Lower Antelope Canyon Flood Page, Arizona

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  • @todddaugherty110
    @todddaugherty110 5 років тому +46

    In August of '97 I was on a three week tour all over the Colorado Plateau day-hiking or overnighting in canyons all through the region using a book called "Hiking The Colorado Plateau". On the 11th I got to upper Antelope, found a way down and explored for over four hours. That night I got to Page Arizona and needing a shower, a real bed and a rest for a couple of days, I checked into a motel. On the evening local news on the 12th, it was reported that Upper Antelope had flash flooded causing the deaths of all 11 of the tourists on the guided tour... the guide is the only one that survived. It still spooks me until today how stupid I was to go down there alone and with no weather report. They don't allow unguided trips since August 13, 1997.

    • @davidparry8514
      @davidparry8514 5 років тому +6

      used to be there were a couple of Navajo kids playing cards and listening to the weather report so they could yell down to you to get out if there was rain coming.the rain that killed those tourists fell many miles away.

    • @lorigbasmajian3843
      @lorigbasmajian3843 2 роки тому +7

      Wasn't it Lower antelope canyon...not upper?

    • @todddaugherty110
      @todddaugherty110 2 роки тому +1

      @@lorigbasmajian3843 Absolutely correct. Brain fart.

    • @sarahbowen7721
      @sarahbowen7721 2 роки тому +2

      I went to Lower Antelope In 1996…the guide on our trip definitely checked the weather forecast and to,d is about how rain from miles away could cause flash floods…..the thought of being caught in that sort of flood is terrifying!

    • @itsjudystube7439
      @itsjudystube7439 2 роки тому +2

      Those poor tourists never stood a chance did they.

  • @jaydeedub
    @jaydeedub 5 років тому +32

    Truly impressive footage, thank you for posting. I've visited that canyon several times and am always amazed with the sheer beauty that is created by one of Mother Natures most destructive forces. It's quite a humbling when you're standing 40 feet down on the canyon floor with those blazing orange and red walls twisting and corkscrewing all around you barely wider than your outstretched hands, and then to look up to find a section of tree trunk wedged into the sandstone 20 feet above your head...whoa... I can't imagine the horror experienced by the nearly 70 people who have lost there lives there over the past 20 years.

    • @carlosmarianotosza2571
      @carlosmarianotosza2571 4 роки тому

      most destructive forces?...more constructive I say...
      you are chronic depressive

    • @BlazinGrape
      @BlazinGrape 3 роки тому +3

      @@carlosmarianotosza2571 my guy do you know how deadly flash floods are? Water flowing at 7mph has the equivalent force per unit area as air blowing at fucking F5 tornado wind speeds

  • @CamMci
    @CamMci 2 роки тому +15

    Id struggled to visualise how all of these tragedies happen in the canyons, having never been or experienced it myself. This video finally makes it clear to me

  • @jerryphillips7330
    @jerryphillips7330 3 роки тому +22

    We were just in Lower Antelope last week. As we were exiting our guide said I think there will be rain in 3-4 hours because all the caterpillars are crawling up the canyon walls to get away from water if it was to enter the canyon. He said the caterpillars are the best rain forecast for them that rain is coming nearby.

  • @Never2old.
    @Never2old. 10 років тому +36

    Glad to see you were standing well back, too many have been lost through lack of respect of natures power. Awesome video

  • @austinbowen
    @austinbowen 11 років тому +6

    Awesome video. Especially if you have hiked down through there. I visited back in 2011 and was awe struck at the beauty of the canyon.

  • @obiwan2112
    @obiwan2112 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent video! Not a word was spoken and it didn't need any words.

  • @ignatiusjk
    @ignatiusjk 8 років тому +41

    Now you see where those beautiful wall formations came from.

  • @PatriseHenkel
    @PatriseHenkel 4 роки тому +10

    It feels like the canyon carving is happening right before our eyes!

  • @quinszar
    @quinszar 8 років тому +1

    that was truly breath taking. you are blessed to be able to record such events thank you

  • @diontaedaughtry974
    @diontaedaughtry974 Рік тому +2

    I found out about Antelope Canyon from the UA-cam channel Tragedy Tales video called "The Nightmare in Antelope Canyon". Very sad what happened to those people. Fantastic footage👍👍

  • @merryhunt9153
    @merryhunt9153 7 років тому +2

    Thank you. I have often read about flash floods in the desert. Now I know what one is like.

  • @tractors44
    @tractors44 11 років тому +4

    Looks amazing, we should not underestimate the power of nature.

