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  • Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
  • One of the great achievements of ancient engineering, the Q'eswachaka or Keshwa Chaka, is the last remaining Incan Rope Bridge. Subscribe here for new videos every Tues & Thurs - bit.ly/1PcJ14b
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    Written and hosted by Dylan Thuras (@dylanthuras)
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Комментарии • 88

  • @analmf1210
    @analmf1210 2 года назад +16

    As a Peruvian and an engineer, I thank your enthusiasm and true appreciation of their ingenuity, the INCA culture is fascinating,

  • @joel_molyneux
    @joel_molyneux 9 лет назад +73

    I absolutely love how enthusiastic and happy you seem when talking about all this wonderful stuff. Please keep up the great work!

    • @atlasobscura
      @atlasobscura  9 лет назад +8

      Thanks +Joel Molyneux! That is really appreciated!

  • @michelecarroll3133
    @michelecarroll3133 8 лет назад +14

    I'm so happy to have come across this! I planning my first trip to Peru and will definitely include this! Thank you!

    • @atlasobscura
      @atlasobscura  8 лет назад +1

      +Michele Carroll You should, it is truly amazing, and if you go, try to find Victor the bridge master he is a wonderful guy!

    • @michelecarroll3133
      @michelecarroll3133 8 лет назад

      +Atlas Obscura I'll try. did you go on your own or with a tour group? Any recommendations?

    • @TeboxYT
      @TeboxYT 8 лет назад

      +Michele Carroll dont waster your money on Peru. There is nothing to see there. Better go to Argentina or Chile

  • @mistersinnister1
    @mistersinnister1 9 лет назад +15

    how is millions of people not watching these shows they r awesome !!!!

    • @mistersinnister1
      @mistersinnister1 9 лет назад +3

      are*

    • @atlasobscura
      @atlasobscura  9 лет назад +5

      +Paul Sin Thanks! Hopefully we will keep growing the audience with folks like you!

  • @atlasobscura
    @atlasobscura  9 лет назад +21

    I made a video back in 2010 where I actually went to the spot and talked with the bridge master. Used that footage in this video as well, but wanted to present this in the 100 Wonders style as I think it's a bit easier for folks to get into!

    • @jaredfocose2048
      @jaredfocose2048 9 лет назад +4

      Thanks for the extra deep dive on this wonder. I watched your previous video on this. I am happy you re-presented the topic in this wonderful format!

    • @jaredfocose2048
      @jaredfocose2048 9 лет назад +3

      Also, I'm really happy to see that you are gaining more subscribers by the day! You deserve it!!! You are very interesting and well educated. I can't wait for the next video.

    • @atlasobscura
      @atlasobscura  9 лет назад +2

      +Jared Focose Thanks so much! So excited you guys are enjoying them!

    • @nalitosumire5700
      @nalitosumire5700 5 лет назад

      @@atlasobscura me gustaría puedas ponerle subtítulos en español...Un gran abrazo... Saludos desde Arequipa Perú

  • @tishamanda36
    @tishamanda36 8 лет назад +28

    Fuuuuuuuuck that new metal bridge!

  • @MeAuntieNora
    @MeAuntieNora 9 лет назад +20

    Crazy, my professor JUST told us about them yesterday. She's walked across one!

    • @atlasobscura
      @atlasobscura  9 лет назад +6

      +Me Auntie Nora It is pretty amazing! I couldn't help but think about the scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom where he cuts the rope bridge. Like... a not small part of me wanted to reenact the scene. I wonder if you came when they were about to cut it down anyway if they would let... hrrmm.....

  • @kekero540
    @kekero540 2 года назад +5

    I love Andean culture it has such an amazing sense of community and solidarity.

  • @denissebermeovelasquez630
    @denissebermeovelasquez630 11 месяцев назад

    I am proud to be Peruvian and I will always take wherever I go the teachings and values that our Peruvian ancestors left us. Thank you for such a wonderful video.

  • @moz1953
    @moz1953 7 лет назад +6

    excellent and pithy - i was blown away when i visited sacsayhuaman fortress and MP - their mastery of stone masonery is breathtaking, subbed, kind regards

  • @_solange
    @_solange 8 лет назад +15

    Peruvian here ✌🏽

  • @Atomic_Psychosis
    @Atomic_Psychosis 3 года назад +1

    This video is perfect for classes.

  • @mulierbellator5316
    @mulierbellator5316 2 года назад +3

    How do they get the rope from one side of a high cliff to the other side without modern tools?
    Please explain.

