I Found an Intact, Ancient World In This Desert Canyon
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- Опубліковано 1 лют 2025
- I embark on a 3 day backpacking trip in a remote canyon of the American Southwest. Along the way, I battle through adverse conditions, but discover countless evidences of the ancient ones who used to call these canyons home
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I'm a retired guy from England with mobilty issues. I can not tell you how much joy your channel gives me in my old age. Thank you for sharing this wonderful world in such a peaceful way. Bless you.
Same but F in America, I could not go to these places but enjoy the videos. Sorry for you mobility issues it sure is a trial.
Amen 🙏 same
Same here. I appreciate him taking us along!
Me too ! these are great videos makes you feel like you could still do that if your body would only feel the same 👍🤗 bless him.
I am thankful at 70, that I can still hike with my jack russel dogs on walks and explore Nature and receive the blessing of contact with trees and weather, with hidden things , with eagles soaring and clouds streaming across the moon. I like to watch the videos of the US South west with its ruins and incredible canyons as I may never get there as I live in Australia.
You could make a 3 hour movie and I’d get the popcorn and settle in for a perfect night 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Same, my lady and I actually plan on binging DD tonight with popcorn
My people...😊 Me too. Love it!
Thank you. Your adventures truly speak to my soul.... everything about them down to the music you choose. I appreciate your appreciation for the ancient ones. The long format suits me perfectly.
Oh yes 🙏
Same
The longer your videos are, the better. This is one of the best channels on UA-cam!
I just want to say that you are a great guy for not just not picking up artifacts, but reminding everyone to leave them, too.
*Cowboy camp roof graffiti shows "ANNIE R_ _ _ _ _", with misabbreviated month "JEN 12 1914"*
*@**17:11** large gray bowl fragment shows small slightly rectangular pieces with two holes drilled in them not unlike the holes drilled in the other sherd you showed earlier.*
*@**12:53** the pile of ancient corncobs collected by a 500 yo packrat or similar creature shows how much corn they actually produced there and what the climate might've looked like before drought and several hundred years of landscape burns.*
@@1nvisible1pack rats build their nest and other pack rats will inherit the nest. Dinosaur bones have been found in these nests. I believe they are called mutten. Only 1 pack rat occupies the nest at a time.
Can't have it both ways, if you plaster this information all over the internet, human scavengers with 'no respect' will follow..
@@InfiniteRadiusthey have to be willing to work to get to it. There is always a delicate balance between teaching others about the natural and ancient “people” history in our midst. Are we better off leaving it lay as the original occupants did to decay over time or do we benefit the greater good of teaching others about these people and some aspects of their way of life? I lean toward the second option for without those who investigate and record these decaying ancient historical footprints they will eventually fade into oblivion and no one will be the wiser concerning those who came before us.
@@InfiniteRadiusAll depends what you "plaster" American Southwest is a bit plural
Greetings youngman, Brings Otter from the Great Sioux Nation in South Dakota. I am retired and home with a health issue, just me my black labs and videos.. I was reading some comments and see how much pleasure you bring to elders like myself all over. I look forward to every video of yours because you do it right young one and thats good to see. You take care and be careful out there. Ohan Mitakuyaoyasin ( we are all related)
Greetings with Honor for Brings Otter! Its a privilege to hear You speak as im very proud of You & Your Ancestral Heritage. Thank You! Yep I vote for longer video format and enjoy your peaceful approach too. My interest is filled with all the rock structures and paintings. Filled with wonder and good energy for the Great People who built them. Thank You!
Brings Otter, I am proud of you for your many moons of survival and success in this world. Being 1/4 Native American myself, I have much respect and honor for you. I feel as though I was born in the wrong time period and out of place. Many times I have dream of being a full blooded “Indian” having lived during the time when the real people of the earth were in power. This is very appealing to me about what I missed, the way of life and traditions. So much has been lost over the years and can never be recouped, such as the art of hunting, tracking, lodge making, and the intricacies of survival in every day life, has been lost and will never be regained again! May you be blessed in your old age and I’ll say my goodbyes not even having known you. Thank you for your thoughts!
