I Found a Lost Prehistoric Oasis With My Drone and Google Earth
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- I have long wanted to explore a rugged and infamously difficult region of the American Southwest to find ruins and evidence the Ancient ones have left behind. I hiked in with a plan to use my drone and Google Earth to help me crack the code of this area, did it work?
#ancientdiscoveries #exploration #hiking #droneview
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No Andrew we do not get tired of watching you. For those of us, aged or disabled… you are our legs, eyes, ears, explorer to the most beautiful places. You also teach us about it, which otherwise we may have never known. We thank you for taking us with you…the time spent lost in your videos, I can say personally I feel like I am there. Bless your heart, know that you are loved💕😇
Andrew, we are praying for you and your recovery. Thanks for the video.
Philip & Kerri - Ohio
The butterfly you saw is called ”The Mantle of Sorrow” in my language. It is a messenger from the other side to bring you strength and affirmation to trust your intuition. Isn’t that just suitable for that time and place ❤ Please continue these videos, I believe I will never be able to see these places without you, thank you.
So cool thanks for sharing.
What an absolutely metal name for a butterfly
@@Bogwedgle No wonder, it is Finnish name ☺️
someone says "finnish"...but also German has the same meaning in the name it uses. "Trauermantel"..but what a beautiful feeling to see how we are all connecting and it comes to preserving this planet.
That is very important info...Thx... our desert drifter is unaware of what he has found. The valley contains the record of abuse suffered by a little girl called Emu... "The mantle of Sorrow" a very appropriate name for the butterfly.
Im a 71 year old geologist. The folded sandstone structures that someone said looked like lava are caused by the same thing that gives lava those folds. Its flow before hardening into a solid rock. Sand is deposited under water in horizontal layers. If the underlying rock is deformed creating slope, the soft sandstone can slide down and form very tight folds. It’s like laying a series of sheets and blankets smoothly on a large table. Then lifting one side until they slide to the other end. Then the whole jumble gets buried by thousands of feet of more sediments creating immense pressure. Then give it a few million years, like 50 to 100, and all becomes rock. Don’t forget the earth is over 4,600 million years old. The rock art you find very new in comparison. 10,000 years is a blink. Hope this helps.
I don't think it need millions of years the cementation process can be relatively fast.
Thank you for the excellent explanation. I am always in awe that humans are just a blip in the earth's history.
Reification and abstract concept are not empirical science. Its only ever conjecture, then approved by "consensus". Its interesting, but its not science. Its closer to being a sermon.
Be honest. Anytime you predict, assume, imagine... its just a story. We are only men, we really have no idea, especially without access to a time machine to validate wild theory. This "im a trained expert, you can trust my intangible concepts" thing, is how religions are formed.
earth is 4.5 billion yrs old surely?
Fascinating
You’ve been on TH-cam for four months and from seeing your subscriber count and comments, I’d say people are yearning for the content that you create. Not flashy or clickbait, it’s perfectly made to feel like viewers are with you. Nice and mellow, soothing music, and respectful discussion of the land and native peoples. Well done.
Very Bob Ross-esque
Can be clickbait though
Not to mention that voice. You could have a long career with NPR. 😁
very! im enjoying it a bunch! it's Cathartic @@Group_Anonymous
Agreed!
Andrew, you keep on "traipsing around the desert" and I'll keep on watching ❤ I'll never get tired of it. Your voice, your narrative draws me in. I feel like I'm right with you!
Couldn't agree more, well said.
You said what I was thinking. I would have never known how massive these places are. A very healthy watch.
Thank you! There's something captivating about his voice - honest emotion that comes from the heart when he's expressing himself. He doesn't profess to know all the answers and I appreciate that.
@@Catherine1151 And often he's extremely poetic. I really like in this one how effectively expressed both the 'foreboding' feelings he felt, and the wonder of it all.
I'm honored and humbled
I am disabled and did a lot of hiking in my younger days. You are my resource to exploring these places that I could never get to anymore. I thank you for that.
Sending much strength.. Multiple sclerosis is my side kick.. I have tried changing my thoughts on saying “I have” as I as are you are so much more!! Take care and I too enjoy this escape!!
Love watching your adventures
Thanks for taking me with you. I am a 79 year old lady and get so scared when you go to dangerous places but when I pick my Ipad up, I am on the path behind you. Carry on Andrew.
Me too, Andrew. I'm 80 and have never done any exploration, but LOVE to watch you! Keep making videos, please!
I’m with you! 78 here, and loving vicariously walking with Andrew. I share your concern for him, when he’s trying to scale some almost sheer cliff or walk where there is loose rock. But it is such a good experience to be part of!
Born in the desert 74 years ago, lived in the desert all my life, will never get tired of your desert videos. They are life to me.
How do you manage to navigate in such confused terrain?
