One of the signatures on a rock you showed - Jens Peter Hansen - was my grandfather. He was a young man tending the family sheep the winter of November 1867. When I was wandering in the desert and visited the site I immediately recognized his "handwriting" from family documents. I took my mother to the site who confirmed the situation. She was in her late 80's at the time. The desert is full of wonderful treasures that should be carefully preserved.
That is so cool! It gives me goosebumps thinking about your grandfather out there with his flock & you bringing his 80 year old daughter to that same spot!! Wow!!
@@TheTrekPlanner LOVE the side-by-side shots, you need to do another compilation for 250K SUBS really soon. How about all the failures.... there has got to be a few rainouts, and false starts up the wrong side of a big river or chasm, jumping out of your skin from a donkey braying....
Your humble nature and deep respect for these places is a breath of fresh air in today's society. Remembering our past is how we work toward the future! Keep on trekking!
You are a pleasant and careful explorer and host of the places and ideas. Nice to watch. No wacky noises, jumping around, or being silly. Just a great show. We feel we are with you on the trek. That's nice.
No surprise to me that you've reached 100k. One of the most intriguing channels on the tube right now in my opinion. My Dad used to explore the 4 corners in the just the way you are right now, and long before the internet. He told fantastic stories of finding full undiscovered villages with unbroken pots and grinding stones. Unfortunately, I was never able to explore any of it with him. Your channel proves to me that these places exist. As another Southern Utahn, I want to say great job, keep up the great vids and I'm looking forward to your next one!
I used to live in Utah and would go out in the desert (more up north near Eureka where that crazy lunatic threw those young people down the mineshaft.) Lots of stories about lost treasure all over...especially lost gold mormon coins that were stolen and the thieves went into the desert next to be seen again.
My mom has told me stories of her family when growing up going around the area and finding all sorts of ruins and pottery. They called it "Tooli Hopping". My grandpa had a large collection of intact pottery that vanished when he died. Different times, for sure.
We have a lot of similar ancient ruins built by the native "Romans" (haha) around where we live - it's fun seeing all the petroglyphs, pottery shards, etc. Some of them are right near busy roads, but fortunately not a lot of people know about them so they don't get destroyed. Thank you for keeping the locations secret. Looking forward to more videos, keep them coming!
You are truly blessed, as I'm sure you know! Speaking on behalf of all old geezers everywhere, who've always had more than a passing interest in things of an archeological nature, we appreciate these wonders you are cataloging for future generations. Through you narratives and camera work, I can see things that few ever see, and I'm appreciative of the technology (and gasoline) you've purchased to make these things possible. The best part is, you have a pleasing demeanor and are a natural at this. Keep up the good work and please be careful! You're in the ancient stomping ground of the Skinwalker! Glad you have a Sat phone.
I'm usually a shy person, but putting myself out there has been a challenge and blessing in many ways to me. I've really had to stretch myself. I have really enjoyed sharing these places with you and others!
It's hard to believe that the buildings of the Ancient Pueblo have been there for THOUSANDS OF YEARS, and some of the stuff we build now barely lasts over several HUNDRED! Also, you are just so darn cute that you brighten my day every time I watch one of your great videos! I'm a 60-something, very happily married lady, so don't worry about me stalking you or anything 😉.
Thank you for your work. As an indigenous descendant of the southwest who doesn’t live there I appreciate being able to see the places my ancestors built and that someone who isn’t of the lineage who built them appreciates them just as much as I do. I love you man you’re the best. Please keep doing what you do. It makes me so proud of who I am and anyone who dogs you is racist or is jealous of the legacy some people have on this continent. Thank you 🙏
A really neat idea would be to speak with the local tribes' elders and ask them about some of these finds as far as what they know about them because I bet there is a great deal of knowledge they have that would be so interesting to learn and to share with us.
Excellent channel; please ignore the idiots who have miserable lives and must feel relevant by spreading negative energy. Continue doing what you do; you’re great!
Well deserved! One of my favorite channels. Great hikes and discoveries with gorgeous and beautiful scenic views. And you’re so respectful of the sites. Love! 💗
Absolutely LOVE your channel! Calming yet adventurous. I’ve always been fascinated with ancient dwellings especially Native American sites so a big THANK YOU for all that you do. Congratulations!
I did a google search for one of the carved names that appeared in the video. John Harvey Averett was born on 8 March 1854, in Salt Lake City. He died on 5 May 1917, in Logandale, Nevada at the age of 63, and was buried in Pioneer Hill Cemetery, Overton, Nevada. I even found pictures of him. Fun!
You deserve it!!! In my opinion you are on par with “Time Team”and “Indiana Jones”. You will likely inspire many people to care for our past in the correct way. You will also inspire others to just… go outside!! You are doing something really important here, and your success is the proof.
For the amount of research you put into these videos and the time it takes to do so, specially with your family? Great videography! Glad your video hit my algorithm! Thank you!
New subscriber here. Love your channel. I grew up on the Navajo Reservation near Canyon De Chelly. So I grew up exploring the canyon and ruins. It has always fascinated me. Love how you respect everything you see and also not taking bits of pottery. (Bad luck to that that). Keep up the amazing work.
