*@**8:45** wonder if the upright bare tree out of the hunting blind was new or intended to mimic deer antlers.* *@**9:13** are the mustard yellow circles on lower right pictographs?*
@@andriadobbs6774 that is what it’s all about, is listening to everything around us and shut the brain out for a minute and interpretation of the wind and the nature around it
High spot - signal tower, fire on top to alert/communicate to fellow tribesmen. Occurs all along the Mogollon rim; love your (our) hikes, brother! I Enjoy every one…
Awesome! I loved the extra ambient sounds. I was just thinking, you should do a short of the golden eagle. Like "golden eagle attacks drone." People would love that! ❤
@@TheTrekPlannerCool and please be careful of flash floods. Also what a wonderful idea to play the sounds. For someone who can't get out and enjoy nature anymore I'm grateful.
@The Trek Planner One amazing aspect of having nearly a quarter of a million subscribers, which you already have, is that by taking each of us on these journeys, you are potentially saving the environment from who knows how many pairs of boots. Thank you.
I think it was a Gathering Place for the Tribes to meet and have fun. BTW... I really enjoy being on your hikes and very thankful for you. Thank you and God Bless.
LOL, I felt you were talking about me and my comments. If I were 30 years younger, I would be out there, so once again, thank you for taking me along with you. It was a wonderful
That is tuu tuu mii or Indian tea (not sure if I spelled it correct) which my ancestors have used and to this day we go and pick when its time. We are Paiute/Shoshone Indigenous Tribes from the Owens Valley.
Maybe the wall was to keep the children from wandering too close to the edge? Or maybe it was the wall of a dwelling? I don’t think all walls were necessarily defensive. I wonder if there’s a database somewhere of archaeological sites in the area where scientists have described them and recorded their hypotheses about how the sites were used and what they might have originally looked like. Cool find!
I think this was an area where herd animals were run off the cliff, and processed on the spot. That would also make it logical to have dwellings and places to cut and dry hides and meat. I love the genuineness of your enthusiasmm. It is so infectious. You are a joy.
Thank you for the sensory input. I could almost smell the place! As a mother, I can come up with a thousand reasons to have a low wall around my mesa! To me this looks like a good summer dwelling. The seep, the hunting advantages,the farming possibilities. Yeah 👍 sign me up!
I have seen walls built by ranchers in the middle of the desert to restrict cattle movement. Maybe the wall is meant to keep cattle away from the edge.
Probably. I'd put my bet on the initial Spanish ranchers tho. Too well done and big for later ranchers. Reason being is the initial Spanish explorers traveled with LARGE parties rather than later single family ranchers. (I have a small ranch/farm and KNOW how next to impossible this kinda structure is to build alone or with just a couple helpers)
Im not sure its that hard, but you might be right. The Uk has 180,000 miles of drystone walls, the earliest are about 3000bc. Not usually that thick though. Slow work but its someting to do if you have taken your livestock up there. Could have happened for generations. @AbleMan.2178
My thinking was that people living on cliff edges would undoubtedly have younger children, and a wall would be an impediment before a curious child came to the edge of the cliff. It would also have a defensive purpose to deter incursions by other tribes.
What a beautiful hike. That pause with the sound and rhythm of nature was so enjoyable. The more I watch your videos the better I understand the beauty and peaceful unity of the people who lived here. Thank you Jeff.
YES on the nature sounds, used so well in the video. Curiosity and respect come through, something you share with Desert Drifter-very different but complementary approaches.
Been watching for a long time now I think this is my first comment though you do an outstanding job and I love your respect for everything. Thanks again for sharing.😁✌️
WOW..... thank you so much for making that audio recording. Just amazing..... even better than music. You can put yhe music at the beginning and the end. Thanks for the hard work. I look forward to your weekly video.
I left the southwest when I was ten. Your soundscape recording brought me back too some found memories of exploring with my parents. Awesomeness. Thank you!
