Why do you not have 50K+ subscribers?! You travel to and showcase some of the more remote, wild, and beautiful places in the American West. Your knowledge of Indian culture, geology, and the finer points of SUV RVing, what used to be called car camping, offers so much of interest. As well, your straight forward, low key delivery is appealing and refreshing. Thanks for making these videos and taking us along on parts of your journeys and I hope that other people discover what you do and help you continue to do it.
Appreciate all the effort it takes to leave the camera to increase the “you are there” feeling as you climb away and realize all the back tracking and RE climbing you do for us watching…great job.
Aw man I'm a sucker for geological oddities...loved the formation at your campsite at the beginning, and the surreal features of the mountain you climbed. The views from atop both were also captivating. Oh, and I've been wanting to say, really been enjoying the interesting variety of music tastefully worked in lately...brings a nice added dimension & mood. Terrific episode, thank you!
I am too! And Utah is full of 'em. Glad you like the music. Finding music for the videos is my least favorite part of the entire video creation process. I hate it. So basically I've been branching out because I've run out of other songs to use! Thanks for watching.
Your work just gets better and more interesting all the time. Utah wasn't really on my list at all before you revealed the beauty of it. Now I'm looking forward to exploring there.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: I think that Utah has the highest density of beautiful places of any state. There's just a LOT of beautiful stuff to see and do here.
Another great campsite at the beginning. Being able to hike to a peak from where you camped sounds excellent. Really interesting finding those kinds of fossils in such an arid environment. Wow, I've never even seen pictures of the weirdest in the west mountain. Thanks for the gems as always!
I love geology, I've learned about volcanic uplifting, time lines, the rise & fall of mountains, Geometric Folds, but I want to know about that white mountain, never seen anything like it, maybe some kind of water formations, wow, love your videos, you are so different from other TH-camrs that go to the same places as everyone else, (Zion, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, seen them a hundred times, of course they are beautiful, nice to see different landscapes without all the people as well) thanks for sharing!
Some nice gastropods, ostracods, bivalves and crinoid stems. Used to hunt trilobyte fossils in South Willow Canyon in the Stansbury range SW of Grantsville when I was a kid.
This was a great day out. Can't go wrong when you hike a couple of mountains, find a bunch of fossils, and stumble across a creekside campsite. If you haven't already, check out this week's fishing video over on my second channel: th-cam.com/video/5SF_vL1EV5Q/w-d-xo.html -Tristan
The quadcopter in the Very Beginning was auesome! It's a great way to get the film started. They appear to be sea shell fossils. The whitish rock looks like sandstone which is easy to carve.I could be wrong.
Really like your Desert Mountain trips. You show us so many interesting and beautiful places in your videos. Great work! I lived in southern Utah for several years but never went to western Utah. I will now after seeing the places you have shared with us. Thanks!
I believe a millennium, or so ago you would have been on the beachfront, or ocean shoreline at different levels of Crystal Peak. Volcanic "tuff"? Not heard of such material before. Always a bit leary of flash floods when in streambeds~ Thanks for another great day!
Rock hounding is fun,hope you found some keepers. Neat to see what you’ve found💜 those corkscrew ones look similar to what they call Indian money I’ve found extensively in creeks in Tennessee
Thanks for the idea. It was remote enough for me to head to and still do some social distancing last Saturday. What a crazy place. I'm taking the kids tomorrow morning. It's a couple hours away from us.
@@SUVRVing Nope Thank You and your Wife she loses time with you doing the Video's and The the Work of putting them together so well must take much time..but could not help telling you that was some of the best drone work done .
Tristan, Again, beautiful drone footage. Really loved Crystal Peak and your last campsite by Baker. Poor Baker, bleak as you said. I do love Utah, as you do, and the Great Basin. Keep sending us your travels!
The key to not getting lost is basically to always know where you are. Pay attention to natural features around you (stream beds, cliffs) and know how to use maps and mapping apps. It's really not too bad :) Thanks for watching, Jessica.
Nice video Tristan. Fossils were interesting and loved the remote areas. Sorry I don't watch your other channel, fishing bores me but this channel is great!
Seems Eastern Utah gets all of the attention. Leaves the best (West) of Utah a lovely place for the perfectly lonely traveler. 😀 Sometimes you use walking sticks. Other times not. Explain?