Thank you so much. I'm jealous you have gotten to explore Canyon De Chelly. It's on my list. I know it's an amazing place and can't wait to visit. Thank you for your comment
The area you've explored with the footage you've never showed before, with the 3 figured petroglyphs, I got to visit that same sight about 15 years ago, and it started my fascination of ancient sites and such! So fun to see someone else sharing that same place and seeing what I saw so long ago!
You deserve the 100K followers (and more). You obviously put a great deal of effort into your research and excursions. I look forward to your future videos!
I like that you are exploring without being intrusive or digging. Your taking a peak and not making out you know what you’re looking at so it feels like we explore with you. Thanks
Jeff, I'm glad to have found your channel, and become one of the 100K subscribers! I'm sure I'm not alone in telling you that you have a personality and presentation style that makes me feel like I'm enjoying your company in the videos, not just enjoying the places you take us. Too many youtube channels are full of conceit. You come across as genuine, and that's refreshing! Your videos are particularly compelling to me because I spend time on Google Earth as well, while I'm planning any hike. So you're playing a familiar game, and you're clearly having fun with it too! A couple of your videos have provided enough clues to inspire me to pull up Google Earth and go hunting for the site you visited. So far I've only found one, and only because I was familiar with Cedar Mesa/Bears Ears. It's one of my favorite playgrounds! The history is fascinating, whether it's "ancient" or not. If we were in Europe or Asia or Africa and we found stone age sites, there would be no question that the sites are "ancient." But in the Americas, stone age culture lasted right up until Cortez arrived, and much longer than that in areas the Spanish never settled. So stone age sites in the Americas are much younger than they might be in other parts of the world, but no less fascinating. It's funny that you mentioned the age of the Egyptian pyramids as a comparison to the Ancestral Puebloans. The two have something in common that keeps my attention: the egyptian hieroglyphs were a puzzle to historians for centuries: a written language, much like the petroglyphs and pictographs on Utah, but one that we haven't yet deciphered. Maybe someday we'll find an American "Rosetta Stone" to help us clear up their meaning!
I really appreciate your comment!! I have heard that some of the meanings to some petroglyphs are still known today by some Native American groups, but that they are sacred and they do not want to share them. I can't remember if I heard this from a video somewhere or a lecture I took part in at the University of Utah, but it just goes to show that petroglyphs (and ruins) are special places
Really enjoy the posts of your adventures. Thank you VERY MUCH for your constant reminders to be respectful of the places, and the things (think pottery shards), that you find. Keep up the great work, wish I could be there exploring with you!
You are an awesome trekker and I am definitely hooked on your videos! Stay safe and keep exploring. We will keep watching! And thank you for being so respectful and fun!
As a fellow explorer at heart, I Love your videos! Finding unique things on Google Maps and then Going Out to Find them! Sooo Cool! And it’s refreshing to see your respect for these awesome ancient sites! Keep up the good work! Congrats on reaching 100K!!
Good morning Mr. Trek, I love how u respect each & everything. I love your work & respect the way U respect. Thank you Trek for everything. From a happy subscriber 🌞
I'm glad you're getting so much subs! You deserve it for all the hard work you do to create quality content. You have one of the best channels on RUclips. I hope you get over 1 million subs before it's said and done.
It is actually because of YOU that this was made possible. Well done. I admire you. Slow the edits down a bit for us oldies eh? haha We get to live vicariously through you and you are an absolute delight. Thank you for sharing this world with us.
How have I never found your site til now? So happy. I'm sadly too old to go trekking to the really adventurous places, but my husband and I love taking trips from California to the desert southwest and visiting petroglyph sites as well as ancient dwellings of early indigenes. That region holds a fascination for me; don't know why, but it's an awesome experience. A favorite memory is a trip that included a drive through Sunset Crater, where we walked up to and around dozens of ruins, finding pottery shards, handprints in the adobe mud holding stones together in the ruins on the walls of Walnut Canyon. I would love to be young now, with a tool like Google Earth to help us explore. I'll explore vicariously through you, now I've found you. Thank you so much for sharing, yet taking care with protecting these very special sites. I do hope you find an archeologist with whom you can share the locations so perhaps at some point they can be studied more. Who knows what new facts might be learned!
The structure that is about 12 minutes in is a geologic structure. Myron Cook in his video "Investigate Mysterious Features with a Geologist" explains how it is formed. I just came across your videos and I am really enjoying them. I am so happy to see how respectful you are of the sites and I appreciate that you do not reveal where they are. As a rockhound I have seen first hand the destruction of an area when it becomes public. Looking forward to new adventures through your videos. I wish you continued success and safe travels!
@@TheTrekPlanner Wow thank you so much for responding! I absolutely mean it, your content is second to none! I have a huge interest in Southwestern archaeology and the research and exploring you do and videos you make are fascinating and make me want to further explore the incredible ancient history and ruins in that stunning part of the country. Thanks for the outstanding content, keep up the great work!
i'm so glad to have found your channel and pleasantly surprised by how quickly its grown in subscribers. i grew up in a small town in arizona and spent my childhood exploring the desert. every video takes me back to that feeling of wonder. so cool. 🙂
I appreciate your dedication, the self reflection and the historical respect you show concerning your treks. I often want to know more about the builders of these ruins. Thanks!
