You could make a 3 hour movie and I’d get the popcorn and settle in for a perfect night 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@survivorhaven3990

2 ай бұрын

Same, my lady and I actually plan on binging DD tonight with popcorn

@andreamobeck200

2 ай бұрын

My people...😊 Me too. Love it!

@WildFleur312

2 ай бұрын

Thank you. Your adventures truly speak to my soul.... everything about them down to the music you choose. I appreciate your appreciation for the ancient ones. The long format suits me perfectly.

@gabbagool7414

2 ай бұрын

Oh yes 🙏

@toddstropicals

2 ай бұрын

I can second that, these are my favorite videos!

Greetings youngman, Brings Otter from the Great Sioux Nation in South Dakota. I am retired and home with a health issue, just me my black labs and videos.. I was reading some comments and see how much pleasure you bring to elders like myself all over. I look forward to every video of yours because you do it right young one and thats good to see. You take care and be careful out there. Ohan Mitakuyaoyasin ( we are all related)

@PaleoLithicYosemiteWhiteFang

Ай бұрын

Greetings with Honor for Brings Otter! Its a privilege to hear You speak as im very proud of You & Your Ancestral Heritage. Thank You! Yep I vote for longer video format and enjoy your peaceful approach too. My interest is filled with all the rock structures and paintings. Filled with wonder and good energy for the Great People who built them. Thank You!

@SuperDave-vj9en

Ай бұрын

Brings Otter, I am proud of you for your many moons of survival and success in this world. Being 1/4 Native American myself, I have much respect and honor for you. I feel as though I was born in the wrong time period and out of place. Many times I have dream of being a full blooded “Indian” having lived during the time when the real people of the earth were in power. This is very appealing to me about what I missed, the way of life and traditions. So much has been lost over the years and can never be recouped, such as the art of hunting, tracking, lodge making, and the intricacies of survival in every day life, has been lost and will never be regained again! May you be blessed in your old age and I’ll say my goodbyes not even having known you. Thank you for your thoughts!

@millenials_best

Ай бұрын

Dang that made my eyes tear up

@ricksimmons5683

Ай бұрын

Ahh! So we are !

@aforetime9

Ай бұрын

❤🎉

Simple guitar music. Slow drone. Ancient structure. You got it man!

@Desert.Drifter I used to explore the same country pre-social media era. We used maps and compasses to navigate, word of mouth, and we explored with respect, walked from sun up to sun down and sometimes past dark to get out of a canyon, and had simple yet grand adventures in this vast sandstone country. Always respectful and fascinated by the fingerprints of those who came before us, the artifacts we would find, never taking anything and we enjoyed the night skies with more stars than sky, just as the people before us must have done (including the cowboys). Our eyes became trained to see. I never felt "alone" out there, the presence of these people was a felt sense and surrounded you, and at times eerie. I loved imagining and still do, what their lives were like, how did they celebrate, what jokes did they tell, what did they fear, how did they mourn, how did they spend their days and nights, their hours, what stories did they tell around their fires as they were tucked into their dwellings... Then the internet, social media and a little thing called Google Earth came a long and changed things so much, and we began to see more and more people way out there, we began to see trash, and artifacts began to disappear from remote sites we'd visited over the years, safe for many hundreds of years. We are not very good at self governing as a species unfortunately. Times have changed as they do, but its still deeply magical and beautiful country with many hidden secrets as it should be. Thank you for your videos, the effort it takes to make them and for your respectful wonder and nature towards these areas and for protecting these places by not sharing the details of where you visit. Mahalo!

I'm a retired guy from England with mobilty issues. I can not tell you how much joy your channel gives me in my old age. Thank you for sharing this wonderful world in such a peaceful way. Bless you.

@OligosFew

2 ай бұрын

Same but F in America, I could not go to these places but enjoy the videos. Sorry for you mobility issues it sure is a trial.

@Ang85323

2 ай бұрын

Amen 🙏 same

@mlgauss60435

2 ай бұрын

Same here. I appreciate him taking us along!

@roystewart4826

2 ай бұрын

Me too ! these are great videos makes you feel like you could still do that if your body would only feel the same 👍🤗 bless him.