  • @patsalas5170
    @patsalas5170 Рік тому

    This is such a beautiful part of the southwest...lake Powell, monument valley, but with beauty also comes care...always get to higher ground when it rains or during monsoons..even when the rain seems miles away..it moves so fast and with great force 🤟♥️

  • @jagadishnayak308
    @jagadishnayak308 9 років тому +4

    Nature has its own justice here !! Lack of vegetation causes such intense flood which in turn through erosion builds such beautiful canyons !!

    • @jonmacdonald5345
      @jonmacdonald5345 6 років тому +1

      knowINDIAbetter That's right nature! kick some ass and take some names! Justice will be served!

  • @erinfranklin4190
    @erinfranklin4190 9 років тому +1

    That was a powerful video. Thanks for sharing.

  • @_DeadeyeGaming
    @_DeadeyeGaming 3 роки тому +5

    Knowing how it looks and being in it while not being flooded this is terrifying

  • @JonJon-gu7xy
    @JonJon-gu7xy 11 років тому

    Water like that can carve fast I bet. Thank you for sharing. Great footage and video.

  • @WildlifeObsessed
    @WildlifeObsessed 9 років тому

    Just awesome.
    Some of the best light effects that I have ever seen anywhere in the World.
    Go and Guided ONLY.

  • @sonniandl
    @sonniandl 11 років тому +1

    Great Video!
    We have visit this canyon in June this year, it was awesome. I always wanted to know how flahsfloods there looks. Thanks

  • @FloozieOne
    @FloozieOne 7 років тому +4

    My father took us to what would become Lake Powell in the early 1960's. They had just dammed it up and we had to keep moving our camp back every other day because of the rising water. What was amazing was that as the water rose all the undercut rock made water caves and you could go in (by boat) and watch the reflections of the water on the banded sandstone ceilings. That is all gone now and there is just a big boring lake... As for this video it is great. The canyons out there have been being carved for 10's of 1000's of years and have stunning rock patterns, turns and tunnels. Gorgeous country, but HOT.

    • @davidlivingston2339
      @davidlivingston2339 7 років тому

      A big boring lake....

    • @CruzinComptin
      @CruzinComptin 3 роки тому

      Lake Powell is an abomination when you know what was under it. R.I.P. glen canyon wilderness.

  • @shannonvanduyn978
    @shannonvanduyn978 3 роки тому

    That is amazing. 111 looks like a wolf or coyote. Thats how i picture water below us that we cant see forming sink holes. I see blue lights across my field and its not from looking at the screen or whatever. Blue lamp Fleetwood Mac. Warrior spirit. I feel the earth move Shinedown Spirit Wind by Casting Crowns. Thanks for the video!!

  • @garydilbeck8882
    @garydilbeck8882 4 роки тому +5

    There’s a lesson to be learned with this. Don’t be downstream without knowledge of what’s upstream. It’s coming your way and it ain’t gonna be pretty.

  • @copisetic1104
    @copisetic1104 3 роки тому

    I have pictures of upper and lower antelope when no one knew about it. Spent a whole day in lower antelope with a Nikon and tripod. Those days have passed, I have many big prints hanging in my home in St. George Ut. Fond memories, you can’t do that now the tour companies and the crowds have taken over. There are still gems out there, but I’m not saying where they are and how to get to them. You cant see them unless you make the correct turn in an unknown slot canyon.

    • @tw7847
      @tw7847 3 роки тому

      Pretty please tell me :)

  • @Twisterfiddler
    @Twisterfiddler 11 років тому +2

    WOW !
    I played violin on july 5th in upper Antelope Canyon... and was wondering what kind of water would carve this... here's the answer . WOW !

  • @DreamMonster7X
    @DreamMonster7X 5 місяців тому

    Look at those canyons. This has been going on for millions of years. Long before man came onto the scene.

  • @plog1805
    @plog1805 10 років тому +1

    You are ballsy for being that close to Mother Natures power. I hope you are grateful for being alive at the least.

  • @TheMrByrom
    @TheMrByrom  11 років тому +13

    My Dad hiked in from a different location and got the video with his phone. He has lived in Page for about 40 years, so he knows a few short cuts. I remember the days when anyone could just drive to the upper Antelope canyon. Now you have to pay to get in because someone took some cool pictures and made it popular.

    • @andrealove9340
      @andrealove9340 6 років тому +1

      A group of us were JUUUST talking about this. instagrammers and youtubers are now doing this on a global scale EVERYWHERE. see it all while you still can! Also, WOWOWOW, this is the top of the antelope canyon I walked through?! holy crap!

