Beau you should invest in one of those water bladders with the long straw you put on your back…you can’t be walking out there in that heat without water man!
Thank you Sir. I can guarantee you without a doubt that all your true followers find everyone of your adventures well worth the time to view it with my us and we all wish we were there with you at the time of this adventure. We would all love to be to be sharing this adventure with you in person. God bless yea Beau.
I sometimes wonder if viewers appreciate your photographic skills as they are far beyond the usual UA-cam video. I love how you pan the area, giving us perspective. I also believe you are at a higher elevation, up to 7k plus - easy to get short of breath when we aren't used to it. I share your pain with Tinnitus, but different cause. I always appreciate how you point out so much during these hikes as there is always something for me to learn. Thanks, Beau.
Ahh sweet sweet tinnitus. At my first visit to my audiologist she asked me " Do you hear a hissing or crickets?" My reply was, "I hear hissing crickets." She said that would be a great name for a punk band!!! 😂 Great Channel Chigg
As someone who gets worn out walking a few mile on paved terrain I appreciate you taking us along on these adventures. I was meant to be going for a wander tonight but I think I'm sick and wet leaf mulch and holey shoes probably aren't a good mix with that, soggy feets and single digit temps (celsius) is just gonna make me worse, so yeah, get to watch some chigg wanders instead.
Great desert scenery on these videos! As a desert hiker too, I know that carrying water is heavy, but you need to take more with you on those longer hikes.
Chigg, that was my camp you stayed in, and my footprints you followed up the wash. I was there 3 weeks ago. Thanks for keepng it to yourself, its a special place. Camp Granite is further to the east towards the road, there is an old rifle range there. The better camp is Camp Iron Mountain across the road, which has a lot more WW2 artifacts
Cool. I think I was a day or two behind you. I saw where your doggo had a little bed. I had done a whole little video about following your tracks up the wash trying to figure out where you were heading. I thought you might be collecting based on what was in the camp. I was hoping to find the "good" spot....lol. I circled back around through the middle of Camp Granite Mtn. I didn't visit Iron Mtn. this time but have in the past. Maybe see ya out there one day.
@aquachigger not much around there, but the old tailings. Further down the wash is a point we're they seemed to have ambush drills. There is more stuff around Palen Pass. Its protected wilderness area between the two, so you are not supposed to drive through though. It's quiet out there and stunning in its own way, like most of the Mojave.
Aloha Chigg; and Mikeh8744, been a fan of the Hissing Crickets for 60 some years. Some but not so many chemtrails today but the silvery blue skies are not God made. The suns light at 15:27 is particulate reflections. Great hike, beer in a wet sock? You taught me that! Mahalo Nui Loa Chigg!
Staggering around all day in the desert, talking away like there is someone else there. To a hidden observer who doesnt see the camera, it would look like heat stroke/delirium had set in. Thanks for taking us along on your hike.
I was stationed at Ft Irwin when I was young. It sure is a beautiful area, especially for someone from the southeast, who never saw desert before. I used to explore the old mines all around there. Thanks for bringing back old memories of desert exploring!!
Your SW videos are why we started watching a few years ago. We didn't subscribe to any channels at that time, and IIRC, yours was the first we did subscribe. There is always something new, but just as often, you bring back good memories. Thanks for taking us along on another hike.
The algorithms like 60-90 minute videos. People want to watch for longer periods. Your adventures, even in the desert, are perfect exposure so they get a "real feel" of your journey. I personally let the longer ones play while I make dinner. The shorter ones I'll sit & watch, often in 2x. Take advantage of the watch time on longer videos. :)
@@aquachiggeranother thing to consider is telling us more about you vs the area ... maybe reserve that for the longer videos so it encourages people to watch. You could tell us stories about your younger days, your thoughts and aspirations, what started your attraction to the desert (past life perhaps?). Think of the longer videos as a personal diary entry... and we get to listen to you tell it. People like hearing about their favorite people (you). 👊❤
Hi mr Chig, I was a little worried about you in the heat, especially when you said that you were out of water. Please take extra care and water, we don’t want to lose you!. As to the flattened cans, they were often used as roof tiles, etc. Not sure where the roof would be out there, but I’ve also seen them fixed to outer wooden walls, like fish scales. Anyhoooo, I’m really enjoying your videos, stay safe and hydrated!, best wishes, Carole 😉👍👏👏👏👏🥛🥛🥛🧊🧊🧊
I haven't been Desert hiking in way too long. Used to love hiking to find tanks and wells. Thanks for taking us on your hike. I love the topography, the flats and the barren mountains.
