Hey everyone! Just wanted to leave a quick update here- Apologies for the inconsistent video posts recently, I am currently on the road, filming some of my biggest and best concepts yet, including one that is very special (Ill give you a hint: it won't happen again until 2045) Hoping to get back on a regular weekly Fri / Sat schedule as soon as possible. Thanks for watching this video, cant believe this channel is about to hit 90k subs. I cannot thank you all enough.
I love how silent this video is. No stupid music in the background, just wind, footsteps, some rocks. Perfect. This is how every hiking channel should be.
I once spent a few months driving all over Costa Rica. On the Pacific coast I stayed in a small town that had a beautiful shallow bay with white sand beaches. I was snorkelling in water as clear as gin when below me on the bottom I saw the beginning of what turned out to be a huge spiral of stones! It was incredible. Beautifully stacked and rising higher as the circle tightened. It was a work of art. Back at my hotel I asked the owners (a French couple) about this and they had no idea. Then the next morning this little local Tico who was a waiter in the dining room told me what it was. He knew I spoke Spanish so he told me that 'los ancestros' had built the circle and that it was a sea turtle trap. During low tides they would fill the inner part of the circle with dead fish and cover it over so the sea turtles would choose to edge along into this circle, between the stone walls and the diameter was made to get ever so slightly narrower the closer they got to the middle and then, they would be stuck.
Well, that is freaking awesome! I was in Costa Rica for a week recently but it was in the mountains and San Jose. The closest I could come to this is when my dad and I were hiking in the woods behind our house in New Hampshire back in the early 2000's. We went up a logging road from the turn of the century up past my house (which I later found out was an old coach road from the colonial days, turned logging road, turned abandoned road), and after going off the trail for a few we ended up finding an old, abandoned mica mine. It was a granite cliff about 30 feet tall and around 70 feet wide, with a giant rectangle chunk blown out of it, with piles of rock and huge pieces of mica strewn about the area. along with old blasting wires still sticking out of the ground. A little ways off of this barely visible road going to the mine was an old Model-T looking work truck that had a 50-70-foot oak tree growing right through the middle of it with a trunk twice as round as my arms hugging it. The truck was rotted down to rusted metal with only a shred or two of a fabric-like material remaining in the cab. A few days later we asked our neighbors down the road who were in the academic circle if they knew anything about it, and it turns out we were the first people to find it since it closed down after WW2. They told us it was a mica mine that was opened before the war and they would use the mica in transistor radios, different electronics, fireplace and woodstove windows, and various other uses. They were beside themselves that dad and I had found it, and soon after, they both went up and found it. This was in Wentworth, New Hampshire, on the edge of the White Mountains. It was a cool piece of forgotten history for the last 100 years. Definitely not as cool as your story. Lol! Also, in that same house we lived in, we had a woodstove from probably around the same time as the mine and IT HAD mica windows!
@@StrangeScaryNewEngland The place I was in is Manuel Antonio and the beach is in a nature reserve. You got to it through a path through the jungle. If you have blond hair cover it up completely until you get to the beach, Back then there was a tribe of macaques who went berserk and threw their excrement. They were OK with black hair like mine but they hated blondes. Maybe they just hated Germans lol.
There used to be a log book in there, sad to see its gone.. I've been up on top of that twice... (there used to be a helicopter rescue card for the noobs, someone has been stuck up there in the past)... Thanks for sharing your adventure!
Really nicely done video of Cabezon Peak. Walked around it when I lived Albuquerque in the 60's. This is exactly what drones are good for. As well as young people willing to get away from the tv or computer games. Thanks from a 70 year old who would be there if he could.
@@the_pov_channelAt about 11.00 the basalt is showing some similarities, although not as perfectly formed, to the Giants Causeway on the Antrim coast and Fingals cave in Scotland.
@@aidendoc4714yes, there is some poorly developed columnar jointing evident in places. This is also somewhat reminiscent of Devils Tower in Wyoming, another volcanic plug. I’ve been to Fingal’s Cave on Staffa in Scotland, one of the most magical places I’ve ever been!
If you're ever doing any hardcore scrambling/climbing like this again, you honestly might want to consider buying some climbing approach shoes. Not only are they great to walk in but, they'll feel much better on rock. As dorky as it might be, wearing a helmet when you're climbing loose rock is probably a good idea in case there's rockfall or you just smack your head on the way up. Stay safe out there. Great content, keep it up. This is an insanely cool find.
@@jackiemack8653 Yes and no, approach shoes are a style of climbing shoe that's also comfortable for the hike to your climb. For scrambles and lower grade climbs they are a great compromise to carrying a separate pair
The fact that you free solo climbed that (and then got to see what the spiral is) means you're not just an outdoorsman, that's an adventurer. Also those drone shots were awesome
There is something magical about this video. The serenity of not only being atop this formation but being up there alone with perfect conditions that allow you to see for miles. I have driven through much of the Southwest but I have always dreamt of getting out and hiking/climbing. Thank you for sharing this experience.