    • @evgenidimitrov9703
      @evgenidimitrov9703 3 роки тому +2

      Sadly it is the same story all over the world now...

  • @user-tb2jy9lu3d
    @user-tb2jy9lu3d 8 років тому +6

    While I'm sure they were being careful, those rocks look really slick. I don't think I'd be walking that close to it. If you slid down unexpectedly and slid right off into that, you'd probably be dead within seconds when the water slams you into the rocks a few times. Then you'd sink to the bottom, which is probably 20-50 feet in some areas.

    • @UncleFishbits
      @UncleFishbits 8 років тому +6

      The rocks actually are really gritty and sort of sticky and easy to grip to. But you're definitely right... I wouldn't be near that. 11 of 12 hikers that were caught in that were killed in 1997. So sad.

    • @eastwestcoastkid
      @eastwestcoastkid 6 років тому

      Michael Hraba wow!

  • @nadinehightower2894
    @nadinehightower2894 11 років тому +5

    Wow! Great video. Even more impressive if you've hiked through Antelope Canyon and been down where the water is going in this video. Easy to see how all those people died in there when they got caught by one of the surprise floods several years ago. If rain clouds are visible anywhere on the horizon, you are not allowed to go in anymore.

  • @SteCork-t8x
    @SteCork-t8x Рік тому +1

    Get a guide from the local Navaho tribe, they know what they're doing and when it's safe to go.

  • @Drumsticksmcgee
    @Drumsticksmcgee 6 років тому +3

    The wonders of nature, awesome

  • @sebastienmounier7963
    @sebastienmounier7963 11 років тому +1

    Thank you for this video ! How did you take it ? Lower Antelope was closed the whole day of Aug., 2nd, 2013. I was at Page this day. From France, I made a road trip between SF and LA... I loved it... Thanks !

  • @cassalamon
    @cassalamon 8 років тому +3

    Natures rage is amazing

  • @TheMattc999
    @TheMattc999 5 років тому +1

    Man 45 seconds in I'd be scared to stand *that* close to that water. I'll stand right on the edge of a cliff with my toes dangling over the edge, but fuck that water and that wet sandstone...

  • @sylviakoziarski4912
    @sylviakoziarski4912 6 років тому +2

    How long ago was it when a group of explorers got washed away from the canyon? I know that there was a group that were caught. It was then that the canyon was closed to the public then you had to pay to get in from then on. Worth the price though.

    • @youssefelkarkri
      @youssefelkarkri 6 років тому +1

      Exactly i forget also when but they died because they didn t listen, too bad. We actually just came from visiting here and this place is amazing

    • @sylviakoziarski4912
      @sylviakoziarski4912 6 років тому

      Youssef Firdaws I'm glad that you enjoyed your visit. We will be going back to visit Moab Utah for a few days. After that, who knows where we will end up.

    • @youssefelkarkri
      @youssefelkarkri 6 років тому +1

      @@sylviakoziarski4912 we had an amazing time there. Whole the west is great and amazing. Hope u enjoy it as much as we did. Cheers

    • @weigh2playa825
      @weigh2playa825 5 років тому +1

      1997, 12 hikers got swepped away, l think only the guide made it, but he was sure beat up.

  • @1AXMRDR
    @1AXMRDR 3 роки тому +1

    Wow! That's pretty violent.

  • @EternalBreton82
    @EternalBreton82 7 місяців тому +1

    Canyon creation in progress

  • @deeanna8448
    @deeanna8448 2 роки тому

    Wow! How quickly does the water come and go?

  • @anthonyayovino
    @anthonyayovino 5 років тому

    Nice footage!

  • @KiheiVillages
    @KiheiVillages 7 років тому +3

    Look at the Clear sky!!!!

  • @antigonish63
    @antigonish63 11 років тому +1

    I have spent a fair amount of time in this area, never been on site for this exhibition. Wow! Guess I need to plan my trips for a different time of year, it would be fascinating to see this from a safe vantage point.

  • @4672-m9f
    @4672-m9f Рік тому

    are the tourists allowed in the canyon while its flooding?

  • @sodomojo33
    @sodomojo33 6 років тому +1

    Mother Nature is savage!

  • @I-Love-Taylor-Swift
    @I-Love-Taylor-Swift 4 роки тому +2

    This looks even more deadly than The Strid!!

    • @lh7801
      @lh7801 4 роки тому +1

      Uhhhh yeah. I would say so

  • @edwardlaw797
    @edwardlaw797 2 роки тому

    I was in it. Miracle survived.

  • @WildlifeObsessed
    @WildlifeObsessed 9 років тому

    When was this filmed. We walked this Canyon in April 2013 - dry, clear sky and bright sunshine and no rain had fallen for days and days, if not weeks.
    Just curious.

