We don't have terrain quite as mountainous but the waterfalls remind me of vacationing in the Porcupines in the U.P. of Michigan. I'm adding this to my list of places to see.
I particularly like the instances of the juxtaposition of the vertical nature of the trees and the horizontal nature of the human constructs. I don't think you intended to portray this, but it's a quirk that I noticed in a few of your shots and enjoyed.
That was not deliberate, but you have quite the eye for pattern in video composition. Sorry to sound pretentious in advance, but I do actually think about that stuff. There are just so many design elements to consider- so you just have to pick the ones that matter to you at the moment. I do see how and what other people film, and how and what their respective goals, ideals, and values affect the overall product; we all pick a car to chase. I know that most people just see the things I release as rough-cut gibberish, some of it perhaps amusing or strange, and maybe most of it is, at least when compared to the more precise and deliberate channels (some of which having an almost machine-like austerity to arrest the attention and maximize views), but there really is an intentional underlying structure to most of it. Either that, or I really am just a self-indulgent tool stuck in a daydream. In either case, thanks for the appreciation and feedback.
You give me more credit than I deserve. I enjoy nearly all of your videos, even those designed to not be enjoyable. Please keep doing what you're doing, even if you are just a self-indulgent tool stuck in a daydream. There are worse things to be. A few of us, at least, draw pleasure from your work. I am selfish, and I wish to consume more. The engineer in me can't help but ask if you know why the stenciled "O" pattern was stamped out of the steel repeatedly in the lookout tower? Is it an easily repeatable architectural flair, as I presume? Surely the weight savings on the structure can't justify the additional cost of production. Please tell me that the O has some significance. I noticed a few Os that had the negative space inside them removed due to the vagaries of time or some malicious act. Perhaps the design has something to do with the wind? Or, more likely, the builder just wanted to gussy it up a bit. In that case, I wonder why "O".
pocket83² hey pocket - I live just a few miles from the PA GC - and can get to the finger lakes , Letchworth, and many other incredible places in an hour radius. I travel all over for my 'day gig' Other parts of the US are cool - love going to the desert or the beach or the Pacific NW - but this is still the most beautiful part of the US overall IMO.
Agreed. Our entire state is underrated. My old landlord (for my first apartment) had once traveled the world over, and then he chose to reside here! Still, it's becoming too populated down here in the SW. As a local, you'll get a kick out of this: Google maps has the location marker for pine creek gorge misplaced, so we ended up driving in from the south along 414 (we exited right before Jersey Shore), which ended up taking us several hours. Parts of the road were closed! Uncertainty started to give way to nervousness by the time we made it through. Still, beautiful country.
Trails like that are called switchbacks and besides making it easier to traverse steep terrain they also aid in reducing that would occur from steeper trails. Peace!
It's fairly similar looking to where I live, although alot taller. I keep thinking I should go out and get some footage of some interesting things around here but i'd need a video with the right context for it. Also I love seeing stacked rocks. A while back I read some article I got linked to, can't remember where, where the author really hated the things. It'd ruin their day to find out they weren't the first special snowflake to ever walk along that trail.
I'm not really sure why this sort of thing doesn't go over better. I liked that one you did with the bike, when it rained on you. Aside from the build and the gizmo, I just liked getting a look at somewhere else in the world. You know- when I was 15, before the internet, I couldn't tell you a thing about what Europe looked like. Now, people can see it from street view on Gmaps, so it feels like nobody is impressed anymore (shrugs).
The plan with the bike video was to get some photos/ clips of stuff on the way back but you know how that ended up. The area I live used to have alot of industry so there's a fair few abandoned and demolished things left over like that train station I stopped in. Theres a bunch of brick viaducts along the way too that I think are cool. I'm not sure if I understand youtube viewers at all either. I guess this video has no dislikes at least, so at least you didn't offend any of the more sensitive viewers who expect every video to be identical. Yeah the internet has really ruined alot of the mystery of other parts of the world. When I was 15 I was thrilled about talking to nerds around the world and finding out they lived similarly mundane lives to me, but it bothered me that I never met any Asians. Like they had their own separate internet or something. A few months ago a Chinese guy accidentally added me to steam since I had the same username as a friend. We ended up talking about cigarettes but I wasn't that fussed about it, and ended up quietly removing him a couple days later like a bastard. It made me wonder if i'd become a curmudgeon, or if the mysteries of Chinese middle class life weren't really mysteries any more. Probably a bit of both! But I still feel videos like this have alot of value. Street view doesn't reach alot of these places and I never feel like photos are good for doing a place justice.
There is a very small audience for it. And at least here, on my second channel, I've chased away the cry-babies. For now. I did lose a few subs as soon as I posted this one, but no comments like, "boring af." Still, I think it sucks that I could have titled it "WATERMELON DROPPED OFF CANYON," or "100 EGGS FALL FROM TOWER," and it would hit 50K on the first week. Predictable idiots! But I'm guilty, too. We all are. Anyhow, the thing that interests me about the differences between here and there relates to the lengths of their (our) respective histories; Europe is old, and as such, it has evidence of past civilization. We don't have that here. The ruins here are from during the 1910's through 30's coal extraction, earlier industrial revolution, and maybe some occasional older foundational rubble from early settlings. Back beyond that time, there are only arrowheads from the once nomadic natives. I watched a program on the Discovery channel once about the sewers and under-structures of Rome. If you dig there, it is stratified, almost like a geology of sorts, in such a way that it reveals centuries of different peoples, as evinced by their old structures and garbage. They built cities on top of old cities, and that fascinates me because of the way that it puts me in my place. We don't give our predecessors enough credit; they weren't always as lazy, entitled, and incapable as we've become. Whoa- I'm becoming curmudgeonly, too!
wow i love to try to get there once every 3 years. i should try to go more it is only 1 hour away. the last time we went we went thought the little zoo that is up by there
I can tell you are really into hiking. Where I live there aren't any huge canyons but we do have quite many bogs to explore. Have you ever been to any ?
Nope. We don't really have wetlands here. Low-sitting swampy regions get far too many mosquitos to visit, and our flood-planes dry out pretty quickly. However, I did get to canoe once through the tops of the trees during a flood. A tunnel was clogged from a storm. THAT was cool.
I'm planning to visit this place in 2 weeks. How difficult was it to find a place to park? Is parking free or do you have to pay for it? Also, were there a lot of bugs trying to bite you?
No parking issues. No fees. It's not a very crowded location. The surrounding towns are pretty small. This also means that lodging might give you a problem, so try to get reservations in advance. _Especially_ for those cute little bed & breakfasts. Bugs? Not really, but I'm accustomed to PA insects. Mosquitos usually keep to standing water, and the water here moves pretty well. Use a DEET spray anyhow, because we've been experiencing higher than normal tick populations. If you do get a tick, pull slowly, and don't twist; get them off *in one piece* on the first day, and you'll have nothing to worry about. Two more things: bring plenty of drinking water, and wear a pair of hikers. Good luck!
What! No, no, no. There are quite a few Europeans around this place. Roped-off trails with WARNING signs are hardly an untamed frontier. And stop it with the Western guilt/shame; all people are responsible for draining this rock dry, not just one case of industrial culture. It could've been _any_ people to thrive and exploit the resources here. Had it not been Europeans, it would've been others. Given enough time, it even would've been the 'natives' (who had also once come from somewhere else, by the way). More accurately, let's instead say that old growth forest was "The way It used to be before the arrival of the [railroad]." Which, I'm guessing, the existence of somehow now benefits you, right?