You are comfortable to be with. I like going on these adventures with you. You are good company 😊
Greetings youngman, I hope all is well with you. Im an old man who lives on the smallest rez in South Dakota along the big sioux river. Im retired and right now going through some medical issues that have me pinned down for the winter. I always liked the desert SW of America and up into Utah area where I spent time in the Army at the Green River range for Pershing missiles. I want to tell you how much I respect your videos. The time that you take to explain things is spot on as well as showing that the only way others can enjoy is if you leave things as they are and dont take items from these areas. Yes the respect that you show is most commendable and the reason you are the best at what you do, Keep up your good work we all will keep watching. Take care and enjoy yourself out there. Ohan Mitakuyaoyasin( we are all related)
Thank you for sharing a bit of your connection with the land. I'm sorry to hear of your medical issues at the moment. I hope as the weather warms, you will find your body strengthening and able to get back out and enjoy the beauty outside
@@Desert.Drifterdoubtful...I'm only 52 and copd. I have trouble walking into my town centre ,on totally flat land and only 40 houses away (in terraced) so there's no way I could get out in desert, the same as these elderly writing these messages. At 70 in reasonable health u ain't going to be able to trek deserts. 😂😂😂
Yes, I am touched how he respects The Ancestors and as someone with mobility issues, I am grateful that he shares his journey with us.
Fascinating geology. This looks like what may have been a sea floor?
You wouldn't happen to be from the Pine Ridge reservation? I dated a girl from there back in the 80's...
Reading through the comments, I am struck by how many of your audience are in their 70s and 80s. I am myself 80! it seems your explorations bring up a yearning for our own past experiences! I love your videos and really appreciate your approach - don't remove artifacts, don't walk over the biologic crusts, respect nature. You are a good influence! Keep on hiking and sharing with us1
I am 70. Love the Southwest, Nature and history.
@@kprairiesun I, 69.
I’m 74 in August and I really enjoy these as well, all the while wishing I was younger and fitter, yet, at the same time not regretting my life.
Thank you Andrew for sharing your adventures with us.
Age 79, in South Africa, I seem to have joined a group of older armchair explorers enjoying the marvels of nature in a desert region. Absolutely engaging at every level. Thanks for these superb videos.
Yes, please continue your videos. How else can you get to sit on your own couch and travel to some really cool places.
I’m definitely too young for this group then… haha! But this is just too interesting to pass.
Looks like it’s been lifted from the ground up made it a mountain that is just so cool. You really out there all by yourself.
Andrew,do you have a plan for recovery? You scare me
83 here in California USA. I have relatives in Johannesburg area. My Irish relatives were sent there for the Boer War & went back. My son earned his Doctorate at Rhode’s University. He loved the country.
It's funny you say that about how you think we may get bored of your content after a while. It crossed my mind recently about how much content can someone actually create and for how long, about a desert? After thinking on it and watching more of your videos, I don't think we would ever get bored or tire from watching your content. There is more to it than just the scenery, it the way you deliver it, film it, the mystery of it. It will always be great.
Thanks for the thought out response. This, and other replies encourages me to continue sharing my travels
Agreed. I would do his journeys I could and would only stop when my body would no longer allow it (as is my case).
Thank you. I really enjoy the scenery and commentary. I also love how you respectfully show a piece of pottery then replace it where it was.
Dude, don't underestimate the value of what you are doing/sharing! I share your interest and can not physically do what you are doing. So, getting to see and explore these places is super valuable to me. Others surely feel the same. So keep on man, no question about it!! Thanks so much!!!
Well said Pennynash! It's not just the beauty of the places Andrew explores but the connections he uncovers with the cultures that lived in those landscapes.
I appreciate that!
I so agree with this message, and thank you, @pennynash1087, for expressing my feelings so eloquently!
Love these videos! Takes me to places that I wouldn’t have the opportunity to visit.
One of the BEST parts of your videos is YOUR perceptions/YOUR feelings! They are one of the draws that connects us to you andwhat you're exploring! I know that there are a good number of people that "do what you do" but yours is the main one I am pulled back to. So, no! I don't think any of us will soon tire of what you're giving us. Thank you from ALL of us!!!:)
I wholeheartedly agree with you, I keep coming back to this channel. It’s so respectful and restful, that is when he’s not doing anything crazy, then I get worried for him even though I know he made it home safely.
Trust your instincts and feelings, don't blow them off. I was hiking one time, felt eyes on me too, it gave me such overwhelming anxiety and panic, never had that feeling quite that intense before, kept hiking for a bit trying to calm myself, then saw cougar prints and got the heck out of there. Next day on the news, other hikers got attacked exactly where I had a panic attack.
Wow, that was a close call. I keep hoping I have a "safe" encounter with a mountain lion. Never seen one out there. Well, maybe once from quite a distance...
I was thinking Mountain Lion as well! While on a hike I felt like I was being watched/followed and I finally heard/saw pebbles falling. I looked up and saw the lion looking at me. I backed up slowly and walked down backward until I came across people and told them. we hiked down the rest of the way together. I never will go back on that trail.
Mountain lions are afraid of humans unless something is wrong with it, look how many hours this guy is out there and has only seen one, guarantee the terrain he is in holds a few lions and some Bobcats they definitely don't want to be seen at all.
