One Man Spent 38 Years Digging A Tunnel
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2022
- William ‘Burro’ Schmidt spent 38 years hand digging a tunnel through 1/2 mile of solid granite.
He originally said it was to save time bringing ore to a smelter on the other side of the mountain. So he set off, working almost every day with hand tools to make his dream a reality.
20 years into his work, a road was constructed, making his tunnel obsolete.
Instead of stopping, Schmidt spent another 18 years digging through to the other side.
In the end, he spent 38 years digging a tunnel that was never used to transport any ore.
Shortly after it was completed, Schmidt moved away, selling the claim to someone else.
It was never about the ore. It was about completing a project. Something I resonate with so deeply. It might be easy to say ‘he just dug a hole through a mountain.’ Or you could say “HE DUG A HOLE THROUGH A MOUNTAIN.” I think the world needs more people in the second camp. That find and express their deep passion and purpose, no matter what it is. Those are the types of people that bring others alive. That make dreams feel more attainable.
So thank you Mr. Schmidt. You didn’t just dig a hole to nowhere. You inspired a lot of people, including myself.
* digs a tunnel for 38 years *
* refuses to elaborate *
*leaves*
🗿
It's possible he was fighting demons and digging through the mountain was a way for him to find momentary peace.
@@genodedemon5109Sounds like a good movie.
@@ReySchultz121 yah, call it mountain man of something.
Maybe he had a treasure map
Bro spent 40 years digging a tunnel and as soon as he finished he was like "looks good, time to leave".
yeah that was dumb
I know that what I thoughts
People then were raised different, they were proud and didn't give up or quit
@@spankthemonkey3437 you assume far too much.
Similar to sand castles, but this hopefully would be of better use as a tunnel
This man took the term, "Finish what you started," to a whole other level. Props to him, he did this for free too.
👍"He played real good for free" (Joni Mitchell song).✌️
And wasted most of his lifetime on building a useless tunnel that even himself did not use!
@@nickelchlorine2753 Doing something useless seems like a waste to me! But in the end if he was happy, then it wasn't.
@@whynot-bh6if Just out of curiosity what do you see as the most useful thing you're doing, have done or will most likely accomplish with your life for your "History"/ Legacy ?
@@whynot-bh6ifHow is it more or less useless than, say, climbing the career ladder and ending as an executive at any random company? Most men, innately, respect this mans accomplishment far more than 99% of others. Maybe not in a way that's easy to elaborate, but the dedication and sheer force of will he lived with, and the lasting mark, is an incredible feat. Often people who leave their marks like these will have folk legends, and folk songs in remembrance of their lives. This in a day where many people want to sit on their ass and dream of talking into a camera to a live-chat for a living, in 1000 years this tunnel will live on, and even possibly his name - "influencers" will not.
He achieved something that very few people do. A place in history.
So did Hitler. That's not automatically a good thing. This guy spent 38 years of his life doing nothing.
Facts no matter how small.
What's his name though?
@@GPERZ208 William Burroughs Schmidt I think they mentioned and was on the name of the bronze plaque shown in video.
That’s a low bar 😂. He’s known for wasting 28 years of his life, digging a never used tunnel. Congrats on the accomplishment I guess. 😂
"My father always told me to finish what I start, and dammit, that is what I will do!"
Bro couldn't find diamonds
Hell yeah 💀
Bwahahahahahahahaha
@@MetroRoyaleFan Why did no one told him that diamonds spawn below y15?
ooh a half bottle of whiskey
These extra 18 years were personal
Facts.
Yes😄
Tyrone must have clapped his wife’s cheeks
Maybe it was momentum
@@Boss_Tanakadon’t know if you meant that to be funny but that cracked me up
Imagine the flood of emotions when he FINALLY saw daylight on the other side after digging for 38 years!
What a feeling of achievement that would have been!
Yeah he was so happy it was finally done then the realization set in that he just dug a tunnel for his whole adult life for nothing and he was like I’m outta here don’t ever wanna see it again 😂😂
A man of his word. Reliable.
Everyone was in those days
This man defeated that mountain. A battle had begun, and he could not let it go unfinished.
The man is dead… the mountain is still a mountain….