Dang that made my eyes tear up
Ahh! So we are !
❤🎉
It seems those hand prints are the "signatures"of the ancient Individuals and family members. Their way of taking a "photograph". Incredible!
I like the longer format, I never want them to end.
me to...
Facts ❤❤❤
Yes, I just go to another video
I keep telling myself “I got to get out of this chair and do something “, 30 minutes later I tell myself again… 😂
That small hole in the pottery you found is a seed hole. The Indigenous People made pottery with a small hole on top, through this hole they would put seeds into the pot to preserve hem and keep dry for the next Spring. The seeds were kept it in these ‘Seed pots’ to prevent rodents or birds from getting in there. When it was time to plant the seeds, they would smash the pot to get the seeds out.
You sound like you know what you are talking about. thank you for commenting.
That's a great thing to know! Thank you. Makes a lot of sense now that you've pointed it out. I can imagine that preserving seeds in that manner would have been a life or death matter in hard times.
That makes sense. It would certainly be a good idea.
Could be a vacuum release hole to keep the lid from sealing to the pot as it cools down after being removed from the heat. If its a small hole in the side of a pot it could be to prevent the pot from boiling over and washing the contents out of the pot. Could be other things as well.
xxxx-qo9dh might you know name of these people found in theses videos and time there? reference to study more?
I'm not an elder but I am disabled and became so at a comparably young age.
As such, I am unendingly grateful with the way you film, compile, edit, your material. Above all, you respect the land, ruins, and other artifacts you might find. History is so very important and we all need to take time to reflect and there's no better place to do that than to ponder upon the sites of those who came and went before us. We can't do that if we don't preserve what's left!!
THANK YOU for sharing your footage with the world and adding your mellow and calming commentary. It's been too long since I got to experience joy to the point where chills ran up and down my spine of chills -- the awe-inspiring kind, not the negative kind. I can't wait to go watch more. =D
The pages you found came from the book The Black Tolts [later renamed Pistol Pardners] by William MacLeod Raine, first published in 1932. "My Friends Are Honest Folk" is chapter 11.
William MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod???:000
Wow!🙂
Nice work
Thank YOU for sharing that info. I tried to find but not able. Awesome, shall try to find a copy and read.
So cool! I think it's great that one of those 1904 campers brought along something to read. Maybe they read it aloud. I hope they finished the story before they left the book behind.
You're like the Bob Ross of exploration. So wholesome, pure and genuine. Amazing stuff!
😊🙂 good comparison!
But looks and sounds like Jim Caviezel
😂 I just told my husband that same thing the other day! He reminds me of Bob Ross. I love his videos and him because he is so relaxed, and lives in such a state of wonderment and curiosity for his surroundings, as he shares his journeys. Beautiful and informative videos!
Best comment 😂👍
Happy little potsherds 😊
I really appreciate your style, ethics, and tone. Your consistency across videos validates your character, too. You take on the role of a “passenger” - no mansplaining here.
These places feel so sacred. I get goosebumps.
They absolutely are ,and they were treated as such by the native people. May they RIP.❤🙏💖
I love to go along with you for these trips.you are a good narrator. 😊
@Desert.Drifter
I used to explore the same country pre-social media era. We used maps and compasses to navigate, word of mouth, and we explored with respect, walked from sun up to sun down and sometimes past dark to get out of a canyon, and had simple yet grand adventures in this vast sandstone country. Always respectful and fascinated by the fingerprints of those who came before us, the artifacts we would find, never taking anything and we enjoyed the night skies with more stars than sky, just as the people before us must have done (including the cowboys). Our eyes became trained to see.
I never felt "alone" out there, the presence of these people was a felt sense and surrounded you, and at times eerie. I loved imagining and still do, what their lives were like, how did they celebrate, what jokes did they tell, what did they fear, how did they mourn, how did they spend their days and nights, their hours, what stories did they tell around their fires as they were tucked into their dwellings...
Then the internet, social media and a little thing called Google Earth came a long and changed things so much, and we began to see more and more people way out there, we began to see trash, and artifacts began to disappear from remote sites we'd visited over the years, safe for many hundreds of years.