It is funny that humans have that instinct. Of being watched you wouldn't think we would still have that good of an instinct but we do. One time in about 1970 when I was 12 years old. I lived in a UFO hotspot in Northern California I used to try to communicate with the UFOs that I seen at night sometimes. Then one day while playing in my room around sundown I was pretending to play the Vox organ on my dresser in my room and I got the Feeling someone was peeking in on me I thought it was one of my younger brothers and sisters but when I turned around there was a golden orb hanging in midair in my bedroom this thing was quite different it was not a light it was churning within itself and out of itself I screamed bloody murder and it retracted immediately to the size of a golf ball and went right through the wall leaving a Scorch mark on the wall I ran out of the room and got my parents and showed it to them my mom was a little bit weirded out she told my dad that wasn't there this morning and it was too high up for me to reach. What's interesting about the story to me not isn't that there was an orb in my room but that I actually felt it over my shoulder as somebody watching me.
@kayhansen9229 can I ask what area in Nor Cal? I moved to Nor Cal 7 years ago and I've seen 2 different kind of orbs. One time I was hiking on the coast and saw small moving green ones, near some dear that were under a tree near Point Reyes, they looked like plasma balls that glowed the same color as a firefly but baseball sized. Another time I was driving home at night and there was a low floating orb in the sky the size of the moon, but wasn't a moon and it wasn't moving. I thought it was a drone, got closer and there was no motor, and no body attached to it. Just an orb. I got under it, waved, and it blinked off and disappeared.
Please keep it up. I’m 82, and spent many days rock scrambling years ago with my kids in Joshua Tree NP. This is good for my soul.
Hey... are you near Palm Springs? I thought the exact same place, JTNP when I saw this. I mean the rock formation is quite different... but impressive in its own way...
I was stationed in Twentynine Palms. Joshua Tree NP is very beautiful during the spring
@eugeneharrelson3933 ah.. so you were quite close to that park. Yeah.. it's landscape is quite exotic. It served as a backdrop for many western movies...
JTree is quite the place for scrambling and climbing. Thanks for watching!
Small world… I grew up in Banning a town close to Joshua Tree. When I was a kid in the 50’s my Dad homesteaded 5 acres between 29 Palms and Joshua Tree. He built a cabin the required size and took ownership. We spent many a weekend out there. It’s where I met my first rattlesnake up close and spent some lovely time with desert tortoises. Now that area is probably developed and full of people.
I love your podcast Andrew.. I am 63 and physical unable to hike. With your podcasts it lifts my heart and spirt almost as if I am with you during your adventures. Thank you!
You keep finding those views an ancient settlements and you've got a viewer for life in me.
I love your videos. I am a 76 year old lady and you have taken me back out into the open places, the difficult to get to places. It's been a long time since my husband and I could go hiking, thanks for taking us along. Hugs to you! Robin and Doug
I suspect I have a pretty good idea what ya found out there. It initially struck me that the mortar used on the structure seemed quite a bit overkill, that is unless it needed to be exceptionally well sealed. The placement was also odd at first, built atop that slanted rock, an unlikely location- UNLESS the location was not decided by the ground, but rather the air. I then went back and checked the video, and sure enough you can see two natural white lines above the structure, those are higher concentrations of lime minerals where water run-off was more common. The structure was likely built just under where the run-off was at the time, and designed to be water-tight, with a solid rock-bottom opposed to earthen dirt, to hold a small reservoir of fresh water.
The fact that you found cottonwood trees, which you taught in a previous video are good sign posts for potential water supply (which you also proved here finding that pool), is another supporter that this was an area of water run-off they could take advantage of.
I like your idea about the water, it definitely could be a cistern for holding rain water
Some hippies built it probably less than 20 years ago.
@@moonbot7613 I weirdly had similar thoughts, although I always think of the 70's when I think of hippies, so 50 years ago.
@@elementneon haha, yeah 50 years makes more sense lol.
My thoughts exactly, and something got stuck in there and died.
Wow, some of those rock formations are absolutely stunning. Those bends, folds, and wrinkles in the sedimentary rocks had to have happened when the rocks were still soft after being laid down
Yes it seems that way. Geology is one of the areas of study I know the least about, rather ironic given that both my parents were geology majors lol.
Praying for your speedy recovery Andrew🙏🙏🙏
This is the best! The wind, the mystery of the physical formations, the "ghosts" of long-gone people: goosebump territory. . . .
It certainly felt that way to me too. Glad it carried over into the video
The swirls in the rocks are typical in lava flows but how sandstone got that way is mind blowing
Andrew, I’m 75 years old. I’ve done a lot of hiking and backpacking in my life but other than a day hike in Sadona, I’ve done very little in the desert southwest. I hope I get to go there while I’m still able, but for now I will hike vicariously through your videos. I enjoy your style of exploration and you have a calm voice and nature about you that makes your videos very enjoyable. Keep up the good work. Popie
Well said Popie!
