Something May Hold You Back From Climbing This
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- Today, we set out to climb Cabezon Peak, the most impressive volcanic plug in New Mexico, and attempt to climb nearby volcanic formation Cerro de Guadalupe. We climbed Cabezon, and enjoyed some amazing views, but something stopped us from climbing Cerro de Guadalupe. Watch to the end to find out.
#hiking #desertexploration #climbing #nature #explore #newmexico
Ruins and Ridges is out there getting great hiking adventures on film. They always find hidden details that are so interesting.
I appreciate the kind words. 🙂
What a climb, you did great. Amazing views, thanks for the adventure!
Thanks for the kind words 🙂
Over the top video.. amazing climb and views. Thank you again. 😊
Thank you!
That was a good climb!
The views are just amazing!
Thanks for the video, stay safe out there!
And thanks to dad, what a climb!
Lighting at the end was amazing too!
Yeah, It was pretty awesome. Thank you!
What an accomplishment making it up there! 🎉 I loved the cows.
Thank you!
That was really cool…thought the narration was excellent too-well done boys!
Thank you!
Well done video and narration,great climb indeed!
Thank you very much!
Looks very similar to Devil's Tower in Wyoming. Nicely done Video !
Thank you! Yeah, it was formed the same way, and it looks similar to Devils Tower, except that you need ropes and climbing equipment to climb Devils Tower.
What amazes me are the incredible colors of lichen on that rock. So beautiful! Great filming. Keep up the good work! 👏
Thank you so much!
Awesome video! The lightning at the end was very cool!
Thanks! 👍
Very interesting overhead drone coverage of a giant volcanic mountain posted on Ruins and Ridges UA-cam channel. One of the best hiking channels in the southwest in my opinion keep up the good work young man! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank you very much!
Ruins and Ridges UA-cam videos contains a wealth of detail I didn’t expect. This week is all the centipedes it was amazing.
Thanks very much!
That lightening bolt at the end!
And I was just telling a centipede story yesterday , then u find thier town😂
Yes, it was strange how there were so many millipedes.
It was creepy. I would have ran for the hills
@@JeannieHamilton-wm3cn Lol, we did run for the hills as there were no more Millipedes on the rock climbing sections.
Getting on top, and the many views below and out. I enjoy looking at distances with quality binoculars . Brings things close, that I can not get too ! I would set-there and glass around for hours ! The drone views were great too. Do you take provisions, in case of a need to spend the night ? Communications with the outside folks ? Thanks….enjoyed !
Thank you! Yes, we had communications. 🙂
It was a pleasure meeting the two of you on Cabezon Peak. Glad you guys made it to the top before that storm hit. I had to turn around just below the summit (bummer!). Coming off the mountain was genuinely a bit scary.
Great video! Keep up the great work. I shared your business card with my son who is your age too. He also loved your channel.
It was nice meeting you. I hope you can make it next time, and the other peaks look really cool too. What is your son's channel called?
That's crazy! Heck of a climb.
Curious, was this video demonitized for the risk you took climbing up? I ask because another explorer had his video demonitized for climbing up a rock top far less dangerous than this climb.
I am assuming you are talking about the Desert Drifters video where he climbed up a crack with caved steps? This climb was nowhere near as dangerous as what the Desert Drifter did. He said in his video that he would rate it about a YDS 5.7, which basically means technical rock climbing, so he free solo it. This climb was rated class 3 or 4 which is far less dangerous, and not real rock climbing. It is also an established route, we met 2 other people going up to the summit.
Great video! Thanks for sharing your adventure.
Thank you!
Thank you for a great video
I think I saw a cross on top of the peak
That was neat
Yeah, there were a couple rock structures on the summit. Thank you for watching! 🙂
Ruins and Ridges is out there getting great hiking adventures on film. I’m so glad I get to go awith you 🇺🇸 keep yourself safe young man
Thank you for watching!
That's an awesome video. Thanks. I seen that thing from a long distance a few times and always wondered what it was like up close. Amazing.
Yeah, Its such a prominent feature. Thank you for watching 🙂
Same here. I have seen it in the distance hundreds of times and always wanted to hike it.
Very good video. Impressive climb and drone filming. The cows were funny especially the big bull that wouldn't budge. I'm looking forward to the next video. 👍👍
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
The Cabezon lies in the 800 square mile Rio Puerco Resource Area of the BLM. There are no less than 5 Wilderness Study Areas, hundreds if not thousands of sites and ruins, several ghost towns(private land) old stage stops, remains of 2 dams on the Rio Puerco from the old irrigation companies which grew wheat during WWl. Though hard to believe.now that was the Bread Basket of New Mexico.
It is still quite remote country so any assistance needed will be delayed so plan for it.
Review the video and pay special attention to the sky. At 12:25 there is your warning to get down and on your way to paved road. At 12:50 you have waited to long.
I say this not to be critical but make people venturing out be aware, keep your eye on the sky, and plan ahead. I said in a previous post if you wait til it starts raining, you"ve waited to long.
Its a great area to explore, petroglyph walls, its where many of the dinosaur bones at the NM Natural History were dug, the old homestead of Euell Gibbons and much more. Be careful, be safe. Beprepared.
Thanks for the great drone views of the Cabezon!
Thank you for the information on the area and for preparedness warning. Appreciate the info.
Awesome climb up those gnarly basalt columns! Thank you for the great views and the cautions about climbing if you're afraid of heights (as I am)! Glad to see your family supporting your hikes!
