My final exam and earned UCSC recreation class credit in Rock Climbing happened at the 1976 Pinnacles National Monument. On a vertical extent few have trod without extraordinary care. Grandfather told me in 1963 his first paid job west of the Mississippi River was as a Drover herding cattle on a trail out of 1912 Texas into New Mexico. With the National Speleological Society I returned to caves at Pinnacles that had no trails in 1977. I presently have hard copy contact information for 7,000 cave explorers in and outside the USA.
@@LauraOnTheMove My organized cave exploration history. Just thinking about Pinnacles still makes me chuckle. Back then the access road had to ford creek water going there. Because my station wagon brakes were wet I couldn't slow my descent into one last crossing. Where an oncoming 4-door had halted with windows down to better lean out for creek mid-steam viewing. Female senior citizens who all realized their fate with screaming jaws agape. And who vanished behind the splash my crossing generated. Happily, my windows had not been lowered. I was encouraged to tap my wet brakes frequently to slow the vehicle. Giggling as I did so. It taught me caution is stronger than courtesy and I've never made pleasure seekers thus wet again by visiting Pinnacles.
Pinnacles has some amazing hiking and great caves! I was so impressed when I hiked there last summer. The views from the top of the High Peaks Trail are awesome! I will definitely visit again!
A better view occurs upon vertical stone and looking down past your exhausted trembling knees you hear and then see a passing propeller bi-plane flying down toward the Central Valley.
Wow some of those views are crazy Laura! Gotta be careful and don’t get lost. I hope you got your referral to EpidemicSound because I definitely signed up for a year under your link and I have used it several times already. Love the selection thank you so much! 😊
That cave looks so cool! I’ve never made it to Pinnacles, I better put a star next to it when I get back to CA. Thanks for a lovely Sunday morning coffee and daydream!
If you're headed to the coast check out Agate campground at Patrick's point I loved it!! Also if you ever need a place to park your van for a night in the Greater Seattle Area lemme know :-) I have a 2 giant driveways and Ford Transit that could use your pointers 😂
Thanks for the recommendation! I think I overlooked a lot of the campgrounds and will be back! Also for the offer! Seattle ended up being a tough place to find a spot to stay!!
@@LauraOnTheMove The nearest huge cave is under summit ice inside the caldera of an active volcano eastward of Seattle. Never dull inside what with boiling mud, boulders being bounced about, skin blistering heat, steam explosions, toxic out-gassing, and all but unknown to regional residents who see it as harmless today. I have another just like it 30 miles as a crow flies from my house.
It was really unexpected! I should have left more time for hiking but I was so eager to get to the coast. Plus California was an expensive state to travel so lingering wasn’t really my plan!
@@LauraOnTheMove I recommend USA Labor Law protection and being paid for foreign travel. As such I resided two years within islands of Micronesia. Every foreign embassy in Washington DC will provide reader a list of all USA business authorized to bring in their paid employees. Ask your nearest public library for Foreign Embassy contact information (any request for money as a result is a scam as some foreigners paid to be in the USA are untrustworthy). Once embassy mail arrives decide whom to solicit for your hire. Ask for a job description of paid employment abroad and an application form. Most job hire locations are in the Third World. I recommend Oceania and Google CANTON ISLAND to view one former USA hired labor destination. Now a relic of the US Military/Industrial Complex. Ocean Cruise Liners out of New Zealand still visit it, I'm advised.
The cave looked so narrow in places. Did you have a backup flashlight in the cave? Such steep crevises and high places. No wonder you were glad to get back to the van! Great pictures.
I carry 3 light sources. Chemical light good for 12 hours if activated. It and a waterproof double AA battery hand lamp has 6 hours of light with extra batteries is in my fanny pack. My ice climbing helmet is fitted with a 100 year old brass calcium carbide mining lamp with flint ignition. Freshwater and wet carbide produces a jet of flammable gas and fire light is reflected off a chrome lens. Outwards about 15 feet. I carry carbide enough for 24 hours of light. But only 12 hours of lamp water. My urine can also fuel the lamp flame. I decline proffered pee from other explorers where the sun never shines. To avoid fatal accidents all carbide must avoid moisture . Never spill any . Expended carbide is hot and emits gas enough to combust by a spark. It needs a rubber sealed container large enough to contain two pounds of warm waste with no leakage, Mixed with water the waste becomes a whitewash for exterior use on wood fencing.
I did that hike including the high peaks trail (on purpose). Great place for such and unknown park. Here's what you missed: ua-cam.com/video/zK3HwwDMW5I/v-deo.html
Video is majestic and cave Is just stunning, stay safe.
Thank you!!
The crevices and caves so cool !! Love your videos!
Thanks Brenda! It was a really neat cave!!
What a great video. Another adventure in the books.
I didn’t know what I was in for and so happy it turned into such a fun hike!
Great video and it is super fun to watch. Looking forward to seeing your next adventure. Subscribed!
Thank you!!
My final exam and earned UCSC recreation class credit in Rock Climbing
happened at the 1976 Pinnacles National Monument. On a vertical extent
few have trod without extraordinary care. Grandfather told me in 1963
his first paid job west of the Mississippi River was as a Drover herding
cattle on a trail out of 1912 Texas into New Mexico. With the National
Speleological Society I returned to caves at Pinnacles that had no trails
in 1977. I presently have hard copy contact information for 7,000 cave
explorers in and outside the USA.
