EXTENDED CUT: What I Found in the Grand Canyon is Baffling

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While exploring the Grand Canyon I came upon ancient ruins from a prehistoric civilization that once thrived in this rugged place. I backpack into this remote natural wonder to explore some of the stories hidden within these massive walls. Intriguing discoveries still need to be made for us to fully understand this place. #ancientdiscoveries #grandcanyon #ancienthistory #exploration #adventure
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@Desert.Drifter 26 дней назад

Hey everyone, as the title says, this is an extended version of my recent Grand Canyon trip. There's additional insights and footage in this one. Just FYI. Thank you for continuing to support the channel, I've got a video coming out next week I'm very excited about. Stay tuned

@jesselyall7519 26 дней назад

Thanks for the video.! An yes I truly believe the cookbook idea would be great

@gregor6922 25 дней назад

What kind of Hoodie are you wearing?

@ZIGZAGBureauofInvestigation 25 дней назад

You have shown us all more than any Tv program his ever shown. Thanks

@RJY-to9zy 25 дней назад

@Desert.Drifter I sent you an email the other night on places to explore. Let me know when you read it. Thanks -Robert

@mzinns 25 дней назад

Cookbook…yes! Thanks for posting your journey, it’s truly exceptional in all ways.

@antoniopereiraneves2009 24 дня назад

This is what RU-vid was made for. If Andrew had to go to some major network and pitch this, he would most probably be be dismissed as some crank with a niche idea. Yet here we are. Professional level cinematography, editing, narration, just a feast of landscape, experience and ideas. And HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of people in one day taking almost an hour of their daily schedule to go hiking with Desert Drifter and friends. How many major network shows get hundreds of thousands of viewers?! The future is here and it doesn't need to be edgy and trendy, it just needs to be good. Thank you so much for all that you have showed me, Andrew. Stay on your path, distant friend!

@dougsain5090 22 дня назад

The rock's and structres are the story. D put's word's to the story. Thats all you need. LESS IS MORE🌵🪶

@arthurdent5357 21 день назад

Oh, they would totally grab the show, and then change everything that made it good and add some fake drama for good measure .

@erah4994 21 день назад

it just shows how much we don't need the main stream programming. I haven't had cable for way over a decade, there are so many awesome talented people, so much information out there from everyday people. It widens the perspective.

@WalterVetterli 19 дней назад

wish I could explore with you ! all the best from Canada!

@NanaAmySpectreSeeker1111 5 дней назад

Isn't it Grand? (Little pun, couldn't resist) ❤

@thanebridges6776 18 дней назад

In the winter of 2005, my wife and I, both active duty military personnel, went on vacation to the Grand Canyon. While at the visitor center near Williams, AZ, we thought we were fit enough to hike down to the bottom and back in just a few hours. However, the hike took longer and was more challenging than we anticipated. We also made the mistake of not carrying enough water and had to push ourselves to reach water to refill our supply. Although we made the trip successfully, we witnessed many people who thought they could make the trip ending up paying a large sum of money to get rescued. I strongly advise anyone planning a Grand Canyon vacation to carefully consider their abilities and the impact of elevation changes before attempting the hike. While pictures can't fully capture the grandeur of the site, the Grand Canyon is a must-see destination.

@bananasmcduck630 4 дня назад

Elevation change is no joke

@crystalbilyeu8756 3 дня назад

Several years ago my Sister and husband invited me to hike to the bottom , and she warned me to wear good socks as we hiked DOWN for 9 miles! Spent a lovely night camping at the bottom and then I Struggled uo the next day as I was living in Phoenix and not used to the altitude! PREPARE WELL my Friends!

@alexistaylorstclare2185 17 дней назад

I am 1,337 years old. I remember the old days when these structures were new. My family and I visited often. Thank you for making these videos, they bring back old memories. Alas, I am now just a brain in a jar unable to visit again. God speed young man.

@dtps_champion6016 12 дней назад

Aight

@KMcKee-qn6bo 25 дней назад

The most difficult thing about these videos, is that they end. I think I go into a bit of a grieving period. I watch the program a second time, but still find it so sad when it ends. Third time? Same. Honestly everything about his programs is just so damn perfect. The videography, the lighting, his voice with such a pure tone of reverence. The breaks for history and grounding. Holy cow... what a fine thing this is.

@karie9890 25 дней назад

Not to mention that he's pretty nice eye candy!

@deanasnarky3903 25 дней назад

That too!

@IgorMironov-rq4ye 25 дней назад

@@karie9890 the dude is married, in his previous video, his ring finger was clearly seen.

@813lem 25 дней назад

I find the heights to be the most difficult part. Im terrified every time camera pans down over the edge of a sheer drop i get that panic feeling sweaty hands weak knees. Just watching a video! Its crazy. I want to stop video but i power thru and keep watching. (Lol) Dont want to miss a sec! I love archeology. Ancient history is a passion of mine. These videos are priceless to me.