@buddhastaxi666

2 ай бұрын

I am thankful at 70, that I can still hike with my jack russel dogs on walks and explore Nature and receive the blessing of contact with trees and weather, with hidden things , with eagles soaring and clouds streaming across the moon. I like to watch the videos of the US South west with its ruins and incredible canyons as I may never get there as I live in Australia.

I just want to say that you are a great guy for not just not picking up artifacts, but reminding everyone to leave them, too.

@1nvisible1

2 ай бұрын

*Cowboy camp roof graffiti shows "ANNIE R_ _ _ _ _", with misabbreviated month "JEN 12 1914"* *@**17:11** large gray bowl fragment shows small slightly rectangular pieces with two holes drilled in them not unlike the holes drilled in the other sherd you showed earlier.* *@**12:53** the pile of ancient corncobs collected by a 500 yo packrat or similar creature shows how much corn they actually produced there and what the climate might've looked like before drought and several hundred years of landscape burns.*

@wannabecarguy

2 ай бұрын

​@@1nvisible1pack rats build their nest and other pack rats will inherit the nest. Dinosaur bones have been found in these nests. I believe they are called mutten. Only 1 pack rat occupies the nest at a time.

@InfiniteRadius

2 ай бұрын

Can't have it both ways, if you plaster this information all over the internet, human scavengers with 'no respect' will follow..

@wanttogo1958

2 ай бұрын

@@InfiniteRadiusthey have to be willing to work to get to it. There is always a delicate balance between teaching others about the natural and ancient “people” history in our midst. Are we better off leaving it lay as the original occupants did to decay over time or do we benefit the greater good of teaching others about these people and some aspects of their way of life? I lean toward the second option for without those who investigate and record these decaying ancient historical footprints they will eventually fade into oblivion and no one will be the wiser concerning those who came before us.

@Johnketes54

2 ай бұрын

​@@InfiniteRadiusAll depends what you "plaster" American Southwest is a bit plural

I'm a trucker the drive to the desert Southwest regularly. When I shut down at night I watch your videos and it's neat seeing the places I've driven nearby. The long video format is great

I’m so glad so many of us oldies found your site….i’m 80 and absolutely delighted …I miss the wilds…for me; it was finding ancient fossils, Dino prints etc in the north in Canada

@AS-rr9km

Ай бұрын

Wow! What was a size of a Dino print that you’ve seen? I always laughed at the movies depicting how they sound/walked because we can’t quite know but the theory has always been so intriguing to me!

@dyannejohnson6184

Ай бұрын

The print were of various kinds…my parents have 4 Dino’s named after them…the biggest walking tracts were. 18 to 24 “s long….my father discovered the first bird prints in the world but allowed the young palaeontologist the claim as he was just starting out. Dad was glad they were rescued in time for the dam flooding the historic site…For myself working at the dam sight I was privileged to see giant turtles, trilobites mammoth bones etc come through the office I worked in…

I like the longer format, I never want them to end.

@wendyelisa5914

2 ай бұрын

me to...

@Eclipse_of_the_Heart

2 ай бұрын

Facts ❤❤❤

@uprailman

3 сағат бұрын

Yes, I just go to another video

That small hole in the pottery you found is a seed hole. The Indigenous People made pottery with a small hole on top, through this hole they would put seeds into the pot to preserve hem and keep dry for the next Spring. The seeds were kept it in these ‘Seed pots’ to prevent rodents or birds from getting in there. When it was time to plant the seeds, they would smash the pot to get the seeds out.

@brisafey

2 ай бұрын

You sound like you know what you are talking about. thank you for commenting.

@sldaley5692

2 ай бұрын

That's a great thing to know! Thank you. Makes a lot of sense now that you've pointed it out. I can imagine that preserving seeds in that manner would have been a life or death matter in hard times.

@lukasmakarios4998

2 ай бұрын

That makes sense. It would certainly be a good idea.

@oldogre5999

2 ай бұрын

Could be a vacuum release hole to keep the lid from sealing to the pot as it cools down after being removed from the heat. If its a small hole in the side of a pot it could be to prevent the pot from boiling over and washing the contents out of the pot. Could be other things as well.

@mafakefoot

Ай бұрын

xxxx-qo9dh might you know name of these people found in theses videos and time there? reference to study more?