We should be able to put 2 or 3 thumbs up! This was perfect, perfect! You daring up those walls, the intriguing spiral, the memories box. Truly fantastic! Thanks 👌🏻👌🏻
The drone shots almost looks like another planet. Amazing landscape! I don't climb anymore but when I did it always seem easier to climb up and much harder climbing down. Maybe just me. I wish someone would go to the Grand Canyon and check out the so called Egyptian artifact cave in the forbidden zone. We need to know the truth!
Just a friendly word of advice. Take it or leave it.. I know the ring looks cool but the next time you climb something like that I would highly consider removing it before it potentially removes your pointer finger. Switch to silicone or something if you got to have one. But it doesn't take much of a shock load to separate you from your index finger. Killer friggin hike dude. Good find
Drones are so loud, all you would hear is brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr nonstop droning. He deletes the sound and puts this on top of the video. Unless you hung a microphone way below the drone, that could work probably.
Risking his life? This is just Cabezon Peak about 40 miles NW of Albuquerque. It’s a fairly popular hiking spot. It’s kinda out in the middle of nowhere but there’s nothing really dangerous about it.
Brother I give you props. You never disappoint me. I haven't watched your channel in a while but I'm gonna start watching it again. Can you imagine what it looked like when those volcanoes where active? Dinosaurs walking around, lava spewing out of jagged peaks, etc Excellent video
I can't believe how quickly you climbed that gnarly plug. That's coming from an old guy with old legs which would have totally gumbied out long before the summit. Loved the drone video, so great. Isn't it funny how the pups won't drink until you get back to them. Great buddy you have there. Catch you on the next one.
It’s actually a wind shelter/ wind break. The spiral form is really good for this, as it keeps a wall on all sides with no breaks for wind to get thru. It’s a cool earth work for sure but I think the wind break is the purpose
The cross indicates a "nadir", an Earth intersecting energy point of 2. The Spiral, indicates a Portal structure available to who knows how to use it. You Must BE of a very high frequency to use it safely.
@@Outrjs It does both, depending entirely on the conditions. That's a gulch, produce by periodic, intense rainfall rapidly eroding loose, alluvial depositions of fine sediment. There are other types of canyons that form over thousands or millions of years. There are rifts that form instantly when tectonic plates shift. There's a system of deep canyons in Georgia that formed rapidly over a few decades after human activity destabilized the area. The variation is as varied as the different environments on Earth.
@@Outrjs Lol, I _am_ an Indian, dude, and that's kind of racist. Ooh, us mythical Indians, telling magic stories! 🤣 Nah, what you're selling are stories, and I'm telling you, science has long since proven them wrong.
@@Salmacream IIRC, if wasn't any particular gulch. Rather, he was ascribing the creation of canyons, gulches, etc., including the Grand one, to single, simple, near instantaneous events. As if the fact that the one in the video undercut a cattle fence was proof that *all* such features form rapidly, that "they" (mainstream science, I guess?) are lying to us to hide "TRUTH" about the world from all the "normies." The rest of us believe the Grand Canyon formed gradually, over millions of years, but _special_ ones (like him), know it was the Flood or something.
@@Salmacream Oh, he also told me to go talk to some "Indians," that'd "tell me stories" about the creation of the world, as if they could magically explain all the natural phenomenon better than science.
The ammo box is a Geocache. Early on the. Internet people would mark places they find the geocache on a geocache website, leave an item, and take an item in return (if they want to), and make a comment on what they traded. This was before you could upload pics to the internet.
I have never heard of a volcanic plug! Lived on Oahu for 13 years, learned all I could about volcanoes, so I'm guessing volcanic plugs don't exist out in the middle of the ocean, or any ocean. Just the desert? The ones you presented in your video all resemble giant tree stumps. Amazing discovery of all of the people who had hiked up there and left their names! Your drone footage is just truly magnificent! Absolutely love it!
I love this channel. This is my ASMR, rock , wind, nature. I live 20 min from Bellingham and heart skipped a beat when you read that note..vicariously living these last few years and this is soul nourishment ✨
I'm from WA where everything is covered in trees and these desert exploration videos are like from a different planet I love it! Thank you for showing us how diverse and geologically awesome the desert really is
Haha, I agree. Looks like old giant tree stumps. Volcanic plugs sounds made up to explain them away. Basalt columns have never been seen to form in modern volcanism.
I remember back ( 2004) went on a elk hunt at Mount Taylor. I got VHS videos of Cabazon it was 4 to 5 times taller and had its own eco system on top trees plants etc and there was a thunder storm going on on top, it was surreal
The Egyptian structures & I saw a brief nod to that situation, Also was mentioned was Kincaid man who disappeared plus many other secrets there in the Grand Canyon. Also secrets in Yosemite in CA.
That whole adventure was awesome! As someone who enjoys RC rock crawlers, the cracks you filmed at the end got me excited, it'd be awesome to cruise down that with a rig!
Beautiful place. If you're ever down Texas way, you should check a place called Hueco Tanks. Near El Paso. I used to do a lot of climbing there 30-35 years ago or so. Not the same, but volcanic in origin. Thanks for the trip, Nolan.