We are not very good at self governing as a species unfortunately.
Times have changed as they do, but its still deeply magical and beautiful country with many hidden secrets as it should be.
Thank you for your videos, the effort it takes to make them and for your respectful wonder and nature towards these areas and for protecting these places by not sharing the details of where you visit.
Mahalo!
It’s the government, not individuals, who stole the artifacts my friend; systematically and “legally”. You’re mad at the wrong people.
@@matthewdyer2926Perhaps, but individual People are what make up a government…
Mahalo to you as well for sharing your experiences!
@@louisegogel7973 Yes, and individual people have voted in some extremely stupid and evil people and policies, as evidenced by my first point.
@@matthewdyer2926 "extremely stupid & evil people" - its more often than not the mediocre and malcontented & those with ill will that go into politics - narcissists usually - because of their lust need to be "in control" of others & to exploit that control for self benefit.Rarely does one see the brilliant, those with true empathy for others and good gentle people seek to have power over others.
I was a tour guide doing Ancient Ruins turs. The company I worked for was constantly educating us and all the guides were Stewards for the US Forest Service. One thing that stood out above all else was the damage to the sites caused by uneducated disregarding people. I think the main cause of all the damage was making all ruin sites available to off-road 4 wheel drive vehicles. What stood out the most was the damage done to pictographs and petroglyphs and the increase of grafitti to the ancient walls and stolen pot shards. Such a tragedy. An interesting thing, that I always tried to point out to my tourists was the fact that around 900 years or so ago while the southwest peoples were moving from pit houses to overhang cliff dwellings, Euorpeans had already discovered the wheel and the pully. So at that time they were building ships and massive cathedrals. I do miss the high desert of Arizona and enjoy your chronicles.
Man this is better than national geographic. Thanks for sharing.
OR ANYTHING BEST OF HOLLYWOOD FOR THIS MATTER.
i agree your presentation has the strength of simplicity and silence. i know all about silence because i talk too much.
That is exactly what I thought excellent
Andrew, you are my eyes, legs and lungs to continue exploring like I used to. I really really appreciate Desert Drifter. It makes me feel less like an invalid. Keep up the fantastic posts.
I swear this has been said on a different video by a different user.
@@kCuFfication It almost surely has, I'm sure. I watch videos like this for the exact same reason, I'm profoundly disabled and unable to be physically active like I used to. I love watching others do the things I loved to do, and enjoying life through their eyes. I'm glad so many people are sharing their thanks like this! It's important that folks like Desert Drifter understand how much their content means to people like us.❣
@@Doxymeister Ditto.
I am 82 years old and I look forward to your stuff. I am in good health and Ride my E Bike 4 or five days a week. I can still walk 3 miles anytime, but to hike the canyons no way. I have lived in the southwest all my life and have seen the place like you travel too, but I look forward to each thing you post. The four corners area is so wonderful. When I worked I lived in some remote places. Now I live in Arizona, in the city, because my wife wanted to live where thing were easy to get too. So please keep posting.
Thank you for creating these videos. I'm a teacher and I'll be using a few of your clips in my middle school history class pretty soon. These videos help make history feel more real and relatable. The kids love that.
Wow, that’s amazing. I hope it instills wonder and respect for these places in their young minds and hearts. Tell your class hi for me 😉
@@Desert.Drifter Will do!
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Hi Andrew! Love your videos, could I get your contact info?
Simple guitar music. Slow drone. Ancient structure. You got it man!
Reading the comments, I see I'm not alone in appreciation. Your videos also bring to mind the vacations my dad would take us kids on, to the Southwest, & saw some of the more famous cliff dwellings. So grateful for the first hand experiences, that are adding depth to what you are bringing to us, right at home, now. I've been watching for sometime, and loving everyone of your vids. My grandmother, raised on Cherokee Nation land, loved the old west, the books and travel, and passed that appreciation on to her grandkids. Thank you.
The handprint reminds us that it wasn't just adults scaling ladders or steep paths and living on the brink of cliffs. It was people of all ages, from babies to elderly. That must have presented some challenges.
Love the wide format. It really fills the screen on my phone when sideways.