These places feel so sacred. I get goosebumps.

@user-gv5ue8mw9i

2 күн бұрын

They absolutely are ,and they were treated as such by the native people. May they RIP.❤🙏💖

Better than anything on TV. 10min., 20 min., 3 hours. Its all so wonderful. Thats a lot of hard work you put in to your channel. Much appreciated.

Man this is better than national geographic. Thanks for sharing.

@georgekusz4221

2 ай бұрын

OR ANYTHING BEST OF HOLLYWOOD FOR THIS MATTER.

@user-rt8oz8nz9z

Ай бұрын

i agree your presentation has the strength of simplicity and silence. i know all about silence because i talk too much.

@jcismysavior9126

16 күн бұрын

That is exactly what I thought excellent

The pages you found came from the book The Black Tolts [later renamed Pistol Pardners] by William MacLeod Raine, first published in 1932. "My Friends Are Honest Folk" is chapter 11.

@scaledsupremacy817

2 ай бұрын

William MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod???:000

@lizard2425

2 ай бұрын

Wow!🙂

@wannabecarguy

2 ай бұрын

Nice work

@user-ce1jy3ti6v

2 ай бұрын

Thank YOU for sharing that info. I tried to find but not able. Awesome, shall try to find a copy and read.

@FRRobyn

2 ай бұрын

So cool! I think it's great that one of those 1904 campers brought along something to read. Maybe they read it aloud. I hope they finished the story before they left the book behind.

From one Andrew to another this was so inspiring to see. As a young 80 yr old this make me look at life with awe. How those ancients lived and progressed, had children co existed with each other. Truely inspiring for me. Life always goes on, we can only touch it for a nano second. Live long Andrew.

Little did I know: how extensive the population was then, how preserved all these sights are, how speculative you can be in interpretation of clues to their existence, how much they wanted to record their lives with art. Fantastic video! Thanks for taking this 76 year old with a mangled carcass along to expand my understanding.

You're like the Bob Ross of exploration. So wholesome, pure and genuine. Amazing stuff!

@combatmedicmom

2 ай бұрын

😊🙂 good comparison!

@user-zp4rz1jx8h

2 ай бұрын

But looks and sounds like Jim Caviezel

@TheCelestialVoice11

2 ай бұрын

😂 I just told my husband that same thing the other day! He reminds me of Bob Ross. I love his videos and him because he is so relaxed, and lives in such a state of wonderment and curiosity for his surroundings, as he shares his journeys. Beautiful and informative videos!

@BreakOutOfTheAlgorithm

2 ай бұрын

Best comment 😂👍

@sheiladecker8899

2 ай бұрын

Happy little potsherds 😊

The handprint reminds us that it wasn't just adults scaling ladders or steep paths and living on the brink of cliffs. It was people of all ages, from babies to elderly. That must have presented some challenges. Love the wide format. It really fills the screen on my phone when sideways.

@OfTheSeaKND

2 ай бұрын

I love the wide format too! I also watch on my phone. 👍

I will second that comment. I'm still able to get around but hobbled with arthritis and injuries to both my feet back when I was youmg and bullet proof. Every doctor told me that these injuries will effect you later in life. I lasted longer than both doctors but the pain has entrenched itself. I long for the outdoors. Epic solo trips most people would never attempt. Friends and family thought I was crazy for the places I explored. Never have I hiked the southwest and it looks amazing! Thank you and keep posting and be yourself. You are a natural and I have a feeling a very competent outdoor guide. I'm sure you have more than few stories you could share about those adventures.

Coffee table book! All your adventures. Please! Best trips I've ever been on! Thanks for taking me.

"Ultra Long" was not long enough... I don't think I took a breath nor close my eyes or mouth the entire time. This was truly remarkable. Thank you for making this journey possible for all of us and respecting nature and history the way you do 👍👍👍

Thank you for creating these videos. I'm a teacher and I'll be using a few of your clips in my middle school history class pretty soon. These videos help make history feel more real and relatable. The kids love that.

@Desert.Drifter

2 ай бұрын

Wow, that’s amazing. I hope it instills wonder and respect for these places in their young minds and hearts. Tell your class hi for me 😉

@SanDiegoKid

2 ай бұрын

@@Desert.Drifter Will do!

