Hey everyone! Just wanted to leave a quick update here- Apologies for the inconsistent video posts recently, I am currently on the road, filming some of my biggest and best concepts yet, including one that is very special (Ill give you a hint: it won't happen again until 2045) Hoping to get back on a regular weekly Fri / Sat schedule as soon as possible. Thanks for watching this video, cant believe this channel is about to hit 90k subs. I cannot thank you all enough.
I love how silent this video is. No stupid music in the background, just wind, footsteps, some rocks. Perfect. This is how every hiking channel should be.
I once spent a few months driving all over Costa Rica. On the Pacific coast I stayed in a small town that had a beautiful shallow bay with white sand beaches. I was snorkelling in water as clear as gin when below me on the bottom I saw the beginning of what turned out to be a huge spiral of stones! It was incredible. Beautifully stacked and rising higher as the circle tightened. It was a work of art. Back at my hotel I asked the owners (a French couple) about this and they had no idea. Then the next morning this little local Tico who was a waiter in the dining room told me what it was. He knew I spoke Spanish so he told me that 'los ancestros' had built the circle and that it was a sea turtle trap. During low tides they would fill the inner part of the circle with dead fish and cover it over so the sea turtles would choose to edge along into this circle, between the stone walls and the diameter was made to get ever so slightly narrower the closer they got to the middle and then, they would be stuck.
Well, that is freaking awesome! I was in Costa Rica for a week recently but it was in the mountains and San Jose. The closest I could come to this is when my dad and I were hiking in the woods behind our house in New Hampshire back in the early 2000's. We went up a logging road from the turn of the century up past my house (which I later found out was an old coach road from the colonial days, turned logging road, turned abandoned road), and after going off the trail for a few we ended up finding an old, abandoned mica mine. It was a granite cliff about 30 feet tall and around 70 feet wide, with a giant rectangle chunk blown out of it, with piles of rock and huge pieces of mica strewn about the area. along with old blasting wires still sticking out of the ground. A little ways off of this barely visible road going to the mine was an old Model-T looking work truck that had a 50-70-foot oak tree growing right through the middle of it with a trunk twice as round as my arms hugging it. The truck was rotted down to rusted metal with only a shred or two of a fabric-like material remaining in the cab. A few days later we asked our neighbors down the road who were in the academic circle if they knew anything about it, and it turns out we were the first people to find it since it closed down after WW2. They told us it was a mica mine that was opened before the war and they would use the mica in transistor radios, different electronics, fireplace and woodstove windows, and various other uses. They were beside themselves that dad and I had found it, and soon after, they both went up and found it. This was in Wentworth, New Hampshire, on the edge of the White Mountains. It was a cool piece of forgotten history for the last 100 years. Definitely not as cool as your story. Lol! Also, in that same house we lived in, we had a woodstove from probably around the same time as the mine and IT HAD mica windows!
@@StrangeScaryNewEngland The place I was in is Manuel Antonio and the beach is in a nature reserve. You got to it through a path through the jungle. If you have blond hair cover it up completely until you get to the beach, Back then there was a tribe of macaques who went berserk and threw their excrement. They were OK with black hair like mine but they hated blondes. Maybe they just hated Germans lol.
I’m a 66 yr old woman from the uk, now housebound after a lifetime of hiking, pot holing, exploring, camping,, staying in caves etc. Many RU-vid watching hours in all that time but your videos make me feel I’m OUT walking, seeing all these fantastically beautiful landscapes. No irritating music… thank you so much for taking me such wonderful adventures. Love your faithful dog too.
There used to be a log book in there, sad to see its gone.. I've been up on top of that twice... (there used to be a helicopter rescue card for the noobs, someone has been stuck up there in the past)... Thanks for sharing your adventure!
Really nicely done video of Cabezon Peak. Walked around it when I lived Albuquerque in the 60's. This is exactly what drones are good for. As well as young people willing to get away from the tv or computer games. Thanks from a 70 year old who would be there if he could.
@@the_pov_channelAt about 11.00 the basalt is showing some similarities, although not as perfectly formed, to the Giants Causeway on the Antrim coast and Fingals cave in Scotland.
@@aidendoc4714yes, there is some poorly developed columnar jointing evident in places. This is also somewhat reminiscent of Devils Tower in Wyoming, another volcanic plug. I’ve been to Fingal’s Cave on Staffa in Scotland, one of the most magical places I’ve ever been!
We should be able to put 2 or 3 thumbs up! This was perfect, perfect! You daring up those walls, the intriguing spiral, the memories box. Truly fantastic! Thanks 👌🏻👌🏻
If you're ever doing any hardcore scrambling/climbing like this again, you honestly might want to consider buying some climbing approach shoes. Not only are they great to walk in but, they'll feel much better on rock. As dorky as it might be, wearing a helmet when you're climbing loose rock is probably a good idea in case there's rockfall or you just smack your head on the way up. Stay safe out there. Great content, keep it up. This is an insanely cool find.