@@Uojomo it's a mountain with the man's mark in it, i say it's a win
When your heart beats its last are you going to heaven or hell? Please ask yourself that question.
Jesus can save your soul from hell. He will forgive your sins. He said whoever calls upon his name shall be saved. Call upon Jesus today. Repent and believe the gospel.
@@brotherdj777 Just don't believe this fukking religions! I grow up in middle east and I exactly know what religion is for: It's just for wasting your life for other worlds promise.
@Brother DJ Hell is what's hot right now bro.
That man was the definition of finishing what you started.
what a standard
For what? Wasted his life
@@riekivonwielligh6102 That's what you think. But not for him.
You can't explain freedom to some people, he lived his best life
A man in India did this to cut a path through a mountain for his village to reach the nearby city that had medical facilities. His wife was injured and it took 4 days to reach the nearby city around the mountain so she passed away. He spent decades carving the path with a hammer and chisel so it wouldnt happen again to someone else.
Can u tell me that movie name?
@@unishalama7386 Manjhi The Mountain Man
He's one of the few people that have singlehandedly created something that with be around for maybe thousands of years
True
Imagine the legends that will form around it after another 1500 2000 years
@@seanmurry6903 there will be documentaries and shit and people thinking there was a spiritual purpose to it lol
Fam 💯💪
one earthquake and his tunnels gone mate
He just wanted to see it through. What a guy
He just wanted to see through it...
@@lawrencehalsey4149 🤣
Light at the end of the tunnel
It was about making a point. just because someone beat you to it doesn't mean you should just give up halfway, finish what you started and you may leave satisfied.
Just dedication at ITs finest
Man had a goal and stuck with it all the way through to the end. Even when the fruits of his labor seemed meaningless, he stayed true to himself. True examples of discipline & determination.
This is the essence of human existence, working towards creating something.
well said
No
@@potatomanz6486 yes
He wanted to dig a hole, he did it and I'm damn proud of him.
38 years? Probably nothing but would you be surprised if he was on a payroll and someone actually is using that tunnel just not in visibility
me too
AMEN
@@sandews8564 interesting but unlikely
U fuckin get it.
Can't even imagine what it was like to finally break through and see sun light shining in. He probably felt more happy than anyone in the history of mankind.
Or sad due to losing his purpose in life 🤷♂️
Both great points guys ^^
Until he realized there were many mountains on the OTHER side to dig through!
I think you’re right!
Very true..
A person in india, named dashrath manjhi, his wife died and he couldn’t take her to a hospital due to a mountain in the way. He spent his entire life and broke that mountain with nothing but hammer and other primitive tools,alone. He was named the mountain man. You can search him. What a monster.
I think it was about the friends we made along the way.
I’ve been through this tunnel. It is no joke. This guy had the most extreme level of commitment to a project I’ve ever seen.
Yep
I've walked through the tunnel as well. First thing I noticed halfway through was how the tunnel started getting gradually smaller and smaller until the end when you could tell he was either old and couldn't swing that high, or he started prioritizing and just focused on distance rather than waste time opening a big enough hole to actually walk through without having to bend over.
I found a little bit of humor in that either way. A man from another era basically carved "fuck it" into a mountain.
@@Moto848 Are there lights in it? Or is the only lights at the ends of the tunnel?
@@Mugsi When I walked through it in 2014, there weren't any lights. I was with a group of people on a Jeep meet and we all had flashlights.
Shame he couldn’t have dug into something else.
The the corrupt financial system that keeps us on the hamster wheel.
The man said: "I started something and I'm going to see it through to the end." That is what I like to call a legend.
Respect
100%
Foolhardy.
It is asthonising yet he threw away the best years of his life, and that for what?
@@bebanxd1074 oh yeah? And what have you accomplished in your life that even comes close enough to being interesting and badass enough we'd want to watch a story about _you_ instead of him?
Nothing more fulfilling for a man than digging an impressively long and or massive hole
This happened in the deserts of Southern California where many other mines were at the time. I don't remember his full story anymore, but undoubtedly he was hoping to transport more ore than just one or two mines. It was out in the middle of nowhere and it's STILL out in the middle of nowhere!! Lived a very frugal life too, btw.