It is great that there are still some bits of the world that have been left without habitation, even if people did live there for a short time in the past.
Love these vids Chigg! They're very interesting because I would never find myself in a place like that. By the way that 30-06 case you found was marked SL 43 was from the St Louis U.S Cartridge Co. 1943 production.
Of course, we want Chig adventures! I love it. Thanks for sharing. John Ford could have filmed there! Stay safe Chig. I honestly worry about you out there. Rk.
5:54 deserts are like that. When i was in the Sahara, when the wind died, it was just about the heaviest silence one could get into, without being in a anechoic chamber. If you left the camp, walked over a sand dune, nothing. You'd hear your blood pumping and that's about it. Very cool, very eerie.
I got tired just watching your trek over the sand and rocks! Glad you made it out, around, over and back to your truck and camp. I am betting that sleep hit you shortly after that beer and a quick supper. And oh the painful leg muscles the next morning!! Great video!! I hope you took more water with you the next day. 😊
That area Chigg was walking in @1:11, is called an arroyo, a canyon formed by yearly flash flooding over hundreds or thousands of years. Common in the canyons and deserts of the Southwest.
You need a camel pac that holds water carry a couple of pedialite's cheaper than Gator aid better electrolytes its the dryness that socks the moisture right out your skin hence dehydration even heat stroke at 70 F any hue nice walk
Thanks for another interesting exploring video...! Gotta buy ice and a foam cooler for those relaxing drinks! Try some Corona Lights . . Mmmmm good ...with some blue corn chips and spikey salsa ..! No fun being thirsty! Good long hike....how about a trailer with a hot tub? ( Splish splash I wuz takin" a bath) ....thanks Chig.....always a neat video. !
Chigg, it seems to me that you just about met your match on that hike. 7 hours you’ll dehydrate fast even with the temperature is 70°, considering the humidity is probably down below 20%. You don’t even sweat, it dries 🍺immediately, but you do some fascinating adventures! Stay well, and bring more water with you next time. 🍻
7 hr video condensed to 17 minutes! I have spent many days in this area and to show a good day in the desert in a 17 minute video is a gift to desert explorers. Been there done that now on WWW
I'd watch it lolol. Crazy had no idea it was that long to make your vids. Either way I'd watch alot more of the hikes from headcam ha ha. Keep up the awesome sauce videos my manz
Beautiful barren landscape! You should take me with you next time! I move slow but can carry a lot of water... And I would love to share a joint with you and your sock beer!
Never knew about the 'shade test' I remember in the early 80s some miner in British Columbia took their vast amounts of fools gold and melted it down. A crucible about he size of a home depot bucked was then put upside down once cooled, and they were lucky enough to end up with a small gold button at the very bottom (about double the size of a bottle cap).
At the airport I work, There is no greenery for a mile or two each direction.. every morning it was weird to see how many spiders had floated to the large commercial aircraft overnight.
14:05 roof making purposes. Cheap method to make a roof. I saw quite a few old houses myself that still had the tins on the roof. Dunno why they'd need that in a desert, the incidence of rain is below average so... you could get away with wood.
That was a flare. It would have had a top cover that had a small spike inside the center and would fit over the bottom, were there was a primer like a shell has. Then strike it with your hand or on a rock, the ground.
