As a Southwesterner who has watched flash floods roaring down canyons where the water got very deep very fast, I implore folks watching this video to be very thorough in your planning before you consider going into slot canyons or canyons much wider than the canyon shown in this video. On one occasion I safely watched a flash flood roaring down a canyon that was much wider than the canyon shown in this video. The water got very deep & was flowing very fast. From where I was standing I could hear rumbling sounds coming from the canyon. The rumbling sounds must have been boulders rolling & hitting each other. During the height of the flood the boulders weren’t visible. The power of water to roll boulders & carve canyons has the power to quickly wipe out human lives.
Check out TH-cam video: Flash flood, debris flow, and moving boulders in Hyderabad, Hunza, Pakistan. As I mentioned before, during a flash flood I heard rumbling sounds that must have been boulders rolling & hitting each other, but I’ve never seen any flash flood that was moving boulders like the large amount being swept along by that flash flood in Pakistan.
@@LoneTinaja It's not a flash flood where I observed massive boulders rearranged in the Yuba River along hwy49. I lived in that area in the 1970's. I returned in the 1990's where a favorite swimming area no longer exists. That stretch of the river was completely rearranged. Huge boulders were moved. The natural rock 'slides' (like a swimming pool slide) were no where to be found. The calmer waters are now crashing rough waters. A mind blowing rearrangement!
@Nancy Smith - it would seem to me that a massive flash flood would be the most likely cause of the rearrangement. Are you sure that there wasn’t 1 or more flash floods during the years you weren’t there? Do you know if the area was struck by an earthquake during those years?
I was scared for you. It was amazing when the water first went over the fall. You could hear the rumbling and there it was! Incredible seeing that. Glad you were high enough not to get caught in it.
Awesome video 👍👍👏👏you have brass balls👍 it was like you turned on the switch and water started running, what a experience it must have been. Again excellent video!
I"m part of a family of forest rangers in the Southwest. Over several decades, we have hauled too many bodies out of the muck and mud, or looked in vain for others after a flood. all it takes is a fallen tree to be launched like a 3-ton spear down the canyon and that's all she wrote. It is powerful and inspiring. If you want to record these get ABOVE where the water starts its fall, and drop a drone down into the canyon to film. Water becomes shallow when it is moving at speed, but also acts like a relentless chaotic battering ram. few people drown in these situations, most are beaten to death. You were wisely planted--unless a tree had come by. be careful, plan ahead and get a drone.
Wow, thank you for the service you have provided. I'm sorry you had to go through those experiences and I hope you are doing well. Good reason why I was incredibly scared this is once in a lifetime catching this on camera. I'm glad the rain wasn't massive like it could have been. I revisited the trail and there was a massive amount of fresh logs that I had never seen before throughout the trail. Proof of it could have been life-threatening on a higher scale.
@@OutdoorVegas Thank you for your kind words. As a family of Rangers and Sheriffs, we seem to be somehow "born to the task" and it's a task that is pretty scary - after all, the individual you are trying to rescue or recover just got injured or killed doing what you are doing to rescue them, plus there's the extra equipment. Even so, the rescues largely compensate for the recoveries, though it is sad that people really don't get Nature's power until its become deadly. Anyway, I"m long retired from that and it's a pleasure to walk a trail without a radio or gear! // Be safe and be prepared--and keep getting out there!
Great footage, do note the water marks above your position though, and the overhanging erosion.. water does at times get high enough that that ledge you're on gets submerged. Glad you made it out safe .
An exceptionally beautiful place: those multi coloured towering walls of folded, swirled rock, the trees, bushes, and flowering plants clinging to edges or rising up between boulders. And the boulders - very beautiful, but when you realize they were put in place by immense water power tossing them, it is very frightening. Thank you so much for recording this incident and posting it. I have always lived around the huge cities of the world and have so so little understanding of how the environment behaves in wilder settings. I find watching videos such as this simply fascinating and entrancing. Also very educational - it isn't the sort of thing that would see much coverage in news reports on television - even very good news stations such as there are in London. So TH-cam - and people who make and post such recordings -has ended up being a way for me to see so much and learn so much that I would otherwise never had had the opportunity.
What makes these canyons truly stunning, is the amazing topography sculpted into their sides by the laminar and turbulent flow of water. Some are phenomenal works of natural art.
@@skateboardingjesus4006 Yes, just stunning. Though I'll never see it first hand, in many ways I think it is better that I appreciate such places via amazing modern technology. Because were I, and millions & millions me like me, to visit in person the places would end up so compromised and degraded by such large amount of human traffic. I'm sure things are lost by remote appreciation, but what is preserved is more important.
@@greenman6141 I'm in Ireland, so I don't get to see this exact kind of canyon. Places like that definitely need to have the amount of human traffic going through them limited. I should get a chance to see one or two when I visit Nevada next summer. Some people just don't see the irony of trampling through the natural beauty they insist on seeing.