"He worships God with ashes" 💜 It was a labor of love some might say. ✌️
This guy would thrive on Old School Runescape.
he got mining level 99 and left
Buddy 200 milled mining, I heard he was storing the granite at a close bank near by, and now he's making granite mauls out of the granite, he's going to make a killing at the grand exchange LOL
dude was making the death plateau route to the God wars dungeon
You could dig in that game? I'm pissed I never played that.
Mlm starting route
I bet he had a real sense of accomplishment that no one could take away from him.
I bet he was devastated when he realized every minute of that time was 100% wasted.
I wonder if it was similar to the sense of pride and accomplishment that players would get unlocking that new skin in star wars battlefront 2
@@leftyshawenuph4026 he realized there was no use for the tunnel but still continued for another 18 years. And here we are decades later talking about him. He sure left a mark on history.
@@leftyshawenuph4026 That realization didn't really stop him. He's a legend.
@@abseil76
I agree.
Morons and crazy people can be legendary.
For some reason I feel a unbearable sadness for this man who seemingly wasted 40 years of his life digging a tunnel....
A completely useless tunnel at that.
That's dope, that tunnel will be there for 10,000 years. We're talking about it today, massive success 💯
Anyone who's ever played Minecraft completely understands how this man felt.
Finally this is the comment I was looking for
🤣🤣🤣
😂
2b2t flashbacks. At least he didn't have too many griefers.
I was thinking that too
"It's not about transporting ore, it's about sending a message."
Epic comment
This is true. Name one other single man who dug a tunnel through a mountain . No help, by himself. He should have won a Guinness book of world records award at least.
@@a.b.creator It's actually just called a "Guinness world record" but I get what you mean. The book is just the book that they're in.
What message is that? Because the only message I got was this dude obviously was ocd.
@@LisaAnn777 It was a Joker reference from The Dark Knight. And the message might have something to do with willpower and perseverance, how you can do anything if you put your mind to it.
The most admirable thing about him is not his stamina or commitment, but his wisdom. For many lesser men have spent as many years digging a hole for themselves.
well said
respect to this man❤
He’s a man who finished what he started.
Respect!
Men like this built what we take for granted today...
still better than governments who can't finish a 3 month road 🛣️ project in 9 months baby 🐥.
@@guyver441 no… the man who built the road is the ‘men’ you’re talking about. This guy just a 🤡
I wish I could finish what
@@brewski535what
Old people: "Playing video games is a waste of time"
People back in the day:
right tf
I mean his tunnel will be there for millions of years. Your gained pixel items in a video game will be forgotten in a year.
@@eero3242 but both will be irrelevant.
@@eero3242 but the pixel items in the video game will also be there for millions of years
@@doesntmatter2732 doubt we'll be around for that long
I can identify. I spent 38 years working at a job and you miss it when you're not doing it and you know when you're done it won't matter. I did it and he did it and then you move on. Never quit. Never stop. Never give up. It mattered to him. Thats all that matters.
This man was actually playing Minecraft his whole life.
With wooden pickaxes...😅
strip mining to no avail
@tommy... That was hilarious lol.
Dumbass should of put it in creative mode, he would of saved a bunch of time
@@geraldleuven169 lolol
It was about him proving to himself that he could do it without giving up!
Amen!!!
Or he had an abundant supply of meth.
I bet it would’ve killed him to not finish because he’d be want to see how far he was from the end
A man of focus, commitment and sheer F-ing will
Now that is commitment ⚡️a useful marker of human endurance ⚡️
This man worked his whole life digging through the mountain. A lot of people take the tunnel for granite.
Here, have my like and get out!
Clever lol
Lol see what you did there
Cheeky comment
Haha cause it's granite like the stone. I get it.
That was some serious dedication! Imagine how many times someone told him he will never make it through.
and during the 18 years after the road was built …? 😆
He literally wasted his life doing this
Dedication to a stupid task is stupid and no more.
@@peterseeganna8238 indeed.
@@peterseeganna8238 devotion to (worship of) the wrong concept can ruin your life and be your downfall, that is one of the main points Moses made in the written Torah. Only The One True God (Logic) deserves the minds devotion and will not mislead consciousness. All other gods are fake and worship of any other concept above Reason (Logic) will make you suffer.