Hi Popie, thank you. I hope you can experience the desert Southwest again in the not so distant future
My husband heard your voice while I watched 1 of your videos and he asked, "Is that Mr. Rogers?" 😂
Do not worry about us losing interest. Know you are bringing so very many people with you to enjoy your drifts. 😊
Hey mate, I thought I would add my voice to what I’m sure is a chorus of support for your hikes. As an Australian, I have always found the South Western American landscape incredibly beautiful and somewhat mysterious. It is my wished to hike the Hay Duke trail at some stage to experience some of it.
I find your hikes incredibly engaging. I love watching the scenery and I enjoy your soft and calm manner in presenting it. I know it can’t be easy lugging around all the camera equipment and setting up some of the shots but thanks for taking us along for the ride. Cheers mate.
I so much enjoy your videos, and especially the philosophy of ‘take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints.’ Also the little side bits you show: what’s for dinner, how to safely use found water, the fingerprints of long vanished people (our own brothers and sisters that we will never know).
Keep it up; it’s such magnificent country.
I lived in the area for 25 years and hiked a lot of it. The Navaho sandstone is really tricky to climb without the correct soles. Most of petroglyphs are anasazi and can date back to approximately 1500 years. The next peoples to inhabit the area were Paiutes who were later driven out by primarily by the Navaho. The water pockets are locally referred to as tanks and some hold water year round. Many of the big game tracks you are seeing are from mule deer but there is a healthy population of desert bighorn sheep. You can also see climbing steps carved into the sandstone by the Anasazi referred to as Moki steps. Enjoying seeing you explore my favorite part of the southwest, one piece of advice is to carry a sat phone with you when in a remote area because of limited cell service. Its also illegal to keep any native artifacts, like pottery shards, arrowheads, etc.
FYI: the word “Anasazi” comes from a Navajo word meaning "enemy ancestors" or “ancient enemy”. Due to this association, “Anasazi” is now often considered an inappropriate or disrespectful name for a member of these prehistoric peoples. The Pueblo peoples of New Mexico understandably do not wish to refer to their ancestors in such a disrespectful manner, so the appropriate term to use is “Ancestral Pueblo” or “Ancestral Puebloan.”
@@XXjg_ the information about Anazazi came from National Park Service interpretative centers ,I certainly intended no disrespect to any ancient peoples. Hopefully you have contacted the National Park Service to inform them their information is offensive to you.
Thanks for the extra history!👍 I often look into things after seeing something that intrigues me. Rest assured he never takes anything or leaves anything behind. He also puts PSA’s up about never taking anything away.👏🙂
None of these ruins have anything to do with the Anasazi, according to Navajo Traditional Teachings.
The Navajo, or Diné, were here before, during, and after the Anasazi. The Anasazi were around for a short time, less than 300 years, and were an evil, murderous group who enslaved the other local peoples who were there before them. There are no descendants of the Anasazi. They were all eliminated because of their evil ways.
FYI one of the correct terms used by the Hopi, Zuni, and Puebloan peoples to refer to their ancestors is "Hisatsinom". The unfortunate ubiquitous use of the (much later arriving) Navajo aka Dine' insult "anasazi" for the Hopi, Zuni and Puebloan ancesters was unfortunately incorporated into MOST archaeological papers and books during the early days of archaeological digs in the American Southwest, and is still used occasionally nowadays because that term is one that is most familiar to European-ancestry Americans.
PERHAPS I’M THE OLDEST TO POST AT AGE 83. WHEN I WAS YOUNGER I DID A LOT OF HIKING IN UTAH, CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA…..EVEN THOUGH I’M FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA. OVER 50 YEARS AGO I TRAVELLED A LOT IN THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK. 2 YEARS AGO I GOT THE THIRD COVID SHOT AND THAT DID ME IN. MY ADVICE IS ‘MAKE FULL USE OF TIME…YOU CAN NEVER GET BACK A WASTED DAY. MAKE EVERY MINUTE COUNT. DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME DOING FOOLISH STUFF.THINK EVERYTHING THROUGH BEFORE YOU ENGAGE ON A NEW PROJECT. GREAT VIDEO’S. (I WISH I WAS YOUR AGE!!!!!!)
I did a little mountain climbing in my early twenties. I got married had three little ones. Yes you’re right, my kids are all adults, and I’m old. My time is over for exploring, sure sounds like fun though! It’s ok, I got three adults, none has been in trouble, all good parents. Your right though, do it when your young.
Chill with the capslock Einstein🤣🤣🤣
Why are you yelling?
@@MrMakingwavesmediathink it through my friend.. do you really think an 83yr old needs or wants a grammar/usage lesson from you? prolly not now apologize
When you post in capitals you’re shouting at people!!
At 85 yeas of age I can no longer go hiking as I used to. I am grateful to you for taking me out into such beautiful places. It's just wonderful to see things I would never see otherwise.Thank you Andrew!
Absolutely would never get tired of seeing these videos. I am almost 61 and my time to go out like you do is behind me now. Plus your voice and way of speaking is really calming. I love it. Keep up the great work and never worry about people losing interest.