    • @blackliontv3
      @blackliontv3 2 года назад

      That's why I

    • @tourajtayebi2189
      @tourajtayebi2189 2 года назад +1

      They use the previous bridge to lay the new main cables across. Then they cut the old one and keep working around the main new cables.

  • @pimpompoom93726
    @pimpompoom93726 2 года назад +1

    They rebuild the bridge every year today as a cultural exercise, but how long did these bridges last in Inca times before having to be rebuilt? How many years, typically? Thanks in advance for your answer.

  • @eatthepoor6479
    @eatthepoor6479 7 лет назад +4

    i love these videos! nice job!

  • @elizabethmoeller6379
    @elizabethmoeller6379 10 месяцев назад

    I teach 5th grade and show this video every year when we learn about the Inca in our Early American Civilizations unit. It is so well done!

  • @lilyvalley5389
    @lilyvalley5389 4 года назад +3

    Well its free from nature, but their work I guess deserves payment. Yeah it must be renewed. It is an awesome thing. Must be preserved. Amazing feat.

  • @acmejia
    @acmejia 3 года назад +1

    I loved this!!

  • @texaslonestarrider
    @texaslonestarrider 9 лет назад +3

    Awesome!

  • @etchalaco9971
    @etchalaco9971 7 лет назад +4

    "learning the ropes: MIT students build Incan-style bridges at Stata" - mit.edu
    "Inca Leapt Canyons With Fiber Bridges: MIT Students Plan to Stretch 60-Foot-Long Fiber Bridge Between Campus Buildings
    By John Noble Wilford
    THE NEW YORK TIMES
    MIT students learning from Inca engineers. Gotta Love It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @renatoromero4333
    @renatoromero4333 5 лет назад

    I got to ride a bike from Quehue to the Inca bridge and the landscape was amazing!

  • @SonofTiamat
    @SonofTiamat 8 лет назад +6

    I'd still like to know how they make the bridge, other than weaving the rope anyway. How do they get it across?

    • @MarkusSchober
      @MarkusSchober 7 лет назад +7

      Son of Tiamat Anchor one end on one side of the valley, carry the other down into the valley and then up the other side.

  • @recelehberger1603
    @recelehberger1603 9 лет назад +2

    thats awesome

  • @winolowardichelli2850
    @winolowardichelli2850 2 года назад +1

    I wonder how they started it

  • @IntrepidFraidyCat
    @IntrepidFraidyCat 5 лет назад

    OMG! LOL! Great bridges....aaaand there's Jeff! Another reason that I love this channel.

  • @chesterchanin5545
    @chesterchanin5545 3 года назад

    Great explanation, inspiring!

  • @adolfobriceno1635
    @adolfobriceno1635 7 лет назад +1

    Awesome

  • @Yaddlezap
    @Yaddlezap Год назад

    But how do they FIRST span the chasm to connect the bridge?

  • @tommylopez7185
    @tommylopez7185 3 года назад

    Absolutely insane 🤯

  • @Happy_HIbiscus
    @Happy_HIbiscus 6 лет назад

    dude, this is cool

  • @anthonyrawls4731
    @anthonyrawls4731 4 года назад +1

    1:33 "hundreds of these bitches"

  • @romeshsrivastava2474
    @romeshsrivastava2474 9 лет назад +1

    Didn't you already make a video about this?

  • @centipede167
    @centipede167 8 лет назад +1

    It must've taken an entire village to make that bridge!

  • @danesgch
    @danesgch 8 лет назад +5

    its funny how I am peruvian and just now i'm finding out about this... the goverment sure does a shitty job promoting this kind of things

  • @1.4142
    @1.4142 3 года назад

    Weaving must be hard on the hands

  • @jazeroo888
    @jazeroo888 4 года назад

    Financial records in fibre.... that’s so intriguing.... mind blowing ...did they hand out receipts in fibre form? To prove you’ve paid?

  • @SebastianATaylor
    @SebastianATaylor Год назад

    Is it strange that I want a bridge like that suspended in my collection of interesting items

  • @micahshort1617
    @micahshort1617 5 лет назад

    My mind just got 💥🔥

  • @ifedayooladapo8966
    @ifedayooladapo8966 8 лет назад +4

    What's happening at 0:34 ?

    • @atlasobscura
      @atlasobscura  8 лет назад +6

      +Ifedayo Oladapo Hah, just a joke! An image of Jeff Bridges from the Big Lebowski. As in, he is a great bridges!