I can empathise (empathize for Yanks) with you on the memories but can you explain to a Furriner why Americans have such a hard time working out when to use too/to/two/tu/tutu??? 😉😊
Absolutely beautiful - great drone footage too! You climb up the mountain scared me & yet I'm comfortably at home - glad you made it back down safely.🌎
I agree that the first site was a hunting chute, with blinds. That seems to make the most sense. I also love hearing the natural sounds. More of that, please!
The weather, winds, erosion for millenia would've changed, shortened the cliff edge we see today. .. The thickness of the walls could be for protection from winds, cold, heat - and predators would have a rough time getting through or over without drawing a lot of attention. ABSOLUTELY love your attitude, respect and protection of these locations!
I rarely leave comments but I did love that ambient sound with the drone shots.. it did "put me right there" as you intended. I do not know about others but I vote for that all the time you drone shoot. Oh, I looked at others comments and I guess I am not the only one.. good thought you had there.. as a History buff I can tell you this is of great interest to me especially since in the last few years I have turned my attention on the America's and jhow they were settled.. Well, before I start teaching I will go.. carry on son.. you are doing a bang up job here.
I am so grateful you chose to leave a comment about the music! I debated about it for a while and wondered if the ambient sounds would be better at the end but decided to try to do it with the drone shots. I’m happy to hear it was enjoyable!! Thank you!
Brings the site that much closer, when just the environmental sounds can be heard. (At one site you visited, you even caught a disembodied voice!) 🙌🏻🙌🏻
this looks like the remains of a massive building to me... maybe not all sides had walls, and all wooden parts are gone... but the presence of water makes it livable...
Yes…it once was a massive red brick structure. An extreme heat event cooked and melted most of it down. Look into and research #Meltology #MeltedRedBrickUniversity
Tire and spring set up for cows and deer. Love hear natural sounds of birds and bugs. For those of us who used to hike like you in our younger days the sounds bring back memories. Love the way you include us! 😊🙏🏻❤️ Spring would bring in animals! Great hunting set up!
Ive always thought these drone views would make a GREAT lead-in to a movie! Show the isolation, desolation and overgrowth from above, then slowly zoom down to the ruin of a dwelling......then have it come to life with action as it becomes how it was back in time when it was alive with people and activity. Thanks for bringing these fascinating glimpses back in time to us.
I think you are right about the walls being used to channel game to the cliff edge. More modern indigenous people did this at Buffalo Jump, Alberta. It isn't a logical defense nor dwelling design.
@@nthomas87 Granted the Earth's climate has been changing in recent times but I have some difficulty in envisioning the large herds of grassland herbivores placidly nibbling the verdant greenery up in those crags just waiting for the local tribes to scare them over the drop. Buffalo Jump sites are highly specific (and used over long periods, thus lots of evidence left) but that much human effort for the occasional solitary bighorn sheep etc (which would be more sure-footed and much more knowledgeable of the terrain than the local Tontos) seems counter-productive. 🤔😉😊
Destroyed ruins and granary spoke to me. The strategic positioning of it makes for one reason for its destruction. Someone didn't want to be seen coming and going miles away.
Thank you for letting us hear the ambient sounds. I loved hearing that and watching the drone footage. I prefer that over the music. I’ve not ever said so, but I, too, feel like I’m hiking with you. In my younger years, I probably would have joined you or gone out on my own just to go out and enjoy nature. But these days, my legs don’t work like they used to, my back wouldn’t be able to stand the climbing and long walks, and my balance would have me falling at least every hour. I have a few degenerative issues and a problem with my brain now. So, I look forward to your posts all the time. It really takes me back to a time that I could walk all day and camp under the stars on the ground. Now I have to get creative when I camp. My back, hips and knees would be a problem all night long and in the morning I would need at least two strong, young men to pick me up off the ground. When I fall, I have to call emergency services to come pick me up. Usually they insist on taking me to the emergency room to get checked out. In the last 10 years, I have fallen too many times. I now break bones when I fall. I have broken my ankle, wrist, ribs and my hip. I had to get a new hip after that. But I really do miss it so much. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us. 😊
Another great video adventure! As an Audio Post Pro i'm so happy you are going to start field recording- excellent move and such a unique opportunity as you are out there with just nature👍
Thank you for enhancing the sounds. I used to hike a lot and miss it so much. I am nearing 69 and full-time walker, so.... Anyway, I am an Okie, and the sounds took me back to my hikes on the rim of Red Rock Canyon in Oklahoma (of course you can Google it lol). Pleasure to see you doing what you love. Keep it up while you can 😊
I prefer the ambient sounds rather than music with the drone footage. Thank you, Jeff!