You’re 61 not dead quit talking like a loser.
My friend ,don't give in to old age, I'm 71 and still enjoy the outdoors.grab you a walking stick and get going ,with a friend of course.be well.❤
Really? 61 is not old. Im 63 and I feel the same as always in my abilities to do what I want. Workout and stay flexible.
I admire all of you. I’m 52 and disabled. I’m barely able to do yard work, but being in the yard is my main de-stressing outlet.
@@charitywattenburger4550 Im sorry to hear that. May I ask how are you disabled?
You have a natural narrative ability to put us right there with you.Thats why people like me, a Uk guy, living in the Philippines, loves to join you, whilst we cannot!
Thank you sir, I appreciate that. Watching from the Philippines, who would've thought!
@@Desert.DrifterI'm a creator watching from Thailand 🇹🇭. Thank for sharing your adventures
I felt the hardship at that spot, too. I was reading some of the comments, I love how all of us old folk are living vicariously through you're adventures! Have you ever gotten lost?
Please don’t quit this series. 72, disabled granny loves your videos!! Thank you.
Minute 17,20 .that picture is gegendary. Gives desire to travel there to make that pic with my camera for a poster in my wall
I think your spirit guides were with you and trying to warn you about something, so I’m glad you headed back. Another thought was that spirits from the people that occupy this area were warning you to stay away for whatever reason. There’s no place in this terrain that looks like it would be a burial site, so who knows☮️💙👏 I find your videos, so exciting and fascinating
Never ceases to amaze me that people were living out there....somewhere. Please keep trekking, I love the mystery of it all.
Yes, I add my voice to say that we do not get tired of your hikes. Thanks so much for bringing us along
ANDREW, We won't get tired of watching you because some of us are no longer able. You give a good narrative, and your finds are very interesting. Keep it up and we will stay with you.
People like you Especially, means I don't have to get tired and thirsty to see what I like and don't have to travel halfway around the world.
I live in Tasmania 😊
Hi Geoffrey, another Taswegian here from Launceston.
Andrew is such a joy to watch and listen to. Sometimes, the scenery looks out of this world. It looks like lava flows here with all the swirls.
I've been to Tasmania, it's also a beautiful place.
Those rocks look melted. Exploring those kind of lonely places 25-30 yrs ago I would often get an uneasy gut feeling like something bad happened and a heaviness was over some places. You're doing a great job sharing your experiences. I was always alone with no tech stuff bu do have some good pics and memories. Keep it rolling
I agree 💯.
Yes, looks like a lot of "melting" happened out there agree.
:)
Looks like magma. Or a nuclear test site. Sure seems like SOMETHING got awfully hot there...
I never get tired of your vids. I'm only 79 and when I was much younger , I spent many summers in Yosemite National Forest, hiking from Hetch Hetchy up into the high country. Some of your hikes, remind me of hiking across huge expanses of glacial polished Granite.
Please, don't stop posting. You are doing what so many of us only dream of doing. Thank you for sharing your adventures!
I've never commented, but just want you to know that you are my eyes to the beautiful American Southwest, I never get tired of watching!
Thank you for taking me along. Cathy from West Virginia
Thanks Cathy, always love to see new channel viewers/commenters. WV has much of its own beauty as well, albeit very different. I used to live in western VA and enjoyed some of the rivers in that neck of the woods
I rode the northeast and northwest high deserts of California and Nevada when I worked on cattle ranches that had open range grazing for parts of the year. At 68, and being laid up now, my mind goes back to so many wonderful surprises out away from everyone and everything else. I miss it terribly sometimes, and your videos take me back to some of those magical moments! Thx!!
My prayers are with you Andrew. As of Feb. 3rd 2025, I heard your wife's announcement that you got in an accident.
Just terrible news.
You bring such joy to many. Hopefully all our collective prayers 🙏 will help in you're healing.
Keep the faith.
P.j. Calif.
Andrew and Evelyn are in our prayers ❤ 🙏 We love you two.
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
The answer to your question is NO. I never get tired of seeing amazing places with interesting rock formation. The artifacts and ancient dwellings are a bonus. What I really like is the rock art. Keep up the good hikes for those of us who cant hike anymore.
Thank you for being respectful to the ruins and not taking or moving the potsherds.
lol…
Lol yourself. Too many people vandalize these ancient sites, I don't find that funny.
Silly girl. What again would he mess up? The broken pottery.
That’s so funny… good laugh. Thank you snowflake
😂 oh don't you feel like a big boy.
Your spirit enthusiasm and gentle nature are as addictive as the history itself! Thank you for sharing this with us!
I’m 71 and just discovering how much I have missed. But I’m trying to compensate through your videos. I never tire of them! My heart races and sometimes I hold me breath when you are climbing, but when I see those rock formations and ruins, it is so fascinating! Never stop please!!