I climbed up cabezon in feburary of 2023. I dont know if they are still in there but I left some photos in the box when i visited. cool to see a video on it. It was quuitee a climb and i had my doubts at first when i reached the scree field.
Amazing! May be all this around mountains are not old vulcans. They are petrified stumps of giant threes. That is my opinion. Greetings from Croatia ❤.
First, thank you for the experience from this video. Thanks for leaving the ambient sounds of the wind. That made watching this video very real. Your drone is awesome. Very good piloting. Praying for your safety and continued success. We’re watching. ❤
Hello First i'll thank you for your work and your videos. Second i mean this isn't a volcano, this is a tree stump. 😉 Look in the Graden from your neighbors or other who cut down a big tree. The rest of the stump look like this. You find every one in the world. When it was a volcano, Then the area around it would not be so uniform, even after centuries of erosion. Good luck, thank you and greetings from Berlin, Germany
I don't believe they are volcanic plugs,.. Not enough volcanic rock flows around about them in the wider area'. What these things maybe are giant fossilised tree stumps from the world wide flood of Noah's days in : Genesis 7'
I haven't heard about these before. This is a really interesting comment. Do you have more examples of some suspected locations for these possible Fossilized stumps?
@@42N8_1 I see these giant trees all over the world, and many other people are beginning to see them as well. Keep your eyes open whenever you are watching these kinds of videos, and when you are out and about in the wilderness. Look out for signs of tree rings & bark looking rocks but on a 'Large scale' and large veins of quartz running through the rock. Also; Mountains that look like : Devils Tower in Wyoming in the US, or the Giant's Causeway in northern Ireland, these long pipe like rocks may be the pipe-like xylem vessels in trees & plants now fossilized; once used to take in water from the soil by the process called osmosis. The pipe-like xylem cells in plants stake together in long polygonal chains' just like you see at Devils Tower in Wyoming, the rubble around the tower are these polygonal pipe-like xylem vessels broken down at the bottom of the tower. I hope this info helps'
@@42N8_1 I see these giant trees all over the world, and many other people are beginning to see them as well. Keep your eyes open whenever you are watching these kinds of videos, and when you are out and about in the wilderness. Look out for signs of tree rings & bark looking rocks but on a 'Large scale' and large veins of quartz running through the rock. Also; Mountains that look like : Devils Tower in Wyoming in the US, or the Giant's Causeway in northern Ireland, these long pipe like rocks may be the pipe-like xylem vessels in trees & plants now fossilized; once used to take in water from the soil by the process called osmosis. The pipe-like xylem cells in plants stack together in long polygonal chains' just like you see at Devils Tower in Wyoming, the rubble around the tower are these polygonal pipe-like xylem vessels broken down at the bottom of the tower. I hope this info helps'
I make it my yearly goal to camp in that shelter, but beware the field mice. The structure helps a lot with the wind, as do the other three shelters that are on Cabezon. There's also a cross structure for a grave site. Hauling camp gear to the summit is a bit annoying but catching the sunrise there is surreal since the volcano casts a long shadow over the desert around it. One of my favorite spots in NM. Catching sunrise and sunset on the Organ Needle is up there too. Highly recommend that hike
Great video, as usual, Nolan! Interesting how the spiral has been a symbol for many ancient cultures as far apart as England and Peru. I suppose this one could be more modern -- but I wonder if it was there before the cross was done. The landscape there is stunning and stark, so different than anything I'm used to, here near the East Coast. Thanks for taking me somewhere I probably won't be going to -- and take care of yourself! I'm so glad you have your dog with you:-)
Been to the top of Cabezon twice. Ancient dude in Cuba said to take a rock for the cross and my life would be blessed. Didn't take a rock, but I did stash a .30 cal ammo can with two bbottles of water and some hard candies 3/4 of the way up. Been 26 years, I wonder if it's still there.
@@miketaylor6700 so on one end, yes there are some people who think that's true. On the other end this kind of gullible bait typically starts somewhere on the internet as a joke, to convince people to believe in conspiracy theories that are absolute garbage. Pretty sure the original comment was a joke.
The cactus is Cholla. AKA "jumping cactus", because the spines seem to jump out to catch you. Tiny, hard to find slivers. You'll only do it once, though.... the memory will linger for years.
I live in Albuquerque New Mexico and have visited the areas around there for decades. That area was part of an inland sea. The volcanic ares you seeing were under that. They never reached out of that sea. Off to the north are the Jemez mountains. At the sides in parts are the diatomaceous remnants of that sea. Like the cliffs if Dover but just piled up like a moonscape. Above that are water oases where ancient Ponderosa pines exist and wildlife get water. I have found arrow heads up there. The Jemez mountains have a huge Caldera 18 miles across in its center. The Valle Grande. Lots if hot springs and great hiking. I really enjoy the videos! I have always called those volcanic features "Hershey Kisses" they look like that from pretty much any vantage point.