@karie9890 25 дней назад

@@IgorMironov-rq4ye ... I'm glad for him! Doesn't mean I can't give him a complement by saying he's great looking! No offense was meant to his wife or him.

@mariamjehn7071 25 дней назад

Do you know what a blessing you are to a 62 year old Grammy from Maine?? As a hiker and climber for decades I’m just grateful to you!! I can no longer do these adventures!! This is phenomenal!! 😮😊❤

@SOMEOLDFRUIT 25 дней назад

Greetings from also Maine! 🌲 It's cold and not sunny much lately what with all the spraying of our skies. I'm thankful for this warm video of sun baked rocks! ☀️🏞

@chubbrock659 25 дней назад

@@SOMEOLDFRUIT”spraying of our skies”. ?? What’s does that mean?

@loncho5079 24 дня назад

I'm 60, I feel young and active! But you make being in our 60s sound like we're ancient!🤣🤣🤣

@LUIS-ox1bv 24 дня назад

@@loncho5079There are folks in their 80s hiking and mountain climbing.

@Godflesh88v2 23 дня назад

Kudos from another Mainer!

@garypalmer2066 25 дней назад

In January 1999 I backpacked 256 miles from the west to the north and the east of the Grand Canyon. I started at the S. Bass Trail on the west south rim, hiked to the Bright Angel Trail down to the Colorado River then up to the north rim on the North Kaibab Trail, then back down and up and over to Clear Creek, then back to the Colorado River then up the South Kaibab Trail to the Tonto Trail then east to Tanner Rapids, and up the Beamer Trail to the Lil Colorado River and up it to the sacred Hopi site of the Sipapu, a mineral warm springs mound, then back to Tanner Rapids and up and out the Tanner Trail to Lipon Point. Prior to the hike I cached 3 five gallon pails of food and water at points a weeks hike apart. I started with one weeks food, sleeping bag, pad and ground tarp, 2 water bottles and camera. I was in the canyon 4 weeks.

@Chereese0808 3 дня назад

Wow. That's amazing. Great idea pre stashing your survival goods. Must have been unbelievably beautiful. We're you alone? Did you document it?

@misterdeplorable2088 День назад

Overachiever! Lol

@ggrace1133 12 часов назад

Amazing feat! Well done!!

@Ms.Andrist 24 дня назад

Thank you for letting me live and see things vicariously through you.

@kathrynpupos9103 25 дней назад

Grand Canyon is one place that everyone should see in person at least once in their lives. Pictures never do it justice.

@DISOPtv 25 дней назад

Yeah was just at the overlooks last week. It's even hard for your eyes and brain to grasp the vastness even in person!

@avo616 25 дней назад

My ex misses had a bigger canyon so I think I get the idea

@lindashepherd3968 19 дней назад

I am lucky to live in AZ and spend every summer in Flagstaff. I trek it to the Canyon every summer-only 90 mi from Flag! Yes! I know I am so fortunate!

@wilshirewarrior2783 14 дней назад

@@DISOPtv I have a state of the art Fujifilm camera and trying to focus confuses even the camera as the panorama and distance confuses the camera.

@geridannels1701 12 дней назад

I did a week in the canyon around 14 years ago. Went from the south canyon around to the north where we rode horses to the canyon and had a great time. Thank you, desert drifter, I'm not in good enough health to do the canyon ever again, 67 years young and hanging in there.

@markmark2080 25 дней назад

The quality of this video would be hard to overstate, VERY interesting and educational.

@chrisloomis1489 22 дня назад

Night starry sky , the sound of the air , the silence of the Earth just breathing ... What peacefulness abounds there . I could envision my self living in a place like that ... deeply peaceful.

@kimkarn4201 19 дней назад

I would like to live there too. Just let my soul live at creek bottom with the frogs for eternity. Sigh.

@user-nt4oy8cu1n 13 дней назад

Trust me, it was not peaceful. Human competition made every day a struggle to survive.

@nodescriptionavailable3842 11 дней назад

⁠@@user-nt4oy8cu1nback when humans weren’t so abundant, I bet there were a few peaceful glory days here and there, even in the good spots, and I could be wrong but I bet you didn’t see old beer cans and water bottles everywhere, not to mention tp sticking out of lazy rock coverings, pottery sherds have a much nicer aesthetic lol I’d compare post ice age earth, after the population bottleneck to post ww2 America, some of the best times in human history, to be sure.

@sharonspurgeon6361 22 дня назад

I am 74 and can’t get out like I one time did but I enjoy the trips with you please keep it going

@Tom-ej8eg 25 дней назад

Navajo elders can answer your questions. The people who lived temporarily in the Grand Canyon were Cliff Dweller people who fled into remote areas to escape the Anasazi people. The Anasazi were not good people. They came from the south (Mexico), remained in Chaco Canyon for 280 years, then returned to the south. While in Chaco they captured, and traded, slaves. They also ate human flesh. When the Anasazi left Chaco, the cliff dweller people returned to their traditional farm lands. During this period (Anasazi occupation), many cliff dweller clans, as well as Fremont people, and ancestral Puebloans people, joined with the Dene' people, (safety in numbers) where they remain to this day. Because the Anasazi people in Chaco relied upon slave labor, their building techniques, and pottery styles, confused early archeologists. What the Anasazi left behind is pretty much a mishmash of various other enslaved peoples arts, crafts, and technology. The Anasazi have no decedents currently living in the USA. They returned to Mexico long ago, and were most probably a clan of the Aztec people.