I suffer from Tinnitus for many years of flying helicopters. It's a horrible thing to live with it. There is no cure! Thanks for sharing your tinnitus issue.
pushing your luck a bit there Chigg. good thing you've spent years submerged in water to balance out your propensity to dare dehydration miles and miles from civilization.
I grew up in Southern California. Escaped in 2003. I am absolutely a product of the public system. I had no clue about the army using all that area. No clue at all.
Just saw your thread, blog, or damn would like to join you. Ill film..... Anyway rain tonight on and off threw the week specially inland south weds night thurs...... CALIFORNIA WEATHER WATCH!!!!! Mike Snider....
Chig, you sound just like I did, winded a-symptomatic. When did you last have a heart exam? I ended up with a central stent. My buddy, who sounded the same, expressed tiny symptoms and was exiting a welding project when I happened to visit. He said wow tough work, but it will pass if I just sit for a moment, long story shortened he too was scheduled for a stent, but when they got into his heart with the scope they ceased immediately and sent him back, This general a-symptomatic guy ended up with a quadruple bypass
Another hike near a WW2 training area. This time it's Camp Granite Mountain in the California Mojave desert. I hope you enjoy the little adventure!
The traing cartridge marked SL 43 was produced by the St. Louis Ordnance Plant (November 1941 to June 1945) - St. Louis, Missouri.
@aquachigger Yes please! 7hr video? I'm so loving that idea chig!
Take us along do a live stream
Beau you should invest in one of those water bladders with the long straw you put on your back…you can’t be walking out there in that heat without water man!
Thank you Sir. I can guarantee you without a doubt that all your true followers find everyone of your adventures well worth the time to view it with my us and we all wish we were there with you at the time of this adventure. We would all love to be to be sharing this adventure with you in person. God bless yea Beau.
Probably don't say this enough, but thank you for making and sharing these videos.
Thanks, I appreciate that.
I sometimes wonder if viewers appreciate your photographic skills as they are far beyond the usual UA-cam video. I love how you pan the area, giving us perspective. I also believe you are at a higher elevation, up to 7k plus - easy to get short of breath when we aren't used to it. I share your pain with Tinnitus, but different cause. I always appreciate how you point out so much during these hikes as there is always something for me to learn. Thanks, Beau.
❤You should get a Sat phone for emergencies! I for one worry about you being out there all alone! Take care we love your channel!
Ahh sweet sweet tinnitus. At my first visit to my audiologist she asked me " Do you hear a hissing or crickets?" My reply was, "I hear hissing crickets." She said that would be a great name for a punk band!!! 😂 Great Channel Chigg
Love it.
As someone who gets worn out walking a few mile on paved terrain I appreciate you taking us along on these adventures. I was meant to be going for a wander tonight but I think I'm sick and wet leaf mulch and holey shoes probably aren't a good mix with that, soggy feets and single digit temps (celsius) is just gonna make me worse, so yeah, get to watch some chigg wanders instead.
Great desert scenery on these videos! As a desert hiker too, I know that carrying water is heavy, but you need to take more with you on those longer hikes.
I've been saying that on his videos for years. :/
Thank you for bringing with you, we get to see views we never get to see if you didn’t!
Seven hours walking in the desert, darn bud, you're tough like an old pine knot. You earned that beer.
As an old beat up vet, I appreciate these videos of you getting out and about. Thanks, buddy.
Chigg, that was my camp you stayed in, and my footprints you followed up the wash. I was there 3 weeks ago. Thanks for keepng it to yourself, its a special place.
Camp Granite is further to the east towards the road, there is an old rifle range there. The better camp is Camp Iron Mountain across the road, which has a lot more WW2 artifacts
Cool. I think I was a day or two behind you. I saw where your doggo had a little bed. I had done a whole little video about following your tracks up the wash trying to figure out where you were heading. I thought you might be collecting based on what was in the camp. I was hoping to find the "good" spot....lol. I circled back around through the middle of Camp Granite Mtn. I didn't visit Iron Mtn. this time but have in the past. Maybe see ya out there one day.