I agree, western Utah is a gem. I used to use the trekking poles a lot. I've found that they help keep some of the pressure and jarring off of the knees. But it's hard to use them when I'm also filming and holding a selfie stick and fiddling with a tripod, so I don't usually take them when I'm making videos.
The epic solo mountain hikes as always are awesome. Drone footage great addition. I love the range basin of western UT and NV and have hiked Wheeler Peak. Fascinating geology - you carry/recommend any convenient geology field guides either as book or phone app?
"there's an app for that" play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.avicApps.geologyapp&hl=en not endorsing, just got curious, Other thought try local mineral club www & see if they recommend anything. peterson guides are usually hard to beat for useful knowledge on subject X. they are $$ (but, hey that's relative). Ideally farming used book stores (support Local!!!) for the nuggets that are available seems a good start. The weird thing is durn google (if you have service) will probably suffice for most topics of interest. download pdf maps, guides etc. for out of service use & bingo 3cents
Sorry, I can't recommend any books or apps about geology. What I know I learned basically from being a rock climber, wondering what exactly I was climbing on, and piecing together information.
Great video! Any idea how old those fossils are? You mentioned a site nearby where Trilobites are found. They disappeared with the Permian Extinction 250 million years ago.
I'm curious what phone App you typically use for time/distance/elevation etc. Also, super appreciate that you put the GPS coordinates for points of interest in all your videos!
@@SUVRVing Gaia GPS looks pretty cool. Will have to give it a test drive... Maybe a good video idea for you worked be a walk through of your hike planning process and software tools you use for that (if youve not already covered that topic of course).
Nope its not like that. It means anyhow the deeper sea sedimented floor has come upwards due to some geographical changes in its formation. It can be techtonic collision.
@@sandysandy967 That's your opinion, speculation at best, where's your evidence... Most experts say the Sahara desert 3.5 million square miles was an ocean... There are 4,000sq miles of salt flats in Bolivia, left over from a ocean.. Look at the facts, there was a great flood.
Rattle snacks? Sound delicious 😁 As for rattlesnakes, no, I'm not scared of them. I see them several times a year. They either don't care if you're nearby, or they rattle at you, in which case you can give them a wide berth.
Why do you not have 50K+ subscribers?! You travel to and showcase some of the more remote, wild, and beautiful places in the American West. Your knowledge of Indian culture, geology, and the finer points of SUV RVing, what used to be called car camping, offers so much of interest. As well, your straight forward, low key delivery is appealing and refreshing. Thanks for making these videos and taking us along on parts of your journeys and I hope that other people discover what you do and help you continue to do it.
Appreciate all the effort it takes to leave the camera to increase the “you are there” feeling as you climb away and realize all the back tracking and RE climbing you do for us watching…great job.
Aw man I'm a sucker for geological oddities...loved the formation at your campsite at the beginning, and the surreal features of the mountain you climbed. The views from atop both were also captivating. Oh, and I've been wanting to say, really been enjoying the interesting variety of music tastefully worked in lately...brings a nice added dimension & mood. Terrific episode, thank you!
I am too! And Utah is full of 'em. Glad you like the music. Finding music for the videos is my least favorite part of the entire video creation process. I hate it. So basically I've been branching out because I've run out of other songs to use! Thanks for watching.
Loved those fossils and shells and also the lizards sunning! And you getting to the top of that strange mountain!🙏😀🇺🇸🌏🚙
I love the geology of the southwest. I can’t wait to visit and tour some of the amazing places you have shown me.
What a strange mountain! It does look like ash! Very strange indeed! All by itself, rising out of the desert amongst all of the more common mountains.
Fossils and collar lizards! My kind of hike!
Mine too! Thanks Haydee :)
Your work just gets better and more interesting all the time. Utah wasn't really on my list at all before you revealed the beauty of it. Now I'm looking forward to exploring there.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: I think that Utah has the highest density of beautiful places of any state. There's just a LOT of beautiful stuff to see and do here.
@@SUVRVing You can see why the Mormons stopped there to settle :)
Thank you for this. When I hear Utah, I always think of Moab. Now I am intrigued. I love all the fossils.
There's a lot more to Utah than Moab, for sure!
Another great campsite at the beginning. Being able to hike to a peak from where you camped sounds excellent. Really interesting finding those kinds of fossils in such an arid environment. Wow, I've never even seen pictures of the weirdest in the west mountain. Thanks for the gems as always!