If only this man had known and listened to God (Reason) and been more logical (godly). He would have saved himself many years of suffering if he would have “reckoned faithfully” (reasoned properly and honestly).
I would have to know more about the land and where exactly they were trying to get ore from and to but I imagine that Reason told those who would listen to build a road and not a tunnel and that even if the road were longer than the tunnel that it’s more efficient than spending 38 years digging a narrow little tunnel.
Consciousness makes only itself suffer with its incoherence, and seeing as how incoherence is objectively bad it is right that it is punished not rewarded.
he was a man with a mission. he defeated that mountain
That first beam of sunshine coming through the other side must have been an emotional experience.
That litterally a stubborn man who spent his half his life digging, got up staged and said "f*** it im gonna finish it" and then spent 18 years being spiteful till it was done, then left...legendary
How is the digging spiteful?
How is it legendary? That sounds stupid as fuck. Imagine what he could've done with all that wasted time.
Quite possibly.
@@roderickdiggins7058 you’re in TH-cam shorts my man I don’t think you should speak on how anyone spends their time :x
You should read about MANJHI the mountain man..
He dug out the whole mountain to make a road alone by hands to commemorate his wife who died trying to cross it by climbing it..
That's a symbol of love which is 1000000 times better than TAJ MAHAL..
"FUCK THAT DAMN ROAD"
*continues to dig like a madman*
It's hard to accept you spent years of your life working towards something that never mattered
Thats why so many leftists end up becoming so deranged and hypocritical, if you prove them wrong they just start screaming and screeching Instead of changing their mind
Double it down
@@keyboardwarrior9406and give it to the previous person
😂😂😂
He was just trying to get away from his wife, even after the road was built he kept digging
Something finished is better than something just started.
Old Burro Schmidt knew that someday the internet would come along, and he'd be famous.
If he stopped halfway, he probably wouldn’t be in a youtube short. Truly inspirational 🙏
He could have made it, as an idiot digging 20 years a blind tunnel.
Cartels look up to him 😂
@@jozkomrkvicka7607yeah.sometimes uniqueness isn't necessary
So true.
bro spent 18 years of his life for the vine
Guy dug a 2x1 Minecraft Tunnel in real life
Imao
It was more of a 1.5 by 1
1.71 is closer to 1.5 than 2 :)
@@AramauMeows 😐
@MDE_never_dies dude undelete ur comment
Back when there was no internet.
Determined man. Never start what you wont finished.
The masculine urge to dig a tunnel through a mountain
🗿
Edit: I am sorry for anyone reading these replies, I have nothing to do with them, Holy shit... Go outside.
Yeah...... granite at that 🤨😎.
Men are the doers. We naturally have the urge to build and create. You're welcome
@@Kiudorv are you ok? Go cry to your mother
Sigma move
when you take no nut november seriously,you loose sight of how many NOVEMBERS go by🗿
Real life: "He's a man of focus, commitment and sheer fucking will."
@@elduderino73 my bad. Corrected. Thanks.
@@mireaaa withdrawn 😉
it's nothing, ever heard of 'Dashrath Manjhi' , that man hammered down whole mountain in 22 years.
@@ArvindSingh-pf7kq I thinks it's ok to appreciate someone without comparing their achievements with someone else's.
@@ArvindSingh-pf7kq There is no competition here. I am Indian too
Back then they didn't have internet, it was something to do.🙂
That's a serious compulsion! Nothing like carving a hard way through life!
That's a fulfilled life. Wow imagine the feeling once he broke through.
No, that’s a wasted life.
@@ceboz no one remembers the man who made the road, but they will remember this man forever
It was his life's purpose. He met his goal at the end. How many of us even have a purpose in life?
This man was a success.
@@cebozplease explain how that’s a wasted life..
@@teopalafox 2 min and ice forgotten about him and his generation the one who remembers him is either dead or forgotten about it im not sure the man who wasted his life building something useless is something to remember
He saw it as his legacy. Something that would show he EXISTED. Sorta like, "Kilroy was here."
That's every dudes dream. Hell yea dude
The ultimate graffiti
He was a nobody, now nearly 100 years later we all know his name and story. That's the dream man
I’d rather just carve my name into a rock
"made a hole for no reason"
the great lesson "what he started he finished , his focus was only in one thing giving it all his focus and energy and now become a legend "
Burrow by name, Burrow by nature
“If there’s a hole, there’s a goal…”
He achieved his goal.