@aquachigger not much around there, but the old tailings. Further down the wash is a point we're they seemed to have ambush drills. There is more stuff around Palen Pass. Its protected wilderness area between the two, so you are not supposed to drive through though. It's quiet out there and stunning in its own way, like most of the Mojave.
I saw the footprints and wondered who made them!
Aloha Chigg; and Mikeh8744, been a fan of the Hissing Crickets for 60 some years. Some but not so many chemtrails today but the silvery blue skies are not God made. The suns light at 15:27 is particulate reflections. Great hike, beer in a wet sock? You taught me that! Mahalo Nui Loa Chigg!
I'd really enjoy watching a seven hour video of yours.
Staggering around all day in the desert, talking away like there is someone else there.
To a hidden observer who doesnt see the camera, it would look like heat stroke/delirium had set in.
Thanks for taking us along on your hike.
I was stationed at Ft Irwin when I was young. It sure is a beautiful area, especially for someone from the southeast, who never saw desert before. I used to explore the old mines all around there. Thanks for bringing back old memories of desert exploring!!
"In the desert you cant remember your name cause there aint no one for to give you no pain" You take it easy Chigg !
I'm glad you make youtube vids Chigg 👊🙂🎄
At times when I’m watching your videos I’m eating dinner and I end up spewing it from laughing! You are hilarious and I love it!
Hello Chigg, hope y'all had a great Thanksgiving and wishing you a Merry Christmas!!! Be safe and take care, "God Bless", sincerely, Randy. 🙏😇👊
To you as well.
I really enjoy your storytelling! I lived in Palm springs for 3 years now on the East Coast I totally missed the Mojave desert! Thank
I hear cicada's 24/7 with my tinnitus, weird hearing them in the winter. Really enjoying the desert adventures stay strong Chig.
Your SW videos are why we started watching a few years ago. We didn't subscribe to any channels at that time, and IIRC, yours was the first we did subscribe. There is always something new, but just as often, you bring back good memories. Thanks for taking us along on another hike.
The algorithms like 60-90 minute videos. People want to watch for longer periods. Your adventures, even in the desert, are perfect exposure so they get a "real feel" of your journey. I personally let the longer ones play while I make dinner. The shorter ones I'll sit & watch, often in 2x. Take advantage of the watch time on longer videos. :)
Thanks so much, I'm happy to hear you can watch that long.
@@aquachigger YT is our TV these days... and movie theater. :)
@@aquachigger Beau, you know most of us would watch your videos all day!
@@aquachiggeranother thing to consider is telling us more about you vs the area ... maybe reserve that for the longer videos so it encourages people to watch. You could tell us stories about your younger days, your thoughts and aspirations, what started your attraction to the desert (past life perhaps?). Think of the longer videos as a personal diary entry... and we get to listen to you tell it. People like hearing about their favorite people (you). 👊❤
I generally hike 2- 3 miles an hour when in the Mojave. 15-21 miles! Damned good hike!
I love your desert hikes.
Hi mr Chig, I was a little worried about you in the heat, especially when you said that you were out of water. Please take extra care and water, we don’t want to lose you!. As to the flattened cans, they were often used as roof tiles, etc. Not sure where the roof would be out there, but I’ve also seen them fixed to outer wooden walls, like fish scales. Anyhoooo, I’m really enjoying your videos, stay safe and hydrated!, best wishes,
Carole 😉👍👏👏👏👏🥛🥛🥛🧊🧊🧊
I haven't been Desert hiking in way too long. Used to love hiking to find tanks and wells. Thanks for taking us on your hike. I love the topography, the flats and the barren mountains.
It is great that there are still some bits of the world that have been left without habitation, even if people did live there for a short time in the past.
Hi Chegg, I’ve been there where you’re at General Patton was one hell of a man, stern blood and guts. You be safe. Hope to talk to you soon.
Nice one man!!! Bet that warm Coors was delicious.