@johnbradley9985

Ай бұрын

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@johnbradley9985

Ай бұрын

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@aframex

Ай бұрын

Hi Andrew! Love your videos, could I get your contact info?

Not only are the vids and content great, but the more subtle elements - the music, the ambience, the silence for which you allow space, even the gravel under your boots, all great elements.

Huge thanks, appreciation and respect from Aotearoa/New Zealand. Every episode is so interesting and I cannot get enough of your hiking and wonderful discoveries. Sometimes I am actually brought to tears, thinking about the people who lived in these places. Andrew, thank you. 🕊️💕

I hike in the chuska mountains in Arizona and New Mexico and camp out. I find similar artifacts and dwellings that you do. I have noticed over the years that the artifacts have been disappearing slowly. Thanks for sharing. Brings back memories.

@dougsain5090

2 ай бұрын

Doug from nc. There is one part of the Mesa Verdae tour called Balcony House. You had to crawl thru a wooden rectangle on your knees before they sold you a pass for the tour. After driving to the site It took about 20 minutes to walk to several ladders. Up about 60 feet and walked thru boulders and there was a hole in one the size of that box. We crawled thru with some difficulty. It was a defensive point and could be defended by one person easily. It truley was a balcony and was said to be the nursery. I looked over the low wall an it was a 400 ft drop! Crazy

@ktmcc4360

2 ай бұрын

Yea people suck. Everyone should have the chance to see pottery or tools left. I see some people actually entering or violating these sites. Use your eyes not your hands. Never touch or enter these areas directly. Save the history for others.

@user-gn8if3fq9j

Ай бұрын

Shame on the ones taking things.

The handprints are amazing. Reminding us that they were humans just like us. Not some mysterious creatures of the land before we came.

Man I loved this. So many wonders to see. The petroglyphs and especially the pictographs were amazing. The construction of the dwellings. The beautiful scenery.

Love the longer format. Gives time for more footage of good, lingering views of the artifacts and ruins. Love your quiet style. No need to was poetic - that pales in comparison with the history you show us. Loved your reverent narration and the music on this one. Just the right amount of info on your equipment, practicalities, decision making of your trek. Thank you! Breathtaking in the history, meaning, and lives on evidence.

I'm a 63 year old man brought to tears by this moving video of exploring nature! Brilliant Sir, thank you for sharing!

@user-rt8oz8nz9z

Ай бұрын

i agree muchley

@Rs-bm1gy

Ай бұрын

From the northern prairies, we muchly enjoy your efforts!

@Automedon2

7 күн бұрын

It moved me deeply as well

Appreciate that you don't disclose the location so others don't go and destroy what has been left behind. Keep the goat trail in line

I’m absolutely hooked on this channel. This is an equivalent to a Bob Ross nature show.

I am 70 and just finished my nightly quota of your episodes. They were awesome as usual. I always feel sadness and shed a tear whenever i see the structures, as I hope that the ancients weren't overcome with struggles too often.

@Automedon2

7 күн бұрын

It makes me wonder. Did the people who lived in harsh conditions (as opposed to what we know) know that their conditions were harsh or was it just life as they knew it without any frame of reference. They must have appreciated the good years, just as they accepted the bad. However, they did eventually leave, leaving behind their corn stores, so it was something sudden.

The neat corners and curves on the ruins speaks to just how talented these people were in their architectural skills and use of resources available.

@willoughby1888

2 ай бұрын

Imagine the ancient person placing that very first stone where the corner was to be, and then working from there.

@TB-zw7dt

2 ай бұрын

Yes. Using just your hands and what the desert gives you to work with. It's remarkable skill for sure, and also shows tremendous toughness and grit.

@claztube

2 ай бұрын

Yes, Yes, Yes... For a sundry of reasons unique to a region's Culture and the Environment and mostly it's Populace the past lives of the Ancients are seen today to being hardly so completely different to our own current transformative abilities. One must ponder on how a thousand years from now might some lone drifter be asking about how 'The 21st Century Ancients' took one path and or methodology over another only to be met with......😮 (I'll leave my thought here.)