@deanasnarky3903 25 дней назад

I believe that the Anasazi are now being called the Ancient Puebloan people, Because Anasazi means ancient enemy, And Native American tribes were getting upset about the name.

@RandomGuy-qm3mg 25 дней назад

Not to get into a online debate but Hopi elders would disagree with the Navajo elders you are referencing.

@marilynbridges8697 23 дня назад

@@deanasnarky3903 If the Anasazi were likely of Aztec origin, why would they now be referred to as ancient Puebloan?? That confuses the issue even more.

@pinkiesue849 19 дней назад

Weren't they Giants

@PhillipTallman-se8rt 19 дней назад

Not nessisarly those were people from long ago

@Punk_Rock_Grrl_Dragon 25 дней назад

A Backcountry cookbook would be very useful, I hope you do.

@gardubois7194 24 дня назад

Thanks for sharing your explorations! I always enjoy your wanderings and discoveries. Regarding your Nankoweap visit, as an aging and long time river guide in Grand Canyon, I’ve encountered many of the granary structures tucked into and sheltered by ledges and alcoves along the length of the Canyon and the side canyons. I was told back in 1970 on my first trip, that they were built as defensive measures to protect and hide their food and other survival supplies from potential enemies. I’ve often thought there may be a more prosaic and much more practical explanation. If I were living and farming there, and had at the end of the growing season, several hundred pounds of corn and piñon nuts etc to store, I’m faced with the question of where to build my storage facility. Creating a weather and varmint proof storage structure out of rock would I think, be quite challenging to do out under the open sky. Those protected ledges/alcoves offer a much simpler build (the roof and half of the walls are already built) and offer an extremely protected location, safe from the ravages of the climate extremes that exist there. The extreme heat affecting a food storage area out in the open there, would alone be damaging to stored crops. There seems to be little way of knowing about the level of inter-tribal hostilities in those days and that may well have been a factor, but I still think from a purely practical point of view, that’s where I would have built my food storage structures. As always, I look forward to your next beautifully produced video.

@oceanmariner 25 дней назад

You eat well for back packers. I'm near 80. Usta hike about 20-30 miles a week in the PNW before I wore out my knees and hips. I never hiked the desert, so your videos are very interesting. Especially with the ruins and info about the old inhabitants. Thanks!

@Desert.Drifter 15 дней назад

Thank you oceanmariner! That’s incredibly generous. I’m glad I can show you a part of the country you haven’t experienced yet. The PNW is a special place as well!

@nodescriptionavailable3842 11 дней назад

My first backpack trip was MonteCristo ghost town camping at glacier basin up outta Granite Falls, Wa, as an Az native I’ve been to the Grand Canyon a few times but never backpacked into it, I’m right next to the Superstitions and only backpacked overnight once, I miss the PNW so much, it really pulled me out more than this desert although northern Az is amazing, I have no point really but, happy trails everyone!

@DanHORVATH-yi6cu 26 дней назад

Wow, I live within 25 miles of south rim entrance. The picture u took of San Francisco peaks gave me an excellent point of view about where you were on that break, 5 miles in. I had trained hard in phoenix to do rim to rim in 1991, 1992, but my Ford escort motor blew in 1992 half way from phoenix, at black canyon city. So I limped the car back to my apartment. Never made it up there for the hike your now doing. I'll be 70 yrs old in beginning of June. Time has long passed for when I was in excellent shape. So ill watch instead. I have been inside the south rim many times, since I bought my senior pass, b4 prices went up. I've just knew better to not do the hike, now that I'm older. Thanks your imo, the best video maker on youtube.😂

@gregor6922 25 дней назад

What kind of Hoodie are you wearing?

@DanHORVATH-yi6cu 25 дней назад

@@gregor6922 a first Infantry division hoodie. Class of 1972, when sissies/babies, ran to Canada and I chose to enlist and learn how to fight. Best 6 years I ever did! Made Sgt E5, in 2 years, because there weren't enuf Sgt's that survived in Vietnam. Nuff said

@chrisclark4112 25 дней назад

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@PaulDeCamp 9 дней назад

As a person with a tremendous fear of falling I was having a difficult time watching this, but you did the public a great service in telling us a story we would otherwise never know. I can't go there myself, but you have brought me as far as I will go. In my youth I did hike the Adirondacks, which are not as difficult. But now time has taken its toll on me much like those weathered graineries. Thanks for bringing us a good report.

