Thank you for doing such videos. I being 68 years old will never be able to hike and climb the cliffs like you but my adventurous heart still wants to explore . Thank you again

@user-ph7bh5yu2l

3 ай бұрын

Turned 63 today sure can relate with you colon cancer and congestive heart disease

@JohnCooper-dk6jm

3 ай бұрын

Same 😂 never give up 😮

@jeannerogers7085

3 ай бұрын

I used to crawl all over the red rocks of several states, bur can't anymore. I love these vids for the vicarious trip.

@user-io4gk1kc4o

2 ай бұрын

There's always some old man in the comments talking about how he can't hike anymore

@user-bs5ve5vx4f

2 ай бұрын

@@user-io4gk1kc4o Yup, and always some POS asshat making fun of people that used to do more than you'll ever have balls to do.

Between you and trek planner, exploration of these ancient ruins is top notch and fascinating. Keep up the great vids.

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

Thank you JG, glad you’re enjoying them

I like the respect you show for the historical ruins you visit!

@Desert.Drifter

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@jeannerogers7085

3 ай бұрын

I appreciate how he NEVER reveals locations. So wise.

Thanks for sharing your hike. That is the blackest cave roof . Wow! Great hike!

Thank you so much for taking me to places that I will never ever get to visit. I live in northern Nevada, and I have visited a few of the local sites. And sometimes it’s all I can do just to get out there and see them. From your videos and your exploration, I get to travel all through the southwest. I am captivated and addicted to your videos, please keep them coming

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

Appreciate that Cryptid, I’ll keep them coming!

Another beautiful melted brick building! Absolutely fabulous find!

@jeannerogers7085

3 ай бұрын

lol, "melted bricks."

Thank you so much for taking us on your journeys. I also want to thank you for treating the areas you visit with respect for the ancient people who used to live there by not removing anything from the areas. God bless and continue with your adventures.

appreciate how you're respectful to the artifacts and history.

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

Totally, they aren’t mine to alter or take. Just appreciate and be inspired by

Nice hike! What a beautiful location ☺

That is cool you gave TrekPlanner his props. And glad you are leaving things where you found them like he does and the way it is suppose to be. Good luck with your channel. Subscribed!

@annakeye

6 ай бұрын

@@devinb5937 Seriously? You think others drawing attention to such important and interesting history is owned by only the first to make a youtube channel? For goodness sake, grow up.

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

Yessir, gotta give credit where credit is due. Thanks for subbing, looking forward to having you along for the journey!

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

You’re entitled to your opinion Devin, but do you think Trek Planner is the first person to go to these areas and use the latest technologies to scout them? If so, you’re sorely mistaken. People have been doing this for decades. What Trek Planner has done is found a way to make it digestible to the masses. Good for him

@Iveswoods68

5 ай бұрын

@@devinb5937 He wasn’t the first person to video their explorations and post them to KZread. There were MANY explorers videoing there finds YEARS before the Trek planner, who I don’t follow anymore because of his tantrum post about other explorers doing the same thing he does. He doesn’t owe him anything. Think of all things you do that were someone else’s original idea. Even the job you do isn’t original to you, the clothes you wear, your phrases and words….all started from somewhere else.

@shaynejenkins446

5 ай бұрын

Trek planner isn't original either. Most of his finds are already documented.@@devinb5937

Hey, Andrew! What a cool find! Holy smokes, you could still smell smoke in that cave! I often wonder how these ancient settlements would smell during their occupation. Would assume you would be able to smell it before you would see it - back then. Great content, Sir! 😊

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Chumpy. Yes it was surprising how strong the smell of fire still was in there. Cool, but also eerie

@ginapolman4968

5 ай бұрын

​@@Desert.DrifterI just discovered you and I'm Amazed I'm very curious when you enter areas do you sometimes get very fearful not because of your footing but because of what was there

I love your channel! And I love @thetrekplanner you both take me on adventures so very different from my island home! Thank you thank you.

So cool nice finds, that cave was very difficult to get to, thanks for sharing.