I love the wide format too! I also watch on my phone. 👍
"Ultra Long" was not long enough... I don't think I took a breath nor close my eyes or mouth the entire time. This was truly remarkable. Thank you for making this journey possible for all of us and respecting nature and history the way you do 👍👍👍
We also raised turkeys, grew apricots, and peaches. As well as harvesting nuts and seeds of all types and varieties, we also fished.
Better than anything on TV. 10min., 20 min., 3 hours. Its all so wonderful. Thats a lot of hard work you put in to your channel. Much appreciated.
Thank you for being so respectful and considerate. I truly find you are a humble human that the ancients would admire and feel grateful about the way you treat their lands
And their current modern day descendants! I know they must be troubled by those who take from their sacred ancestral sites. It comes across as a desecration. I’m so grateful there are people who know to leave the outdoor museum, a museum of sanctity, respect & honor.
I totally agree.
@@yvonnelewis4888 I am one of those descendants, and yes, I appreciate his care and respect.
Too bad his way of thinking is outdated. Thanks to people like him, bad people will steal the rest of the artifacts. I don't understand why he trusts humans so much.
Thanks so much for doing this and sharing with us. I'm 71 years old and part American Indian. I'll never physically be able to go there, but I can and did with you through these clips. It brings tears to my eyes as I'm writing this. Your respect and love for these places, it's like Holy places. God Bless you
I really liked your comment when it "...came time to wax poetic...I got nothing." Often times, being humble is the best poetry. Thank you for the gifts you give us.
Absolutely! Silence often speaks volumes!!
For me, the contemplative footage over the music was poetry enough!
I felt the same way just an awe moment ,true love of nature and exploration .
Little did I know: how extensive the population was then, how preserved all these sights are, how speculative you can be in interpretation of clues to their existence, how much they wanted to record their lives with art. Fantastic video! Thanks for taking this 76 year old with a mangled carcass along to expand my understanding.
I totally agree. When we were young our father took us out like this. Very enjoyable. I'm 74. Thanks for the memories.❤
Thank you for taking me on your trip!
Amazing those structures are still there and not trashed.
Unlike the native people that were wiped out😭
Because destructive a holes are too lazy to get out that far!😂
That's due to the dry weather, too. Thanks God!
@@MarsG0Dofw4r_ I've actually seen trees and bolders tagged with graffiti spray paint out in the forest. 😢
@@1968ciaran Native people were not wiped out. There are 574 federally recognized tribes in the US and Native people make up 3% of the US population, more than five million people. Please stop spreading this dangerous myth that Natives are extinct.
The neat corners and curves on the ruins speaks to just how talented these people were in their architectural skills and use of resources available.
Imagine the ancient person placing that very first stone where the corner was to be, and then working from there.
Yes. Using just your hands and what the desert gives you to work with. It's remarkable skill for sure, and also shows tremendous toughness and grit.
Yes, Yes, Yes... For a sundry of reasons unique to a region's Culture and the Environment and mostly it's Populace the past lives of the Ancients are seen today to being hardly so completely different to our own current transformative abilities.
One must ponder on how a thousand years from now might some lone drifter be asking about how 'The 21st Century Ancients' took one path and or methodology over another only to be met with......😮 (I'll leave my thought here.)
When you look at this stuff, you realize how much effort went into building these structures and it makes me wonder about their lives and what the thought was for building something. Was it just to make living more comfortable, was it for protection from outsiders or animals (I'm lookin' at you, mountain lion), something spiritual?
I think the big difference is that a thousand years from now (if we make it that far), there will still be records of our foibles and follies. @@claztube
It really shows how skilled they are especially with the lack of modern materials
As always, your respect for the "ancient ones" and their artifacts comes through at every turn. Archaeologists will appreciate your constant message of leaving artifacts "in situ".
I'm a 63 year old man brought to tears by this moving video of exploring nature! Brilliant Sir, thank you for sharing!
i agree muchley
From the northern prairies, we muchly enjoy your efforts!
It moved me deeply as well
I hike in the chuska mountains in Arizona and New Mexico and camp out. I find similar artifacts and dwellings that you do. I have noticed over the years that the artifacts have been disappearing slowly. Thanks for sharing. Brings back memories.