"And if there ain't a hole, then just fucking make one."
@@LovelessMilo toxic yo cuz
That is true...
Unlike most lads where 'hole' is the 'goal'
Every man's goal is to have their own hole. Some wants more than one hole.
When he heard of the street, he realized it was never about the ore.
It was about a man bending the world to his will.
What a legend.
Finishing what he started. That's how a real man does things.
@@benkayvfalsifier3817 🤣 yeah. Real men do so many things like that. Wars are an example.
It was about the ore and then it was about his ego.
Unless his will was to be a legendary useless waste of time I don't think it worked out how he planned.
@@nativesrilankan7545 lol ur funny
Man had a mission and he completed that mission.
I think he’s like Forrest Gump in that one scene “I just felt like running” this guy just kept digging.
“ I started this damn thing damn it Muriel I’ma finish”
Stupid dog!! hoogaboogabooga!!
What's yer offer?!
Imagine having Courage the dog with him
That's a prime example of dedication and never giving up. That man was a beast.
Yet he dedicated his life to the most unless task ever
@@Bendoverpphis nickname was burrow. That’s what he did.
@@finnilrebna348 i love you
@@Bendoverpp 🤗
@@finnilrebna348 his nickname was Ben Dover. That's what he did
He left behind a legacy a legacy that will NEVER CHANGE unless there’s an earthquake to collapse it
Type of guy that gets lost in war then found 30 years later still fighting that war when it was done for 25 years.
He was like Forrest Gump with a pick axe, just kept going.
except his saying ended up being, "well, I'll just move away, now..."
He didn't say what he was really thinking when he finally broke through. "Missed it by that much" 🤏
I just felt like diggin.
Dig William dig
@@AimForTheBushes908 lol
His spirit lives on in every man who has gone to the beach and instinctually starts digging a hole.
I was in my 3rd year engineering class when suddenly everyone started talking about how theyve dug holes at the beach lol 😂 the girls too
Every German on a Dutch beach ever
I've been trying get a shovel to do exactly this
Funny😂
He made a promise to someone he either loved very much or hated very much. True love or pure rage fueled those last 18 years!
“bro just get an iron pickaxe and you can mine that granite in 15 minutes, silly miner”
The initial lesson about finishing what you start is wonderful, emotive, and inspiring, and I don't want to take away from that. It's a great example of sheer will, commitment and dedication. If we dig deeper (pun, of course, intended), I think there's another, profound, bittersweet, lesson. Don't throw good money after bad. When you realize the road you are on is not leading where you want, it might be time to change. If you're halfway through a project and you realize there's a better way, there's no shame in pivoting and changing the plan.
"It's not about transportation, it's about sending a message."
Which message?
😂😂
@@napiergrass8717 a clear message.
Nothing stops the mail.
@@AnMComm
man*
This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object.
He was on a personal mission to succeed! Good for him ! 👍
😊😊👍👉❤
Sounds nice and alll, but his example should painfull lesson for us: set deadline for your your pain and suffering. If your pain and suffering to achive your goal will take insane amount of time and you WON'T be knowing if it will be ever woth it, give up. Change your goal to something more realistic.
Why wouldn't you dig a tunnel Mc_prosperity
@@SamiVideo.Channel what do mean by that??
@@MCprosperity u know what I mean why don't u dig some tunnels?
Alot of people in a hurry to get somewhere going nowhere.
👍to William Henry Schmidt. His accomplishments are more than most people in an entire lifetime.
Birds fly and fish swim...
This man digs holes
I have a ton of respect for this man.
He did it because we wanted to! What a feat.
If that were today, he'd be fined and thrown in jail
Bro played Deep Rock Galactic and after 3 hours he got influenced into mining irl. He has said “ROCK AND STONE!” “We’re rich!” And “Mushroom” ever since 😂
he is truly a legend for leaving his creation after finding out that there’s no reason for his tunnel to exist, finishing it, and leaving.
"A man does man things only a man can understand."