You have another subscriber after watching this video. Ill have to go back and watch your others that you've posted. Great content, fantastic subject along wity being very informative and well done. I certainly look forward in seeing more videos and learning about nore of your findings. Ive used aerial photography for i er 50 years doing mapping by photogrammetric methods. Ive found many locations of dwellings but didnt think about keeping track of the locations. It qould be interesting to be able to get to aome of them 8n later years. Thanks for your efforts and hard work in posting. God bless, and have a Merry Christmas!

Most of us don't realize how truly blessed we are to live in houses with modern conveniences, (most of us, anyway.) It's hard to imagine how hard it would be to even survive in that desert, much less trying to hollow out a hole to live in, store food, or even have a good night's sleep! What a rough live the natives had!

The rock formations & colors are outstanding! Thank you for sharing 👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

You’re Welcome Dee!

100% Subbed. You have an unbelievable Chanel sir And I respect your your reverence for the land and just your moral code in general. Super Rare These days. I couldn't imagine anyone not subscribing. Not only great content. But you Sir are an admirable Human. Nothing but Respect

@Desert.Drifter

5 ай бұрын

Much appreciated. You can’t please everyone on KZread I’m quickly learning. Or life for that matter. I hope to continue to make content in alignment with my morals. I appreciate you appreciating them lol

Love the way you found this on google sky maps and went there! Also appreciate how you documented what you found and left things as you found them. I have found things in the desert by searching google earth like geoglyphs. Awesome to see what I will never see in my lifetime!

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

Hey Cryptic! Thanks for watching, hope you stick around and become part of the channel community. Would love to hear about what you’ve found out there!

@cryptiCCryptid

6 ай бұрын

Yep new fan here for sure! I just found a circle with some kind of sacred geometry in Topock Maze, CA! Video in progress!

@eveadame1059

6 ай бұрын

​​@@Desert.Drifter Maybe the question you should be asking, is why is Google Earth taking such detailed images of Earth? What are they looking for?

You and Trek Planner should do a track together - you guys both rock x

@teressarenslow5992

3 ай бұрын

That would rock!!

Even cooler, you shout out the inspiration for your channel.... Good stuff, my man.

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

Credit goes where it’s due. Thanks for watching Ben, hope you stick around for more content!

After watching several of your videos, I commend you on the sensitivity and respect you demonstrate for the sites and the artifacts therein. Keep them coming.

I’m all about the Trek Planner and give him the respect he deserves to make sure people understand to respect places. Not add spray paint, steal artifacts and tag the areas where carvings etc are. Imagine my surprise with your shout out! Absolutely a fan. I would love to explore! And totally plan to once my kiddos are either more self sufficient or of like mind and want to go with the same excitement and wonder I got before responsibilities (my littles). I’m tired of having to relearn history because it suited the power hungry people to destroy and replace what was real. I’m actually on day 3 of learning Hebrew because I want to read the writing on the walls if you get me. Latin.. that one is a bit harder. But it’s all Greek to me right now anyway. I’ll get there eventually. 😉. There’s a few..no go areas under threat of death.. that I will absolutely be going to. And livestream if possible because of how videos are removed. I’m doing with the box of fake history. I’m ready for what’s real. See what’s on the other side of the ice wall. I’m totally going someday. Storm some areas but nothing like the ones did (didn’t) at area 51. They totally had time and the numbers to do it. Instead.. they just stood at the boundary.. with Alien blow up dolls…wondering who’s going to take the first step. The more we take an example of that and actually do.. there’s no stopping that momentum. They can’t fight and be everywhere at once. It’s time we see to know the truth. Not a hand me down bs story. Who’s coming with me man?!!.,

@gwengwen4535

5 ай бұрын

My Dude. I salute you.

It could be that that last cave with the extremely blackened roof, might have been the kiln where all that pottery was fired. Did you notice a super abundance of shards below it? Primitive, low fire kilns could be anything from just a long standing fire to an elaborate structure to contain the heat. That structure in the front corner looks like a wind break but might have been part of a kiln, as I saw soot and heat stress on the rocks on the wall behind it. Thing is, there is a lot of pottery all over the south West but little evidence of kilns. Somebody, somewhere had to fire that stuff and it looks pretty advanced too.