Doug from nc. There is one part of the Mesa Verdae tour called Balcony House. You had to crawl thru a wooden rectangle on your knees before they sold you a pass for the tour. After driving to the site It took about 20 minutes to walk to several ladders. Up about 60 feet and walked thru boulders and there was a hole in one the size of that box. We crawled thru with some difficulty. It was a defensive point and could be defended by one person easily. It truley was a balcony and was said to be the nursery. I looked over the low wall an it was a 400 ft drop! Crazy
Yea people suck. Everyone should have the chance to see pottery or tools left. I see some people actually entering or violating these sites. Use your eyes not your hands. Never touch or enter these areas directly. Save the history for others.
Shame on the ones taking things.
That panel was incredible! I’ve never seen so many colors used in petroglyphs all together, and all the glyphs were so well preserved
I love what you found. People can be so destructive. Do not give the location away. You have a calm and peaceful voice for narration. It makes me relax.
I agree! He sounds like a born storyteller… just peaceful and calm !
Being half Indigenous... You go where I, as an old lady, only go in my heart... Thank you for sharing Our Past and Our Ancestor's Path with us!! Travel Safe!
As a 71 yr old retiree I would love to visit the places you are exploring. But unfortunately do to my health I cannot. I enjoy your videos tremendously. Keep posting please I enjoy your explorations,
Dude! You’re a literal wandering poet. How can I be melancholy for something I’ve never experienced? Oh yeah, because of you. Never stop exploring!
I'm a trucker the drive to the desert Southwest regularly. When I shut down at night I watch your videos and it's neat seeing the places I've driven nearby. The long video format is great
I'm 70 now and don't go hiking and fishing anymore. I taught my son's though and they've shared Beautiful photos with me and their stories. You, however, climb mountains!
That's a whole nother level!
When I need to relax, I watch your videos. Thank you for taking me so many different places❤. I've loved each one.
Really like the format. Thanks for sharing our National treasures.
The handprints are amazing. Reminding us that they were humans just like us. Not some mysterious creatures of the land before we came.
Read the last sentence out loud, and then have a good laugh at yourself and the 35 people who didn't think very hard about what they were reading. 😂
round of an applause !!
You and your feisty wife are a gift to the world. The memories flood back and I can smell the wood and sage. Oh, to be a child again (under 50!)
Beautiful. I love how you can see the human touches - remains of bindings, fingerprints in the clay, babies’ handprints. I think this is my favorite video of yours so far. 💜
This is my favorite too! All your videos are special, but this one really touched my heart❤
Each video gets better and better. Such an incredible channel.
You're like the Mr. Rogers of hiking with your calm, soothing voice telling us how to act properly for the benefit of others.
I think the music goes really well with the story telling, history and mystery of the area. When I have time maybe once a week I enjoy your episodes
Love the longer video - fascinated by how extensive these buildings are throughout the southwest. You do great work with editing, drones, music & your speaking voice is very relaxing - really enjoy following along.
Yup, what macfilfms9904 said!
Thank you so very much for taking us along. Being paralyzed physically but not mentally you've helped to quench my desire to explore these far out places.
I've only come across your vidio's by chance today and have been watching your videos all day, I find it fascinating and amazing I didn't know about the Grand Canyon on this subject. I wish I could experience it
I’m in my 70s and pretty much shut in. You make it easier with your adventures, I really enjoy your voice. It’s very soothing.
Half hour episodes is a good format. Andrew your editing and production skills are improving. Looks great ! Your videos will preserve the artifacts you find for the future whatever becomes of them over time. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us.
It is so wonderful to explore these amazing canyon lands. Your presentation is so comfortable to watch. Thank you
I just discovered your channel last night (for once, the algorithm was doing its job!) and your videos resonate deep within my soul in a way I can't describe, there's a mix of awe and wonder and connection and beauty. Thank you so much for bringing us along on your journeys.
Also, I have noticed in comments that a lot of your viewers are disabled or have mobility issues, and I'm among them! You are giving such a gift to those of us who are physically unable to do what you do. I feel so much peace when I watch your videos.