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I will be focusing more on doing ambient music for drone footage!!
*@**8:45** wonder if the upright bare tree out of the hunting blind was new or intended to mimic deer antlers.*
*@**9:13** are the mustard yellow circles on lower right pictographs?*
@@andriadobbs6774 that is what it’s all about, is listening to everything around us and shut the brain out for a minute and interpretation of the wind and the nature around it
I love the natural sounds. I put these videos on full screen & makes it so much better to enjoy the video.
me too! I put it on the tv with great speakers-so niiice!
Just hearing the sound of nature is relaxing!
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@@honeybadgerisme 💯
I do as well. Wearing headphones makes sure I don't miss any sounds either.
High spot - signal tower, fire on top to alert/communicate to fellow tribesmen. Occurs all along the Mogollon rim; love your (our) hikes, brother! I Enjoy every one…
I agree on tower idea.
Love the signal tower idea! Thank you for hiking with me, Robert! 🙂 Means a lot to me!
Like a series of beacons
@@TheTrekPlannerThat other structure with lower walls could have been a paddock for animals
You are a kind, considerate man. Thank you. Love the desert sounds.
Thank you kindly, Mikey! I will do more of it!
Your videos just get better and better with every episode,thank you for the kindness Jeff.
That is so great to hear! Thank you, Scott! 🙂
The melody of the bird, wind etc, must have been something amazing to wake up to...Thanks
I, too, am glad you don't have alot of music. The natural sounds are wonderful to hear. Thanks for another great hike.
Awesome! I loved the extra ambient sounds. I was just thinking, you should do a short of the golden eagle. Like "golden eagle attacks drone." People would love that! ❤
That is a great idea!! I will make a short on the golden eagle!!
@@TheTrekPlannerCool and please be careful of flash floods. Also what a wonderful idea to play the sounds. For someone who can't get out and enjoy nature anymore I'm grateful.
@The Trek Planner One amazing aspect of having nearly a quarter of a million subscribers, which you already have, is that by taking each of us on these journeys, you are potentially saving the environment from who knows how many pairs of boots. Thank you.
It's a relief to watch a video that says, "I found a wall on Google earth" without following the with, "It's clearly 200,000 years old and Atlantean".
I love going on these adventures with you! Thank you for taking all of along and teaching us to respect historical sites.
Brilliant Ruins in a Brilliant Setting - this was a Fantastic Adventure - Great Landscape - nice Bird Sounds again ! Many Cheers from Australia !!!!
I love the ambient sounds! I love all of your videos. Thank you!
Thank you, Sue! I'm grateful to you for your support!!
What a treat to hear all the natural sounds around you!
I loved the natural songs of the birds and the wind. Thank you for sharing :)
I absolutely love the look of adventure in your face and your eyes
Funfact: I live in the small town in Bavaria, Germany where the company Deuter is, which produced your Rucksack 😀
Grüß Gott!
@@prieten49 😃 Servus!
Gott schütze Bayern! Grüße aus dem Schwarzwald 🙂
Does your area have enough power?
Swing by their factory and tell them they make some great backpacks! haha
I live in Colorado now. But for 25 years, everything for miles around my home looked just like that. Horse and I explored a lot.
Thank you.
I really enjoyed hearing the birds and wind. That was a good idea. I wonder did the ancient peoples build sentry points around their territory?
I totally agree, life was tough then.
Thanks Jeff!
I think it was a Gathering Place for the Tribes to meet and have fun. BTW... I really enjoy being on your hikes and very thankful for you. Thank you and God Bless.