Hi there Jeff. I am native and live among these ruins. Our ancestors passed down to us. Anaizie broke their pottery and they did not carry with them. Later they would make more pottery where they live. It was said from Pablo people we don't want dog's eating from our dish. Thats why pottery was broken before they left
You do a good job of taking us places that some of us cannot travel to, so thank you for your efforts and your own interest in archeology, and for keeping the locations protected. Keep up the good work and thank you for sharing your videos with us! ❤
Love your channel!!! Thank you for the respect you show for the Earth and ancient historical places you visit. I am half Lakota and just love seeing all hour finds! ❤
Keep Trekking, been exploring for over forty years. When I can’t get out your videos incite me to roam. There is always something undiscovered waiting. Best fun ever!
I love those old steps. It must have taken so much work to carve them out. The person who made them must have felt pride & a sense of acheivement & left a lasting creative work of practical use. Such works, when you think of the hands & backs & bodies that made them, have a real beauty of their own.
I'm not surprised your channel has 100K subs. It has a natural appeal to it and It's well done and well thought out. You're doing a good job, keep up the good work.
Thankfully for those of us who hike there, the sandstones of southern Utah and the four corners provide fantastic traction, and they help make all of us more sure-footed, so long as the rocks are not loose. There's a recreation area near Moab Utah that's called "Slickrock." While the name makes it sound dangerous, its a bit of an inside joke: the rock surfaces at Slickrock are some of the grippiest anywhere. making it possible to hike or to ride bikes and motorcycles on steep inclines without losing grip. It's a weird feeling at first, moving across a slope that makes you think you might slide down, yet your boots and tires grip like the slope was almost flat.
I live in urban London (UK)- you're so lucky to have this scenery to wander in, and unexplored spots to find. It's lovely to see this part of the USA. Keep it up!
Haven't commented before, but here I go. Been watching your videos for some time now and have really enjoyed them because I have also run across many old/ancient ruins in the four corners area and I'm always intrigued by them. I try to imagine myself living in that spot years ago and usually can't see how they did it. I think there must have been a lot more water in those areas than you see today. No matter the circumstances, I really admire what they had to do to survive. Keep up the good work. I'm looking forward to more.
There are a few channels I subscribe to and since i've recently discovered yours, I can say, you've quickly have made my top 3. Technology, (ie. Google Earth, GPS, drones.), wasn't around when I was able to explore desert regions and I find it absolutely intriguing. Now, I sit and vicariously explore with adventurers like you, willing to share your travels, adventures and knowledge without sidetracking. Congrats on reaching that magic number, and good luck reaching the next one!
My dad took us to every national park he could and hiked a lot.I didn’t appreciate it as a child but now, in my 60s I have time and want to get back into shape and go see things. Your videos are very nice and easy to watch and I’m hoping will get me up and exploring again. I like the information and history you share. Very useful. Thank you!
I love what you do. I used to be able to do things like that myself but my health doesn't permit me to any more. That's why I love and appreciate what you do very much. You makes me feel like I'm right there with you. Thank you very much. I hope you keep traveling and making great videos. Kathy
What I love about exploring and finding places like this is that you are standing in the exact same spot those people were standing in when they carved those petroglyphs or built those ruins. That is so exciting to me.
THANK YOU! Loved it. Did you know the Dineh (Navajo) used to dig holes all over the places where they might encounter "Anasazi", so they could jump into them and conceal themselves. The Anasazi's main economy was the slave trade. Chaco was built by slaves, and slaves cut and hauled the timbers. Each home/building at Chaco Canyon is built diff. I never noticed until it was pointed out by a Dineh Historian Wally Brown. He said the slaves built their own homes and in the style of their tribe, that's why they are different. The Dineh called Chaco "The House or place of crying" b/c wails and cries were always heard coming from the place. They were into human sacrifice. Worshipped the darkness, and mocked the gods. They became addicted to gambling, which was brought to them by a man from the south. Prob. an Aztec or Toltec. They even gambled their wives and children away. Then they came under mind control from the beings that come thru the portals. The spiral represents the portal, and you see the beings connected to this portal. They can be in human form, or chimera's. They ate each other. Book about it "Man Corn" Those who could fled, the slaves revolted and fled. Some never seen again, others joined other tribes or joined the Dineh. (am I repeating myself lol. I've typed this elsewhere to someone) This info. comes to me from a 3rd generation medicine man and storyteller for the Dineh Navajo. A generation for them is 102 yrs. He says whatever you are told by the Parks Dept. about Chaco is not true. They will not allow the truth to be told. It's too woo woo for them. However, Dr. Don Mose Jr. the 3rd generation storyteller who gave this info. said their creation story mirrors Genesis as well. (it does, it starts off with 4 rivers that flow in opposite directions, but only two are in their oral history. Same as in the Bible. Tigris, Euphrates always talked about. Gishon and Pison sp? just mentioned once. He is on FILM saying this stuff. Which, is indeed a once in a lifetime thing. After The Hopi were betrayed and a ceremony not to be seen by outsiders was filmed and shown to outsiders...no more white man and his camera. Even Dr. Mose said, as he erased the sand after he told the stories said they stay here. Nothing leaves the hogan. You memorize the stories. He was rather indifferent to the camera. He just sat down and started chanting out all this oral history about The Anasazi. They had to kill the lights, pre checks, everything b/c once Don started, he does not stop. So they just turned the camera on and rolled with it.