@meredithheath5272 11 часов назад

Same - I have a great deal of trouble watching this - I feel like I have nausea in my lower extremeties!! I'm not even there!!! I don't know how people do this!! But, the scenery is tremendous!

@bettygreenhansen 23 дня назад

I cannot walk very well so hiking along with you is a real pleasure. Thank you!!! ❤️

@daveland2653 25 дней назад

I am very happy to hear you use the term "the ancient ones". This is a great way to help people understand how long we as a people and our ancestors have been on the lands here in north america.

@aidanmartin7923 22 дня назад

Is there any way of telling from native stories how long your people believe they have been on the land?

@now591 22 дня назад

@@aidanmartin7923 Its well known fact they migrated from Asia originally .

@daveland2653 16 дней назад

@@aidanmartin7923 The stories have clues. One, from where I am from, is the stories about giant beavers, giant beavers lived 10,000 (500 generations) ago. Also, where I am from, there are stories about the creation of a certain waterfall, something that geology says happened around 14000 (700 generations) ago and the people have been talking about in stories for generations. This is in eastern canada. I bet you can map these stories in this way, matching stories to known geological, paleontological or any other "ogical" sources and based on this get a better view of how long we have been here.

@Cool-Aid5564 2 дня назад

@daveland2653. If you're curious, check out the Bible! It's all there. It is the best history book ever, along with Enoch. You can figure everything out from there. The hardest thing is figuring out the changed names of everything. Different races and different names from different perspectives. All the same stories and history from all.

@selfretired3025 26 дней назад

I love the signs at the GC advising hikers. Someone explained it to me like this: usually we go up a mountain when we are fresh and down when spent. It's the opposite in the Grand Canyon. You have the easy descent when fresh and the hard climb out once your energy is spent. It's energy is absolutely majestic, in person.

@geraldinesera8915 8 дней назад

Not everyone will appreciate what I will say here, so please dont find fault. The mounds, etc. along many places south of the Great Lakes, and ancient communities, including some giants. I was privileged a year ago to have the opportunity to know more about Grand Canyon dwellers. As wars broke out among the mound culture people, one group escaped to the Colorado River and into the Grand Canyon. Their leader's name was Hogath. His records (as he led families away to safety) were found by more modern First Nation people in the Wasatch Mtns in Utah. The records were translated by a seer in South America. Thank you for sharing such amazing film with us.

@mrolsen6987 25 дней назад

Thinking of the difficulty for you to get up to these storage units, and then think of that those who used them carried up everything they would put there is mind blowing.

@richardstone5241 25 дней назад

Being former military and a historian of ancient culture my guess is security as it would be near impossible for an opposing force to wage war against a people in those cliffs. Also, I do not agree about the difficulty to have a flourishing agriculture because of the readily available water supply. You might take a look at what some people are doing in the middle of the deserts turning waste land into flourishing food gardens. I think these ancient people did the same. Also, by having hidden food caches dispersed up and down the canyons this would allow them to survive while traveling the area but because they are hidden would not allow an opposing force to access them.

@finnberglander7816 20 дней назад

Wouldn't it be relatively easy to wage war against people in those cliffs? Burn their crops and deny them access to water-or did they store significant amounts of water in their cliff houses?

@pope1089 20 дней назад

Maybe they are way points

@richardstone5241 19 дней назад

@@finnberglander7816 Good point but new research strongly suggests these ancient people did not actually "live" in the cliffs but rather used them for food processing, storage, look out posts and defensive positions when needed. This is what I think also meaning they lived with their crops and easy access to water.

@kimkarn4201 19 дней назад

The granaries are ingeniously placed!

@thisnthat7760 18 дней назад

Some of the areas in GC looks like petrified cities

@danielwoolman8969 25 дней назад

If you made longer videos like this I think people would watch them through

@sstdiecastracing2372 25 дней назад

I am happy you brought someone else along, in case something goes wrong. I love the videos but hate to see you alone.

@brianhammond81 25 дней назад

The back country cook book is a great idea

@diannacatesdunn 25 дней назад

Gratitude. All I have for this video is gratitude.

@burntofferings3770 25 дней назад

FYI The Toad you showed was a Sonoran Desert Toad. If you ever come across a very large toad of bluish/green hue it is a Colorado River Toad, assessed by scientists to be the most intelligent amphibian known to man.

@darlenelane9010 25 дней назад

And are poison. My dog almost died getting one in her mouth.

@TUCOtheratt 25 дней назад

Thanks for another great escape on my Saturday morning. I like the extended version even more!

@wormbigail 24 дня назад

Had to pause the video to say: Yes!!!! A "backcountry cookbook" would be fire. I am always amazed by the things you pull out of seemingly thin air. The ingredients just make sense for backpacking. Having fresh meals while out in the wild is such a luxury when you're not living off the land with the cultivated resources natives might have had. We gotta work with what we got... And you bring practicality to the table!