@@skateboardingjesus4006 Your comment on the irony: Yes precisely. I'm in Massachusetts in the US currently...was in London for decades before this. And London can handle its tourists, especially as so many are strictly interested in things that exist JUST for tourism's sake. I mean...the Hard Rock Cafe? Really? But, I realized, better that than vulnerable natural areas. An American friend of mine who travelled about the UK & Ireland said to me that there were so so many Americans chewing gum everywhere in Ireland that he was relieved when he got to Scotland. Because while the Americans in Ireland were driving the Irish crazy, the Scottish reserved all their loathing for the English, so he felt less of an imposition. One's gotta laugh.
I remember when that group of elderly got caught in that flash flood s. Utah and the cadaver dogs found their bodies buried in 6ft of mud miles down stream. So much power, when hiking look at long range weather 20 or 30 miles out to avoid trouble. Awesome video. Be safe
Your planning, if deciding to hike in these possible conditions you must have an escape plan every step you take. Where can I climb, how hi is determined by surrounding establish trees or bushes, and width of opening. Also, plan on sticking around until over and a lot of times they water height may come in surges during flood.
Just hiked Ice Box Canyon 2 days ago before the monsoon rains to this very vantage point. This is amazing once-ina-lifetime footage. He is stuck at his vantage point for a while. There is no getting out of this canyon cuz it's tight and verical walls for a good quarter mile with huge boulders, thick trees and shrubs in the wash. If you don't drown, you'll be dashed against the rocks. Hike in until the canyon narrows and drops down into the wash.
Thank u for showing this video. U made us part of it. Lol I was looking around like I guess we can hang on that bush and pray for the best. Also your commentary was great
I'm glad you liked it. I do recognize what I need to improve when recording this phenomenon, but I'm so happy you enjoyed what I was able to capture. As for the subs, they are fantastic, of course, to see this channel grow, but it's stressful thinking about what I should upload or if I should go looking for more natural phenomenons. It's tough but thank you, fellow online family.
Red Rock was my dad's CB radio handle, rockhounds going to crazy distance places in CA NV UT AZ ID OR WA to dig for rocks. You might have been in more danger than you realize, glad the gals and you made it safe but those rocks are slippery and you can't know if they've been undermined from water. Thanks for the video!! Dad passed away last year at 89.
It was pretty crazy. I thought more water would come down, but that was all of it, and I overreacted, but now that I know flash floods, I feel I would make a better video next time.
I'm glad you showed this video. All flash floods have the sudden massive issue. Your statement that it's more impressive in person is good to share. In person you can feel the power of the water and it's dangerous nature. I experienced a lifetime impression of flash floods when I was 8 years old. My father waited to drive through on Hwy 395 near Bishop. When we finally did there were many cars completely covered with water stuck in the ditch. Some spots, where water had receded, I saw people, dead people. Very sad. Flash floods are not new to the desert. We all need to respect nature. Even trust nature. However, like a sudden flash flood, climate change is scary because we don't know what she is up to.
Your comment means a lot. I appreciate that you understand and appreciate my video. That is quite an experience you've had, it's frightening. We must understand and respect nature.
Yes, it was the reason why I felt so afraid because in my head it played out a lot worse I felt like a exponential amount of water has going to fall, but I was lucky that it was all it was.
I know when I was working as a driver in Northern Maine and Coastal Canada the only thing that I saw that kinda freaked me out was the ice flows in spring, on the logging roads they had what basically where pop out bridges that where made to come out so the ice wouldn’t destroy the bridges, but something like these flash floods in the southwest are scary !! The awesome power that nature and water have is incredible ! Hope everyone was okay and I hear on the news that someone died in a flash flood I now can see how !! Incredible footage !!
Wow I feel like I experienced a whole adventure together with you. I actually was scared you might slip^^ glad you made it through and we are able to see this fascinating natural occurrence. =)
I got lucky🍀 to get there to record that. It was scary at first because I thought it was going to get worse. Just imagine being stuck there, that is frightening to me.
Red Rock Venture I would’ve been terrified I’m glad you had the courage to stick it out and get this great video. This might be the second time you see this message but I couldn’t see the first message that I put in.
No worries, I don't mind. I appreciate the respect I was in the right place at the right time. Also, yes, it was terrifying at first for sure. Thank you again. 🙇
@@OutdoorVegas I really think being harassed over anything is immature. Flash floods in that desert are common (normal). Warnings have been out there during my lifetime of 60yrs. They have been there since the known beginning (Native American lore). You did an excellent job recording this awesome video. You initially set up on relatively safe ground sharing the potential danger due to the high rise of the waters. You stayed aware. You shared the awesome power of the waters. You moved when necessary again showing the dangerous aspects of these flood waters. I liked your end meeting others as it showed that there are other observers who respect nature by staying far enough back. Stay alive to share the stories! I love a good story.