We love the sounds of nature. Great idea. Should be in every video😊 And you're right, it feels like you are guiding us on a personal voyage
Thank you for sharing your interesting adventures ✌🏻🫶🏻
LOL, I felt you were talking about me and my comments. If I were 30 years younger, I would be out there, so once again, thank you for taking me along with you. It was a wonderful
You are so welcome! Glad you are here, Daniel!
Another nice video! I like that you slow pan the camera when focusing attention on particulars. Nothing feels rushed.
Thank you for that feedback!!
That is tuu tuu mii or Indian tea (not sure if I spelled it correct) which my ancestors have used and to this day we go and pick when its time. We are Paiute/Shoshone Indigenous Tribes from the Owens Valley.
Thanks!! I was pretty sure it had a name before Mormons arrived
Maybe the wall was to keep the children from wandering too close to the edge? Or maybe it was the wall of a dwelling? I don’t think all walls were necessarily defensive. I wonder if there’s a database somewhere of archaeological sites in the area where scientists have described them and recorded their hypotheses about how the sites were used and what they might have originally looked like. Cool find!
Love the sound!
If there was no pottery shards at the first site, I would think that it was not used for domestic purposes.
The natural sounds are super! Thank you. Great walk we went on
You continue to do a remarkable job in searching with Google Earth. Thanks again for taking this old man on such a great adventure.
I think this was an area where herd animals were run off the cliff, and processed on the spot. That would also make it logical to have dwellings and places to cut and dry hides and meat. I love the genuineness of your enthusiasmm. It is so infectious. You are a joy.
Thank you for the sensory input. I could almost smell the place! As a mother, I can come up with a thousand reasons to have a low wall around my mesa! To me this looks like a good summer dwelling. The seep, the hunting advantages,the farming possibilities. Yeah 👍 sign me up!
Agree totally. The whole site looks like a castle estate. This site has a lot to offer.
Great idea to record the natural sounds. Loved it.
I have seen walls built by ranchers in the middle of the desert to restrict cattle movement. Maybe the wall is meant to keep cattle away from the edge.
This was my thought too, that the walls maybe kept people or animals from going over the edge.
Good idea.
Probably. I'd put my bet on the initial Spanish ranchers tho. Too well done and big for later ranchers. Reason being is the initial Spanish explorers traveled with LARGE parties rather than later single family ranchers. (I have a small ranch/farm and KNOW how next to impossible this kinda structure is to build alone or with just a couple helpers)
Im not sure its that hard, but you might be right. The Uk has 180,000 miles of drystone walls, the earliest are about 3000bc. Not usually that thick though. Slow work but its someting to do if you have taken your livestock up there. Could have happened for generations. @AbleMan.2178
My thinking was that people living on cliff edges would undoubtedly have younger children, and a wall would be an impediment before a curious child came to the edge of the cliff. It would also have a defensive purpose to deter incursions by other tribes.
That was great, Jeff. I really enjoyed the sounds. Thank you!
What a beautiful hike. That pause with the sound and rhythm of nature was so enjoyable. The more I watch your videos the better I understand the beauty and peaceful unity of the people who lived here. Thank you Jeff.
YES on the nature sounds, used so well in the video. Curiosity and respect come through, something you share with Desert Drifter-very different but complementary approaches.
I have such bad vertigo, just watching you film over that drop made me shiver. 😕
11:03 one could totally relax into sleep with these background sounds. These ancient civilizations had it rough but definitelyhad it right.
Been watching for a long time now I think this is my first comment though you do an outstanding job and I love your respect for everything. Thanks again for sharing.😁✌️
WOW..... thank you so much for making that audio recording. Just amazing..... even better than music. You can put yhe music at the beginning and the end. Thanks for the hard work. I look forward to your weekly video.
I left the southwest when I was ten. Your soundscape recording brought me back too some found memories of exploring with my parents. Awesomeness. Thank you!
