture_Geology How do you figure that?
I absolutely love this video! Great footage. I love the sound of the wind whirling, something about it brings me back in time, almost as if I were there when it was home to the natives.
Mate, gotta say, you post some amazing videos. The people who built those structures, and lived there, must have had so much knowledge.
This video is truly captivating, showcasing a remarkable choice of destination. I can't help but feel envious of your incredible journey. Well freaking done!!!
I watch a lot of these types of videos and I have to say, this is one of the best I've seen.
Amazing location,
Great camera and drone work,
Nice wind swept audio over the drone shots.
Helped that it was a spectacular day too.
I live in New Zealand so this landscape is something I've never personally experienced but would love to.
I wonder if the local climate was different back when it was built.
It seems to barren to support humans.
Great work.
NZ! What a place. I want to go there as much as you want to come here. Regarding the climate- yes, I have wondered that myself. There was very little water near this ruin. While they were amazingly resourceful, during periods of draught this place would be incredible hard to live in. Makes you wonder
Great job: thrilling to 'be there' as you explored. I had to keep reminding myself that I wasn't in danger of falling off the edge! Thanks for an exciting tour.!
This is clearly a prediluvian mine. Like those of Peru that later the Incas would use them as terraces
Just watching you walk near the edge gave me the willies. What a place! 👍
Just found your channel,Amazing I never in my life which is 58 years long thought I would see something as awesome as that structure thank you for sharing it. I instantly subscribed
Incredible. Thats all I could hope for thank you
What an incredible find!
Have to admit my fear of heights has me biting nails you all make it safely.
Great work on remaining respectful, but taking the risk to show us sights we'd not otherwise see.
To me it looks like it was once a mini archipeligo on a body of water, amazing find. Huge props for the drive to find things like this, and then document. Life here must have been beautiful
This place is amazing! Thank you for the tour!
Thank you for sharing your videos are full of wonder and aw! And it is so nice not having to mute annoying music. I love the quietness and your research is out of this world fantastic
*awe
What a spectacular find! The condition it is in is amazing. So why is it nearly impossible to find a work of pottery fully intact? Why are there shards everywhere? Did they just smash all their pottery before they abandoned the place?
I also wondered this..could they have broken what they could not take.
To keep from any enemies from using..if not coming back..loved this..wonder how old..
When these places were first "discovered" they were usually full of the original inhabitants house hold items such has ceramic vessels, stone tools and other artifacts; and over the years the artifacts have all been removed. For the most part the broken sherds that scatter a sites surface are just left behind trash items from the original inhabitants.
Pot hunters and archeologists took almost everything in the area.
Thank you for allowing me and millions others to learn of these people . Amazing , I also have an Aussie, love how well behaved your dog seems.mine is about 8 weeks old. Thanks again. Look forward to the next journey ,✌️❤🌎🐶
That is SO. COOL! Amazing location. Looks a little precarious and sketch with that snow😮
Thanks for showing this.👍
Loved the video! I'm fascinated by everything related to the Anasazi and our Puebloan ancestors. Top shelf drone footage 👊
OMGosh, that was so cool!! And those views from the drone had my tummy about to do flips!! But still awesome!! Thanks for sharing this find with us!!
Our ancestors gone through those hard times just for me to stumble upon this video and watch someone's history, Mind Blowing. I will travel too.
F'n Sweet man! My parents took us to Mesa Verde when I was a boy. And this type of archeology and architecture and history have fascinated me ever since. 👍
This channel is the best! Taking us places that we never knew existed, and/or will never get the chance to visit. Keep up the amazing work!
This one isn’t that hard to get to. Pack your stuff and go!!
Great video , love the quality love the peace and quiet makes it better with no music makes you feel like you are really there ! much love and light to you.
thank you for venturing out to this for all of us to see and enjoy. 🙂