A friend an me experienced the same thing in the 70s an were speechless tooo except for "WOW WOE WOE WOW.." an we didnt have cell phones then or a camera on us. VERY COOL VID. THANKS FOR SHARING👍👍👍
I was scared to and im watching from my bed, all tucked in warm. The force of the water was astonishing , it cam out of nowhere and suddenly your high ground doesnt look so hi. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience 🙏 😊
You mentioned getting in the water, but for the debris. If you got in that water you'd be immediately swept away and bashed-around like a rag doll all down through that canyon, and end-up as debris yourself. For the love of God, never try to climb down into, nor walk through, rapids like that. It'd be a suicidal move. - When having those temptations, "Turn around, don't down!" as we say.
That first part is, like you said is very unsafe, and that was in my mind until when we reached farther out of the trail, there were a lot of shallow parts we went in, and it was lovely. But yes, it's undoubtedly life-threatening in situations like you've mentioned. Thank you for the comment!
As far as survival goes, a fall from that height at the beginning would be curtains with or without the water. The water is just naturally scarier because it's loud.
Just over 30 years ago, before there was a TH-cam I hiked one of the slot canyons in Zion. I recall going a few miles into it where the walls on both sides went straight up with that curvy water carved smoothness, no rocks or ledges, like a fantasy image with only slivers of sky visible. I had been told that rain from far away that you can't detect can suddenly fill such places, and there would be no escape from where I stood. Decided not to push my luck and hiked back out. It was a dry day ☀☺ After viewing many videos like this, I believe that will be my only slot canyon hike.
Wow! That sounds amazing! So are you saying keeping an eye on the weather might still be risky to go through the slots? I want to put more time into hiking and make higher-quality videos.
I went hiking in that trail when I was younger, you get to do fun stuff like that when you grow up in the valley. The closest I ever got to experiencing a flash flood was the exhibit at the Springs Preserve 😂
It does feel like once in a lifetime experience here in the valley. Now that I know it's not so horrible, I feel like if I encounter on here again, I'll be more disciplined.
A few years ago I was there and if it wasn’t because of someone that took me out of the water I wouldn’t of made it. It’s so scary and unexpected for sure
7:09 I know my minds just playing tricks on me but that rock really looks like a skull. That looked terrifying, I’m glad you made it out okay! Great camera work btw!
Watched the entire video. Fear and excitement of the unknown danger. Flash floods are scary. Didn’t know what they meant until i see it on a flash flood june 23 capitol reef video. This the 2nd flash flood video i have seen. Scary stuffs but exciting at the same time.
Survives a flash flood, then on way out DIES TRIPPING ON UNTIED FREAKING SHOELACE. It's crazy how many people I used to see out there, casually strolling through the wilderness zone, miles from anybody else, let alone cell signal, in their yoga pants/shorts and t-shirt, carrying a stupid 20oz bottle of Evian. Every time we went out, wife always asked me why I rarely touched my camelbak reservoir and carried separate water. Then one day we took a wrong turn which turned out to be a much, much longer trail than we'd intended to get back to the car. Toward the end of the day, with our main water pretty much gone, I was able to refill her pack and keep us both safely hydrated until we made the car again. "That's why, honey." Being prepared probably saved us, but that small gap could have ended us. I learned to ensure we had a GPS map of the area before we had any more adventures. I am all for everybody getting out there and experiencing the world, but for dog's sake could some of you just use a little common sense before loping jauntily off into No Man's Land? Do a little reading into where you're going, then over-prepare like hell! You're hiking Icebox Canyon which is KNOWN for that waterfall, and there's no way the weather that triggered that flood wasn't forecast with a decent probability. And tuck in yer damn laces or at least double-tie them! Lack of preparation is just begging for a potentially-permanent life lesson!
What a great catch. I'm out at RR all the time ridding my bike and often wondered what the canyon looks like. I have been out before during a flash flood though. I had to carry my bike across the road where this water goes. Thanks for the content.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video. The canyons are amazing, and I'm sure going on those bike riding are fun as well plus, you'll enjoy the scenery too. It sounds like a great experience.
@@OutdoorVegas It is a good time ridding the RR loop. It's a challenge every time with all of the climbing involved. With the pandemic it's been mostly too crowded to get out there and ride safely. But now that it's getting hot. I hope to be out there with the crowds thinning.
Yes, it's the Ice Box Canyon. I'm too busy to go up there it's been a while. I got very lucky catching this I didn't expect anything this crazy. It has to be heavy directly on the mountains behind Ice Box.
The rain falls over a wide area, but flows faster into the riverbed than the river can carry it away. Flash floods are incredibly dangerous because a rainstorm miles away from you can cause unexpected flooding in otherwise dry areas.
No, I worked the night shift at the airport and left home at 6 am and I usually have hiking gear ready in my car I saw very big rain clouds and raining in the mountains already so I went there to see the water creeks but as u can see I arrived just in time because I ran all the way there through the trial 😆 lucky me that I was able to see this safely.
It was pretty crazy to see how fast that water came down at first. Those rapids looked pretty powerful as well. Glad you made the right calls and got out safely! Also, did you stay in contact with those girls you 'rescued'? Quite the shared experience haha.