I could never make that climb. I just can't do heights like that.
Yeah, I don't really like heights either. was a little scary. Thank you for watching 🙂
Good video - and nice drone shots... thanks a lot for all the info, too. I've been up Cabezon many times, but I've never seen it from overhead. Pretty cool.
Thank you! Oh cool, did you climb the other volcanic plugs in that area, such as Cerro de Guadalupe and others?
@@ruinsandridges No. I never gave them a thought. But after seeing your video, it made me think. You know, a friend who is from Laguna Pueblo told me that the rock structure on top had been used by his tribe for ceremonies going back 800-900 years.
@@mrakl3 That is interesting, I saw the stories that Navajo people had about it being a head of a giant, when the giant was slayed. I really wanted to climb Cerro de Guadalupe, it has very amazing rock formations, so I will have to go back. This is a really good video of this guy climbing 5 of them:
ua-cam.com/video/P31M10-_fV4/v-deo.htmlsi=n-GzekDVyGCPk-YU
climbing the chimney and the drone circling were my favorites but I wanted more drone focus on where actually you climbed up!😀
You know you're a local when you can immediately identify Cabezon from the thumbnail.
I bet.
Hi! There are many things I like. The close-ups of the flowers/cacti, the insects and the animal tracks are very interesting to me. Thank you.
Thank you very much!
Not an easy climb,but a very good view!
Yes
You are very lucky. On those roads, if you wait til it starts raining you will get stuck or worse. As you experienced on the paved road they can turn into rivers or surface water can start flowing across the road.like a river. That wasn't a dust storm it was winds coming off the front of the storm and should of.been a warning.of what was coming. Coming off Cabizon you could plainly see the storm.
Be careful, learn about weather, be prepared with gear in your so you can spend the night out if necessary, 5 gallons of water would be.good too. I have spent months out in that area and have experienced what I say, even close to having my truck washed off the road.
Yes, I can believe it, monsoons can be brutal and dangerous. That's why we ran down off Cerro de Guadalupe, but when we were coming off Cabezon Peak, there was zero signs of storm, so that's why we attempted Cerro de Guadalupe. We could see and feel dust in our eyes at the beginning of the storm. And yes, I have extra water in the car. Thank you.
Once again what an experience. Thanks for the informative commentary.
I am glad you enjoyed it!
Seriously, you are just visiting my favorite places!
Thank you!
Nice job! I climbed this alone in 1999, with no experience climbing and not knowing what I was getting into. But I made it somehow. Then on the way down some sections I realized were not the same way I climbed up. It was much easier on the descent because I could see where I was going! I never climbed anything that hard again.
Yeah, Some sections are quite exposed. Thank you!
I'm not afraid of heights. It's going back down that gets me. 😂
Usually it is easier to go down, but not always.
@ruinsandridges , that is true is some cases.
Wow, it keeps reminding me of a giant tree trunk.
No cringing cuz u obviously made it😅
Yes, it does look like some petrified tree trunk!
Wow , young man that was scary. I'm afraid of heights. But the views were amazing. Thank you again.❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
I recently saw a video of another guy climbing this and leaving his name in the box.
Yeah, we saw his name in there. I also left my name in there. Thank you very much for watching!
Some of those roads are trecherous when wet.
Glad you had a good adventure.
And made it out OK.
Thank you!
Well done, keep up the good work.
Thank you! 🙂
I've taken a pass on that hike a few times because it looks too intense. Your video makes it look pretty intense as well.
Is the geoglyph spiral made by hikers? I've seen a lot of Native shrines on buttes south of Cabazon in NM, but they're all 4m circles with a pit in the middle, not spirals.
Hi, thank you. Yes, the hike is not hard, just scary if you are afraid of heights, but taking it slowly and having someone with you, helps.
The spiral is made by hikers as a shelter from the wind, it can get very windy up there at times. We were lucky with no wind.
There are many buttes in the area that have native ruins. My latest video shows one of the ruin sites. On Google Earth, I can see some structures on top of another volcanic plug Cerro Nuestra Senora. This one looks like a difficult one to climb too, but it may have a very old defensive structure. Do you know anything about that one?
I had never seen a spiral native ruin in my explorations. However some square or rectangle native homes sometimes had an off set entrance, maybe to keep the wind out, not sure why.
@@ruinsandridges On GEarth I saw what I think is a Native shrine on Cerro Nuestra Senora. The stone ring. It could be from a climber, but the ring looks a lot like ancient and current Western Pueblo style shrines. The prehistoric Tewa shrines, and some other Eastern Pueblo peoples, made 4m diam rings of pebbles and small rocks with an eastern gap and a pit in the middle. Generally, no artifacts. Some of them look like there's tens of thousands of hand sized pebbles creating the ringed mound. Unfortunately, most of them are on small unnamed buttes or I'd dial you in.
Something like OH I don't know "INTELLIGENCE" 🤕🙈💀
Coming down is the most dangerous (more deaths) part.
Yes, where most people get stuck for rescue too.
No helmet? That choss pile looks like it could let loose at any moment.
Yes, thanks, helmet may be a good idea on this one, but the rock was pretty solid. Most climbers I had seen do this one, did not use a helmet, but it can't hurt to wear one.
I hope that his hasn't become another site about climbing.
My channel features a mix of outdoor activities, including climbing. I called it "Ruins and Ridges", because I focus on Native American sites and on interesting geologic finds and ridge/mountain climbs.