As someone with crippling fear of heights I spend all your climbing segments with my hands cl nched and my shoulders up over my ears, it's like your visiting my nightmares. I worry about you whenever you do the risky things you do. But I appreciate the beauty you are showing the rest of us that don't have the ability to do what you do. Stay safe
@@PondScummer The giant trees could have been in silica and it would explain the semi-precious stones you sometimes find in petrified wood to be issued from intense heat. Wood of carbon burns ! Fossilized wood can be made artificially within months till 100 years, it depends on the quality you aim at. Basalt organs are not volcanic, lava doesn't cool in hexagonal form.
Hey everyone! Just wanted to leave a quick update here-
Apologies for the inconsistent video posts recently, I am currently on the road, filming some of my biggest and best concepts yet, including one that is very special (Ill give you a hint: it won't happen again until 2045)
Hoping to get back on a regular weekly Fri / Sat schedule as soon as possible.
Thanks for watching this video, cant believe this channel is about to hit 90k subs. I cannot thank you all enough.
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*@**10:45** I screenshot this and will swap my head onto your body for my Christmas card. Where shall I tell my family I was in this photo?*
The eclipse! Can’t wait to see it.
#BeSafe
I hope you get a decent viewing spot. It is supposed to be cloudy and overcast in my location in LA. That would be lower Arkansas 😂 LOL
I'm from that area in New Mexico. I'm Pueblo native so I know a lot ruins In nearby area
I love how silent this video is. No stupid music in the background, just wind, footsteps, some rocks. Perfect. This is how every hiking channel should be.
Oh hell... needs Ozzy Osbourne screaming !!!
that's precious
Thanks, appreciate that. I hope to start recording more of the ambient noise of the places I visit to give you all more realistic immersion.
@@the_pov_channelThank you. I have a low ADHD and this video literally helps me concentrate before study.
It's natural, it's great!
I'm disabled and hiking vicariously through you. Thanks for the trip!
Myself also 🫠
Same!
I once spent a few months driving all over Costa Rica. On the Pacific coast I stayed in a small town that had a beautiful shallow bay with white sand beaches. I was snorkelling in water as clear as gin when below me on the bottom I saw the beginning of what turned out to be a huge spiral of stones! It was incredible. Beautifully stacked and rising higher as the circle tightened. It was a work of art. Back at my hotel I asked the owners (a French couple) about this and they had no idea. Then the next morning this little local Tico who was a waiter in the dining room told me what it was. He knew I spoke Spanish so he told me that 'los ancestros' had built the circle and that it was a sea turtle trap. During low tides they would fill the inner part of the circle with dead fish and cover it over so the sea turtles would choose to edge along into this circle, between the stone walls and the diameter was made to get ever so slightly narrower the closer they got to the middle and then, they would be stuck.
This is one of the most interesting comments I’ve read on UA-cam this year, thank you so much for sharing!
Well, that is freaking awesome! I was in Costa Rica for a week recently but it was in the mountains and San Jose. The closest I could come to this is when my dad and I were hiking in the woods behind our house in New Hampshire back in the early 2000's. We went up a logging road from the turn of the century up past my house (which I later found out was an old coach road from the colonial days, turned logging road, turned abandoned road), and after going off the trail for a few we ended up finding an old, abandoned mica mine. It was a granite cliff about 30 feet tall and around 70 feet wide, with a giant rectangle chunk blown out of it, with piles of rock and huge pieces of mica strewn about the area. along with old blasting wires still sticking out of the ground. A little ways off of this barely visible road going to the mine was an old Model-T looking work truck that had a 50-70-foot oak tree growing right through the middle of it with a trunk twice as round as my arms hugging it. The truck was rotted down to rusted metal with only a shred or two of a fabric-like material remaining in the cab. A few days later we asked our neighbors down the road who were in the academic circle if they knew anything about it, and it turns out we were the first people to find it since it closed down after WW2. They told us it was a mica mine that was opened before the war and they would use the mica in transistor radios, different electronics, fireplace and woodstove windows, and various other uses. They were beside themselves that dad and I had found it, and soon after, they both went up and found it. This was in Wentworth, New Hampshire, on the edge of the White Mountains. It was a cool piece of forgotten history for the last 100 years. Definitely not as cool as your story. Lol! Also, in that same house we lived in, we had a woodstove from probably around the same time as the mine and IT HAD mica windows!
@@StrangeScaryNewEngland The place I was in is Manuel Antonio and the beach is in a nature reserve. You got to it through a path through the jungle. If you have blond hair cover it up completely until you get to the beach, Back then there was a tribe of macaques who went berserk and threw their excrement. They were OK with black hair like mine but they hated blondes. Maybe they just hated Germans lol.
bro I'm costarican amd never heard of that before :o wao
@@sebazcg2760 Pues ojala que algun dia puedas verlo. Playa Manuel Antonio en Quepas.
There used to be a log book in there, sad to see its gone.. I've been up on top of that twice... (there used to be a helicopter rescue card for the noobs, someone has been stuck up there in the past)... Thanks for sharing your adventure!
Haha I imagine alot of people freeze up when it comes time to climb down
Where is is located precisely pls !?