How long did you have to wait for the water to recede enough to leave? My sister and I did that hike a couple years ago and it was bone dry. It’s cool to see it this way.
I probably waited for 1 15-20 minutes but it looked like it didn't recede much and I wanted to start making my way out before another storm rolled by. I thought it would be safe in the area where the water wasn't deep and I feel after letting it flow for a bit we should be safe from debris but it's just my theory. Nothing dangerous happened just an amazing phenomena.
Floods of 1983 you would have been washed away. If your familiar with Las Vegas, the water got soo high in the sloan wash that it covered the bridge on Charleston at Lamb- appx 30 + feet high and 100 feet wide... hectic! That was the last time the dam at Mead overflowed
My man said definitely was a one-of-a-kind experience and I definitely do it again LOL you can't do it one time experience more than one time then that would be a two-time experience you keep taking fate you might have the skill tip not in your favor stay out of that stuff bro stay out and stay alive turn around and don't drown you know what I mean stay safe bro
It would be handy if there was a signal developed such as blasting a hand-held air horn three times to warn of flooding coming. Or a referee’s whistle blasted three times. Something that carries better than voice..
I agree with the "just a little" it wasn't as bad as my ignorant mind played it out to be, but if I do reencounter one, I'll do a much better job of recording and keeping my cool. 😆
As a Southwesterner who has watched flash floods roaring down canyons where the water got very deep very fast, I implore folks watching this video to be very thorough in your planning before you consider going into slot canyons or canyons much wider than the canyon shown in this video. On one occasion I safely watched a flash flood roaring down a canyon that was much wider than the canyon shown in this video. The water got very deep & was flowing very fast. From where I was standing I could hear rumbling sounds coming from the canyon. The rumbling sounds must have been boulders rolling & hitting each other. During the height of the flood the boulders weren’t visible. The power of water to roll boulders & carve canyons has the power to quickly wipe out human lives.
That's a crazy experience! They are powerful indeed. That's one reason why I was terrified but then realized that was the worst of it.
Check out TH-cam video: Flash flood, debris flow, and moving boulders in Hyderabad, Hunza, Pakistan. As I mentioned before, during a flash flood I heard rumbling sounds that must have been boulders rolling & hitting each other, but I’ve never seen any flash flood that was moving boulders like the large amount being swept along by that flash flood in Pakistan.
A longer TH-cam video of that Pakistan flash flood is: First record of water flood in hyderabad har hunza.mp4.MP4
@@LoneTinaja It's not a flash flood where I observed massive boulders rearranged in the Yuba River along hwy49. I lived in that area in the 1970's. I returned in the 1990's where a favorite swimming area no longer exists. That stretch of the river was completely rearranged. Huge boulders were moved. The natural rock 'slides' (like a swimming pool slide) were no where to be found. The calmer waters are now crashing rough waters. A mind blowing rearrangement!
@Nancy Smith - it would seem to me that a massive flash flood would be the most likely cause of the rearrangement. Are you sure that there wasn’t 1 or more flash floods during the years you weren’t there? Do you know if the area was struck by an earthquake during those years?
I was scared for you. It was amazing when the water first went over the fall. You could hear the rumbling and there it was! Incredible seeing that. Glad you were high enough not to get caught in it.
Just saw this 3/5/24. Thanks for sharing it.
Awesome video 👍👍👏👏you have brass balls👍 it was like you turned on the switch and water started running, what a experience it must have been. Again excellent video!
Brass balls and a numb skull.
You can start to see how some of that geology has been carved into the landscape by eons of rainstorms and water flowing. Amazing.
I was more focused on the fact it takes one storm to actually change the landscape.
Thanks for filming..I appreciate the silence and awe while watching and listening..just the sound of the water is so impressive
I loved listening to the flood coming. Anyone who has heard it never forgets!
Amazing video, you were in the perfect place to capture the avalanche of water suddenly appearing
Pro tip: If you need to pan your camera up to film the approaching flood. You are in fact NOT in a safe place!
I"m part of a family of forest rangers in the Southwest. Over several decades, we have hauled too many bodies out of the muck and mud, or looked in vain for others after a flood. all it takes is a fallen tree to be launched like a 3-ton spear down the canyon and that's all she wrote. It is powerful and inspiring. If you want to record these get ABOVE where the water starts its fall, and drop a drone down into the canyon to film. Water becomes shallow when it is moving at speed, but also acts like a relentless chaotic battering ram. few people drown in these situations, most are beaten to death. You were wisely planted--unless a tree had come by. be careful, plan ahead and get a drone.
Wow, thank you for the service you have provided. I'm sorry you had to go through those experiences and I hope you are doing well.
Good reason why I was incredibly scared this is once in a lifetime catching this on camera. I'm glad the rain wasn't massive like it could have been.
I revisited the trail and there was a massive amount of fresh logs that I had never seen before throughout the trail.
Proof of it could have been life-threatening on a higher scale.