@rogermccaslin5963

2 ай бұрын

When you look at this stuff, you realize how much effort went into building these structures and it makes me wonder about their lives and what the thought was for building something. Was it just to make living more comfortable, was it for protection from outsiders or animals (I'm lookin' at you, mountain lion), something spiritual? I think the big difference is that a thousand years from now (if we make it that far), there will still be records of our foibles and follies. @@claztube

@_Peachyinvestor

2 ай бұрын

It really shows how skilled they are especially with the lack of modern materials

Thank you for being so respectful and considerate. I truly find you are a humble human that the ancients would admire and feel grateful about the way you treat their lands

@yvonnelewis4888

2 ай бұрын

And their current modern day descendants! I know they must be troubled by those who take from their sacred ancestral sites. It comes across as a desecration. I’m so grateful there are people who know to leave the outdoor museum, a museum of sanctity, respect & honor.

@fox577577

2 ай бұрын

I totally agree.

@charcat1571

2 ай бұрын

@@yvonnelewis4888 I am one of those descendants, and yes, I appreciate his care and respect.

I'm sure I've told you this before Andrew, but I enjoy your videos so much! In fact I enjoy you so much! I'm sure I'm old enough to be your grandmother, but you are such a good-looking, wise thoughtful, considerate, knowledgeable young man. And I love going on these trips with you. You are enabling me to see things I won't see in this life. And I just want to thank you. Oh I've been quite the traveler and I was quite the hiker and quite the rock climber when I was younger. Lived in the Alaska for 10 -12 years two different times. Did a whole lot of mountain climbing and hiking!!! Tomboys praying for your safety too. God bless you.

Exploring ancient secrets with respect and awe, you're a true trailblazer. 🌄🔍 Love how you bring history to life!

Being half Indigenous... You go where I, as an old lady, only go in my heart... Thank you for sharing Our Past and Our Ancestor's Path with us!! Travel Safe!

I love what you found. People can be so destructive. Do not give the location away. You have a calm and peaceful voice for narration. It makes me relax.

@SuperDuppydoo

2 ай бұрын

I agree! He sounds like a born storyteller… just peaceful and calm !

Beautiful country with a fascinating history. Thanks for the video.

I picked up a couple pairs of those sportivas back in 2015 and they're still perfect and I've only ever had to replace laces. best shoes ever

@outdoorsavannah

2 ай бұрын

What tent do you use?

Amazing those structures are still there and not trashed.

@1968ciaran

2 ай бұрын

Unlike the native people that were wiped out😭

@MarsG0Dofw4r_

2 ай бұрын

Because destructive a holes are too lazy to get out that far!😂

@emanuelavecchi7433

2 ай бұрын

That's due to the dry weather, too. Thanks God!

@Communistsarentpeople

2 ай бұрын

​@@1968ciaranthey're still around.

@philstrange3695

2 ай бұрын

​@@MarsG0Dofw4r_ I've actually seen trees and bolders tagged with graffiti spray paint out in the forest. 😢

I really liked your comment when it "...came time to wax poetic...I got nothing." Often times, being humble is the best poetry. Thank you for the gifts you give us.

@andrewherbert7108

Ай бұрын

Absolutely! Silence often speaks volumes!!

@garyhowland2369

13 күн бұрын

For me, the contemplative footage over the music was poetry enough!

I'm enjoying the long format, thank you for your ability to connect with the SW for the rest of us,

You randomly popped up on my feed a week ago and I can't stop watching your channel. It's absolutely fascinating and different landscape to anything I've seen. Hi from Australia.

Beautiful. I love how you can see the human touches - remains of bindings, fingerprints in the clay, babies’ handprints. I think this is my favorite video of yours so far. 💜

@Lea-lq5kl

2 ай бұрын

This is my favorite too! All your videos are special, but this one really touched my heart❤

@OfTheSeaKND

2 ай бұрын

Each video gets better and better. Such an incredible channel.

Andrew, you are my eyes, legs and lungs to continue exploring like I used to. I really really appreciate Desert Drifter. It makes me feel less like an invalid. Keep up the fantastic posts.

@kCuFfication

2 ай бұрын

I swear this has been said on a different video by a different user.