Thank you thank you thank you for your videos!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💕💕🦋
The geology and formations are other-worldly. Perhaps your push-pull feelings and sense of being watched & followed were spirits left behind, guarding their domain. You couldn’t be further from boring us! You keep exploring breathtaking amazing new locales, and are an excellent guide. Thanks for taking us along!
Thank you!
Thank you so much for taking us along with you. Most beautiful sites. I'm 73 yrs. old and would never have been able to experience this without you. So again I say THANK YOU.
Thanks for watching!
Just turned 30 & coming to terms with a disability that greatly impacts my mobility. I've had to let go of so many travel dreams. Thank you for doing what I wish I could do and sharing it with us in such an intimate way. I don't think I'll get sick of your exploration!
I'm 40, and dealing with the same thing. It's not fun. I used to love to explore. I hate that I can't take my kids on hikes like my dad and grandfather did with me.
Me too man. I’m 58 and I’ve been bedridden the last couple days. I usually am about twice a week. This is a great way to get out and explore without actually getting out of bed.
Andrrew was in a bad car accident 1-31 -24, sure hope you are doing OK. Hang in there , we love hiking with you and look forward to new adventures so get better! Hugs
Absolutely so cool! I have severe anxiety and insomnia and watching your videos before bed has been so relaxing and calming. I could never get sick of watching you explore!😊
Sorry to hear about your anxiety. I found peace with Jesus and my anxiety has melted away. If you ask you will receive...try it and trust in the Lord
30+ years ago I was doing the same. Loved it, didn't have GPS, drones or light weight cameras. I had 35mm film and a Canon 8mm, but way too heavy to carry far. So, depending, I'd never venture far from my small 4x4 pickup. My portable basecamp as it was. It's most important ability was to carry plenty of drinking water so I could stay out for up to a week.
I enjoy your videos for the adventure and basic format. When you're out in areas such as that, it gets quiet and any sounds are amplified in your mind. I'm 64 now and due to my body reminding me often, I couldn't climb and move as quickly. Please don't stop. I really enjoy your content and format.
Thank you for sharing your memories of your travels
56-year-old from Germany here, I don't think I will ever be able to explore this beautiful landscape for myself and so am very grateful to partake in your adventures from afar.
Also, I love how in tune with your surroundings you are and how your individual experience of a place is like a bridge to a time hundreds, sometimes more than a thousand years ago, where people had the same needs and pleasures like us, the need to eat and to find shelter and safety from the elements and possible enemies, and the pleasure to create and design and to leave a mark, like the pottery and the petroglyphs.
As much as we, today, are a product of our contemporary circumstances, each and everyone of us can instinctively relate to those ancient humans and, through your eyes, experience what it would have felt like to live in their time in those places.
In truth, they are our brothers and sisters.
I’m 67 and when I watch your posts, I miss so much the traveling I did when I was young and my dad use to take the family on 6 week road trips with camping and hiking and it makes me want to take off and go hiking again. I have plans and I know I’d have to work back into it but watching your videos keeps me focused.
Are you kidding? I have just discovered you and love your videos! I am 72 and absolutely love Mesa Verde and the Southwest! You have discovered some fascinating sites,and your love & reverence for the ancient ones and their living ancestors. It shows class and appreciation for those who went before us and carved out a fascinating culture and lifestyle in those rocky cliff faces.
You are a beautiful soul. I love how confident, careful and respectful you are. As I watch this you have over 900,000 views, so I’d say people aren’t bored. I’m 70, living in Missouri, but when I was a girl, our family hiked and backpacked all over the southwest and Colorado. We got to go to Canyonlands and hike the same year it was made a National Park, it wasn’t developed at all. Absolutely wonderful experiences. We hiked to Rainbow Bridge BEFORE Lake Powell formed. Etc. I can still hike but my days of happily carrying backpacking gear went away when my hip was replaced. No, we aren’t bored, we are thrilled to journey with you and see the glorious rock formations, and beautiful rock Art, the intriguing ruins. Don’t stop, you are loved and appreciated far more than you know. Thank you for taking us along.
The people of the lands past are watching you. They sent the butterfly to ease your mind let you know all is good with you. You are blessed my brother!
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Yes! That's the message I got too! He and Evelyn are always welcome, protected, even!
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Never get tired of watching you. You get to do all the physical things I can't anymore. When younger I used to hike in AZ with my sister. It was a thrill. Now I can do it vicariously through you. Keep on going and I'll go with you. I enjoy your commentary and style.
I’m Never going to get sick of watching your explorations. It’s very moving thinking about the people that built these structures & it shows how much respect you have & give to these sites.
Hiking alone can sometimes be "spooky", especially if you get that sixth sense of being watched or followed. That happened to me more times than I care to remember and once it was a mountain lion stalking me. Always pays to be wary but definitely not scared. Your perseverance really paid off with you discovery of the fresh water and nearby ancient habitation. From the drone footage I could see the remnants of tumbled down stone walls on the perimeter of the alcove. The cyst and remnants of another cyst indicate the inhabitants utilized them for storage of food and supplies. Another amazing adventure, thank you for taking us along. Great narration and cinematography!