@@OutdoorVegas Thank you for your kind words. As a family of Rangers and Sheriffs, we seem to be somehow "born to the task" and it's a task that is pretty scary - after all, the individual you are trying to rescue or recover just got injured or killed doing what you are doing to rescue them, plus there's the extra equipment. Even so, the rescues largely compensate for the recoveries, though it is sad that people really don't get Nature's power until its become deadly.
Anyway, I"m long retired from that and it's a pleasure to walk a trail without a radio or gear! //
Be safe and be prepared--and keep getting out there!
I almost went today and saw the rain clouds. I’m glad I stayed put
I like the clouds because I don't like the sun 😆. When it hits summer, I can't handle it 😆.
Great footage, do note the water marks above your position though, and the overhanging erosion.. water does at times get high enough that that ledge you're on gets submerged. Glad you made it out safe .
Being alive isn't required
An exceptionally beautiful place: those multi coloured towering walls of folded, swirled rock, the trees, bushes, and flowering plants clinging to edges or rising up between boulders.
And the boulders - very beautiful, but when you realize they were put in place by immense water power tossing them, it is very frightening.
Thank you so much for recording this incident and posting it.
I have always lived around the huge cities of the world and have so so little understanding of how the environment behaves in wilder settings. I find watching videos such as this simply fascinating and entrancing. Also very educational - it isn't the sort of thing that would see much coverage in news reports on television - even very good news stations such as there are in London. So TH-cam - and people who make and post such recordings -has ended up being a way for me to see so much and learn so much that I would otherwise never had had the opportunity.
What makes these canyons truly stunning, is the amazing topography sculpted into their sides by the laminar and turbulent flow of water. Some are phenomenal works of natural art.
@@skateboardingjesus4006 Yes, just stunning. Though I'll never see it first hand, in many ways I think it is better that I appreciate such places via amazing modern technology. Because were I, and millions & millions me like me, to visit in person the places would end up so compromised and degraded by such large amount of human traffic. I'm sure things are lost by remote appreciation, but what is preserved is more important.
@@greenman6141 I'm in Ireland, so I don't get to see this exact kind of canyon. Places like that definitely need to have the amount of human traffic going through them limited. I should get a chance to see one or two when I visit Nevada next summer. Some people just don't see the irony of trampling through the natural beauty they insist on seeing.
@@skateboardingjesus4006 Your comment on the irony: Yes precisely.
I'm in Massachusetts in the US currently...was in London for decades before this. And London can handle its tourists, especially as so many are strictly interested in things that exist JUST for tourism's sake. I mean...the Hard Rock Cafe? Really? But, I realized, better that than vulnerable natural areas.
An American friend of mine who travelled about the UK & Ireland said to me that there were so so many Americans chewing gum everywhere in Ireland that he was relieved when he got to Scotland. Because while the Americans in Ireland were driving the Irish crazy, the Scottish reserved all their loathing for the English, so he felt less of an imposition.
One's gotta laugh.
For me too! So fascinating
I remember when that group of elderly got caught in that flash flood s. Utah and the cadaver dogs found their bodies buried in 6ft of mud miles down stream. So much power, when hiking look at long range weather 20 or 30 miles out to avoid trouble. Awesome video. Be safe
Be safe? I think that ship has sailed.
Your planning, if deciding to hike in these possible conditions you must have an escape plan every step you take. Where can I climb, how hi is determined by surrounding establish trees or bushes, and width of opening. Also, plan on sticking around until over and a lot of times they water height may come in surges during flood.
Incredible spot to catch the flood, I can appreciate your apprehension. Water is an under appreciated power. Great experience! 👍
Just hiked Ice Box Canyon 2 days ago before the monsoon rains to this very vantage point. This is amazing once-ina-lifetime footage. He is stuck at his vantage point for a while. There is no getting out of this canyon cuz it's tight and verical walls for a good quarter mile with huge boulders, thick trees and shrubs in the wash. If you don't drown, you'll be dashed against the rocks. Hike in until the canyon narrows and drops down into the wash.
That was beautiful. I live in Henderson so I know the dangers it can bring. Glad you filmed it safely.
Thank u for showing this video. U made us part of it. Lol I was looking around like I guess we can hang on that bush and pray for the best. Also your commentary was great
Wow, underated. This is awesome. You wish everyone is okay, and safe. You deserve much more subs! Good luck.👍
I'm glad you liked it. I do recognize what I need to improve when recording this phenomenon, but I'm so happy you enjoyed what I was able to capture. As for the subs, they are fantastic, of course, to see this channel grow, but it's stressful thinking about what I should upload or if I should go looking for more natural phenomenons. It's tough but thank you, fellow online family.
I hope I'm in a safe place right now
Narrator: he was not in a safe place
😂 that comment cracked me up!
That is the coolest video! Talk about being in the right place at the right time. 😎
I've done this hike several times when I lived there. It is an incredible place.
Awesome...you captured this at the right moment...glad you are safe.
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it. If I go back to hiking and reencounter a situation like this, I'll do a much better job.
Awesome experience - Glad you're safe and thank you for sharing
Red Rock was my dad's CB radio handle, rockhounds going to crazy distance places in CA NV UT AZ ID OR WA to dig for rocks.