Oh my gosh! That orange pottery is amazing. I love the desert and used to go hiking and camping often in Southern Utah. I've been fortunate enough to also hike to some ruins around Lake Powell. Now that I can't hike anymore I enjoy the journey you are taking us on. I dont care what anyone says, 700 years in our history is ancient!!! Keep up the great work. Its also fun to see you others. I get a little nervous thinking about you out there by yourself. I'm glad you take the precautions you do!
Spent lot of time in SW in70s, no Google earth. Our discoveries were made by dirt bike and sheer accident but always amazed. Thanks a lot for these videos. Love them, keep it up.please
Kia Ora Jeff, and congratulations on reaching 100,000. I'm so glad that on the first day I saw the youtube shorts appear, yours was the first one I clicked on and you got a new subscriber. I think you were around 23 or 43 thousand at that point. Sorry I can't recall. Regardless, I'm so appreciative of your efforts and your long suffering Annie who always seems okay ♫♪ ♪♫ PS: The marker at 15:29 is not a headstone but a memorial for a county worker that was shot by a psychiatrically ill itinerant who was camping out in the desert. It was an absolutely senseless killing. There's plenty of info on line if you or anyone is interested.
Don’t think I told you before but I watch your videos more than once because I can’t find any new videos from you. I would rather watch yours than other peoples videos because you seem like you’re a real person, not a phony. Thanks for being you Jeff. Please keep it up.♥️
And thank YOU for giving us a window to a fascinating world. While Chaco Canyon and the Anasazi may be prime examples of native American settlement in the Southwest, your finds clearly demonstrate the extent of the Pueblo influence. Take care, be safe!
I never knew the desert regions were so rich in history. Thank you for your hard work. Your shows have great content and block out the negativity. They dont make any sense.
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One of the signatures on a rock you showed - Jens Peter Hansen - was my grandfather. He was a young man tending the family sheep the winter of November 1867. When I was wandering in the desert and visited the site I immediately recognized his "handwriting" from family documents. I took my mother to the site who confirmed the situation. She was in her late 80's at the time. The desert is full of wonderful treasures that should be carefully preserved.
Thank you for sharing! It's interesting to think he and I were standing in the same spot many years apart looking at the same rock surface
That is so cool! It gives me goosebumps thinking about your grandfather out there with his flock & you bringing his 80 year old daughter to that same spot!! Wow!!
@@TheTrekPlanner LOVE the side-by-side shots, you need to do another compilation for 250K SUBS really soon.
How about all the failures.... there has got to be a few rainouts, and false starts up the wrong side of a big river or chasm, jumping out of your skin from a donkey braying....
Your humble nature and deep respect for these places is a breath of fresh air in today's society.
Remembering our past is how we work toward the future!
Keep on trekking!
Your kids are so lucky to have an adventurous dad like you getting them outside and appreciating this magical world.
You are a pleasant and careful explorer and host of the places and ideas. Nice to watch. No wacky noises, jumping around, or being silly. Just a great show. We feel we are with you on the trek. That's nice.
We all like silly and wacky noises Karen! 😂
@@kateapple1, No, not all of us. Not me.
Well said ...
@@kateapple1 You spelt Katherine wrong...
"Spelt"? As in wheat?
Spelled.
No surprise to me that you've reached 100k. One of the most intriguing channels on the tube right now in my opinion. My Dad used to explore the 4 corners in the just the way you are right now, and long before the internet. He told fantastic stories of finding full undiscovered villages with unbroken pots and grinding stones. Unfortunately, I was never able to explore any of it with him. Your channel proves to me that these places exist. As another Southern Utahn, I want to say great job, keep up the great vids and I'm looking forward to your next one!
I would love to find unbroken pots one day! Thank you for your kind words!
I used to live in Utah and would go out in the desert (more up north near Eureka where that crazy lunatic threw those young people down the mineshaft.)
Lots of stories about lost treasure all over...especially lost gold mormon coins that were stolen and the thieves went into the desert next to be seen again.
My mom has told me stories of her family when growing up going around the area and finding all sorts of ruins and pottery. They called it "Tooli Hopping". My grandpa had a large collection of intact pottery that vanished when he died. Different times, for sure.
One of my favorite channel on YT!
Jeff, your pleasing nature matches the beautiful nature you explore. Thank you for the heart you put into these videos.
Thank you!! This is so much fun for me!
Congratulations on 100K. Thank you for taking this senior citizen to places she could never reach.
The amount of respect to each and every site and the every shard of pottery shows you deserve 100,000 followers.
I really appreciate that, thank you!!
Cheers!! It only took once and I was hooked. 99,999 others are too. You’re doing it right. Congrats!!
Thank you for tagging along with me!!
We have a lot of similar ancient ruins built by the native "Romans" (haha) around where we live - it's fun seeing all the petroglyphs, pottery shards, etc. Some of them are right near busy roads, but fortunately not a lot of people know about them so they don't get destroyed. Thank you for keeping the locations secret. Looking forward to more videos, keep them coming!