Cheers from Manitoba
Love these vids Chigg! They're very interesting because I would never find myself in a place like that. By the way that 30-06 case you found was marked SL 43 was from the St Louis U.S Cartridge Co. 1943 production.
Fun to watch! Greetings from the Netherlands! 🇳🇱
Thanks for taking us along on another great adventure 👍
Of course, we want Chig adventures! I love it. Thanks for sharing. John Ford could have filmed there! Stay safe Chig. I honestly worry about you out there. Rk.
Another great adventure. I love the desert too. Thank you and stay safe out there.
Good afternoon from Southeast South Dakota
Howdy
Thanks very much for another Super Cool Adventure.
Thanks, Beau, for all the hard work you puit into your videos.
Thanks so much!
It does have a certain beauty to it, but that area is just so dry and desolate. Almost like another planet.
Really beautiful scenery ❤ stay safe out there.
great video,love the desert.so quiet
I love these adventures. Chigg you make me nervous
Your awesome , videos are awesome thanks for letting me view your shows
I hope the tires on the Chigg rigg are holding up for you! A lot of hard driving for you! Loving the series
Excellent ❤
5:54 deserts are like that. When i was in the Sahara, when the wind died, it was just about the heaviest silence one could get into, without being in a anechoic chamber. If you left the camp, walked over a sand dune, nothing. You'd hear your blood pumping and that's about it.
Very cool, very eerie.
We definitely need a 360 chipmunk chigg POV video of your wanderings. Thanks for the tour sir.
I got tired just watching your trek over the sand and rocks! Glad you made it out, around, over and back to your truck and camp. I am betting that sleep hit you shortly after that beer and a quick supper. And oh the painful leg muscles the next morning!! Great video!! I hope you took more water with you the next day. 😊
16:56 That's a good self-portrait there
That area Chigg was walking in @1:11, is called an arroyo, a canyon formed by yearly flash flooding over hundreds or thousands of years. Common in the canyons and deserts of the Southwest.
Keep up the hard work, love your videos.
You need a camel pac that holds water carry a couple of pedialite's cheaper than Gator aid better electrolytes its the dryness that socks the moisture right out your skin hence dehydration even heat stroke at 70 F any hue nice walk
Great advice! Thanks so much for the tip.
Interesting videos! The spider thing where they sail off into the wind is called kiting.
I mounted it to my Hat. Hands Free detecting Baby :) hehehe Much love my Man
Thanks for another interesting exploring video...! Gotta buy ice and a foam cooler for those relaxing drinks! Try some Corona Lights . . Mmmmm good ...with some blue corn chips and spikey salsa ..! No fun being thirsty! Good long hike....how about a trailer with a hot tub? ( Splish splash I wuz takin" a bath) ....thanks Chig.....always a neat video. !
Chigg, it seems to me that you just about met your match on that hike. 7 hours you’ll dehydrate fast even with the temperature is 70°, considering the humidity is probably down below 20%. You don’t even sweat, it dries 🍺immediately, but you do some fascinating adventures! Stay well, and bring more water with you next time. 🍻
Yeah post super long adventures
7 hr video condensed to 17 minutes! I have spent many days in this area and to show a good day in the desert in a 17 minute video is a gift to desert explorers. Been there done that now on WWW
I'd watch it lolol. Crazy had no idea it was that long to make your vids. Either way I'd watch alot more of the hikes from headcam ha ha. Keep up the awesome sauce videos my manz
My tinnitus sounds like crickets too!😆
Great vid. You remind me of John Mills (In ice cold in Alex) toward the end, desperate for a beer! Cheers..
Beautiful barren landscape! You should take me with you next time! I move slow but can carry a lot of water... And I would love to share a joint with you and your sock beer!
Nice campfire picture Beau
Thanks for the video! The desert in that area looks so large and desolate. Have you seen many desert animals around?
Very few. Occasionally a bird or tortoise.
@@aquachigger or bees!