You might have been in more danger than you realize, glad the gals and you made it safe but those rocks are slippery and you can't know if they've been undermined from water.
Thanks for the video!! Dad passed away last year at 89.
Just remember him in all the good times you had with him.
Unbelievable footage. It's like out of a movie. I was just there today and can't imagine how surreal that must have been. Thank you for sharing
It was pretty crazy. I thought more water would come down, but that was all of it, and I overreacted, but now that I know flash floods, I feel I would make a better video next time.
I'm glad you showed this video. All flash floods have the sudden massive issue. Your statement that it's more impressive in person is good to share. In person you can feel the power of the water and it's dangerous nature. I experienced a lifetime impression of flash floods when I was 8 years old. My father waited to drive through on Hwy 395 near Bishop. When we finally did there were many cars completely covered with water stuck in the ditch. Some spots, where water had receded, I saw people, dead people. Very sad. Flash floods are not new to the desert. We all need to respect nature. Even trust nature. However, like a sudden flash flood, climate change is scary because we don't know what she is up to.
Your comment means a lot. I appreciate that you understand and appreciate my video. That is quite an experience you've had, it's frightening. We must understand and respect nature.
That’s an unbelievable amount of water I’m glad you are safe!
Yes, it was the reason why I felt so afraid because in my head it played out a lot worse I felt like a exponential amount of water has going to fall, but I was lucky that it was all it was.
Very cool vid, right place, right time, educational, awe inspiring 👍👍
I know when I was working as a driver in Northern Maine and Coastal Canada the only thing that I saw that kinda freaked me out was the ice flows in spring, on the logging roads they had what basically where pop out bridges that where made to come out so the ice wouldn’t destroy the bridges, but something like these flash floods in the southwest are scary !! The awesome power that nature and water have is incredible ! Hope everyone was okay and I hear on the news that someone died in a flash flood I now can see how !! Incredible footage !!
Reminds me of Fish Creek. I've got stories. Cool ones and pics
Wow I feel like I experienced a whole adventure together with you. I actually was scared you might slip^^ glad you made it through and we are able to see this fascinating natural occurrence. =)
Wow ! That’s a lot of water !
Awesome video - thanks for sharing 😁👍
I got lucky🍀 to get there to record that. It was scary at first because I thought it was going to get worse. Just imagine being stuck there, that is frightening to me.
Red Rock Venture
I would’ve been terrified I’m glad you had the courage to stick it out and takes that awesome video !
Red Rock Venture
I would’ve been terrified I’m glad you had the courage to stick it out and get this great video.
This might be the second time you see this message but I couldn’t see the first message that I put in.
No worries, I don't mind. I appreciate the respect I was in the right place at the right time. Also, yes, it was terrifying at first for sure. Thank you again. 🙇
It cools me off just looking at it. Great video!
Thank you! I appreciate your comment. If I do get a chance to make more videos I have learned a lot from this experience
Holy crap that is so awesome and frightening at the same time! I love Ice Box Canyon, but I’ve obviously never seen it like this.
It was a fantastic experience. Can you believe a user harassed me because they said this was normal? It came to the point where I had to block them.
@@OutdoorVegas I really think being harassed over anything is immature. Flash floods in that desert are common (normal). Warnings have been out there during my lifetime of 60yrs. They have been there since the known beginning (Native American lore). You did an excellent job recording this awesome video. You initially set up on relatively safe ground sharing the potential danger due to the high rise of the waters. You stayed aware. You shared the awesome power of the waters. You moved when necessary again showing the dangerous aspects of these flood waters. I liked your end meeting others as it showed that there are other observers who respect nature by staying far enough back. Stay alive to share the stories! I love a good story.
That was scary. Hats off to the kids for remaining calm and supporting each other, this could have turned out very differently.
Scary, but absolutely amazing! Thanks for risking your life and sharing your footage.
I appreciate the positivity. I wish I could have done better for you guys that enjoyed it!
Well done. Thank you. Very valuable
A friend an me experienced the same thing in the 70s an were speechless tooo except for "WOW WOE WOE WOW.." an we didnt have cell phones then or a camera on us. VERY COOL VID. THANKS FOR SHARING👍👍👍
Wow, you have also experienced it! Isn't it frightening? It's been a while but thank you very much.
Yes it was terrifying. 😳😂
We had been there many times before, so when it happened we were Shocked!
It's fantastic to hear that others have experienced the same. Thank you for your comments and support.
Me and my family did too and yep no cell phones 😁 this video is just fricken amazing and you captured it forever! Awesome 👏
I was scared to and im watching from my bed, all tucked in warm. The force of the water was astonishing , it cam out of nowhere and suddenly your high ground doesnt look so hi. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience 🙏 😊
You mentioned getting in the water, but for the debris. If you got in that water you'd be immediately swept away and bashed-around like a rag doll all down through that canyon, and end-up as debris yourself. For the love of God, never try to climb down into, nor walk through, rapids like that. It'd be a suicidal move. - When having those temptations, "Turn around, don't down!" as we say.