I really wish Romans did send centurions to The Southwest! That would be some interesting history!!
The Pueblo remind me of Etruscans.
I am amazed at all the places you visit. Being disabled now, you go places I can't. Thank you!
I have an amazing place I'm excited to share with you! I just got back today and am working on a few videos. I hope you will enjoy this one too!
You are truly blessed, as I'm sure you know! Speaking on behalf of all old geezers everywhere, who've always had more than a passing interest in things of an archeological nature, we appreciate these wonders you are cataloging for future generations. Through you narratives and camera work, I can see things that few ever see, and I'm appreciative of the technology (and gasoline) you've purchased to make these things possible. The best part is, you have a pleasing demeanor and are a natural at this. Keep up the good work and please be careful! You're in the ancient stomping ground of the Skinwalker! Glad you have a Sat phone.
Being an old geezer, I’ll join in this opinion. Being good gets you stuff.
Geezette here. Thank you for documenting your adventures and taking us with you!💖
Skinwalkers and chupacabras too! 😳
I'm usually a shy person, but putting myself out there has been a challenge and blessing in many ways to me. I've really had to stretch myself. I have really enjoyed sharing these places with you and others!
It's hard to believe that the buildings of the Ancient Pueblo have been there for THOUSANDS OF YEARS, and some of the stuff we build now barely lasts over several HUNDRED!
Also, you are just so darn cute that you brighten my day every time I watch one of your great videos! I'm a 60-something, very happily married lady, so don't worry about me stalking you or anything 😉.
haha thank you so much!
Thank you for your work. As an indigenous descendant of the southwest who doesn’t live there I appreciate being able to see the places my ancestors built and that someone who isn’t of the lineage who built them appreciates them just as much as I do. I love you man you’re the best. Please keep doing what you do. It makes me so proud of who I am and anyone who dogs you is racist or is jealous of the legacy some people have on this continent. Thank you 🙏
A really neat idea would be to speak with the local tribes' elders and ask them about some of these finds as far as what they know about them because I bet there is a great deal of knowledge they have that would be so interesting to learn and to share with us.
Excellent channel; please ignore the idiots who have miserable lives and must feel relevant by spreading negative energy. Continue doing what you do; you’re great!
That means a lot to me. Thank you!
Well deserved! One of my favorite channels. Great hikes and discoveries with gorgeous and beautiful scenic views. And you’re so respectful of the sites.
Love! 💗
Thank you so much!!
Absolutely LOVE your channel! Calming yet adventurous. I’ve always been fascinated with ancient dwellings especially Native American sites so a big THANK YOU for all that you do. Congratulations!
Thank you!! I'm happy to have you "along" on the adventure with me!
The ancient dwellings are remarkable. Love Mesa Verde!! ❤️
I did a google search for one of the carved names that appeared in the video. John Harvey Averett was born on 8 March 1854, in Salt Lake City. He died on 5 May 1917, in Logandale, Nevada at the age of 63, and was buried in Pioneer Hill Cemetery, Overton, Nevada. I even found pictures of him. Fun!
Another search for Adolph Axelson turns up a possible candidate from Two Harbours, Minnesota, born in 1851 and died 1925.
A candidate for the Jens Peter Hansen carving was a person by that name born in Utah to Danish immigrant parents. He lived from 1866-1934.
The name Peter O. Madsen may have been Ole Madsen 1818-1881. He was born in Denmark but died in Manti, Utah.
You deserve it!!! In my opinion you are on par with “Time Team”and “Indiana Jones”. You will likely inspire many people to care for our past in the correct way. You will also inspire others to just… go outside!! You are doing something really important here, and your success is the proof.
Keep it up. Good work
For the amount of research you put into these videos and the time it takes to do so, specially with your family? Great videography! Glad your video hit my algorithm! Thank you!
I'm so glad too!! Thank you algo!!
It is so refreshing to see someone who cares so much about the places you visit , A well deserved 100k .
New subscriber here.
Love your channel. I grew up on the Navajo Reservation near Canyon De Chelly. So I grew up exploring the canyon and ruins. It has always fascinated me.
Love how you respect everything you see and also not taking bits of pottery. (Bad luck to that that).
Keep up the amazing work.
Thank you so much. I'm jealous you have gotten to explore Canyon De Chelly. It's on my list. I know it's an amazing place and can't wait to visit. Thank you for your comment
I love to watch your adventures. I'm too old to do it so you're doing it for me...thanks.
Very interesting many congratulations on 100k subscribers well deserved 👍👌
You deserve every one of those 100K followers, your content is always good and always enjoyable. Next stop, 250K!
That means so much to me! I hope one day to get there!
The area you've explored with the footage you've never showed before, with the 3 figured petroglyphs, I got to visit that same sight about 15 years ago, and it started my fascination of ancient sites and such! So fun to see someone else sharing that same place and seeing what I saw so long ago!
You deserve the 100K followers (and more). You obviously put a great deal of effort into your research and excursions. I look forward to your future videos!
Thank you so much!