It's also incredible to think about the artists pressing their hands to those walls, how they had no idea that people across the world would one day see the handprints they left behind and feel a brief moment of humbling connection with them, hundreds of years in the future. Something about the beauty of that makes my throat ache. That desire to leave a mark and press colour to a canvas is such a lovely human trait. ❤
Very captivating, brother! Longer video was a pleasant change without feeling "long." Very nice!
I've only recently discovered you channel and I'm so glad I have. Every video is superbly produced and I also really appreciate your connection with and wonderment at the history you find. Interestingly, where I live in northern England there are neolithic stone engravings in the environment around us that look very similar to some of the concentric and circular pictographs you come across. Keep up the great work!
I’m so glad so many of us oldies found your site….i’m 80 and absolutely delighted …I miss the wilds…for me; it was finding ancient fossils, Dino prints etc in the north in Canada
Wow! What was a size of a Dino print that you’ve seen? I always laughed at the movies depicting how they sound/walked because we can’t quite know but the theory has always been so intriguing to me!
The print were of various kinds…my parents have 4 Dino’s named after them…the biggest walking tracts were. 18 to 24 “s long….my father discovered the first bird prints in the world but allowed the young palaeontologist the claim as he was just starting out. Dad was glad they were rescued in time for the dam flooding the historic site…For myself working at the dam sight I was privileged to see giant turtles, trilobites mammoth bones etc come through the office I worked in…
Growing up in N Ireland , the western US is a dream to visit. The colors. the setting , the ancients living there and time has stopped . Thanks so much !
It truly is a Land of Enchantment, the state slogan of New Mexico, I think
@@DenzLeeby-sl1jb True, but this is in Utah.
The poetry is in the pictures, the attitude and the honesty of the history!
Absolutely love the extra long video version especially with the content you share with us. Thax! Just so amazing!!! 👍❤️
You are walking in ancient footsteps. I find that amazing.
Brah just fabulous. Fastidious. Thankyou. been interested since Painted deSert petrified forest in 1965. This century walking the citidel ruin trail wupatiki stopped on the summit for a view of the numerous telltale farmstead rubble mounds stretching off in every direction. Glanced down to see a
handful or so scattering of
Corn meal in the loaf sized worked building rocks. Blinking my eyes and shaking my head I realized someone had to have placed this there. Surmising an offering I realized I had tortilla chips in my lunch. So now I often leave an offering, like the day in 1976 on leeward Maui, wainapanapa. pokalolo roach back to mother nature my Samoan brahda said to me.
Then later back at wupatki admiring the mural noticing the beautiful datura, or jimsonWeed bloom at visitor center talking with the dineh' docent ranger about it he said he had no clue. Keep drifting brother. Keep the sacred peaks in sight.
Hey Andrew - the longer video formatting is awesome and much appreciated. Longer content makes for a more intense submersion into these beautiful and amazing natural treasures that we are so lucky to have in our nation. You are really starting to find your niche with your editing, drone use and relaxed and humble narration. The music is cool too and not overdone. Thanks for what you do.
Wonderful walkabout , love the way you follow the country code ...... Take nothing but pictures , leave nothing but footprints , leave it as you find it, blessings from Scotland , 👍🏴
Hi Scotland my Ansesters. I love U ❤❤
@@teresadvorak6145 ancestors? 😂🎉
What a archeological session! Wow, you find the most interesting areas and never disappoint. I live in NM and know very little about what is hidden in our rock canyons, so thanks for taking us to these remote canyons (in the desert southwest) and sharing this ancient treasure! Your choice of music and when you insert it is perfect too. Thanks 🙏🏽
From one Andrew to another this was so inspiring to see. As a young 80 yr old this make me look at life with awe. How those ancients lived and progressed, had children co existed with each other. Truely inspiring for me. Life always goes on, we can only touch it for a nano second. Live long Andrew.
Love your videos. Recently turned my 87 yr old father onto them. He is to love the California wilderness and was too old when he moved to AZ to explore, he was fixated. Thank you, giving him life in his eyes again. He can't do much these days except sit in his recliner..I know he hates it. So thank you. Blessings! Stay safe! Many look to you to help bring joy to their lives.