That first part is, like you said is very unsafe, and that was in my mind until when we reached farther out of the trail, there were a lot of shallow parts we went in, and it was lovely. But yes, it's undoubtedly life-threatening in situations like you've mentioned. Thank you for the comment!
AWESOME! THANKS FOR SHARING
Absolutely incredible footage.
Thank you. I'm glad you liked it. I wish I could have done better for you all. It's a learning experience for sure.
WOW!!! thats amazing!!!
I'm glad you enjoyed my video! I'll do better next time if I reencounter a flash flood. Thank you!
Very cool video & glad you 3 found each other & got out ok. Good educational video for anyone who lives & travels the deserts
Thank you! I appreciate your comment.
Incredible to capture that.
Very cool perspective of it happening, when the waterfall started to flow you knew shit was about to get real
Yes, I was losing my mind too much 😆 I literally thought water will come down the cliff behind where I was standing so it made me more scared.
Talk about timing!
Great video, be careful out there.
Glad all of you made it out safely!🙏
As far as survival goes, a fall from that height at the beginning would be curtains with or without the water. The water is just naturally scarier because it's loud.
Beautiful!
Just over 30 years ago, before there was a TH-cam I hiked one of the slot canyons in Zion. I recall going a few miles into it where the walls on both sides went straight up with that curvy water carved smoothness, no rocks or ledges, like a fantasy image with only slivers of sky visible. I had been told that rain from far away that you can't detect can suddenly fill such places, and there would be no escape from where I stood. Decided not to push my luck and hiked back out. It was a dry day ☀☺ After viewing many videos like this, I believe that will be my only slot canyon hike.
Wow! That sounds amazing! So are you saying keeping an eye on the weather might still be risky to go through the slots? I want to put more time into hiking and make higher-quality videos.
Oh wooow I've never seen anything like this b4. Thanks
do you think you can surf in these waters?
I went hiking in that trail when I was younger, you get to do fun stuff like that when you grow up in the valley. The closest I ever got to experiencing a flash flood was the exhibit at the Springs Preserve 😂
It does feel like once in a lifetime experience here in the valley. Now that I know it's not so horrible, I feel like if I encounter on here again, I'll be more disciplined.
WOW What an amazing few moments to experience and capture on film!!
It was incredibly unique, a once in a lifetime experience; if you are not actively hunting the flash floods.
He almost died
You are lucky or smart to know when to capture this, maybe both. Never the less I Love it.
I was fortuitous indeed. I think if I attempted this again, I'll most likely miss the opportunity.
A few years ago I was there and if it wasn’t because of someone that took me out of the water I wouldn’t of made it. It’s so scary and unexpected for sure
It is very scary after about 10 minutes I calmed down and was able to pass through.
7:09 I know my minds just playing tricks on me but that rock really looks like a skull. That looked terrifying, I’m glad you made it out okay! Great camera work btw!
Scary but awesome footage!
Basically a safe place to stand is where there is old growth. And the rocks aren't smooth.
this is a great video, hilarious you ran into the girls
Yeah, it was 😆
Watched the entire video. Fear and excitement of the unknown danger. Flash floods are scary. Didn’t know what they meant until i see it on a flash flood june 23 capitol reef video. This the 2nd flash flood video i have seen. Scary stuffs but exciting at the same time.
I like that places very very much i could not have word to explain my heart feeling & want see like that places very much.
This is nuts! .....this is nature!
I didn’t see any boulders or trees with this one or garbage😮😮😮😮😮!!!!! You young man got lucky, somewhat.😅😅😅
Survives a flash flood, then on way out DIES TRIPPING ON UNTIED FREAKING SHOELACE.
It's crazy how many people I used to see out there, casually strolling through the wilderness zone, miles from anybody else, let alone cell signal, in their yoga pants/shorts and t-shirt, carrying a stupid 20oz bottle of Evian.
Every time we went out, wife always asked me why I rarely touched my camelbak reservoir and carried separate water. Then one day we took a wrong turn which turned out to be a much, much longer trail than we'd intended to get back to the car. Toward the end of the day, with our main water pretty much gone, I was able to refill her pack and keep us both safely hydrated until we made the car again. "That's why, honey." Being prepared probably saved us, but that small gap could have ended us. I learned to ensure we had a GPS map of the area before we had any more adventures.
I am all for everybody getting out there and experiencing the world, but for dog's sake could some of you just use a little common sense before loping jauntily off into No Man's Land? Do a little reading into where you're going, then over-prepare like hell! You're hiking Icebox Canyon which is KNOWN for that waterfall, and there's no way the weather that triggered that flood wasn't forecast with a decent probability. And tuck in yer damn laces or at least double-tie them! Lack of preparation is just begging for a potentially-permanent life lesson!
I noticed the untied shoe lace too 🤣🤣🤣🤣
That's an insane amount of water!