I’d watch a 7 hour video but it would take days to upload it….or a week lol great hike thanks for sharing see you on the next one👍🏼👊🏼
That area at the start of your video looks like where they filmed the original “The Hills Have Eyes” movie.
Never knew about the 'shade test' I remember in the early 80s some miner in British Columbia took their vast amounts of fools gold and melted it down. A crucible about he size of a home depot bucked was then put upside down once cooled, and they were lucky enough to end up with a small gold button at the very bottom (about double the size of a bottle cap).
6th like, love the history that happened in the dessert
13:50 only reason I can think they were flattening and stacking cans is if they were thinking of using them as improvised shingles on a mining shanty.
love your videos chig, but i dont think i could sit still for a 7 hour video lol.
At the airport I work, There is no greenery for a mile or two each direction.. every morning it was weird to see how many spiders had floated to the large commercial aircraft overnight.
Chigg you are a better man than I Gunga Din
Those dry washes with exposed bedrock and dead-ends make me want to do some gold panning.
Have you ever tried it out?
I did bring some samples back, but there was no gold in them.
I thought I saw Kenny Veach there at one point.
Truck tour!!
Lets be honest, we'd all watch a 7 hour aqua chigger video. Maybe twice 😂
7:27 Samsquinch footprint ?
14:05 roof making purposes. Cheap method to make a roof. I saw quite a few old houses myself that still had the tins on the roof. Dunno why they'd need that in a desert, the incidence of rain is below average so... you could get away with wood.
You looked worn out when you got back to the camp, be careful Chigg.
Doesn't matter if your in the water getting prune fingers or in the desert wishing he had enuff water TO fet prune fingers 😂..always awesome video's.
Cool!!
1:12 nice Door 🚪 way 10:00 Left side Did you see 👀 it did you huh!!!😂😅
9:56' a little cave was ignored...water,you need water!
That was a flare. It would have had a top cover that had a small spike inside the center and would fit over the bottom, were there was a primer like a shell has. Then strike it with your hand or on a rock, the ground.
Great pictures especially of you & the fire at the end. You didn’t take the garnet & make jewelry for your wife?
I suffer from Tinnitus for many years of flying helicopters. It's a horrible thing to live with it. There is no cure! Thanks for sharing your tinnitus issue.
Are you seeing any quail out there? I was out there 4 weeks ago and busted up a few coveys.
Man, I would of metal detected that first part, and looked hard in those rocks.
pushing your luck a bit there Chigg. good thing you've spent years submerged in water to balance out your propensity to dare dehydration miles and miles from civilization.
Do cattle graze around there, Chigg?
Cig bring more water. If you broke an ankle or worse it could take you quite a while..days to get back.
If you found gold, would you be allowed to keep it?
I grew up in Southern California. Escaped in 2003. I am absolutely a product of the public system. I had no clue about the army using all that area. No clue at all.
Did you try dry paning any of the black sand (magnetite).
I did. No luck.
Just saw your thread, blog, or damn would like to join you. Ill film..... Anyway rain tonight on and off threw the week specially inland south weds night thurs......
CALIFORNIA WEATHER WATCH!!!!!
Mike Snider....
Alluvial gold is the proper English term Chigg. Placer is Spanish I believe. I couldn,t see any snake tracks in that sand. Or many animal tracks.
Warm Coors Light? Yikes! If you're going to drink it warm, go for a stout!
That looked like an engine starter cartridge
Chig, you sound just like I did, winded a-symptomatic. When did you last have a heart exam? I ended up with a central stent. My buddy, who sounded the same, expressed tiny symptoms and was exiting a welding project when I happened to visit. He said wow tough work, but it will pass if I just sit for a moment, long story shortened he too was scheduled for a stent, but when they got into his heart with the scope they ceased immediately and sent him back, This general a-symptomatic guy ended up with a quadruple bypass
when talking about tinnitus only we who have it can understand what your talking about it's a noise that is hard to describe.