@@jackiemack8653 Yes and no, approach shoes are a style of climbing shoe that's also comfortable for the hike to your climb. For scrambles and lower grade climbs they are a great compromise to carrying a separate pair
There is something magical about this video. The serenity of not only being atop this formation but being up there alone with perfect conditions that allow you to see for miles. I have driven through much of the Southwest but I have always dreamt of getting out and hiking/climbing. Thank you for sharing this experience.
The fact that you free solo climbed that (and then got to see what the spiral is) means you're not just an outdoorsman, that's an adventurer. Also those drone shots were awesome
This 80 y.o. vicarious explorer greatly appreciates your share of this land of N.M. that I have loved since I was a toddler. I knew it was there, but , now, you have shown it to me. I have seen it thru your eyes and I am thrilled. Your 'gift' is oh, so gratefully received . Thank you. I've passed by the turn-off , and never took the road less traveled. Thank you, again...
Just a friendly word of advice. Take it or leave it.. I know the ring looks cool but the next time you climb something like that I would highly consider removing it before it potentially removes your pointer finger. Switch to silicone or something if you got to have one. But it doesn't take much of a shock load to separate you from your index finger. Killer friggin hike dude. Good find
The drone shots almost looks like another planet. Amazing landscape! I don't climb anymore but when I did it always seem easier to climb up and much harder climbing down. Maybe just me. I wish someone would go to the Grand Canyon and check out the so called Egyptian artifact cave in the forbidden zone. We need to know the truth!
Drones are so loud, all you would hear is brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr nonstop droning. He deletes the sound and puts this on top of the video. Unless you hung a microphone way below the drone, that could work probably.
Risking his life? This is just Cabezon Peak about 40 miles NW of Albuquerque. It’s a fairly popular hiking spot. It’s kinda out in the middle of nowhere but there’s nothing really dangerous about it.
When you got closer to the base the sides started looking like the sides of devils tower. When you flew over them cracks puts in prospective on how the Grand Canyon was formed. Stay safe stay healthy
Wow… What a spectacular place! I just love your drone footage. And, YES, please find a way to investigate some of the anomalies of the Grand Canyon! 🎉❤😊
@@1nvisible1 The cracks are the scars left by the intense heat caused by a huge electricity discharge... lightnings on the lawn of a golf course or on man's skin look like that... Lichtenberg effect they say...
@@anne-dominiquemeylan1908 I live in Southern Colorado and we have arroyos everywhere and they are even named. They are not made by a massive electrical discharge, they are made by running water. Less conspiracy and more touching grass.
I can't believe how quickly you climbed that gnarly plug. That's coming from an old guy with old legs which would have totally gumbied out long before the summit. Loved the drone video, so great. Isn't it funny how the pups won't drink until you get back to them. Great buddy you have there. Catch you on the next one.
Haha, I agree. Looks like old giant tree stumps. Volcanic plugs sounds made up to explain them away. Basalt columns have never been seen to form in modern volcanism.
I have never heard of a volcanic plug! Lived on Oahu for 13 years, learned all I could about volcanoes, so I'm guessing volcanic plugs don't exist out in the middle of the ocean, or any ocean. Just the desert? The ones you presented in your video all resemble giant tree stumps. Amazing discovery of all of the people who had hiked up there and left their names! Your drone footage is just truly magnificent! Absolutely love it!
The cross indicates a "nadir", an Earth intersecting energy point of 2. The Spiral, indicates a Portal structure available to who knows how to use it. You Must BE of a very high frequency to use it safely.
@@Outrjs It does both, depending entirely on the conditions. That's a gulch, produce by periodic, intense rainfall rapidly eroding loose, alluvial depositions of fine sediment. There are other types of canyons that form over thousands or millions of years. There are rifts that form instantly when tectonic plates shift. There's a system of deep canyons in Georgia that formed rapidly over a few decades after human activity destabilized the area. The variation is as varied as the different environments on Earth.
@@Outrjs Lol, I _am_ an Indian, dude, and that's kind of racist. Ooh, us mythical Indians, telling magic stories! 🤣 Nah, what you're selling are stories, and I'm telling you, science has long since proven them wrong.
@@Salmacream IIRC, if wasn't any particular gulch. Rather, he was ascribing the creation of canyons, gulches, etc., including the Grand one, to single, simple, near instantaneous events. As if the fact that the one in the video undercut a cattle fence was proof that *all* such features form rapidly, that "they" (mainstream science, I guess?) are lying to us to hide "TRUTH" about the world from all the "normies." The rest of us believe the Grand Canyon formed gradually, over millions of years, but _special_ ones (like him), know it was the Flood or something.