  • @yowsers6475
    @yowsers6475 9 років тому

    Arizona has such great beauty but also has many extreme dangerous to be aware of.

  • @visionsofheaven
    @visionsofheaven 4 роки тому +1

    Amazing.

  • @anthonybetha4742
    @anthonybetha4742 10 років тому +27

    Thats some pissed off water.

  • @elnabjelland-hughes8172
    @elnabjelland-hughes8172 4 роки тому

    Awesome and terrifying at the same time 😊💕

  • @Squarerig
    @Squarerig 10 років тому

    The area appears to be semi-arid.How often do such flash floods occur,frequently or seldom?

    • @airevacrn
      @airevacrn 10 років тому

      You are correct with your arid statement. Although the flooding isn't frequent because it doesn't rain there that much, when it does rain, the sandstone isn't permeable so these run off collections, can be seen often at that time. You can often see several "temporary waterfalls" after a heavy rainfall. Monsoon rains happens in this area, so it's, all or nothing.

    • @SupernalOne
      @SupernalOne 10 років тому +1

      there is the "monsoon season" in July & August, when thunderheads form every day over high ground, and rain in cloudbursts - it's sporadic, not every year in any one place, but one never knows where & when

    • @relentlessmadman
      @relentlessmadman 8 років тому +1

      that's the real danger very little warning and the flood can happen miles down stream from the rain. people who don't know the area camp on nice dry sandy areas only to get caught in the night.

  • @StewartLucrative
    @StewartLucrative 8 років тому

    I understand canyons are formed by erosion, but what I don't get is why Antelope Canyon is so narrow? Why does just that narrow slot of sandstone wear down and not get wider?

    • @cassalamon
      @cassalamon 8 років тому

      StewartLucrative it takes millions of years

    • @DevSie
      @DevSie 6 років тому +1

      StewartLucrative
      It revolves mainly around the rocks density, as well is it's ability to deal with erosion factors. Most of this rock although sand stone, does contain a lot of silt sized grains. This make is very susceptible to erosion. On the other hand the other sandstone program contains a lot of quartz which is very resistant to erosion.

  • @tomsantay8935
    @tomsantay8935 4 роки тому

    There is a sign at the end of the canyon that says 17 died in a flash flood....be careful

  • @ucimyy4u
    @ucimyy4u 6 років тому

    I was where you were under near the exact same conditions. Not wearing the proper shoes, I slipped, and, claw as I might, I slid right into the raging water below. Luckily I had a backpack on with an empty water bladder. I put that under me and floated until I was able to pull myself up onto a large log that was moving by at about the same speed that I was. I rode that log to the end of the river and climbed out. My gear was ruined, and I lost my glasses and dentures, but I was alive.

  • @mandolinrainman7186
    @mandolinrainman7186 4 роки тому

    Did you bust?

  • @And-rc9yy
    @And-rc9yy 4 роки тому

    I remember watching it from the highway, there was a policeman stood on the bridge and he of course refused to let me stop to film.

  • @MrDunkiemon
    @MrDunkiemon 7 років тому

    Water always finds the path of least resistance.

  • @turlach1359
    @turlach1359 8 років тому

    Did this hike yesterday, glad I did not watch this firstNature is awesome thoughThanks for the vid everyone should be informed of potential dangers

  • @mhia4
    @mhia4 10 років тому

    you really were not kidding mr byrom

  • @freeamericausa1
    @freeamericausa1 11 років тому

    Now I understand why I fear water more than fire. Nature has more power than most of us care to admit. Happen to know what percentage of the Earth is water? What is the best method of fighting Fire???

  • @AMCKEJB3
    @AMCKEJB3 7 років тому

    I would love to see that in person..

  • @leighparker9109
    @leighparker9109 6 років тому

    Thanks a lot.

  • @hebneh
    @hebneh 9 років тому

    Nature in the raw is seldom mild.

  • @yasminenazarine1629
    @yasminenazarine1629 2 роки тому

    oh my god all I see brown flood no clear water 🧐😳

  • @SouthpawDavey
    @SouthpawDavey 11 років тому

    You have a lot of power there are you using it ?

  • @snorydr1978
    @snorydr1978 7 років тому +1

    How deep was that part of the canyon where you were recording?