@Doxymeister

2 ай бұрын

@@kCuFfication It almost surely has, I'm sure. I watch videos like this for the exact same reason, I'm profoundly disabled and unable to be physically active like I used to. I love watching others do the things I loved to do, and enjoying life through their eyes. I'm glad so many people are sharing their thanks like this! It's important that folks like Desert Drifter understand how much their content means to people like us.❣

@dr.maturin4648

Ай бұрын

@@Doxymeister Ditto.

Love you taking us along, last spring my wife and I took a trip out and we got just a very small sampling of what you do and see. Neither of us are of the age or, even though in relativity good shape, up to an adventure as this. Great how you leave things as they are, and show us so much. One of the things that impress me, as I've been in construction my whole life, is that how the ancients built to last, now we build to be tore down. Thanks again for what you do. Al

I am 82 years old and I look forward to your stuff. I am in good health and Ride my E Bike 4 or five days a week. I can still walk 3 miles anytime, but to hike the canyons no way. I have lived in the southwest all my life and have seen the place like you travel too, but I look forward to each thing you post. The four corners area is so wonderful. When I worked I lived in some remote places. Now I live in Arizona, in the city, because my wife wanted to live where thing were easy to get too. So please keep posting.

Love the longer video - fascinated by how extensive these buildings are throughout the southwest. You do great work with editing, drones, music & your speaking voice is very relaxing - really enjoy following along.

@garyhowland2369

13 күн бұрын

Yup, what macfilfms9904 said!

Really like the format. Thanks for sharing our National treasures.

You're like the Mr. Rogers of hiking with your calm, soothing voice telling us how to act properly for the benefit of others.

Just found your video when I returned from a Cedar Mesa trip. It kept the joy of my trip going. Can't wait to watch more of your videos.

As an avid gardener I'd love to find seeds for the crops they grew back then. Thanks for sharing the history of these ancient people's lives.

@railroad13

2 ай бұрын

Yes, that would be very interesting

@dr.maturin4648

Ай бұрын

"Anasazi Beans" are available at the Food Co-Op in Silver City, NM. I would think they are in other places too.

Dude! You’re a literal wandering poet. How can I be melancholy for something I’ve never experienced? Oh yeah, because of you. Never stop exploring!

Just Epic work. Thank you all the way from Denmark 🇩🇰.

I just found and binged your channel. I love your vibe and your content. It’s both fascinating and also relaxing watching you “traipse” around the desert. I’m in the Pacific Northwest and love hiking and exploring here, but it doesn’t preserve the past the way the desert has. Definitely feeling inspired to visit the American Southwest. I’m excited to see more and I hope your channel takes right off! Happy exploring!

I’m in my 70s and pretty much shut in. You make it easier with your adventures, I really enjoy your voice. It’s very soothing.

Absolutely love the extra long video version especially with the content you share with us. Thax! Just so amazing!!! 👍❤️

Simply amazing. Both the calm and respecfulness but also absolutely stunning that all these ancient sites are still there and so well preserved. Greetings from Sweden.

It seems those hand prints are the "signatures"of the ancient Individuals and family members. Their way of taking a "photograph". Incredible!

Thank you so very much for taking us along. Being paralyzed physically but not mentally you've helped to quench my desire to explore these far out places.

Wonderful walkabout , love the way you follow the country code ...... Take nothing but pictures , leave nothing but footprints , leave it as you find it, blessings from Scotland , 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@teresadvorak6145

2 ай бұрын

Hi Scotland my Ansesters. I love U ❤❤

@IgorMironov-rq4ye

Ай бұрын

​@@teresadvorak6145 ancestors? 😂🎉

I'm 70 now and don't go hiking and fishing anymore. I taught my son's though and they've shared Beautiful photos with me and their stories. You, however, climb mountains! That's a whole nother level! When I need to relax, I watch your videos. Thank you for taking me so many different places❤. I've loved each one.

Thank You for getting out there and showing us this amazing lovely history 💜

Growing up in N Ireland , the western US is a dream to visit. The colors. the setting , the ancients living there and time has stopped . Thanks so much !

@DenzLeeby-sl1jb

2 ай бұрын

It truly is a Land of Enchantment, the state slogan of New Mexico, I think

@dr.maturin4648

Ай бұрын

@@DenzLeeby-sl1jb True, but this is in Utah.