@@MrNobody_1618 Northwest of Albuquerque, New Mexico Just off of highway 550 (maps.app.goo.gl/AjnyRbccnRfa6JWk9)
@@MrNobody_1618Cabezon Peak NM
There are rocks stacked on top of each other that you didn't notice at 3:11 in the video. That was the first sign of human presence.
Came down here to say this
Well spotted.
A trail marker.
Nothing to notice. Normal visitors do things like this. Just an attention getter.
The little stack is called a cairn and it goes along with the arrow that is there just as he starts his climb.
Really nicely done video of Cabezon Peak. Walked around it when I lived Albuquerque in the 60's. This is exactly what drones are good for. As well as young people willing to get away from the tv or computer games. Thanks from a 70 year old who would be there if he could.
Thanks a ton. What a cool place.
I second that. To be young and strong again. (and to live out west). Here on the east coast almost everything is owned with No trespassing....
What a place! But What happened to the volcanic cone... what a sense of freedom you capture in your videos... I am now a fan of your channel...
@@the_pov_channelAt about 11.00 the basalt is showing some similarities, although not as perfectly formed, to the Giants Causeway on the Antrim coast and Fingals cave in Scotland.
@@aidendoc4714yes, there is some poorly developed columnar jointing evident in places. This is also somewhat reminiscent of Devils Tower in Wyoming, another volcanic plug. I’ve been to Fingal’s Cave on Staffa in Scotland, one of the most magical places I’ve ever been!
If you're ever doing any hardcore scrambling/climbing like this again, you honestly might want to consider buying some climbing approach shoes. Not only are they great to walk in but, they'll feel much better on rock. As dorky as it might be, wearing a helmet when you're climbing loose rock is probably a good idea in case there's rockfall or you just smack your head on the way up. Stay safe out there. Great content, keep it up. This is an insanely cool find.
I take it you mean climbing appropriate?
@@jackiemack8653 Yes and no, approach shoes are a style of climbing shoe that's also comfortable for the hike to your climb. For scrambles and lower grade climbs they are a great compromise to carrying a separate pair
I like my barefoot shoes for a feeling of the rock under the toes
I rope for decent it a valuable tool
what a densely packed volcano field! That would have been like the worst parts of Mordor when they were active.
It would have been WILD
As I’ve gotten older I am afraid of climbing very high. Thank you for sharing your experience. Way cool! 👍
Ditto.
Even when I was young I would be too afraid, lol 😆
no thank you!
The fact that you free solo climbed that (and then got to see what the spiral is) means you're not just an outdoorsman, that's an adventurer. Also those drone shots were awesome
Free solo? He followed the path.
There is something magical about this video. The serenity of not only being atop this formation but being up there alone with perfect conditions that allow you to see for miles. I have driven through much of the Southwest but I have always dreamt of getting out and hiking/climbing. Thank you for sharing this experience.
We should be able to put 2 or 3 thumbs up! This was perfect, perfect! You daring up those walls, the intriguing spiral, the memories box. Truly fantastic! Thanks 👌🏻👌🏻
Cheers! Thanks :)
the beauty of the endless desolate is astonishing
indeed
The drone shots almost looks like another planet. Amazing landscape! I don't climb anymore but when I did it always seem easier to climb up and much harder climbing down. Maybe just me. I wish someone would go to the Grand Canyon and check out the so called Egyptian artifact cave in the forbidden zone. We need to know the truth!
Yep exactly - made me think Mars.
Yea it looks like what nasa calls mars....imagine just flying a drone there with a red filter, the sheeple would believe its mars
@@dannyturner7967 They could actually pull that off
That was awesome balls of steel to climb that thing
As all video game nerds know, splashes of yellow on the rocks mean "climb here".
But in this case the yellow is lichen not paint.
@@garypalmer2066r/woosh
why
@@BxBxProductions
It's a feature used by the gaming developer Naughty Dog to show players where to go.
Wish the dev would nerf fall damage :/
Fascinating! Thank you for sharing this experience with us.
Just a friendly word of advice. Take it or leave it.. I know the ring looks cool but the next time you climb something like that I would highly consider removing it before it potentially removes your pointer finger. Switch to silicone or something if you got to have one. But it doesn't take much of a shock load to separate you from your index finger. Killer friggin hike dude. Good find
Cool video man thanks for doing the hike so we can see whts there too 😊
Out here risking your life. Legend. I love how the drone audio caught the wind howling. So soothing!
It was perfect!
The drone audio is added after im pretty sure, its the same howling every video.
Drones are so loud, all you would hear is brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr nonstop droning. He deletes the sound and puts this on top of the video. Unless you hung a microphone way below the drone, that could work probably.
Risking his life? This is just Cabezon Peak about 40 miles NW of Albuquerque. It’s a fairly popular hiking spot. It’s kinda out in the middle of nowhere but there’s nothing really dangerous about it.