That's amazing! Its such a cool place to explore. Its fun to hear of your stories there too!
@@LauraOnTheMove My organized cave exploration history.
Just thinking about Pinnacles still makes me chuckle. Back then
the access road had to ford creek water going there. Because my
station wagon brakes were wet I couldn't slow my descent into one
last crossing. Where an oncoming 4-door had halted with windows
down to better lean out for creek mid-steam viewing. Female senior
citizens who all realized their fate with screaming jaws agape. And
who vanished behind the splash my crossing generated. Happily,
my windows had not been lowered. I was encouraged to tap my wet
brakes frequently to slow the vehicle. Giggling as I did so. It taught
me caution is stronger than courtesy and I've never made pleasure
seekers thus wet again by visiting Pinnacles.
Hi. Great video! See you next time:)
Thank you!!
Pinnacles has some amazing hiking and great caves! I was so impressed when I hiked there last summer. The views from the top of the High Peaks Trail are awesome! I will definitely visit again!
It was such a great surprise! It would be amazing to see the condors at the top, but I haven’t been that lucky yet!
A better view occurs upon vertical stone and looking down past
your exhausted trembling knees you hear and then see a passing
propeller bi-plane flying down toward the Central Valley.
Do you know which cave has water covering the trail? Or is that just bear gulch during wet season
🕶
I discovered your videos recently and I LOVE them!
Thank you! So happy you found them!!
You got to see the view at least, cool rock formations especially by the reservoir. 😀
Yeah it was just full of surprises!! Mostly really gray ones 😅
Wow awesome even if you did get lost a little. Lol 👍
It’s ok to get lost sometimes 😅
Wow some of those views are crazy Laura! Gotta be careful and don’t get lost. I hope you got your referral to EpidemicSound because I definitely signed up for a year under your link and I have used it several times already. Love the selection thank you so much! 😊
I did get it! It was one month free. thank you!! It takes away a ton of stress putting videos together. Not to mention making them more interesting!
2013 wow !!
That cave looks so cool! I’ve never made it to Pinnacles, I better put a star next to it when I get back to CA. Thanks for a lovely Sunday morning coffee and daydream!
It’s such a different area of California too! Happy you could enjoy your coffee while you watch!
If you're headed to the coast check out Agate campground at Patrick's point I loved it!! Also if you ever need a place to park your van for a night in the Greater Seattle Area lemme know :-) I have a 2 giant driveways and Ford Transit that could use your pointers 😂
Thanks for the recommendation! I think I overlooked a lot of the campgrounds and will be back! Also for the offer! Seattle ended up being a tough place to find a spot to stay!!
@@LauraOnTheMove The nearest huge cave is under summit ice
inside the caldera of an active volcano eastward of Seattle. Never
dull inside what with boiling mud, boulders being bounced about,
skin blistering heat, steam explosions, toxic out-gassing, and all
but unknown to regional residents who see it as harmless today.
I have another just like it 30 miles as a crow flies from my house.
17:30 look at that view.
What an awesome park. Good views and cave exploring that you can do on your own.
It was really unexpected! I should have left more time for hiking but I was so eager to get to the coast. Plus California was an expensive state to travel so lingering wasn’t really my plan!
@@LauraOnTheMove I recommend USA Labor Law protection
and being paid for foreign travel. As such I resided two years within
islands of Micronesia. Every foreign embassy in Washington DC will
provide reader a list of all USA business authorized to bring in their
paid employees. Ask your nearest public library for Foreign Embassy
contact information (any request for money as a result is a scam
as some foreigners paid to be in the USA are untrustworthy). Once
embassy mail arrives decide whom to solicit for your hire. Ask for a
job description of paid employment abroad and an application form.
Most job hire locations are in the Third World. I recommend Oceania
and Google CANTON ISLAND to view one former USA hired
labor destination. Now a relic of the US Military/Industrial Complex.
Ocean Cruise Liners out of New Zealand still visit it, I'm advised.
We were just there last weekend. No condor in sight!! :-(
Just a reason to plan trips to go back I guess!
The cave looked so narrow in places. Did you have a backup flashlight in the cave? Such steep crevises and high places. No wonder you were glad to get back to the van! Great pictures.
It was narrow! It was fun to go through and luckily it was a busy day so if something went wrong I could just wait for another hiker to come through.
I carry 3 light sources. Chemical light good for 12 hours if activated. It and a waterproof
double AA battery hand lamp has 6 hours of light with extra batteries is in my fanny pack.
My ice climbing helmet is fitted with a 100 year old brass calcium carbide mining lamp
with flint ignition. Freshwater and wet carbide produces a jet of flammable gas and fire
light is reflected off a chrome lens. Outwards about 15 feet. I carry carbide enough for
24 hours of light. But only 12 hours of lamp water. My urine can also fuel the lamp flame.
I decline proffered pee from other explorers where the sun never shines. To avoid fatal
accidents all carbide must avoid moisture . Never spill any . Expended carbide is
hot and emits gas enough to combust by a spark. It needs a rubber sealed container
large enough to contain two pounds of warm waste with no leakage, Mixed with
water the waste becomes a whitewash for exterior use on wood fencing.
I did that hike including the high peaks trail (on purpose). Great place for such and unknown park. Here's what you missed: ua-cam.com/video/zK3HwwDMW5I/v-deo.html
Looks like a blast!