I love geology, I've learned about volcanic uplifting, time lines, the rise & fall of mountains, Geometric Folds, but I want to know about that white mountain, never seen anything like it, maybe some kind of water formations, wow, love your videos, you are so different from other TH-camrs that go to the same places as everyone else, (Zion, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, seen them a hundred times, of course they are beautiful, nice to see different landscapes without all the people as well) thanks for sharing!
Some nice gastropods, ostracods, bivalves and crinoid stems. Used to hunt trilobyte fossils in South Willow Canyon in the Stansbury range SW of Grantsville when I was a kid.
I fished South Willow Creek a couple of months ago. Beautiful place! Didn't know there were fossils there. Thanks for sharing, Jon.
That is one weird pile of rock and you handled it like a pro.
I believe the fossils were mainly scallops and ammonites, great find! Crystal Mtn looks like volcanic ash or “tuff”. Thx for the cool videos!
Magical hikes... my bucket list keeps growing!
That's what I'm here for!
This was a great day out. Can't go wrong when you hike a couple of mountains, find a bunch of fossils, and stumble across a creekside campsite. If you haven't already, check out this week's fishing video over on my second channel: th-cam.com/video/5SF_vL1EV5Q/w-d-xo.html
-Tristan
Studied these sort of fossils years ago - fascinating.
The drone footage at the end was dramatic. Very cool
Shells in the matrix of the rocks was a much better description of dam these shells are stuck in this rock!! LOL
The quadcopter in the Very Beginning was auesome! It's a great way to get the film started.
They appear to be sea shell fossils.
The whitish rock looks like sandstone which is easy to carve.I could be wrong.
Really like your Desert Mountain trips. You show us so many interesting and beautiful places in your videos. Great work! I lived in southern Utah for several years but never went to western Utah. I will now after seeing the places you have shared with us. Thanks!
Western Utah is a really interesting place. There's a LOT to see and do out there. Thanks for watching!
I believe a millennium, or so ago you would have been on the beachfront, or ocean shoreline at different levels of Crystal Peak.
Volcanic "tuff"? Not heard of such material before.
Always a bit leary of flash floods when in streambeds~
Thanks for another great day!
Our planet is so beautiful.
It really is!
Rock hounding is fun,hope you found some keepers. Neat to see what you’ve found💜 those corkscrew ones look similar to what they call Indian money I’ve found extensively in creeks in Tennessee
I just looked up Indian money, and you're right, they seem to be the same thing. Thanks for the tip!
crinoid stems...
Very interesting seeing the fossils. Have you ever seen any snakes in your hiking trips in the dessert?
Great video! What a weird mountain... Loved the fossils and the drone footage. Thank you!
Thanks, glad you liked it!
Thanks for the idea. It was remote enough for me to head to and still do some social distancing last Saturday. What a crazy place. I'm taking the kids tomorrow morning. It's a couple hours away from us.
I've got to climb this one. When I do I will use the "skirt the chert" technique! 12:05
Thanks Tman! Always an inspiration
This was a really neat one to climb!
The lizards are blending in with the rock for safety.
that drone footage is always amazing and real perspective giver. You always look so small and alone - just like you like it.
Exactly :) Thanks for watching, Shalome!
What a beautiful state really enjoy your adventures
Thanks Bev!
11:23 adding that to my weird Alien places list
It deserves a spot there, for sure!
Yes Epic Drone flying over around!!
Thanks Mary!
@@SUVRVing Nope Thank You and your Wife she loses time with you doing the Video's and The the Work of putting them together so well must take much time..but could not help telling you that was some of the best drone work done .
Tristan,
Again, beautiful drone footage. Really loved Crystal Peak and your last campsite by Baker. Poor Baker, bleak as you said. I do love Utah, as you do, and the Great Basin. Keep sending us your travels!
Will do! Thanks Dean.
So what was the mountain made of ....limestone? Great video....love the drone footage.
Beautiful fossils! Good hunting!
Glad you liked it!
Thanks for sharing your adventures with me.
Pelecypods or brachiopods, cepelopods (ammonites probably) and a crinoid stem.
I love all your videos! How do you not get lost? I want to do all of that but just the thought of getting lost gives me anxiety..
The key to not getting lost is basically to always know where you are. Pay attention to natural features around you (stream beds, cliffs) and know how to use maps and mapping apps. It's really not too bad :) Thanks for watching, Jessica.