DUDE!!!!! This is insanely cool!
thx 🤙
Brother I give you props. You never disappoint me. I haven't watched your channel in a while but I'm gonna start watching it again. Can you imagine what it looked like when those volcanoes where active? Dinosaurs walking around, lava spewing out of jagged peaks, etc Excellent video
I can't believe how quickly you climbed that gnarly plug. That's coming from an old guy with old legs which would have totally gumbied out long before the summit. Loved the drone video, so great. Isn't it funny how the pups won't drink until you get back to them. Great buddy you have there. Catch you on the next one.
It’s actually a wind shelter/ wind break. The spiral form is really good for this, as it keeps a wall on all sides with no breaks for wind to get thru. It’s a cool earth work for sure but I think the wind break is the purpose
I studied art at UCLA in the 80's and this is the kind of homework we had, inspired by earlier earth artists from the 60's and 70's.
Not volcanic rock for sure! Either an old tree or an old building. You shouldn’t be climbing alone.
The cross indicates a "nadir", an Earth intersecting energy point of 2.
The Spiral, indicates a Portal structure available to who knows how to use it.
You Must BE of a very high frequency to use it safely.
The way you handled the contents of that box and your comments tells me everything I need to know.
Yup. Exactly.
And what is that ?
I don't understand
@@BoomKing72 oh yesssssss
Respect
Awesome video! You've got a good boi accompanying you! Oh, and that was BARBED WIRE you flew the drone through, not power lines! Even more amazing.
@@Outrjs It does both, depending entirely on the conditions. That's a gulch, produce by periodic, intense rainfall rapidly eroding loose, alluvial depositions of fine sediment. There are other types of canyons that form over thousands or millions of years. There are rifts that form instantly when tectonic plates shift. There's a system of deep canyons in Georgia that formed rapidly over a few decades after human activity destabilized the area. The variation is as varied as the different environments on Earth.
@@Outrjs Lol, I _am_ an Indian, dude, and that's kind of racist. Ooh, us mythical Indians, telling magic stories! 🤣 Nah, what you're selling are stories, and I'm telling you, science has long since proven them wrong.
@@alden1132 he removed his comment, but what gulch are you talking about?
@@Salmacream IIRC, if wasn't any particular gulch. Rather, he was ascribing the creation of canyons, gulches, etc., including the Grand one, to single, simple, near instantaneous events. As if the fact that the one in the video undercut a cattle fence was proof that *all* such features form rapidly, that "they" (mainstream science, I guess?) are lying to us to hide "TRUTH" about the world from all the "normies." The rest of us believe the Grand Canyon formed gradually, over millions of years, but _special_ ones (like him), know it was the Flood or something.
@@Salmacream Oh, he also told me to go talk to some "Indians," that'd "tell me stories" about the creation of the world, as if they could magically explain all the natural phenomenon better than science.
I really love these videos. It's a bucket list item for me to do some exploring like this. Can't wait for the next video!
The ammo box is a Geocache. Early on the. Internet people would mark places they find the geocache on a geocache website, leave an item, and take an item in return (if they want to), and make a comment on what they traded. This was before you could upload pics to the internet.
I have never heard of a volcanic plug! Lived on Oahu for 13 years, learned all I could about volcanoes, so I'm guessing volcanic plugs don't exist out in the middle of the ocean, or any ocean. Just the desert? The ones you presented in your video all resemble giant tree stumps. Amazing discovery of all of the people who had hiked up there and left their names! Your drone footage is just truly magnificent! Absolutely love it!
Exactly right. Post flood stumps.
They don't. Only to cover up huge petrified tree trunks, like the Devils Tower in Wyoming.
It's a huge tree trunk.
A landscape of scars left by ancient quarries and an intense heat event...
Why is there so many crazies saying volcanic plugs are tree stumps in all these comment threads?
Tree stump
this is incredible i just found your channel and the concept and quality is insane please keep doing you. ill be here for it.
I climbed that about 30 years ago, I’m pretty sure I signed the register. Thanks for bringing me back.
Were the cross and the spiral there 30 years ago? Any idea who made them?
@@interestingtimes6439 all I remember was the lava circle up on top that had the register and a place to hide from the brutal wind for a while.
I love this channel. This is my ASMR, rock , wind, nature. I live 20 min from Bellingham and heart skipped a beat when you read that note..vicariously living these last few years and this is soul nourishment ✨
اپنی حفاظت کو بھی مقدم رکھیں ❤
I'm from WA where everything is covered in trees and these desert exploration videos are like from a different planet I love it!
Thank you for showing us how diverse and geologically awesome the desert really is
Looks like a giant tree stump. Also didn’t see the curvature of the earth ;)
What is this stuff about giant trees that I keep hearing about?
Haha, I agree. Looks like old giant tree stumps. Volcanic plugs sounds made up to explain them away. Basalt columns have never been seen to form in modern volcanism.
Yes tree stump for sure not a volcano.
Silicon forest is the vague theory
A great video log of your adventure Nolan. How tall is that volcanic plug? 600 feet maybe? Nice that you care for your fur buddy.
Beautiful New Mexico. Plug rises 2000' above valley.
Just subbed, such an interesting channel my guy!
3:11 is an irl checkpoint
Very cool! 👍 And absolutely stunning. And so is the landscape. 😁💗 Thanks for another great video.