Well said Don
That structure on an angle with animal bones in the bottom and scattered charcoal looks to me like a tandoor for cooking. Has all the evidence of one too.
My first thought, but there doesn't seem to be any fire-hole underneath; just a closed tube, and no sign of soot on it inside or out. Weird. Also, with so much of the typical flat stone around, why did they mostly slap it together with mud, with just a few stone insets? Never saw anything like it!
My first thought was it being a kiln for firing Pottery. The charcoal helped with this idea,, but the lack of blackened interior walls stumped me. The bones were probably a small animal that got trapped in there and couldn't get out. Buzzards would've taken advantage of it.
Edge of Cliff, sealed, for collection water and keeping it cool
I doubt that structure is ancient. Old, perhaps, but the oldest original use of the oasis has probably been scrubbed by time and various inhabitants over the millennia.
@@petermorse7116One more Peter thinking that as well, was gonna say LOOK up above it. I'm sure water dripped from the rock face into it .
Seen something similar in Afganistan mountains built by locals even today.
I am 71, and I can’t do that hiking anymore, so, no, I’m not tired of watching you.
I'm almost 70 & from Australia 🦘🦘. Loved this place & the unique rock formations & other landscape features. Take care of yourself out there. Drones & other technology allow us to see these places without leaving home. Thank you so much.🙏🥰
I definitely do not get tired of watching your videos. I am an old lady on the other side of the great pond, it’s been a while that I lived and worked in the Midwest. Through your videos I can enjoy a landscape which I had to miss out on for various reasons. I also can relate to your wish of being alone and love your sometimes philosophical approach. Please be careful when climbing or wandering around and thank you for your wonderful videos.
I was heartened to read so many comments from "former' adventurers who have reached an age (complete with infirmities) such as my self who can only enjoy adventures vicariously. Your explorations are really interesting and the things you find are amazing. Keep it up - we aren't tired of it!
Keep exploring! I will never be tired of watching 😊❤ Thanks for the journey...
81 yr. old woman living in western Nebraska and I'm LOVING traveling with you. Today I want to know about the music in the background - it's wonderful!
I'm not sure about the middle and end, but if you liked the beginning, then a great composer to try out would be ennio morricone. He did the soundtrack to the good, the bad and the ugly and a few others.
The hidden canyon with all the cottonwoods and streams was BEAUTIFUL! I enjoyed the art of the ancients and thank you for sharing. I would like to see you camp out and explore more of that hidden canyon and keep going deeper. I have never travelled or even been to the Southwest and you have opened a new world for me!
Andrew I’ve been binge watching your videos as I lie in a hospital bed recovering from knee replacement surgery. Not tired yet! 😅 As a retired 74 year old science teacher I’m finding it fascinating. The swirling rocks are probably a mud Lahr. Majored in geology so find the Southwest intriguing. Once I do get new knees will continue my nomadic life style. Love your philosophy of leaving things as you find them , just documenting on film. Trust your instincts on feelings as I do believe we channel our ancestors. Happy and safe travels as I look forward to seeing many more videos!
Get well soon! Thanks for watching!
I've been enjoying your explorations for a few months now and I REALLY enjoy them! I'm disabled, navigating the planet in a off-road capable powered wheelchair that I absolutely love. It gets me out there and that is one of the things that keeps me going. I used to be very much an explorer of our amazing back country so being able to watch your videos and several others who do similarly minded exploring I am very grateful indeed for the adventures!
I’m born and raised in New Jersey right on the Jersey shore. Never been farther west than Chicago, but I’ve always loved to go see the desert. You could go there for 12 hours a day six days a week and post every single one of them and I would never get bored watching it.
Thank you for taking us along on your hikes, they are fascinating.
Thanks for sharing, wife & I went out West four times and loved every minute. Would go back in an instant if we could, but too old now and grateful for someone like you to let us travel with you. DON'T STOP. Lots of people watching feel the same way I'm sure.
I'm 72 and only came across your content last week. Hence I cant get enough of the videos as they're different and NO background music. Its the solitude of the content that I enjoy and of course the thoughts of past civilizations that worked hard to sustain themselves in harsh environments. Crack on!
No background music!!!! Just wind, sometimes.
🎉 I am 45 years young today😅 woke up at 3am, started my morning routineand enjoying this adventure with a lovely coffee. Thank you for the great journeys! I find your videos perfect before bed to enhance dreams if exploring
Thank you for being so respectful in regards to the artifacts. They must remain in place, as I’m sure you know. I’m so glad I found your channel! From reading the chat, we all are loving it! Look forward to checking out all yr videos! Stay safe, be blessed.
I will never ever ever ever ever get tired of watching you so please keep going my friend..
I am 79 years old and I live in the UK and we have nothing like what you experience..
Please keep your videos coming..