@lecriss 24 дня назад

It was defensive structure against red hair giant that were roaming at that time. They weren't good at climbing and they were more vulnerable. Tiny ledge, small entrance and easily removable ladder/platform were also good protective measures.

@lindadirker5166 26 дней назад

Beautiful. A hiking recipe book is a great idea. Greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦

@seanjones7170 25 дней назад

Very nicely done.The narration is calming as well as informative.The videography superb.

@lenwenzel7440 25 дней назад

That country is remarkably beautiful. Away from the city the night sky blows me away.

@iancameron5536 25 дней назад

Amazing views, you obviously have no fear of heights, there is no way you would get me up there, so thank you for showing us!!!😊

@sabrina84105 25 дней назад

I can’t thank you enough for your high quality videos. I was a desert rat myself during the 30 years I lived in Utah, exploring much as you do but without the modern camera gear. Your work often brings a tear to my eye as I recall my own revelry when experiencing these most beautiful landscapes on earth. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

@RussellB 25 дней назад

I'm a 900 year old frog person stuck on a swamp planet. Thank you so much for uploading your adventures so that people like me can experience them. God bless the USA ❤️❤️

@prophez23 25 дней назад

Ribbit..

@Lookyhere73 25 дней назад

Swamp planets have wifi too

@bullzdawguk 25 дней назад

I'm also a frog person. Like you, I am also stuck on a swamp planet. However, I am only 669 years old. What part are you from? I live in Boggy. By any chance, do you know Squippy? He lives in the Soggy District of Boggy and runs a moderately successful fungus farm. 🍄 😜

@SomeRandomdude857 24 дня назад

If you find Squippy, let me know- he’s owes me 2,000 Boggins.

@813lem 24 дня назад

900, wow. Im surprised you havnt croaked yet.

@donnaw9040 25 дней назад

Thank you for the time and attention to details, like the fingerprints.. so interesting, so colorful and beautiful🧡

@karenkershaw6324 24 дня назад

Absolutely fascinating. Australian here. I have been for a day trip to the Canyon and it was spectacular. I didn’t get to see these granaries or anything like them.

@davidgibson6909 25 дней назад

Love to see you locate the secretive Egyptian portion no one talks about.

@ChrisShortyAllen 25 дней назад

Just down from the gay quarter. Ssh

@simhifree 20 дней назад

Yes! Same here. Perhaps if they have the Egyptian named peaks in the camera site. If they can't now, maybe the next time. I'm just so grateful that Josh, and his friend have the passion, physical strength and courage to climb and hike this part of the canyon. They have been risking their lives.

@user-rp2cx4dm7z 25 дней назад

That view at 27:30 is mindblowing. Photography at the Grand Canyon never does it justice - I can only imagine how spectacular that view is in person.

@asmodeus1274 24 дня назад

Next time you post a time stamp, post it as 27:30 so it will be highlighted.

@MajorJiggle89 22 дня назад

I appreciate these videos and yourself so much! My Scottish heart soars at the beauty and sheer scale of the grand canyon, in a way usually solely reserved for when I'm out in the Highland wilds. Your voice is so lovely to listen to, too. So glad I stumbled upon your channel!

@charlesdudek7713 25 дней назад

Amazing scenery and interesting information. Thank you! 👍👍

@Agape2021 25 дней назад

Awesome! Thanks, Andrew, for an exciting exploration. Good to see Josh with you. Some of those cliffs are nerve-racking just watching. I appreciate the editing and prepareing useful information. See you on the next episode.

@dorothylewis1207 25 дней назад

Very informative really appreciate, so well done 🫡👍

@csdnb5647 25 дней назад

Always feel like I’m on adventure with you. You get to explore places some will never visit

@paulhicks5577 23 дня назад

Bro, you find the "off the beaten path " finds better than anyone. Great narratives

@doylecole 24 дня назад

I am grateful for your efforts to create these videos. I grew up in Tucson and my wife and I honeymooned on the South Rim in January 1980. We have 2 binders of slides, nothing compared to your videos. I believe that archeologists have missed the dates of the ancient ones by 2500 years or more. They pre-date the move of the Hopi, who speak of them with reverence. The Havasupai and Yavapai have many stories of them. The Jicarilla Apache feared them. I hope, some day, we will find the answer. Thank you!!

@lindaliestman4397 26 дней назад

A favorite place of mine to hike! While I am a flatlander from Minnesota, I have guided 9 one week trips into The Big Ditch. We enjoy the non-maintained trails the most, especially Boucher Creek and North Bass Trail. Yuma Point is one of my favorite views on earth! Great video and you advise viewers so well. Hydration is everything down there, and I have seen people in dire conditions too many times. A sign at the top says, “Know Your Limits!” Still, until one has hiked The Canyon for themselves one time, it is impossible to know one’s limits. Getting good advice and good planning is extremely important to enjoyment and survival. And most people should take at least one layover day near a perrenial water source to recover before hiking out.