My Grandpa-
Your grandpa is a wise man
@@GEO_ANIMATOR 94 years old.. 95 next month in January.. Survived WWIi, Vietnam veteran
@@JustLiftUceHope he makes it to 100! You have to make sure to remember all of his stories. Maybe he has some memoirs?
Respect Granpa!
Well said. Respect to a wise man 🙇🏻
I am just imagining this guy finishing the tunnel, nodding at it in ultimate satisfaction, then as the sun begins to set, he sits down in a chair, drinks his favorite drink or a tall glass of water, and smiles.
And he feels fulfilled. Then he spends a few years admiring it, then moves away to continue his life elsewhere. It is I must admit, an impressive tunnel!
Very well said.
@@chrismooneyham5279 Thanks Mr. Mooneyham. I appreciate that.
@@bonefetcherbrimley7740 I appreciate your appreciation. Be Blessed.
@@bonefetcherbrimley7740 we need a movie about this director
I can appreciate the appreciation shared between the two people in this comment section about being appreciative of one another's appreciation. I appreciate it! Thank you.
Somebody needs to write an SCP story about this.
Nothing but respect for people like this, such people should be learned about in school so that the kids get a lesson that no matter how big something is you can and will achieve it one day if you have the determination period!!!!!
"it's not about the logistics,its about sending a message"
bruh I knew someone else wrote it already lol
What message?
@@christopherwilliams7905 It's a Joker meme.
The man didn’t set out to move mountains. He set up to move through it. Legends are made not born ❤
It's just as much about a man's will and legacy. He too, having made and being a man of mark should be given a place in history in earnest and respect. Seeing a project to it's finish, dedication, the spirit of an idea/ideal, not going around things but meeting a challenge head on.
All of those years in the dark confronting a wall, not giving up until he literally saw the light at the end of his tunnel, coming out stronger and wiser on the other side. An Archetypal Journey of "Man's Search For Meaning" only understood and articulated for the Soul. "The moving hand writes, and in doing so moves on."
Admirable to me, I could have worked beside him, 'broke bread' and even rejoiced for having known him. Thank you for this posthumous honor now.
Holy s**t 38?! Wow this dude is unstoppable 👍
That guy was totally into that mountain, I mean he was really digging it!
That's funny! I don't care who you are.😂
Boo
I see what you did there.
Great dad joke I’m proud of this one as a dad myself 😂😂😂
🤣
That level of determination is unreal! No words man.
and stupid
Terrible waste of money
@@tedcombs7665Monday morning quarterback. Not every endeavor is a success. It could have gone very differently for him.
But what did he accomplish it turned out to be a complete futile effort
@@tedcombs7665.. Ok Ted so name one thing you're doing with your life right now today that is 1) dauntingly difficut and 2) that you can guarantee 37 years from now will beyond a shadow of a doubt turn out exactly as you hoped and planned.. and with complete success?
You should bring some of that silver ore you’ve been finding in the abandoned mine through the tunnel as tribute to that guy who dug it.
He found his calling. Survive each day to follow your bliss
"I'm pretty tired. I think I'll go home now."
This man is the definition of determination
no, the definition of an idiot. wasted 38 years of his precious time on this planet pointlessly toiling away in the dark
Nah, they just didn’t have internet back then.
It was about being remembered forever.
Everyone wants to live forever
ROCK AND STONE!!!
I think it was about a man, who like many of us still today, hate to start a project and not complete it, no matter the circumstances.
Or he was hiding there from his wife...
I get that , I played minecraft...
You should read about MANJHI the mountain man..
He dug out the whole mountain to make a road alone by hands to commemorate his wife who died trying to cross it by climbing it..
That's a symbol of love which is 1000000 times better than TAJ MAHAL..
@@sjtshewalepatilThanks.
I'll research that.
Yes, I find that very convincing, being that way myself.
It was an epic battle of his very own, never to be spoken of to no one. The enemy was not the mountain nor was it a physical thing. It lied within him the whole time. The battle was long and treacherous filled with heartbreak and despair.
I feel as though he was victorious...
I hope he was victorious...
To get through to the other side in the right place wow well done 👏
Absolutely amazing that you’re doing the work to document all of this history.
"Oh they built a road eh? Ah welp. Better keep diggin. Can't stop now sonny"