I remember back ( 2004) went on a elk hunt at Mount Taylor. I got VHS videos of Cabazon it was 4 to 5 times taller and had its own eco system on top trees plants etc and there was a thunder storm going on on top, it was surreal
A Spiral, a Cross, and I thought I saw something that could be viewed as a Crescent Moon... holy symbols all around
OLD TREE.
they put the stones so they can camp there and be protected from the winds
Great video! Thanks for the terrific content....
The crack/arroyo at the end is one of the most interesting aspects of this whole video! So neat
Agreed. Lucky to get that shot
Looks like a message for the skies/heavens to me, a cross and a spiral.
Yes. My favorite part of this entire video was the cross. Thank you God for your incredible creations.
thanks for sharing your journey. this makes me miss nature and doing stuff like this. suppose its never too late eh
Really great video. Thanks for making the effort!
Love every place you show us. Us home bound people appreciate it. I'm out there walking and climbing with you.
Yes just a bum knee can limit you so much; take care of your knees!
Wow man thanks for taking me on that trip with it it is so beautiful
Nice work with the drone.
This channel is really special
Were you worried about your dog being attacked by wild animals while tied up at the bottom?
The Egyptian structures & I saw a brief nod to that situation, Also was mentioned was Kincaid man who disappeared plus many other secrets there in the Grand Canyon. Also secrets in Yosemite in CA.
Petrified tree stump
Not the bs they tell us it is
Yes tree stump.
Some of the best videography I’ve seen. Thanks for making this one ✌️✌️
That whole adventure was awesome! As someone who enjoys RC rock crawlers, the cracks you filmed at the end got me excited, it'd be awesome to cruise down that with a rig!
Gotta love that big sky country.
Big sky country is Montana
Appreciate the natural audio on the drone shots.
I always found going up was easier than coming down in that sort of place.
those mason swords everywhere u look when u know u know 😏 appreciate you brother ❤
Beautiful place. If you're ever down Texas way, you should check a place called Hueco Tanks. Near El Paso. I used to do a lot of climbing there 30-35 years ago or so. Not the same, but volcanic in origin.
Thanks for the trip, Nolan.
Basalt are also ancient giant trees. There are many in Utah and grand canyon
Basalt and Petrified wood are two different things.
Basalt is volcanic but lava doesn't cool in hexagonal shape...
Basalt is not petrified wood.
You did a great job filming. I was flying along. Though, the cam gave me some motion sickness on the climb up.
I climbed up cabezon in feburary of 2023. I dont know if they are still in there but I left some photos in the box when i visited. cool to see a video on it. It was quuitee a climb and i had my doubts at first when i reached the scree field.
Amazing! May be all this around mountains are not old vulcans. They are petrified stumps of giant threes. That is my opinion.
Greetings from Croatia ❤.
Yes 👍
Amazing footage! what a great view, thanks for making these content with amazing shots and no anoying background music. Cheers!
First, thank you for the experience from this video. Thanks for leaving the ambient sounds of the wind. That made watching this video very real. Your drone is awesome. Very good piloting. Praying for your safety and continued success. We’re watching. ❤
At 1:49 there is what appears to be a person standing in the gap on the right side, silhouetted against the sky.
Hello
First i'll thank you for your work and your videos.
Second i mean this isn't a volcano, this is a tree stump. 😉
Look in the Graden from your neighbors or other who cut down a big tree.
The rest of the stump look like this.
You find every one in the world.
When it was a volcano, Then the area around it would not be so uniform, even after centuries of erosion.
Good luck, thank you and greetings from Berlin, Germany
Wow utterly utterly mind blowing place a 1st for me to see thankyou so so much for posting this astonishing place
I don't believe they are volcanic plugs,.. Not enough volcanic rock flows around about them in the wider area'. What these things maybe are giant fossilised tree stumps from the world wide flood of Noah's days in : Genesis 7'
I haven't heard about these before. This is a really interesting comment. Do you have more examples of some suspected locations for these possible Fossilized stumps?
@@42N8_1 I see these giant trees all over the world, and many other people are beginning to see them as well. Keep your eyes open whenever you are watching these kinds of videos, and when you are out and about in the wilderness. Look out for signs of tree rings & bark looking rocks but on a 'Large scale' and large veins of quartz running through the rock. Also; Mountains that look like : Devils Tower in Wyoming in the US, or the Giant's Causeway in northern Ireland, these long pipe like rocks may be the pipe-like xylem vessels in trees & plants now fossilized; once used to take in water from the soil by the process called osmosis. The pipe-like xylem cells in plants stake together in long polygonal chains' just like you see at Devils Tower in Wyoming, the rubble around the tower are these polygonal pipe-like xylem vessels broken down at the bottom of the tower.