What a great catch. I'm out at RR all the time ridding my bike and often wondered what the canyon looks like. I have been out before during a flash flood though. I had to carry my bike across the road where this water goes. Thanks for the content.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video. The canyons are amazing, and I'm sure going on those bike riding are fun as well plus, you'll enjoy the scenery too. It sounds like a great experience.
@@OutdoorVegas It is a good time ridding the RR loop. It's a challenge every time with all of the climbing involved. With the pandemic it's been mostly too crowded to get out there and ride safely. But now that it's getting hot. I hope to be out there with the crowds thinning.
Dude: yeah this is scary
Me: Woooohoooo! Hold my raft!
Lol nah on the real, glad you were in a safe spot and hopefully nobody was hurt.
AMAZING footage. Glad you got out safe! In another life you were the Crocodile Hunter.
Lol
Great video man! Water and wind shape the earth, and this is proof.
SOO AWESOME
It was awesome! Thank you for your comment and support.
That's scary, man. But beautiful, too.
Is this ice box Canyon? I would love to experience this do you go up there regularly when it rains?.. is this typical with heavy rain?
Yes, it's the Ice Box Canyon. I'm too busy to go up there it's been a while. I got very lucky catching this I didn't expect anything this crazy. It has to be heavy directly on the mountains behind Ice Box.
You were expecting the flood but waited until after the wall of water to warn of flood to those below?
Nice video, I have been there about a month ago the Ice Box canyon is awesome!!!
It is a fantastic hike. It's beautiful.
Can somebody explain why the water comes like a wall, rather than a steady increasing amount? It’s almost like a dam has burst. Thanks
The rain falls over a wide area, but flows faster into the riverbed than the river can carry it away.
Flash floods are incredibly dangerous because a rainstorm miles away from you can cause unexpected flooding in otherwise dry areas.
That was scary just watching it. It looked like it was going to go even higher. How much further was it out of there?
Always check the weather before any hike
Wow did you check the short and long range forecast for the day?
No, I worked the night shift at the airport and left home at 6 am and I usually have hiking gear ready in my car I saw very big rain clouds and raining in the mountains already so I went there to see the water creeks but as u can see I arrived just in time because I ran all the way there through the trial 😆 lucky me that I was able to see this safely.
I used to go to Red Rock all the time with the wife and kids.
It was pretty crazy to see how fast that water came down at first. Those rapids looked pretty powerful as well. Glad you made the right calls and got out safely!
Also, did you stay in contact with those girls you 'rescued'? Quite the shared experience haha.
No, I haven't kept in contact with them hopefully they see this video one day.
Had to be spring. What month?
You're right; it was spring. I uploaded the video a few days after the flash flood. I think it was April.
Happened to us spring in mid 1970's!
How long did you have to wait for the water to recede enough to leave? My sister and I did that hike a couple years ago and it was bone dry. It’s cool to see it this way.
I probably waited for 1
15-20 minutes but it looked like it didn't recede much and I wanted to start making my way out before another storm rolled by.
I thought it would be safe in the area where the water wasn't deep and I feel after letting it flow for a bit we should be safe from debris but it's just my theory. Nothing dangerous happened just an amazing phenomena.
Always check weather first, esp in the desert.
Floods of 1983 you would have been washed away. If your familiar with Las Vegas, the water got soo high in the sloan wash that it covered the bridge on Charleston at Lamb- appx 30 + feet high and 100 feet wide... hectic! That was the last time the dam at Mead overflowed
Wow, I never knew that! That is incredibly frightening.
This is why I would carry one of those air horns if I were to go to these places
Beautiful but scary.when was this?
It was around April 2018.
This is great for educational purposes.
At 13.56 you might have been hearing rocks moving on the bottom of the river bed?
That makes sense. I didn't think of that lol. Thank you.
Hey Danger, Umm how did they get Dem' ice inside dat water bottle?
My man said definitely was a one-of-a-kind experience and I definitely do it again LOL you can't do it one time experience more than one time then that would be a two-time experience you keep taking fate you might have the skill tip not in your favor stay out of that stuff bro stay out and stay alive turn around and don't drown you know what I mean stay safe bro
You caught that! 😆 thank you. I haven't done this again. You are right.
Thanks, glad I got to see this 😭
Just for anyone wondering why you wouldn’t risk crossing…a cubic metre of water is the equivalent to 2200 pounds (a ton)
Congratulation u reached 100 subs
Thank you, much appreciated!
This video and the crazy weather this year got me to 500!
It would be handy if there was a signal developed such as blasting a hand-held air horn three times to warn of flooding coming. Or a referee’s whistle blasted three times. Something that carries better than voice..
*Mother Nature was flexing... just a little.* 😬
I agree with the "just a little" it wasn't as bad as my ignorant mind played it out to be, but if I do reencounter one, I'll do a much better job of recording and keeping my cool. 😆
What trail in red rock is this?
This was Ice Box Trail. A small waterfall forms there in the spring plus I have a video of an off trail waterfall in the Ice Box Trail as well.
Wonderful