I've been going to that area for almost 40 and have ALWAYS had that feeling of being watched and not alone. I've always felt a reverance there. I've always felt peace, love and encouragement, in a sense. It's such a beautiful, wild and mostly peaceful place. Even in what can be considered violent storms, if you are prepared you have no fear, just respect. And peace and beauty. (I know my writing might not be punctually correct. I apologize. It's what I feel.) ❤
Mate, I'm an Aussie who discovered your channel a couple of months ago and love it. As an Aboriginal Australian, we never built or used permanent structures so finding them in situ is almost impossible. We have large midden sites, some of our stone eel traps, etc but very little permanent housing etc. Love the channel. Keep wondering around and I'll keep watching.
Absolutely love your format and style! Don’t change a thing! The narrating and camera coupled with your adventuresome hiking has made your channel one of my favorites!!!! Keep up the amazing work!🎉
Thank you!
No we don't get tired if watching you. We are 60 and 66 yrs old. We can do some hiking but not to your level. But love the sw areas, cliff dwellings, petroglyph, so we can see them now! And love your calm voice. It's relaxing!
Fascinating! You are quite the accomplished rock climber. Beautiful country there. Please keep doing these videos. I'm 71 and can no longer get out and explore. Thank you for sharing.
88 years here. I would love to explore like this so I’m handful to Andrew for bringing it to us older folks.
Dude, I NEVER get sick of your videos!!!!!! I’m a hiker and I’ve been alone since severing ties with my ex and seriously I soooo look forward to watching your videos and ‘hiking with you’! These adventures are my cup of tea with an amazing comfortable gentleman as my company--what more could I ask for from my kitchen with a cup of tea?! Or pedaling my stationary bike ?! Or sitting at the beach?! You are wonderful company and the discoveries and mostly real-time shooting really make it seem like I’m right there with you having a great hike🎉❤😊🙏💫🎡🌈👍🔑
As far as stopping, please don't! My days of exploration are over but my heart still has that adventurous bent. I adventure vicariously through you and I get to see places and things that I'll never see in person. I suspect you help a lot of old adventurous old folks by videoing your treks and it's much appreciated!
I’ve always been fascinated by this part of America, so no, I don’t get tired of watching your exploration.
There’s no way that I could get bored watching you do your thing.
I’m older now with real bad arthritis so I can’t get out and explore like I used to 30 plus years ago. So thank you!!!
Will we get tired of watching you asked.
No. For me, what you bring, is peaceful, it's like being on a hike with a best friend you trust. You treat nature and history with respect and your shots are amazing. I am Dutch and the lands you wander are a miracle. 🙏🏻 ❤
I am 76 and live in the Southern Appalachian Mountains and now limited with my ability to walk for long distances or on unstable terrain, so I thoroughly enjoyed these desert walks exploring the examples of ancient abodes and cultural remains and petroglyphs. Archeology has been a second passion of mine and fits into the work that I did in historic preservation and restoration projects in the public sector, on top of that I had the opportunity to do large scale sites for environmental inventory and analysis for minimizing development impacts and community and client program management.
As for this site, I too think that it was destroyed before it had existed very long. The circular remaining structure is an enigma not only as to why it didn’t sustain the physical and fire damage that was evident on the area around it, but also as too it’s use, would it be possible that since might not have been a typical grain storage structure, that it’s use would have been for storage of water that was transported in in containers and lowered into place with cordage, possibly not requiring a top, or have a couple of flat slabs as a lid for rodents and inserts? Speculation is simply that. As for the bones being in it, assuming that they are not the remains from ancient hunters, which could be possible I suppose in this dry warm climate, it could be possible that a large raptor brought part of an animal carcass to feed on there? It certainly appears that you were the first human to visit this site in a long time.
Thanks again,
The old professor
I can honestly say I never tire of your explorations. I find these "pueblo" remnants absolutely fascinating and had no idea they were so prevalent here ...
Been watching you for about a year now and I’m not tired of you yet. Of course I used to do a lot of backpacking in Arizona and I never tired of that. I just had to finally quit because of getting older and unable to do it anymore. So thank you for taking me and everyone else with you
watching these videos still even after finding out about your accident feels kinda somber. will you ever post again? will you be able to climb these cliffs you so undoubtedly love? lots of prayer and thoughts being sent. please don’t feel pressured into getting into content making again, get as much rest and healing as possible. you’re videos have been an incredible look into geography and archaeology. i feel like i could watch these for year and every time i watch one of these videos i long more and more to visit the southwest as iv stayed in the northeast my whole life besides when i lived in costa rica. feel better ❤️🩹
Keep on walking and climbing, for us out here who no longer can. I, for one, rely on people like you to keep ME going! ❤ Thank you!
Not even close to getting bored, in fact, I share every bit of your curiosity and
enthusiasm. I would be more curious about the neat holes which dot the hills,
however, but I realize that time is precious and you have goals to reach.
This is what I used to do growing up. I love it and I love this scenery. Grew up in this kind of terrain. I'm 76 years young but can't go traipsing around much any more so I love watching your adventures. Keep up the love of what you love to do! Thanks!
I don't get any more tired of seeing these sights than you do ! Please keep up the adventures!