    • @jenya-was-here
      @jenya-was-here 6 лет назад

      ^ lol xD

  • @aplimsollpunk2738
    @aplimsollpunk2738 7 лет назад +1

    It takes a village to raise a bridge...

  • @lazerman121
    @lazerman121 Год назад

    Satellite imagery shows it is no longer there ;(.

  • @marigeobrien
    @marigeobrien 6 лет назад +1

    But HOW were they first built? How do they make the span?

    • @brogensauer2044
      @brogensauer2044 4 года назад

      Marige OBrien they wove twine you idiot

    • @AJWRAJWR
      @AJWRAJWR 3 года назад

      @@brogensauer2044 you've misunderstood the question, idiot.

  • @contracostarippers.
    @contracostarippers. 3 года назад +1

    filibuster obstructa

  • @billionthoughts1719
    @billionthoughts1719 5 лет назад +2

    HEY your videos are nice :D
    i like your teeth. they make your smile warm :D

  • @rk41gator
    @rk41gator Год назад

    "A constant product of renewal" is SO native American in culture and philosophy. Their entire system of government was amazing and unique. One of the only true and successful communist governments, the Inca had the good of the people and community at its heart. Sad that a bunch of bullies with firearms made from a Chinese invention favored gold over art, conquest over culture. And yes, I know it was a monarchy and 'the people' had no choice about the matter. But the system WORKED. How many of modern people truly have a say in how they are governed?

  • @salvadorpatino6248
    @salvadorpatino6248 9 лет назад

    Where in Peru is this? I recently went on a month long trip there, and completely missed out on this!

    • @atlasobscura
      @atlasobscura  9 лет назад +4

      +Salvador Patino It is about 5 hours by van outside of Cusco. It is kind of a trek and while it does see some tourists, it's not like a major attraction. Mostly people doing big motorcycle treks.

  • @Mackem_uk
    @Mackem_uk 8 лет назад

    so it's like triggers brush?

  • @qentrepreneurship9987
    @qentrepreneurship9987 6 лет назад +1

    It was not easy to built such CHAKAKUNA or bridges. The ancestors had learnt these technologies from previous peoples as The Tiwanakus, Waris, Chimus, etc.
    They took science and technlogy to an upper level building roads, bridges, water supply cannals, food storages, aclimatization of plants in higher places. As well as progress In astronomy; terraces building, social organisation and information recording systems (quipus and yupana)
    They ancestors conformed an efficiente society...very humble and simple persons doing extraordinary progresses.
    Even the SPANISH THIEVES recorded THERE WAS TOO MUCH FOOD in the entire kingdom.
    Qinachumachu ?

  • @merymoore9514
    @merymoore9514 Год назад

    Que interesante pero en español también por favor

  • @alx81
    @alx81 5 лет назад

    Damn, I’m. Peruvian and didn’t know about these bridges.

  • @Hucklefart_Dinklejartin
    @Hucklefart_Dinklejartin 3 года назад

    How has nobody mentioned indiana jones and the temple of doom?

  • @mrbisse1
    @mrbisse1 4 года назад

    Thanks so much. I just wish that you had not used the word "weaving" because the bridge is mostly "spun" and "braided". But still, thanks.

    • @jonn40853
      @jonn40853 3 года назад

      Nobody cares frankly

    • @mrbisse1
      @mrbisse1 3 года назад +2

      @@jonn40853 Spinners, braiders, and weavers do.

  • @youareanidio1
    @youareanidio1 2 года назад +1

    I came from online school

  • @cnsisow
    @cnsisow 3 года назад

    Wouldn't it be 250 bridges if a new bridge is made every two years since its been 500 years?

    • @cinliss
      @cinliss 3 года назад

      its 1-2 years so probably

  • @diggocombs4548
    @diggocombs4548 2 года назад

    Why do they try to take this type comradery spirit away in America?

  • @busyyogurt5206
    @busyyogurt5206 3 года назад

    Fascinating, but the narrator talks too much, and is on screen for 90% of the vid. I wanted to hear and see the Bridge Master and the local people.

  • @samuelreed2994
    @samuelreed2994 5 лет назад

    Just back the camera up three feet, bro

  • @TheChampion-ig2gd
    @TheChampion-ig2gd 4 года назад

    I have to watch this for history.🙄

  • @drivesthecar3247
    @drivesthecar3247 7 лет назад

    Very interesting!! But, I would've liked to have seen more of the bridge instead of your face yapping about it. You're very enthusiastic but... Come on!

  • @KilroyNBC
    @KilroyNBC 6 лет назад +1

    just show it already...you talks to much