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

Really fascinating Fred, thanks for taking the time to write that. There was definitely quite a bit of pottery, but I have seen more in some places. But that’s not always the best clue because some places people have just taken more of it sadly. I will say the smell of fire in that cave was about as heavy as I’ve smelled anywhere, so there have been a lot of fires…

@ralphwatten2426

5 ай бұрын

I agree. The shards are from pottery broken when firing.

@bjty5615

5 ай бұрын

I think I agree with you a kiln.

@K9River

3 ай бұрын

Highly plausible. Excellent comment.

Great video, Brother! Thanks for letting me tag along! Thank you for reinforcing the proper behavior around these sites!!!

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and the encouragement Phil. Great to have you along for the journey!

~~new subscriber here. You're blessed wìth health and adventure. Thank you for sharing. I enjoy your videos thus far. Takecare. HNY.🎉

Thanks for sharing

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Hiding places from the cannibal giants.

@rheuss1

2 ай бұрын

It wasn’t just the red haired “giants” but other tribes practiced cannibalism when the environment wouldn’t support the population.

@_--Reaper--_

Ай бұрын

But wouldn't the giants be tall enough to reach in there anyways?

@rheuss1

Ай бұрын

@@_--Reaper--_ the giants were about eight to ten feet tall. The average man at the time about five four.

@bobbyduke777

Ай бұрын

@@_--Reaper--_ the giants were only 8 to 12 ft tall, it would all depend on how dependable, the area was.

@bobbyduke777

Ай бұрын

@@_--Reaper--_ defend able ...sorry

Heres the thing about the black ceiling is that it goes all the way to ground level. Im guessing if it was excavated the black would go further down.

Really cool place, It’s amazing the amount of ruins that aren’t on the map. I took some Archeology classes back in the day and that stone tool you found is really impressive, the Swiss Army Knife of the day. They call them lithics.

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, it was a really cool find. Thanks for watching!

Mind boggling how blackened that cave is!

This has been a great episode.

I follow you and the trek planner, and a couple others, You all rock!

I admire your concern and respect for these old ruins, so as to preserve them for history. Great videos and interesting info.

Love it! Thank you again for this wonderful exploration.

Love your channel! Informative, beautifully composed, great insights and speculations. Sound moral philosophy regarding preservation of these sites and their artifacts. Cheers.

Yes! Yes! Yes! Love to hike in with you and discover more! I love watching these videos. I have watched Trek Planner. Interesting videos, esp, his newer ones. But you are my favorite! When I get stressed out I can watch these and chill. I come away with calm but still excited vibes. Thank you so much!

So good to see these places and the descriptions and hypothesis about the areas and things found.

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Brad, glad you enjoyed it. Hope you stick around for the journey!

It's amazing what you do and find. Thank you but most of all glad you're safe brotha

Thanks for shouting out the trek planner. I appreciate both your channels.

I was fascinated with ANcient Pueblo ruins when I was younger. I visited many of the less known sites while I had free time from college. Trekplanner brought back some of that youthful fascination. Thanks for taking us along to this very interesting site. There was a New Yorker article about a retired forensic detective who became interested in Ancient Pueblan ruins. He argued from evidence he found on skull bones, in trash mounds, and even in very old feces that there was some kind of cannibalistic violence that occurred in many of the ruins lower down on canyon floors which he believed led to structures being built higher up on inaccesible ledges and hilltops.

Excellent video

Wow! Such an interesting video.

@Desert.Drifter

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Hope you stick around for more content

Maybe some southwestern natives put their dwellings in high-up, difficult to reach spots on/in cliffs to keep out of reach of some of those weird creatures that they drew on the sides of cliffs/on rock

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

There are some odd looking creatures on the walls out here aren’t there?

@solamano7239

4 ай бұрын

I think that they intentionally sought caves high up to keep away from happenings in the sky. Torrential rains, terrifying electrical discharges from the sky. Hiding in or under rock would have been the safest place.

Love what you share, especially knowing I'll never see it for real myself.

These are fantastic videos, thanks for sharing!

Just love that we are still continuing to find more and more about our historical ancestors. Even here in Australia we have just found first evidence of ancient pottery and kilns which entirely throws all previous theories of indigenous culture in the bin, 😀

Another excellent video!