I like that you are exploring without being intrusive or digging. Your taking a peak and not making out you know what you’re looking at so it feels like we explore with you. Thanks
Jeff, I'm glad to have found your channel, and become one of the 100K subscribers! I'm sure I'm not alone in telling you that you have a personality and presentation style that makes me feel like I'm enjoying your company in the videos, not just enjoying the places you take us. Too many youtube channels are full of conceit. You come across as genuine, and that's refreshing!
Your videos are particularly compelling to me because I spend time on Google Earth as well, while I'm planning any hike. So you're playing a familiar game, and you're clearly having fun with it too! A couple of your videos have provided enough clues to inspire me to pull up Google Earth and go hunting for the site you visited. So far I've only found one, and only because I was familiar with Cedar Mesa/Bears Ears. It's one of my favorite playgrounds!
The history is fascinating, whether it's "ancient" or not. If we were in Europe or Asia or Africa and we found stone age sites, there would be no question that the sites are "ancient." But in the Americas, stone age culture lasted right up until Cortez arrived, and much longer than that in areas the Spanish never settled. So stone age sites in the Americas are much younger than they might be in other parts of the world, but no less fascinating.
It's funny that you mentioned the age of the Egyptian pyramids as a comparison to the Ancestral Puebloans. The two have something in common that keeps my attention: the egyptian hieroglyphs were a puzzle to historians for centuries: a written language, much like the petroglyphs and pictographs on Utah, but one that we haven't yet deciphered. Maybe someday we'll find an American "Rosetta Stone" to help us clear up their meaning!
I really appreciate your comment!! I have heard that some of the meanings to some petroglyphs are still known today by some Native American groups, but that they are sacred and they do not want to share them. I can't remember if I heard this from a video somewhere or a lecture I took part in at the University of Utah, but it just goes to show that petroglyphs (and ruins) are special places
Really enjoy the posts of your adventures. Thank you VERY MUCH for your constant reminders to be respectful of the places, and the things (think pottery shards), that you find. Keep up the great work, wish I could be there exploring with you!
You are an awesome trekker and I am definitely hooked on your videos! Stay safe and keep exploring. We will keep watching! And thank you for being so respectful and fun!
As a fellow explorer at heart, I Love your videos! Finding unique things on Google Maps and then Going Out to Find them! Sooo Cool! And it’s refreshing to see your respect for these awesome ancient sites! Keep up the good work! Congrats on reaching 100K!!
Thank you thank you!! I am having a lot of fun doing this! The drives are not so much fun though haha
Binge watching! Just fascinating to this 75 year old still young at heart and vicariously living your fantastic adventures with you.
Thank you for always giving us fantastic content. It's a real pleasure to watch it.
Good morning Mr. Trek, I love how u respect each & everything. I love your work & respect the way U respect. Thank you Trek for everything. From a happy subscriber 🌞
Thank you tons! Means a lot to me!!
I enjoy your channel please keep it up, congratulations 🎉
I'm glad you're getting so much subs! You deserve it for all the hard work you do to create quality content. You have one of the best channels on RUclips. I hope you get over 1 million subs before it's said and done.
The channel has unique and intersting content. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
It is actually because of YOU that this was made possible. Well done. I admire you. Slow the edits down a bit for us oldies eh? haha We get to live vicariously through you and you are an absolute delight. Thank you for sharing this world with us.
Wow, thank you! I’ll keep that in mind to slow things down a bit in future videos :-)
Thank you for concealing the precise locations, and for leaving them undisturbed. I appreciate your videos very much!
Best video so far! Thank you for sharing your adventures.
LOVE your videos! Keep it up and stay safe.
How have I never found your site til now? So happy. I'm sadly too old to go trekking to the really adventurous places, but my husband and I love taking trips from California to the desert southwest and visiting petroglyph sites as well as ancient dwellings of early indigenes. That region holds a fascination for me; don't know why, but it's an awesome experience. A favorite memory is a trip that included a drive through Sunset Crater, where we walked up to and around dozens of ruins, finding pottery shards, handprints in the adobe mud holding stones together in the ruins on the walls of Walnut Canyon. I would love to be young now, with a tool like Google Earth to help us explore. I'll explore vicariously through you, now I've found you. Thank you so much for sharing, yet taking care with protecting these very special sites. I do hope you find an archeologist with whom you can share the locations so perhaps at some point they can be studied more. Who knows what new facts might be learned!
I'm so glad to have you part on my adventures!!
Congratulations on 100K. Well done and deserved. I enjoy your hikes and definitely appreciate your efforts to conceal exact locations.
My draw to subscribe was the detail you show of your finds and your even greater respect for those finds. Thank You for sharing.
Congratulations on 100K!!!! You absolutely deserve it!
Wow thank you so much!!
The structure that is about 12 minutes in is a geologic structure. Myron Cook in his video "Investigate Mysterious Features with a Geologist" explains how it is formed. I just came across your videos and I am really enjoying them. I am so happy to see how respectful you are of the sites and I appreciate that you do not reveal where they are. As a rockhound I have seen first hand the destruction of an area when it becomes public. Looking forward to new adventures through your videos. I wish you continued success and safe travels!
Congrats on 100k subscribers!!! You deserve it, one of the best channels on RUclips!
wow that means the world to me!