I can empathise (empathize for Yanks) with you on the memories but can you explain to a Furriner why Americans have such a hard time working out when to use too/to/two/tu/tutu??? 😉😊
Even the ancients enjoyed patios with a view.
Absolutely beautiful - great drone footage too! You climb up the mountain scared me & yet I'm comfortably at home - glad you made it back down safely.🌎
Loved the addition of the nature sounds. You do a great job of including us. Keep on trekkin. 💕
That idea of the nice mic picking up what you're hearing is amazing! The sounds are so relaxing ❤
Thanks for taking us to places we could never go. Love your videos.
Natural sounds were great!!! Thanks
I agree that the first site was a hunting chute, with blinds. That seems to make the most sense. I also love hearing the natural sounds. More of that, please!
👍 moment of zen. Excellent. Couple minutes of quiet.
The weather, winds, erosion for millenia would've changed, shortened the cliff edge we see today. .. The thickness of the walls could be for protection from winds, cold, heat - and predators would have a rough time getting through or over without drawing a lot of attention. ABSOLUTELY love your attitude, respect and protection of these locations!
I wish you the best adventures.
The sound is great with drone shots,
I rarely leave comments but I did love that ambient sound with the drone shots.. it did "put me right there" as you intended. I do not know about others but I vote for that all the time you drone shoot. Oh, I looked at others comments and I guess I am not the only one.. good thought you had there.. as a History buff I can tell you this is of great interest to me especially since in the last few years I have turned my attention on the America's and jhow they were settled.. Well, before I start teaching I will go.. carry on son.. you are doing a bang up job here.
I am so grateful you chose to leave a comment about the music! I debated about it for a while and wondered if the ambient sounds would be better at the end but decided to try to do it with the drone shots. I’m happy to hear it was enjoyable!! Thank you!
@@TheTrekPlanner We are so grateful to you for sharing your love of ancient places like this.. I do appreciate you for it my friend. Carry on!
Jeff, another interesting video! Thanks so much for taking us there, and recording the nature sounds! Awesome!
Brings the site that much closer, when just the environmental sounds can be heard. (At one site you visited, you even caught a disembodied voice!) 🙌🏻🙌🏻
this looks like the remains of a massive building to me... maybe not all sides had walls, and all wooden parts are gone... but the presence of water makes it livable...
Yes…it once was a massive red brick structure.
An extreme heat event cooked and melted most of it down.
Look into and research
#Meltology
#MeltedRedBrickUniversity
@15:00 it's a lookout, with water too ! There must have been enemies long before us (you and me). Look some more and find more.
Thank you, young man for the great time. Your adventures are amazing. I always look forward to your videos for solace.
Tire and spring set up for cows and deer. Love hear natural sounds of birds and bugs. For those of us who used to hike like you in our younger days the sounds bring back memories. Love the way you include us! 😊🙏🏻❤️
Spring would bring in animals! Great hunting set up!
Ive always thought these drone views would make a GREAT lead-in to a movie! Show the isolation, desolation and overgrowth from above, then slowly zoom down to the ruin of a dwelling......then have it come to life with action as it becomes how it was back in time when it was alive with people and activity. Thanks for bringing these fascinating glimpses back in time to us.
Really enjoy the trips!
Love the sound video so nice!
Thank you so much for taking us all to see this ancient world. I loved the sounds of the birds and wind
Thank you for recording the sounds. I love the peaceful sounds of the southwest and miss it so much
What a beautiful place.
Your filming is so realistic that at 2:30 I found myself leaning left to see further around the wall corner!
I love the nature sounds! Thank you for a great video! 😊👍
Thanks for saying that!! I’ll be adding more nature sounds in next videos!
Great video Jeff
Love your videos, Jeff. Thanks! ❤
😊 Another great hike. The sounds and the surroundings were so peaceful. 😊
Good video! Thank you sir! 😎👍
Jeff... I love watching your videos. I am not bed bound or crippled, but it is just so satisfying to watch and explore nature with you in general.
Thank you Jeff, Trek Planner!
Really interesting, you need to go further down the canyon. Thanks for the video!