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

Appreciate the kind words Jenn, thanks for watching!

cool!

This site is amazing! So many years have gone by, yet the soot is a fresh as a daisy! The people who took to the cliff sides astonish me. They will stay exactly where they want to live, no matter what. This, to me, makes them amazing heroes. Their enemy thought they ran them off, yet, there they were, lasting longer than the enemy!

Never ceases to amaze me that you wouldn't put a drone in places like this.

Glad you boosted Trek Planner. I think the two of you could work together on some of the hard climbs. I think a lot of us subscribe to both channels.

I love your videos, i‘m stunned by the wonderfull landscape and i am really impressed how carefully you are exploring. Thank you so much. You bring fascinating content to me. Thank you

Imagine lighting that first fire in a overhang to start making a cave and once the ceiling falls you had to go under clean it out and keep the fire roaring until the stone was done breaking

Imagine what all those ledges looked like before erosion. I bet the dwelling and storage were easier to access.

It’s like a multi story apartment building!

I love your videos. Thank you!

I recently started watching your videos, and find them very interesting and fun to watch. I do have one comment though… I would really like to see more video of the vistas looking out from the sites you visit. Awesome to see the structures and petroglyphs, but please turn the camera out to the scene in front of the sites. Thanks, and keep up the great work.

Great video, well done. Keep the content coming! Subscribed

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

The real maestro is the POV Channel for puzzling mysterious rock formations and lost ancient history

That was pretty cool. Thanks for sharing this discovery! Perched up on that bluff, you said it was pretty sketchy, and I would certainly agree!! It would have been way beyond sketchy if it had been me up there...😂

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

Haha!

Cool... Already subscribed to Trek Planner. Just subscribed to you... Thanks for taking me places I couldn't go otherwise.

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

You are welcome, thanks for subbing!

Wow, that is amazing.

Caves are really big and they had a lot of fire going on..thanks for sharing..😊

I love looking at all this stuff thanks for taking us along again man

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

Dude! Thanks for watching!

I lived in Arizona for 4 years. I loved hicking the Superstitions Mountains. Your videos bring back many memories. Thank you. ❤

That was cool, thanks for putting this on video. Yeah I think the algorithm showed me your channel because I watched all of Trek Planner's vids lol. Keep it up, you are doing something important here, and inspiring future Archaeologists and more.

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching brother! Hope you stick around for more content

You are incredibly awesome for sharing 🎥⚡👍🏜️

Amazing! At 4:58 center screen at the top of you pause it you can see what looks to be lighter colored/white pictographs on the darker stone area!

@K9River

3 ай бұрын

I couldn't make out anything. Some of those are really subtle.

Cool cave!

Enjoyed greatly! Thanks again!

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

Always, Mark, thank you!

TrekPlanner brought me to you!! Can’t thank him enough

Love your content, part of the country I’ll probably never see. For me, only thing missing from your content would be to show complete examples of tools and pottery from the cultures who once thrived there. Granted I know, disturbing archaeological sites is frowned upon but I’m sure there are ton of photos from museums and past archaeological digs. Seem it could complete your content of not only seeing who lived there but also how they lived every day life. Thanks for sharing 😎😎😎

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

Great idea greatbasinman, I’ll have to try and get some photos and videos from museums and incorporate them in future videos. Thanks for watching!

What I find disturbing is the resolution by GE! What else can they see with that thing? Your bathroom, bedroom... Anyway, I think the lower structure was a barrier to the ladder that once was to provide access to the storage facility. Remember that every civilization has been attacked by another. Sad but true. Nice upload!

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

Appreciate it Bryan!

Many years ago when exploring near Canyon Lands National Park I discovered a granary under an arch and on a ledge. It would be a 25 foot drop to the ledge, and another 20 food drop off the ledge. I finally found were a rope had cut a grove about 12 inches wide and deep in the rock over many centuries. I finally understood how the Anasazi’s used ropes to have a necessary and convenient way to access their dwellings and granary’s.