Nice video Tristan. Fossils were interesting and loved the remote areas. Sorry I don't
watch your other channel, fishing bores me but this channel is great!
As long as you watch this channel, I forgive you :) Lol thanks for watching!
That was great! Another adventure I want to take.
Thanks Jim!
You are welcome, I enjoy all your videos.
Seems Eastern Utah gets all of the attention. Leaves the best (West) of Utah a lovely place for the perfectly lonely traveler. 😀
Sometimes you use walking sticks. Other times not. Explain?
I agree, western Utah is a gem. I used to use the trekking poles a lot. I've found that they help keep some of the pressure and jarring off of the knees. But it's hard to use them when I'm also filming and holding a selfie stick and fiddling with a tripod, so I don't usually take them when I'm making videos.
The epic solo mountain hikes as always are awesome. Drone footage great addition. I love the range basin of western UT and NV and have hiked Wheeler Peak. Fascinating geology - you carry/recommend any convenient geology field guides either as book or phone app?
"there's an app for that"
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.avicApps.geologyapp&hl=en
not endorsing, just got curious,
Other thought try local mineral club www & see if they recommend anything.
peterson guides are usually hard to beat for useful knowledge on subject X.
they are $$ (but, hey that's relative). Ideally farming used book stores (support Local!!!) for the nuggets that are available seems a good start. The weird thing is durn google (if you have service) will probably suffice for most topics of interest. download pdf maps, guides etc. for out of service use & bingo
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Sorry, I can't recommend any books or apps about geology. What I know I learned basically from being a rock climber, wondering what exactly I was climbing on, and piecing together information.
Loving the drone footage, especially that opening shot. How hard was it to climb up on the little mountain by your camp? Thanksfor sharing...
Almost like a quick burial due to a cataclysmic flood.
Fine captures of hard work ty ty
Thanks Ron!
Great video! Any idea how old those fossils are? You mentioned a site nearby where Trilobites are found. They disappeared with the Permian Extinction 250 million years ago.
Nope, no idea. That's out of my realm of expertise, I'm afraid.
One of them is stalactites oh, and the other is stalagmites. I'm not sure which is which though
Those are in caves. There's nothing like that in this video.
I'm curious what phone App you typically use for time/distance/elevation etc. Also, super appreciate that you put the GPS coordinates for points of interest in all your videos!
Gaia GPS is the app. Thanks for watching 👍
@@SUVRVing Gaia GPS looks pretty cool. Will have to give it a test drive... Maybe a good video idea for you worked be a walk through of your hike planning process and software tools you use for that (if youve not already covered that topic of course).
Man this is awesome.
Thanks, glad you liked it!
Why didn't you drive closer to the base of fossil mountain? Bad road?
How often do you encounter snakes out in the desert?
I’ve been to Garnet Hill in Nevada and it is completely tapped out, unfortunately.
That's too bad. I almost went there when I was in eastern Nevada last year but ran out of time. Good to know I didn't miss much.
SUV RVing Probably the most interesting aspect of Garnet Hill is it looks like Swiss cheese from all of the garnet mining.
Thanks. Wondered about the formation of the pock-marked rock. Must have been some large garnets.
I’m just waiting for snakes to show up
2:30 Crazy hair, but I don't care!
what drone are u using
Are you going to discovery a dinosaur 🦕 🦖
We can only hope!
Fossils on a mountain can only mean one thing, that was an ocean.
Nope its not like that. It means anyhow the deeper sea sedimented floor has come upwards due to some geographical changes in its formation. It can be techtonic collision.
@@sandysandy967
That's your opinion, speculation at best, where's your evidence...
Most experts say the Sahara desert 3.5 million square miles was an ocean... There are 4,000sq miles of salt flats in Bolivia, left over from a ocean..
Look at the facts, there was a great flood.
@@rtoguidver3651 wat bullshit. Shut up.
Find some Dinosaur bones already what is taking so long?
Noah's flood is Real
好玩🦑🎒🍾️✅
You should never camp in a wash
are you scared of rattle snacks
Rattle snacks? Sound delicious 😁 As for rattlesnakes, no, I'm not scared of them. I see them several times a year. They either don't care if you're nearby, or they rattle at you, in which case you can give them a wide berth.
It's pronounced "TOO-ILL-UH". Tooele.