I call it the very best of armchair adventuring! I would be haunting those canyons if I could only walk...
This is our heritage and history we need to be verly cautious perserving these sites...TY for sharing your videos
Thanks for the awesome videos! The longer format is great and I enjoy your content! Stay safe and 👍👍!!❤
Growing up and visiting the ruins across the 4 corner states with my dad are some of my favorite memories ever. Had no idea there was so much more out there. Love the long form videos. Makes me want to take my kids out there and show them these wonders. And those pictographs were mind blowing. How fortunate to be able to find those.
Excellent video. I've been all over that canyon 30 years ago, and it is great to see that little has changed.
The structure with the tied lintel sticks is amazingly intact. Love your videos. I live in the Nevada Mojave and know the southwest better every year. You have shown us that the Anasazi and other ancient ones were VERY widespread.
Once backpacking along Coyote Gulch, Utah Grand Escalante I hiked to the top of a hill and the bottom of an 8 to 10 ft. tall pictograph of a human form. I found a small rock shelter habitation with a metate and actual small corn ears WITH the kernels attached. Also there were a few remains of fiber "rope". (likely of corn husks). I was blown away that these artifacts still existed there!
The habitat with the pack rat nest was also very intact, with not only wood lintels but ceilings too.
Simply amazing that people could live well in these conditions. Even in a wetter climate as it was then WHERE did they grow their corn? and beans?, etc. Only 5 miles from my suburban home I found a low rock structure at a narrow valley. So, being a hunter, I instantly knew it was a rock blind for ambushing big game. Years later I turned only to find it gone when a paved "leisure path" was laid down. "Pave paradise to put up a parking lot." !
I'm sure I've told you this before Andrew, but I enjoy your videos so much! In fact I enjoy you so much! I'm sure I'm old enough to be your grandmother, but you are such a good-looking, wise thoughtful, considerate, knowledgeable young man. And I love going on these trips with you. You are enabling me to see things I won't see in this life. And I just want to thank you. Oh I've been quite the traveler and I was quite the hiker and quite the rock climber when I was younger. Lived in the Alaska for 10 -12 years two different times. Did a whole lot of mountain climbing and hiking!!! Tomboys praying for your safety too. God bless you.
Your channel is so much better than anything on TV! Thank you for taking us along!
Really enjoy your videos! Recommending it to several of my buddies who will like them too. Love the desert and the quality of your videos! Thank you!
You are blowing up man!!! I'm so happy I'm rooting for you. You deserve it, you put in the hard work. The editing, music , scenes etc are a world class production!!! Love it!!
Not only are the vids and content great, but the more subtle elements - the music, the ambience, the silence for which you allow space, even the gravel under your boots, all great elements.
This is probably the 20th video I have watched from this channel. I love the sense of adventure and exploration. Thanks for the hard work and sharing, Drifter! Sub for life!
I will second that comment. I'm still able to get around but hobbled with arthritis and injuries to both my feet back when I was youmg and bullet proof. Every doctor told me that these injuries will effect you later in life. I lasted longer than both doctors but the pain has entrenched itself. I long for the outdoors. Epic solo trips most people would never attempt. Friends and family thought I was crazy for the places I explored. Never have I hiked the southwest and it looks amazing! Thank you and keep posting and be yourself. You are a natural and I have a feeling a very competent outdoor guide. I'm sure you have more than few stories you could share about those adventures.
Man I loved this. So many wonders to see. The petroglyphs and especially the pictographs were amazing. The construction of the dwellings. The beautiful scenery.
Love your videos,,,,,thank you so much for sharing history. At 59 sec into this video it looks like dinosaur tracks for those puddles of water. Do you believe that to be a possibility???????
Loved, “I’ve got nothin’.” We needed that and the music to take in what is incomprehensibly beautiful, touching. A masterpiece of their lives and your exploration. Thank you for your humility. Without that I couldn’t watch such sacred footage. You take us step by step through the canyons of our mind and heart. We’re definitely on this journey with you. May you be inspired each and every step of the way.