@@TheTrekPlanner Wow thank you so much for responding! I absolutely mean it, your content is second to none! I have a huge interest in Southwestern archaeology and the research and exploring you do and videos you make are fascinating and make me want to further explore the incredible ancient history and ruins in that stunning part of the country. Thanks for the outstanding content, keep up the great work!
i'm so glad to have found your channel and pleasantly surprised by how quickly its grown in subscribers. i grew up in a small town in arizona and spent my childhood exploring the desert. every video takes me back to that feeling of wonder. so cool. 🙂
Congratz! It's well earned. Love your channel.
I appreciate your dedication, the self reflection and the historical respect you show concerning your treks. I often want to know more about the builders of these ruins. Thanks!
Hi there Jeff. I am native and live among these ruins. Our ancestors passed down to us. Anaizie broke their pottery and they did not carry with them. Later they would make more pottery where they live. It was said from Pablo people we don't want dog's eating from our dish. Thats why pottery was broken before they left
Thank you for sharing that insight! I always wonder why there is so much broken pottery at these places!
Loving your explorations even more with the kids! Wish I had had parents like you! The excitement is contagious 😄😎😍
You do a good job of taking us places that some of us cannot travel to, so thank you for your efforts and your own interest in archeology, and for keeping the locations protected.
Keep up the good work and thank you for sharing your videos with us! ❤
Congrats on 100k! Found your channel when most people did, around 5 months ago, and been really enjoying learning from and watching your adventures!
I am very grateful that you and others have helped grow my channel to where it is today! Thank you
Love your channel!!! Thank you for the respect you show for the Earth and ancient historical places you visit. I am half Lakota and just love seeing all hour finds! ❤
Nice job editing it all together for us. Thanks. Your videos come across as very genuine. Appreciate it, from Ivins, UT.
Thank you very much ti taking us along on your adventures. They are so neat and informative. 👍😍👋😎.
Keep Trekking, been exploring for over forty years. When I can’t get out your videos incite me to roam. There is always something undiscovered waiting. Best fun ever!
I love those old steps. It must have taken so much work to carve them out. The person who made them must have felt pride & a sense of acheivement & left a lasting creative work of practical use. Such works, when you think of the hands & backs & bodies that made them, have a real beauty of their own.
I'm not surprised your channel has 100K subs. It has a natural appeal to it and It's well done and well thought out. You're doing a good job, keep up the good work.
Keep going, it is a delight following your exploits in the desert. Thank you.
I am amazed at your sure footing on the sides of cliffs!!
Thankfully for those of us who hike there, the sandstones of southern Utah and the four corners provide fantastic traction, and they help make all of us more sure-footed, so long as the rocks are not loose.
There's a recreation area near Moab Utah that's called "Slickrock." While the name makes it sound dangerous, its a bit of an inside joke: the rock surfaces at Slickrock are some of the grippiest anywhere. making it possible to hike or to ride bikes and motorcycles on steep inclines without losing grip. It's a weird feeling at first, moving across a slope that makes you think you might slide down, yet your boots and tires grip like the slope was almost flat.
I live in urban London (UK)- you're so lucky to have this scenery to wander in, and unexplored spots to find. It's lovely to see this part of the USA. Keep it up!
Haven't commented before, but here I go. Been watching your videos for some time now and have really enjoyed them because I have also run across many old/ancient ruins in the four corners area and I'm always intrigued by them. I try to imagine myself living in that spot years ago and usually can't see how they did it. I think there must have been a lot more water in those areas than you see today. No matter the circumstances, I really admire what they had to do to survive. Keep up the good work. I'm looking forward to more.
Thank you for your comment! I do what you do, admire what they created and that we get to see it, or what's left of it.
Congratulations 👏👏👏
It's obvious you have a passion for this and that you work hard to put out good content and you are being rewarded for that
There are a few channels I subscribe to and since i've recently discovered yours, I can say, you've quickly have made my top 3. Technology, (ie. Google Earth, GPS, drones.), wasn't around when I was able to explore desert regions and I find it absolutely intriguing. Now, I sit and vicariously explore with adventurers like you, willing to share your travels, adventures and knowledge without sidetracking. Congrats on reaching that magic number, and good luck reaching the next one!
I am humbled that I am even on your list! I'm just a regular guy hiking, so your comment means so much to me. Thank you!!
absolutely amazing discoveries! thank you so very much for sharing!
My dad took us to every national park he could and hiked a lot.I didn’t appreciate it as a child but now, in my 60s I have time and want to get back into shape and go see things. Your videos are very nice and easy to watch and I’m hoping will get me up and exploring again. I like the information and history you share. Very useful. Thank you!
I love what you do. I used to be able to do things like that myself but my health doesn't permit me to any more. That's why I love and appreciate what you do very much. You makes me feel like I'm right there with you. Thank you very much. I hope you keep traveling and making great videos.
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What I love about exploring and finding places like this is that you are standing in the exact same spot those people were standing in when they carved those petroglyphs or built those ruins. That is so exciting to me.