Oh the new add microphone is a fabulous addition! Thank you Jeff!
Your treks are always fascinating to me. Stay safe and keep trekking!
Water at the top of the cliff was amazing
Love the sounds and as allways enjoyed the video. Thx for takeing us along ❤👋🇫🇮
I think you are right about the walls being used to channel game to the cliff edge. More modern indigenous people did this at Buffalo Jump, Alberta. It isn't a logical defense nor dwelling design.
I had that very same thought just now.
Another Albertan here, and I thought the same.
That was my first thought.There are several "Buffalo Jumps" I know of in Wyoming.
That was my thinking. I live in the Black Hills and we have them around the region for bison and other game.
@@nthomas87 Granted the Earth's climate has been changing in recent times but I have some difficulty in envisioning the large herds of grassland herbivores placidly nibbling the verdant greenery up in those crags just waiting for the local tribes to scare them over the drop. Buffalo Jump sites are highly specific (and used over long periods, thus lots of evidence left) but that much human effort for the occasional solitary bighorn sheep etc (which would be more sure-footed and much more knowledgeable of the terrain than the local Tontos) seems counter-productive. 🤔😉😊
I'm really enjoying exploring with you!!
Absolutely brilliant thank you! And I love the sounds section too - really does help to imagine we are there with you!
Another excellent video. thank you for taking us along.. hearing the sounds as we watched the drone was so awesome.. again, thank you : )
Finally somebody gets it about the nature sounds!
I really enjoyed the sound piece you did and always enjoy going on your journey! Great photography!
I really love how you challenge your viewers and ask their opinion.
Beautiful stuff thank you for ur sharing of your journey ❤❤❤❤
Share like this more often ❤🎉 love hearing like you do!
I totally agree with your other subs, I feel I'm there with you. Keep searching!
Love the sounds of nature ❤ thank you so much for sharing your adventures 😊
That spring would be an excellent spot to set up a game cam. There must be a lot of wildlife using it.
Good morning, great cloudy day in Denver
Also, I think that was a defensive position that was destroyed so it could never be used again. Thanks again
Great adventure! Love the natural sounds and the first person views. Keep up the wonderful drone footage. Very superior video.
Destroyed ruins and granary spoke to me. The strategic positioning of it makes for one reason for its destruction. Someone didn't want to be seen coming and going miles away.
Thank you for letting us hear the ambient sounds. I loved hearing that and watching the drone footage. I prefer that over the music.
I’ve not ever said so, but I, too, feel like I’m hiking with you. In my younger years, I probably would have joined you or gone out on my own just to go out and enjoy nature. But these days, my legs don’t work like they used to, my back wouldn’t be able to stand the climbing and long walks, and my balance would have me falling at least every hour. I have a few degenerative issues and a problem with my brain now. So, I look forward to your posts all the time. It really takes me back to a time that I could walk all day and camp under the stars on the ground. Now I have to get creative when I camp. My back, hips and knees would be a problem all night long and in the morning I would need at least two strong, young men to pick me up off the ground. When I fall, I have to call emergency services to come pick me up. Usually they insist on taking me to the emergency room to get checked out. In the last 10 years, I have fallen too many times. I now break bones when I fall. I have broken my ankle, wrist, ribs and my hip. I had to get a new hip after that.
But I really do miss it so much. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us. 😊
I feel you sister. Osteoporosis eating me alive, but I still love these places! Good thing we’ve got TP.
Hang tough!
I love your videos. And with the natural sounds, it's perfect!
How lovely to be able to explore knowing you are completely alone and with nature 😊.
Another great video adventure! As an Audio Post Pro i'm so happy you are going to start field recording- excellent move and such a unique opportunity as you are out there with just nature👍
Thank you for enhancing the sounds. I used to hike a lot and miss it so much. I am nearing 69 and full-time walker, so.... Anyway, I am an Okie, and the sounds took me back to my hikes on the rim of Red Rock Canyon in Oklahoma (of course you can Google it lol). Pleasure to see you doing what you love. Keep it up while you can 😊