@waynedavis7245 25 дней назад

I'm so happy that I found your channel. I'm like some of these other viewers, I'm 57 years old. Arthritis has taken its toll on me . I loved exploring the desert in Nevada. Your videos are better than most shows on TV. Thanks for sharing your adventures.

@ivydixon3506 25 дней назад

Thank you so much for taking me on this adventure with you!!

@darlahenri8095 25 дней назад

Lovely, and thank you. Love the beauty, mystic, and wondrous mystery 😍

@northsongs 26 дней назад

It's a great morning when you wake up to a new @Desert Drifter video! I visited the Grand Canyon a few years back and I was amazed how looking down in the canyon messes with your depth perception.

@selmalunast 25 дней назад

Dear desert drifter, what an amazing and beautiful video! i;m living in the Netherlands, as flat as can be. But i would love to visit the U.S.A. and see the stunning nature with my own eyes. I was;nt aware of the rich history of the native Americans until I came across your channel, thank you for these amazing pictures, right before going to sleep🍀

@DavidJohnson-iq2dd 25 дней назад

Yeah, I also came down nankoweap but stayed on the Tonto on a traverse to Bright Angel. Only about 50 people registered for that permit that year. We camped at Unkar Creek and were flash flooded on and were forced to dry out for a day. That Unkar Delta looked like a perfect site to grow stuff. Looked like a great hike. Great pics and narration, bro.

@rickrutledge9363 10 часов назад

I really enjoyed this a lot. I grew up in the desert and love the colors, beauty, and simplicity of it. I haven't explored much near the Grand Canyon, but I should. Thanks!

@edmedlin2936 25 дней назад

I hiked across the Canyon back in about 1977. North to south, solo. I was fortunate to tag along with a college geology class on a field trip, and their instructor was very friendly and helpful. It was a march down through the history of the earth. Layers like Coconino limestone, Toroweap sandstone, (I may have some of this wrong), Vishnu schist down at the bottom, pre Cambrian stuff. It was a great trip and I will never forget it. I still have the coffee cup I packed along on that trip. I did some free climbing in some areas, but not as brave as you and your buddies. Great work, keep it up, and big thanks for all you do for us.

@mattmatt6572 24 дня назад

But the grand canyon was created in less then a year.

@prarieborn6458 21 день назад

@@mattmatt6572Wow, I heard that somewhere. Please tell us more. I know that Lake Missoula the ice age lake broke through and carved out the Grand.Coulee in WA , and the badlands in Eastern WA , but the Grand Canyon? ..it never made sense that a river did all that.

@mattmatt6572 21 день назад

Am really not certain what did it as far as proof go's. I attribute the grand canyon to a great flood. As their is hard evidence the river did not carve it out. The start of the river at the canyon at the rim is higher elevation then the end of the canyon at the rim. The river could not have started flowing their befor the canyon was carved as water does not flow up hill. Unless the laws of gravity didn't apply back then. But in that case a river could never carve a canyon without gravity.

@G_R_3 25 дней назад

LOVE that you’re putting out the extended versions of these. More please! Love what you’re doing.

@joycemajor2555 24 дня назад

Your videos are amazing. I get vertigo watching your climbs and find myself stop breathing. I can not believe how you can calmly walk on a ledge one foot wide, totally blows me away, I can not even walk the cement path at the visitors center in GC. The videos will have me looking UP closer when I visit our Ntnl Parks in UT & CO. Thank you for your work!

@jenniegoodnight6176 24 дня назад

Thank you for your videos and for the love of the land. There needs to be more like you. I hope to be able to make it back up the mountains again. Hiking and repelling are so awesome to do. Always love an adventure. Be safe.

@H03dur 25 дней назад

I stumbled upon your channel a few months ago and have watched every video since (and most before that). I find it amazing what kind of quality content is brought to us by content creators. When I think back to my childhood, I'd compare this type of content to legendary TV shows like The Crocodile Hunter (since I can't think of a Geology/History-based one) in scope and the things you can learn from it. Thank you for taking us to some of the most interesting places you are excited about.

@jenniferlittle9038 25 дней назад

Thanks for the beautiful videos of these canyons and ruins. One likely reason cliff dwellers in the Southwestern canyon lands might build granaries and storage spaces high up the cliff faces would be to protect their food and supplies from flash floods. These canyons experience severe flash floods on a fairly regular basis, and the bottom land area where they were farming and building a larger settlement could have been submerged by floods often enough that the people adapted to storing their critical food supplies and tools high up the canyon walls. These cliff storage spaces could also double as defensive installations if the tribe was attacked.

@ValeriePallaoro 19 дней назад

That's a good point! The floods that bring silt and deep moisture to the fields and promote high nutrient loaded ground for farming would be random enough to warrant the creation of a high safe area for produce.

@gaz8891 16 дней назад

I think that was the obvious answer, but 800 feet up is extremely high, and so perhaps flooding was not the issue, but defence concerns were.

@RealBadDaddy 11 дней назад

But why live in the canyon to start with? Maybe they were hiding from star people.