THANK YOU! Loved it. Did you know the Dineh (Navajo) used to dig holes all over the places where they might encounter "Anasazi", so they could jump into them and conceal themselves. The Anasazi's main economy was the slave trade. Chaco was built by slaves, and slaves cut and hauled the timbers. Each home/building at Chaco Canyon is built diff. I never noticed until it was pointed out by a Dineh Historian Wally Brown. He said the slaves built their own homes and in the style of their tribe, that's why they are different. The Dineh called Chaco "The House or place of crying" b/c wails and cries were always heard coming from the place. They were into human sacrifice. Worshipped the darkness, and mocked the gods. They became addicted to gambling, which was brought to them by a man from the south. Prob. an Aztec or Toltec. They even gambled their wives and children away. Then they came under mind control from the beings that come thru the portals. The spiral represents the portal, and you see the beings connected to this portal. They can be in human form, or chimera's. They ate each other. Book about it "Man Corn"
Those who could fled, the slaves revolted and fled. Some never seen again, others joined other tribes or joined the Dineh. (am I repeating myself lol. I've typed this elsewhere to someone) This info. comes to me from a 3rd generation medicine man and storyteller for the Dineh Navajo. A generation for them is 102 yrs. He says whatever you are told by the Parks Dept. about Chaco is not true. They will not allow the truth to be told. It's too woo woo for them. However, Dr. Don Mose Jr. the 3rd generation storyteller who gave this info. said their creation story mirrors Genesis as well. (it does, it starts off with 4 rivers that flow in opposite directions, but only two are in their oral history. Same as in the Bible. Tigris, Euphrates always talked about. Gishon and Pison sp? just mentioned once.
He is on FILM saying this stuff. Which, is indeed a once in a lifetime thing. After The Hopi were betrayed and a ceremony not to be seen by outsiders was filmed and shown to outsiders...no more white man and his camera. Even Dr. Mose said, as he erased the sand after he told the stories said they stay here. Nothing leaves the hogan. You memorize the stories. He was rather indifferent to the camera. He just sat down and started chanting out all this oral history about The Anasazi. They had to kill the lights, pre checks, everything b/c once Don started, he does not stop. So they just turned the camera on and rolled with it.
It is lovely to go out on trips with you to see these very old places. I love it.
You have such a great eye for finding things. And you are honest and straightforward about it. Thanks! I’m hooked! Lol!
Thank you for joining along with me!
Thank you for taking us along on your adventures.
I love your videos. I also enjoy the wacky, fringe comments. From the sublime to the ridiculous!
Thank you so much!
Congratulations, your videos are fun and interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Congrats on 100k subs. ❤❤❤❤
Sooo happy for you!!! Love what you are doing!!! I look forward to seeing each new video!
For a seaker of adventure out west, you fill in the gaps when I cannot be there. Very nice. I like your respect for the ancestors.
Cograts on 100k. I have been really enjoying your adventures. I
Oh my gosh! That orange pottery is amazing. I love the desert and used to go hiking and camping often in Southern Utah. I've been fortunate enough to also hike to some ruins around Lake Powell. Now that I can't hike anymore I enjoy the journey you are taking us on. I dont care what anyone says, 700 years in our history is ancient!!! Keep up the great work. Its also fun to see you others. I get a little nervous thinking about you out there by yourself. I'm glad you take the precautions you do!
Spent lot of time in SW in70s, no Google earth. Our discoveries were made by dirt bike and sheer accident but always amazed. Thanks a lot for these videos. Love them, keep it up.please
Kia Ora Jeff, and congratulations on reaching 100,000. I'm so glad that on the first day I saw the youtube shorts appear, yours was the first one I clicked on and you got a new subscriber. I think you were around 23 or 43 thousand at that point. Sorry I can't recall. Regardless, I'm so appreciative of your efforts and your long suffering Annie who always seems okay ♫♪ ♪♫
PS: The marker at 15:29 is not a headstone but a memorial for a county worker that was shot by a psychiatrically ill itinerant who was camping out in the desert. It was an absolutely senseless killing. There's plenty of info on line if you or anyone is interested.
Don’t think I told you before but I watch your videos more than once because I can’t find any new videos from you. I would rather watch yours than other peoples videos because you seem like you’re a real person, not a phony. Thanks for being you Jeff. Please keep it up.♥️
You are my adventure from my couch. I am 70 and never will get a chance to travel and see areas like this. Thanks so much!
I love your channel. I was surprised to see that I'm one of 100,000 that feel the same way.👍
Well deserved!!! TY and God Bless!!!
We have been retired for years and love seeing what you find. We do go ATVing in UTAH from time to time, but can't do what you do, love the videos.
And thank YOU for giving us a window to a fascinating world. While Chaco Canyon and the Anasazi may be prime examples of native American settlement in the Southwest, your finds clearly demonstrate the extent of the Pueblo influence. Take care, be safe!
Awesome!! I really enjoy you taking us along on these explorations, can't wait to see what's next!
Thank you for the respect you show these wonderful sites.
I never knew the desert regions were so rich in history. Thank you for your hard work. Your shows have great content and block out the negativity. They dont make any sense.
DONT STOP !!! Great recording , just love watching. It seems you have a lovely young family as well - good on you young man !!❤
thank you....if I were 60years younger I'd be out there doing what you do but I am grateful that you are doing it and sharing that with us.
Love your channel and am sharing 🌻 thank you for respecting these places and people and our history here on this planet.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Happy you have over 100,000 subscribers. Well done 👏 😊