New to your channel and want to say thank you for documenting these sites. Wanted to point out to you that at 2:56 in on the left side of the cliff face appears to be a face sculpture, which is similar to a known one on a mountain above Cusco Peru. Based on things I’ve been seeing the past couple of years on Jeff’s channel and research using satellite I was doing back in 2019 I’m not surprised to see this face in North America. There seems to be clear connections between Cusco Peru, Chaco Canyon, and areas he’s been documenting indicating a presence of the same group of people that either migrated south to north or north to south at some point in history or split having the same beliefs that lead to them to create similar effigies. Your video is another that appears to tie in. Very exciting stuff. Gods Blessings 🙏🏼 Research Viracocha / Ollantaytambo face in Peru to see what I’m speaking of.

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, and thanks for sharing your insights. Hope you stick around for more content!

@beautifulsoulblue

6 ай бұрын

@DesertDrifter You are welcome. Definitely will be watching your future adventures. Have a blessed day.

@davidtyndall3786

5 ай бұрын

Saw the Faces also. Around 2:05 there are fingers and hand outlines. These are the bodies left behind by Dragon Turtle GoDs /Goddesses. They are the Turtle and 6 brothers which became all not water. Amen Aak , dust to life

Ok, I like this show so much I made it one of only three channels I have. I used to hike and explore before I lost my leg, so thanks for being my legs ❤❤❤👍👍👍💯

It is amazing how you can see the traces of a worldwide flood that cut through all these rock formation. Even me that have no knowledge at all about geology can see it. The power of this worldwide cataclysmic event is seen clearly in these cut formations.

The people that once lived here were called the Wairdee'elarwee tribe. They got that name because they used to jump up and down in the long grass, chanting "wairdee'elarwee, wairdee'elarwee".

Thank You

Thank you for taking us places that most of us can’t get to.

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

You’re welcome!

Thanks, Desert Drifter.

New viewer here! Found your channel today. Awesome shout out to Jeff. Watching from St George UT.

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

I love St George, thanks for tuning in! Glad you’re along for the journey!

The scrapper you were holding was chert. Very hard. I have many projectile points made from that.

That cave probably had many generations of people burning fires in it. Whole lives spent in there.

@Desert.Drifter

5 ай бұрын

I’d agree, perhaps the smokiest ancient place I’ve ever visited

I watched a vid , probably months ago now, here on YT It was Azerbaijan I believe, and people still living in the caves, just like these, w goats and sheep. There was a little stream so they had fresh mountain water... I was really amazed... It was a beautiful peaceful existence, in my eyes. Id gladly trade my condo, for a quiet space.

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

Hey cdnqgramma, there’s something to be said for a simple existence isn’t there? Thanks for sharing, I hope you stick around for more content!

@sevenirises

5 ай бұрын

I've watched those videos too with such fascination. Hard to believe such a simple existence can still be lived.

I actually found & subscribed to your channel due too the Trek Planner ...

Don’t forget that the outside of rocks weather first. So a ledge that is now too narrow for your safe passage (good call) 800 to 1000 years ago was wider. Over the centuries the elements have worn down all edges.

They made ladders , some of those were rope ladders , yes, they were protecting themselves from war, invaders, others who steal food.

Home sweet home thank you.

Thank you so much. Lemay. Nelson

Trek Planner sent me to your channel

My guess is a communal hearth where food and/or pottery was made.

great find!

@Desert.Drifter

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Just a quick note: when referring to broken pottery pieces, the correct term is "sherd" or "sherds," rather than "shard." I stumbled across your videos by accident tonight and now I’m bingeing them. Great stuff!

@Desert.Drifter

5 ай бұрын

You are 100% correct, thanks for that. I find myself often reverting to saying shard even though I know its sherd. Say it 5 times fast, potsherd, potsherd... Haha, glad you're enjoying them, look forward to your involvement in the channel

It would be interesting to know if these areas are generally known to officials. Nice videos!

@Desert.Drifter

5 ай бұрын

The region is full of historic sites, thousands. Officials are well aware of them

Nice shout out to the Trek Planner channel! Love him! 😎🌵👍🏼

I’m addicted to these vids😅

Would like too see more videos with your. Wife kinda adds to it all😊

Thank you so much

He is the reason I found your Channel

@Desert.Drifter

6 ай бұрын

That’s great Rod, thanks for watching!