@donnievance1942 9 дней назад

The elevation of these granaries is vastly higher that what is needed to get out of the flood zone.

@jimmytphillips8828 15 дней назад

Love and appreciate your Channel. I'm 61 today and enjoy this from a distance now. Did Half the Appalachian 5 years ago. Be Safe and God's Blessings 🙌 🙏 Thank you 😊

@wuznotbornyesterda 6 дней назад

I appreciate you taking me to places I would never get to see. Please, keep sharing and we'll keep watching. Very good way you presented everything.

@charitywattenburger4550 25 дней назад

I think this is my favorite video you have posted 😃🫶🏻 I love that you went a bit deeper into the history than usual. I wish I could hike into these places you go. I could’ve in 20s and 30s but I was raising a family then. Now I’m just plain broken, from head to toes, literally. I love this kind of history and our beautiful country 🇺🇸.

@forester057 20 дней назад

These comments make me sad. Try carnivore. Maybe it’s not too late for you. American diet kills. That includes the low fat garbage the doctors recommend. Killed my dad and was on the way to killing me. Turned it around and lighter that my high school weight. Life changer!

@northsongs 26 дней назад

It's a great morning when you wake up to a new @Desert Drifter video! Thanks!

@user-xh3zo4ts6h 26 дней назад

It seemed like the same video as the other week to me?

@virginia5 25 дней назад

@@user-xh3zo4ts6hextended cut

@LibbyHelprin-uy7tg 25 дней назад

@@user-xh3zo4ts6h I noticed some similarities, but as DD wrote, this is an “extended version of his 4 day trip.” So that explains a few overlaps. No problem at all from this viewer! Best on RU-vid, imo.

@troyhussey4463 25 дней назад

I lived in Flagstaff for 6 months and the San Francisco Peaks look so completely different from the south as they do from the north rim exclamation point. Thank you for a majestic revelation. And I think there's a young woman that feels the same way just a little while ago. Namaste

@destinysisco3142 25 дней назад

Stunning! Back Country Cookbook, yes please. ❤😊

@sarahamandaburton8200 26 дней назад

Love the cookbook idea, hope you go ahead with it 😊

@paean109 25 дней назад

My fear of heights would prevent me from hiking that (along with my lack of hiking experience.). Great video Andrew. Such fantastic views.

@ms.donaldson2533 25 дней назад

Fun Maryland History fact - when Lord Baltimore arrived in 1634, the payment for the land was one Indian Arrowhead a year sent by ship to the King. It was the Jesuit, Father Andrew White that had the plan to create a new world with big business plans. I love watching your videos!!! They are way more beautiful than seeing the updates on our broken bridge. Much love from Baltimore

@aliceputt3133 25 дней назад

Love the extended version with the additions. Excellent video. Thank you for sharing your adventures. ❤

@lesterma1608 26 дней назад

The discussion pulls the whole adventure together! One of the best you have done!

@Gail-ux2ly 25 дней назад

A cookbook would be a welcome addition to my library.

@leaper06 17 дней назад

Andrew, I stumbled upon your videos in my feed and have subscribed to your channel as I found it interesting and educational. I liked your "extended cut" of your original video to provide some more background information. I visited the Grand Canyon for the first time with my family in May 2023. I never understood the scale of the area until I was there. We were hiking and camping over two weeks in Nevada, Utah, and Arizona which barely skimmed the surface--I think you mentioned that as with any hikes: so many places to see and so limited time. As it was a new area for us we stayed on the more travelled (and more people) trails so watching your content is awesome to see the unencumbered areas. Please keep up the great work. I do video editing and I know how long it can take to put together a 30-40 minute segment.

@tumblewheed5994 24 дня назад

Another aged backpacker checking in to say you do extremely well captivating videos! Arthritic ailments have replaced most of my joints so I need to rely on you men to take me where I long to go but don't dare any longer. Great vid, Thank you for the trip!😊

@joellenmeek658 25 дней назад

This is a beautiful and hugely interesting hike. 35 years ago we took an 8 day raft trip through the Canyon and your vlog brought back so many memories. We hiked to a grainery and enjoyed wonderful views. Thank you for teaching me more about the Canyon.

@puppy2haley 25 дней назад

Did you raft on the Georgie White rafting adventures?? Think that was the name of the company. They’re take you white water rafting. Just curious caz my aunt did it at age 68 probably 35+?yrs ago.,🤔🤔.

@franciscomtirado97 25 дней назад

The night shots are spectacular

@topcat32349 24 дня назад

I really like watching these. I prefer riding a horse across the plains but admire those that can climb and hike with the purpose of discovery.

@noeminkemachor5324 22 дня назад

I found out your channel few days ago and I can't stop to watch them.I think you are the one who really goes into details and shows it closest as it is possible.I like your slow movements with the camera and letting as to enjoying the scenery.