I hope this info helps'
@@42N8_1 I see these giant trees all over the world, and many other people are beginning to see them as well. Keep your eyes open whenever you are watching these kinds of videos, and when you are out and about in the wilderness. Look out for signs of tree rings & bark looking rocks but on a 'Large scale' and large veins of quartz running through the rock. Also; Mountains that look like : Devils Tower in Wyoming in the US, or the Giant's Causeway in northern Ireland, these long pipe like rocks may be the pipe-like xylem vessels in trees & plants now fossilized; once used to take in water from the soil by the process called osmosis. The pipe-like xylem cells in plants stack together in long polygonal chains' just like you see at Devils Tower in Wyoming, the rubble around the tower are these polygonal pipe-like xylem vessels broken down at the bottom of the tower.
I hope this info helps'
I make it my yearly goal to camp in that shelter, but beware the field mice. The structure helps a lot with the wind, as do the other three shelters that are on Cabezon. There's also a cross structure for a grave site. Hauling camp gear to the summit is a bit annoying but catching the sunrise there is surreal since the volcano casts a long shadow over the desert around it. One of my favorite spots in NM. Catching sunrise and sunset on the Organ Needle is up there too. Highly recommend that hike
Great video, as usual, Nolan! Interesting how the spiral has been a symbol for many ancient cultures as far apart as England and Peru. I suppose this one could be more modern -- but I wonder if it was there before the cross was done. The landscape there is stunning and stark, so different than anything I'm used to, here near the East Coast. Thanks for taking me somewhere I probably won't be going to -- and take care of yourself! I'm so glad you have your dog with you:-)
Excellent drone shots, truly spectacular views, well done....
Been to the top of Cabezon twice. Ancient dude in Cuba said to take a rock for the cross and my life would be blessed. Didn't take a rock, but I did stash a .30 cal ammo can with two bbottles of water and some hard candies 3/4 of the way up. Been 26 years, I wonder if it's still there.
Shame you put your emphasis on things other than the cross.
@@jackiemack8653 Shame you put your belief of a deity on others. If it had been the Star of David, I would have taken two rocks.
What thrilling adventure!! Mahalo for taking me with you!! Far out!
It's a tree stump
A stump? Too funny. You probably think the world is flat too! Bahahaha
@@miketaylor6700 so on one end, yes there are some people who think that's true. On the other end this kind of gullible bait typically starts somewhere on the internet as a joke, to convince people to believe in conspiracy theories that are absolute garbage. Pretty sure the original comment was a joke.
The cactus is Cholla. AKA "jumping cactus", because the spines seem to jump out to catch you. Tiny, hard to find slivers. You'll only do it once, though.... the memory will linger for years.
Created by ancient hippies from the '60s
Man, I absolutely love your videos! Especially now that I can't walk more than a mile a day due to a spinal injury. Thanks so much!
Climbing is easier than descending!!!😮
Incredible climb. Doesn't seem that old. No rocks have fallen off the walls.
Biblical giant tree remains.
😂😂😂
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Yes
Lol, so many ancient trees seem to have been made from basalt
I haven't seen a comment about it but that was probably a geocache! Nice find man! Bet it hasn't been logged by many.
Amazing drone footage! Love your channel. Thank you for sharing your adventures ❤😊
I live in Albuquerque New Mexico and have visited the areas around there for decades. That area was part of an inland sea. The volcanic ares you seeing were under that. They never reached out of that sea. Off to the north are the Jemez mountains. At the sides in parts are the diatomaceous remnants of that sea. Like the cliffs if Dover but just piled up like a moonscape. Above that are water oases where ancient Ponderosa pines exist and wildlife get water. I have found arrow heads up there. The Jemez mountains have a huge Caldera 18 miles across in its center. The Valle Grande. Lots if hot springs and great hiking. I really enjoy the videos! I have always called those volcanic features "Hershey Kisses" they look like that from pretty much any vantage point.
Your dog is awesome. Which breed is he?
I think this is the remains of a giant tree from a bygone era. There is a lot of information about this on the Internet.
A giant tree trunk. Petrified.
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As someone with crippling fear of heights I spend all your climbing segments with my hands cl nched and my shoulders up over my ears, it's like your visiting my nightmares. I worry about you whenever you do the risky things you do. But I appreciate the beauty you are showing the rest of us that don't have the ability to do what you do. Stay safe
Trunk of a cut tree ... When you begin to see them you understand them
@@PondScummer
Do some research.
Plenty of evidence of HUMONGOUS petrified trees ALL OVER THE EARTH.
@@PondScummer Mudflood University... They lied to us about everything
@@PondScummer Mudfossil University
@@PondScummer Tyson's Mudfossil Adventures
@@PondScummer The giant trees could have been in silica and it would explain the semi-precious stones you sometimes find in petrified wood to be issued from intense heat. Wood of carbon burns ! Fossilized wood can be made artificially within months till 100 years, it depends on the quality you aim at. Basalt organs are not volcanic, lava doesn't cool in hexagonal form.
Never having been to a desert, this was a true pleasure to watch. Cheers, from Canada.
You didn't see the arch doorway cut into the side of that mountain at time stamp 6:45 turn your phone to widescreen you can see it outlined
Tree stump
Yep
Such breathtaking footage! The drone shots are super amazing!
What brand/model you used for the drone shots?