Very captivating, brother! Longer video was a pleasant change without feeling "long." Very nice!

This is just amazing! Thank you for going to the trouble to share this. I appreciate that you leave lots of mystery rather than blather on with old historical commentary. Loved the pictographs. They simply must have been spiritual to live like that.

Did you add 40k subs last week? You deserve it this is quickly becoming my favorite adventure channel on youtube. Keep it up, and stay safe.

I just discovered your channel last night (for once, the algorithm was doing its job!) and your videos resonate deep within my soul in a way I can't describe, there's a mix of awe and wonder and connection and beauty. Thank you so much for bringing us along on your journeys. Also, I have noticed in comments that a lot of your viewers are disabled or have mobility issues, and I'm among them! You are giving such a gift to those of us who are physically unable to do what you do. I feel so much peace when I watch your videos. It's also incredible to think about the artists pressing their hands to those walls, how they had no idea that people across the world would one day see the handprints they left behind and feel a brief moment of humbling connection with them, hundreds of years in the future. Something about the beauty of that makes my throat ache. That desire to leave a mark and press colour to a canvas is such a lovely human trait. ❤

" I got nuth'n"...with an Ancient Peoples hand print behind ya....Freak'n Outstanding !

In my late 50's and really enjoy these intriguing walks in a terrain which is completely unfamiliar to me. Never imagined I would like these desert expeditions. Unlike a lot of KZreadrs, you set a well considered and gentle pace, spending the right amount of time investigating features - be they petroglyphs, wild plants and animals, rocks, ancient dwellings, the pottery fragments, or petrified trees (didn't expect that at all. Amazing). It just goes together right, and I'm pleased to see so many people who are older and now less physically active also enjoying 'joining' you on these treks too. Yes, I wouldn't mind seeing some longer videos (save them for a rainy day when I can do no gardening or walking).

I can cope with long videos but I can’t watch them as they come out. I watch them when the time is right. Thanks a lot for this and it makes me happy that you respect this fragile souvenir of the past.❤

Half hour episodes is a good format. Andrew your editing and production skills are improving. Looks great ! Your videos will preserve the artifacts you find for the future whatever becomes of them over time. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us.

You are walking in ancient footsteps. I find that amazing.

Quite the adventure you are on! Thank you so much for taking the time to share it. Seeing things I would never ever get to see otherwise! Thank you so much and be careful out there all alone.

Found you videos a few weeks ago. Amazing. What joy and love you bring. And great respect to Nature and Those who lived here in earlier times. Started college at Penn State University in Geology over 50 years ago. Did not work out for me - what a Blessing to follow your journeys. Fills my Heart!

Growing up and visiting the ruins across the 4 corner states with my dad are some of my favorite memories ever. Had no idea there was so much more out there. Love the long form videos. Makes me want to take my kids out there and show them these wonders. And those pictographs were mind blowing. How fortunate to be able to find those.

Excellent video. I've been all over that canyon 30 years ago, and it is great to see that little has changed.

I love the long format. The ruins are just incredible. To see wood that old, just amazing. Love the drone shots and slow pans over the ruins. I also enjoy the beautiful landscape, animal tracks and water pools. Thank you!!

Hello my name is Ramon from Mexico. I rarely comment or watch these types of videos but you deserve to know that you make them very interesting that caught my attention, the way you describe them; the importance you give to detail and the respect you give them... I never imagined there were so many places like this... I had only heard of Mesa Verde…And by the way, your videos are way too short. Your calm and peacefull voice reminds me of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood...we even like to watch how you cook…You're doing a great job my friend…Kudos!

A soft spoken man with a pleasant smile sure makes these hikes more enjoyable to me and my family.💯 Thank you for taking us along!😁👍 You Rock!

Loved every precious second. Thank you very much for your amazing footage and the deep respect you give to these ancient sites.

I really like this longer format combined with the lovely guitar music. Clearly you are not trying to solve anything directly but to convey the feeling of calm tranquility. Bravo!

Love your videos. Recently turned my 87 yr old father onto them. He is to love the California wilderness and was too old when he moved to AZ to explore, he was fixated. Thank you, giving him life in his eyes again. He can't do much these days except sit in his recliner..I know he hates it. So thank you. Blessings! Stay safe! Many look to you to help bring joy to their lives.