@@Salmacream Oh, he also told me to go talk to some "Indians," that'd "tell me stories" about the creation of the world, as if they could magically explain all the natural phenomenon better than science.
It’s actually a wind shelter/ wind break. The spiral form is really good for this, as it keeps a wall on all sides with no breaks for wind to get thru. It’s a cool earth work for sure but I think the wind break is the purpose
Brother I give you props. You never disappoint me. I haven't watched your channel in a while but I'm gonna start watching it again. Can you imagine what it looked like when those volcanoes where active? Dinosaurs walking around, lava spewing out of jagged peaks, etc Excellent video
That's why New Mexico where Cabazon is located, is called THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT!! My home state. Glad you are showing different parts of it. Thank You.
I love this channel. This is my ASMR, rock , wind, nature. I live 20 min from Bellingham and heart skipped a beat when you read that note..vicariously living these last few years and this is soul nourishment ✨
I'm from WA where everything is covered in trees and these desert exploration videos are like from a different planet I love it! Thank you for showing us how diverse and geologically awesome the desert really is
I remember back ( 2004) went on a elk hunt at Mount Taylor. I got VHS videos of Cabazon it was 4 to 5 times taller and had its own eco system on top trees plants etc and there was a thunder storm going on on top, it was surreal
@15:33 "Stay on target..." @15:46 "POV use The FORCE..." @15:56 Seriously Serendipitous Scenery & Your Soul's Song (That Glorious Laugh Brought a SMILE to my face, thank you).
Great Video & climb. Mysterious spiral rock structure on top. Somebody went to a lot of effort for the Gods. Had a blue merle Aussie. Smart pup, great frisbe catcher. My constant companion. Thanx for filming this. Love the panoramic view for miles...... the West is such a great playground !
It's not a pillar of volcanic rock. It's definitly a heavy eroded petrified stump of one of these giant and millions of years old trees all over the world. Easy to see because of the hexagonal cell structure. Like the "devils tower". (where gigantic underground root structures have even been detected with lidar.)
The ammo box is a Geocache. Early on the. Internet people would mark places they find the geocache on a geocache website, leave an item, and take an item in return (if they want to), and make a comment on what they traded. This was before you could upload pics to the internet.
I don't believe they are volcanic plugs,.. Not enough volcanic rock flows around about them in the wider area'. What these things maybe are giant fossilised tree stumps from the world wide flood of Noah's days in : Genesis 7'
I haven't heard about these before. This is a really interesting comment. Do you have more examples of some suspected locations for these possible Fossilized stumps?
@@42N8_1 I see these giant trees all over the world, and many other people are beginning to see them as well. Keep your eyes open whenever you are watching these kinds of videos, and when you are out and about in the wilderness. Look out for signs of tree rings & bark looking rocks but on a 'Large scale' and large veins of quartz running through the rock. Also; Mountains that look like : Devils Tower in Wyoming in the US, or the Giant's Causeway in northern Ireland, these long pipe like rocks may be the pipe-like xylem vessels in trees & plants now fossilized; once used to take in water from the soil by the process called osmosis. The pipe-like xylem cells in plants stake together in long polygonal chains' just like you see at Devils Tower in Wyoming, the rubble around the tower are these polygonal pipe-like xylem vessels broken down at the bottom of the tower. I hope this info helps'
@@42N8_1 I see these giant trees all over the world, and many other people are beginning to see them as well. Keep your eyes open whenever you are watching these kinds of videos, and when you are out and about in the wilderness. Look out for signs of tree rings & bark looking rocks but on a 'Large scale' and large veins of quartz running through the rock. Also; Mountains that look like : Devils Tower in Wyoming in the US, or the Giant's Causeway in northern Ireland, these long pipe like rocks may be the pipe-like xylem vessels in trees & plants now fossilized; once used to take in water from the soil by the process called osmosis. The pipe-like xylem cells in plants stack together in long polygonal chains' just like you see at Devils Tower in Wyoming, the rubble around the tower are these polygonal pipe-like xylem vessels broken down at the bottom of the tower. I hope this info helps'
Been to the top of Cabezon twice. Ancient dude in Cuba said to take a rock for the cross and my life would be blessed. Didn't take a rock, but I did stash a .30 cal ammo can with two bbottles of water and some hard candies 3/4 of the way up. Been 26 years, I wonder if it's still there.
Hello First i'll thank you for your work and your videos. Second i mean this isn't a volcano, this is a tree stump. 😉 Look in the Graden from your neighbors or other who cut down a big tree. The rest of the stump look like this. You find every one in the world. When it was a volcano, Then the area around it would not be so uniform, even after centuries of erosion. Good luck, thank you and greetings from Berlin, Germany
Amazing! May be all this around mountains are not old vulcans. They are petrified stumps of giant threes. That is my opinion. Greetings from Croatia ❤.