@lennonwilson6407 26 дней назад

I expect the river itself is partly to blame. Many growing seasons were probably not productive so those graineries were the only thing keeping them alive. Now imagine perfecting as well you can you're agricultural plots, and then a 100 year flood happens. Not only damaging your crops, but washing away 100 years of soil building and irrigation canals. It would be devastating. Now imagine it happens again. The feast or famine nature of the canyon could have finally been too much. Remember, this was a river without dams and had a very different hydology than it does not. Just some thoughts. Enjoy your videos.

@kbock7383 25 дней назад

I found charts and reports on flood flow rates but couldn't find anything about depth of water at those flow rates. But I am of the same opinion: safety for those times when the river turned wild. Truly a different river many hundreds of years ago. Storage areas high and dry had to be a necessity as you so clearly stated.

@terrielb1944 25 дней назад

I always enjoy your adventures. The landscape is phenomenal. Waiting for the next one. Stay safe. 😊

@CinSpain 9 дней назад

I just came across this video. I'm so glad I watched it. You took us on a fascinating tour filled with knowledge, and I'm honestly really sad the video ended! I've never been there, and will possibly never go there, but man, you had me captivated. Thank you ❤ Thank you

@Desertpagan 5 дней назад

Andrew, your work is incredible!! I grew up hiking the Grand Canyon and exploring Utah's deserts. Now in my 70's I watch your videos. You have a lot to be proud of. My confession is that watching you so close to the edge while standing on loose rock stresses me out. Maybe it's my age.

@bokehinfocus 25 дней назад

Definitely love the backcountry cookbook idea!!👍

@karie9890 25 дней назад

Thank you SO much for your trips! I have watched other hiking videos, but mostly they just film themselves walking in a pretty environment. Nice, but YOU share so much information & history about the places you go, and the way to behave and respect the land and habitat! I enjoy it all so much. I have always wanted to do what you are doing, but never had the time. Now at a moderately senior age, and a few spine injuries later, I don't see it ever happening. Your generous sharing of your adventures in this way is allowing me to live my dreams vicariously through your camera! I can't thank you enough.... Blessings on your future travels~ Cook book a good idea! Hey... have you ever gone miles and run into a spot that you just couldn't pass & had to go back to the beginning and take another route?

@sallysullivan4463 20 дней назад

Thank you, Desert Drifter; this is a side of the Grand Canyon that I have never seen, just imagined. My son is a guide for Great Ventures, but I have never been below the rim. Your wonderful video reports are my vicarious way of " seeing , what could never bee seen." I'm 80, now, so you understand. My desk top computer is my link to the world, and I am so Thankful for IT ! and for you! Blessings, Grace and Peace to you and your team. Please continue what you are doing. It is greatly appreciated!

@sstdiecastracing2372 25 дней назад

I'm back. I must say I love the way you record SLOWLY so I don't get car sick watching. Thank you. I'm not finished yet but I am really enjoying this.

@dannyarmstrong2013 26 дней назад

Hunter gatherers still walk here. You're one of them. 👍

@milanetc4865 25 дней назад

Amazing. Your best video yet. I am hooked.

@joebloe1152 25 дней назад

Its difficult to find the words to thank you for these excellent videos. They are number 1.

@exyou-fd7eu 25 дней назад

already watched the original, back for the extended cut... mesmerizing scenery

@heman691 26 дней назад

Phenomenal camera work so clear and beautiful as well

@elittlebit493 25 дней назад

So good that I find myself closing my eyes because of the heights and the rocky sloping pathways!

@Joe___R 5 дней назад

It would have been incredible to see the grand canyon before the colorado was tamed. It was nessasary at the time to help our great nation expand, but it greatly changed one of the most impressive rivers to ever exist. No other river we know of has carved such a massive path through the land. It cut through hundreds and even thousands of feet of solid rock to get down to where it is now, and doing it for almost three hundred miles is incredible.

@karensmith5116 19 дней назад

I watched this several days ago, but life jumped in the way, and I only just got to thank you for sharing such an enjoyable and interesting hike. The Grand Canyon is my favorite! Keep the videos coming!

@engste678 25 дней назад

Rather you than me on those sketchy trails mate ! The history and archeology is fascinating and the photography is top notch. Thanks 👍

@engste678 25 дней назад

Lots of work to build those structures. They must have brought mud and clay all that way up the cliffs. Maybe the did have a block and tackle. Maybe there was more timber around in those days. Maybe they used it all and had to move on.

@nateday9328 25 дней назад

Brother! Your videos are epic! I look forward to your videos every week like we used to wait for our favorite TV shows "back in the day."

@watersipper1116 25 дней назад

If you aren't already an instructor in a high school or college, you ought to be. I would sign up for your classes. I get a lot from your videos and narration. Thank you so much.

@shabbykat273 22 дня назад

I visited the canyon (south rim) many years ago. When I first arrived to the park and climbed out of the car to look at the view, I remember it was so overwhelming I burst into tears. Breathtaking scenery in this video and excellent narration! Thanks for sharing your experience!