A soft spoken man with a pleasant smile sure makes these hikes more enjoyable to me and my family.💯
Thank you for taking us along!😁👍
You Rock!
I just discovered your videos. You do a great job on your videos. It's like I am walking with you in the video. Thankyou!!
Coffee table book! All your adventures. Please!
Best trips I've ever been on! Thanks for taking me.
Huge thanks, appreciation and respect from Aotearoa/New Zealand. Every episode is so interesting and I cannot get enough of your hiking and wonderful discoveries. Sometimes I am actually brought to tears, thinking about the people who lived in these places. Andrew, thank you. 🕊️💕
Thanks for allowing us to partake on your many journeys.
Thanks for the reverence
you show for these ancient sites. 😊
I am 70 and just finished my nightly quota of your episodes. They were awesome as usual. I always feel sadness and shed a tear whenever i see the structures, as I hope that the ancients weren't overcome with struggles too often.
It makes me wonder. Did the people who lived in harsh conditions (as opposed to what we know) know that their conditions were harsh or was it just life as they knew it without any frame of reference. They must have appreciated the good years, just as they accepted the bad. However, they did eventually leave, leaving behind their corn stores, so it was something sudden.
So glad I found your channel. I've been interested in rock art for more than 30 years now and some of those you showed were really fascinating. The handprints above that one dwelling were really cool.
It is a rare thing on UA-cam to find quality content . To me that is minimal music, no crazy dialog and stupid jokes - just beautiful locations and perfect, descriptive dialog delivered in a calm manner. I'm really glad you don't broadcast where these sites are - you can tell it is a highly respected location by the lack of vandalism.
This was such a great video. 👏👏 Yes to longer format. I would love so much to be out there amongst the ruins and the ancient art. 🙌
im a desert drifter myself......thank you so much for being so respectful of the ancient ones.
I just recently found your channel and all I have say is this, Andrew you easily have some of the best content I’ve ever found on UA-cam! The combination of hiking, climbing, and history is a fantastic concept, not to mention your genuine friendly demeanor and presentation style. I will now be binge watching all your videos! Also, I think long form videos are perfect for this type of content. Thank you very much for the time and effort to share these hikes with us. Cheers
You bet. This guy is terrific!
Your videos are so beautiful. I enjoy history. Seeing how much you respect it puts a smile on my face. Not many appreciate or respect history these days.
Beautiful country with a fascinating history. Thanks for the video.
Great video, Thanks for taking us along.
Truly enjoying your adventures, thank you for taking us along.
Having all of these comments listed, it would be nice if there is a way to search them for keywords. Specifically, a species of people called the “Nunnehi”, a.k.a. “Moon People” that were chased from the Appalachian mountains by the Cherokee. Surely, your area might call them by a different name and it would be interesting to discover other tales.
Stories tell of the short white people with big blue/silver eyes that watched over tribes at night. They never traded goods but provided services of protection. In return, the tribes would leave them offerings of food.
This applies to your venturing as related to the assembled structures on the cliffs. Displays of small hands, doorways, and squared corners look similar to old ruins from Iceland Vikings. Most important are the glyphs of the never ending circles/spirals and snakes or many mountains.
Thank you again for the exploration.
Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful adventure.
I’m absolutely hooked on this channel. This is an equivalent to a Bob Ross nature show.
I love the longer format, this stuff is so fascinating - longer is better.😉
It’s amazing to Me how with both these sites, they’re really villages all built into 1 long bench. Seeing how the buildings are built right up-to the edges, I’m guessing that they functioned more like an extended longhouse - semi-private dwelling and storage areas are defined, but Those living/working here would be constantly travelling through One-Another’s homes in-order to pass beyond.
…Interesting to think of how Life must have been, for Them!
I think You’re right about the defensive-nature of the walls, especially the sturdier-ones overlooking tricky ascents/descents; all the portholes would certainly have been defensive features, too - for viewing and probably also permitting-for the jabbing-at Attackers with spears, I suspect.
These cliff-dwellers had the right idea re Comfort and Survival!
Watching in UK and loving this completely different world. Thank you.