@M1A500YDS

2 ай бұрын

I call it the very best of armchair adventuring! I would be haunting those canyons if I could only walk...

@lindacarroll4217

2 ай бұрын

This is our heritage and history we need to be verly cautious perserving these sites...TY for sharing your videos

Your channel is so much better than anything on TV! Thank you for taking us along!

I'm home from work sick and missing living in Northern AZ. Perfect videos for me to watch from bed this week!

Wonderful. I noticed a constant smile on my face. Thanks

Hey Andrew - the longer video formatting is awesome and much appreciated. Longer content makes for a more intense submersion into these beautiful and amazing natural treasures that we are so lucky to have in our nation. You are really starting to find your niche with your editing, drone use and relaxed and humble narration. The music is cool too and not overdone. Thanks for what you do.

I just recently found your channel and all I have say is this, Andrew you easily have some of the best content I’ve ever found on KZread! The combination of hiking, climbing, and history is a fantastic concept, not to mention your genuine friendly demeanor and presentation style. I will now be binge watching all your videos! Also, I think long form videos are perfect for this type of content. Thank you very much for the time and effort to share these hikes with us. Cheers

@trainman1209

2 ай бұрын

You bet. This guy is terrific!

I just discovered this channel yesterday, and may I say that the quality of your videos and narration is amazing.

This is your absolute best video yet. Thank you so much. It's hard to explain, but when I watch these videos I get a little melancholy because I just want to be there and see it all for myself. I love your videos even though they make my heart yearn. You are a fortunate man.

Loved, “I’ve got nothin’.” We needed that and the music to take in what is incomprehensibly beautiful, touching. A masterpiece of their lives and your exploration. Thank you for your humility. Without that I couldn’t watch such sacred footage. You take us step by step through the canyons of our mind and heart. We’re definitely on this journey with you. May you be inspired each and every step of the way.

You are blowing up man!!! I'm so happy I'm rooting for you. You deserve it, you put in the hard work. The editing, music , scenes etc are a world class production!!! Love it!!

I watched all your videos this weekend, they’re very good and informative. The old ones were amazing getting up and down daily and hauling up materials. Thank you.

LOVE the longer format videos, in two or three parts for a three day camping excursion seems about right..... as long as you are comfortable with the tasks at hand without feeling rushed..... And your candid relaxed narration & light music selections make your productions very enjoyable & informative without "lecturing"! -- Pleez jus' keep on doin' whut yer doin'!! Your enjoyment and respect for desert trekking brings joy to this ol' desert trekker's heart!! Thanks for bringing us along!!!! ;-)

The Group that built those homes/structures were master builders!

So glad I found your channel. I've been interested in rock art for more than 30 years now and some of those you showed were really fascinating. The handprints above that one dwelling were really cool. It is a rare thing on KZread to find quality content . To me that is minimal music, no crazy dialog and stupid jokes - just beautiful locations and perfect, descriptive dialog delivered in a calm manner. I'm really glad you don't broadcast where these sites are - you can tell it is a highly respected location by the lack of vandalism.

The questions you ask just before the first ad are exactly the ones that I ask myself when I see your videos. I try to picture what it was like to live in one of the "homes." So many questions pop into my mind and I am awestruck at all of your discoveries. Thank you for continuing to explore and share them for all of us to also enjoy.

Dear Desert Drifter: your videos are soothing, enlightening, informative, respectful, and treat to watch. I zoom in to see even closer, like when you make a long pan across cliffs faces and remaining structural artifacts. Which are astonishing in their creations. The 90 degree cuts to fit together stone slab to another slab, the mortar- river mud? Shows water was near by. And all the saplings turned into building beams..And, as you so wonderfully treat us with your selfie and drone cameras, the hard-to-believe elevation and precarious placement of these architectural wonders!! ***As a great double bill, I luv watching your explorations along with YT Myron Cook. He is a geologist and explores (mostly) western states with great film footage and geology lessons. Both of you exude your passion and lucky us to experience that with you. Thanks! from SW coastal Canada

Great video, Thanks for taking us along.