  • @eioinmclove
    @eioinmclove Рік тому

    Flaming heck 😱

  • @MicAdams-bb5sh
    @MicAdams-bb5sh 2 роки тому

    powerful and violent, not to be played with

  • @Mariuswow69
    @Mariuswow69 10 років тому +2

    RIP if you fall in there

  • @zappachick228
    @zappachick228 4 роки тому +1

    With out all that there would be no Antelope Canyon

  • @rosewhite---
    @rosewhite--- 8 років тому +4

    sandstone all laid down during The Flood 4,300 years ago.

    • @OnlyZunkin
      @OnlyZunkin 8 років тому +4

      What are you talking about? Navajo sandstone dates back to the Late Triassic and early Jurassic period or roughly about 200 million years ago. Additionally sandstone's creation in no way involves flooding. I'm not familiar with any radioactive isotope dating which has been done in this particular area so I can't give you an exact date off the top of my head but this sandstone is at least several hundred million years old. Are you referring to the age of this particular canyon? If so you are still horribly misinformed, but it at least makes more sense in that canyons are indeed cut by water erosion which is most pronounced during flooding events. The actual age of this particular canyon is harder to estimate due climate variability over time but the canyon itself is also far older than a few thousand years. Hell, some of the bristle cone pines in this region are older than 4,300 years which is a blink of an eye in geologic time.

    • @rosewhite---
      @rosewhite--- 8 років тому +1

      LOL Melting Sand,
      The Jurassic, Tricassis, Prussic and all similar layers of sediment were laid down during the Flood.
      Go look at a flashflood video and see if you can understand sand.

    • @hoffer54
      @hoffer54 7 років тому

      My ass it was!

    • @rosewhite---
      @rosewhite--- 7 років тому +2

      you speak through the wrong orifice?

    • @benjaminpotter5710
      @benjaminpotter5710 7 років тому +1

      haha wtf

  • @estebanwedontneednostinkin9969
    @estebanwedontneednostinkin9969 5 років тому

    Nestlé‘s quick😜🤪

  • @elizabethbarta918
    @elizabethbarta918 2 роки тому +1

    Probably what the river Strid in Yorkshire England looks like under its calm surface

  • @SupernalOne
    @SupernalOne 10 років тому +2

    the slot's a sluice!

  • @josifhanovre3379
    @josifhanovre3379 7 років тому +1

    سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم

  • @riparianlife97701
    @riparianlife97701 9 років тому +4

    It's official. Antelope have lousy taste in canyons.

  • @ИринаЯковлева-ф4ш
    @ИринаЯковлева-ф4ш 3 роки тому +1

    Впечатляет ,вода режет породу как нож масло

  • @sporadic3684
    @sporadic3684 9 років тому

    Sorry guys was dying for a piss.

  • @WisconnyJohnny
    @WisconnyJohnny 9 років тому

    Wow

  • @Broesky
    @Broesky 4 місяці тому

    I would be moving much faster out of the way.

  • @epahpee
    @epahpee 8 років тому

    Double You Oh Double You!!!!

  • @hasegawamasahisa1140
    @hasegawamasahisa1140 10 років тому

    Hello. I sent message to your UA-cam account. I'd like to use this video on my business, and just to confirm the copyright. Please reply to me. Thanks!

  • @elijahbegaye5694
    @elijahbegaye5694 5 років тому

    Good for tube riding...oh yeah

    • @rhondatravelingirlsc8015
      @rhondatravelingirlsc8015 6 місяців тому

      It will be stupid to go into one of those canyons even with the tube. You will be killed from the violence of the water on the rocks that was a stupid statement.

  • @jpogigtxcr1778
    @jpogigtxcr1778 2 роки тому

    I want to visit the canyon. But I’ll walk fast, take a couple of selfies, and that’s it. I’m gone in 60 seconds.

  • @MasAgus
    @MasAgus 9 років тому

    more like choklat milk shake...

  • @billybob7474
    @billybob7474 8 років тому +10

    When god eats Taco Bell.

  • @hoffer54
    @hoffer54 7 років тому

    Blender!

  • @wxc666666
    @wxc666666 8 років тому +1

    I went to upper antelope canyon last year. This place just looks good on photo. It is just one time experience place, not worthy to come back for.

    • @Patty-to3rp
      @Patty-to3rp 27 днів тому

      Completely disagree. Been before and totally want to go back. It's amazing.

  • @japeking1
    @japeking1 3 роки тому

    All that Sunlight going to waste. :-(

    • @rhondatravelingirlsc8015
      @rhondatravelingirlsc8015 6 місяців тому +1

      What?????

    • @jackieking1522
      @jackieking1522 3 дні тому

      @@rhondatravelingirlsc8015 Sunlight evaporates water, giving the energy needed to get flash floods in the mountains. Just a joke about it being wasted.🤗