Whenever I’m fighting massive bouts of depression, I watch videos like this. I can’t afford to chase my dreams in a kitchen and see nature like this whenever I’m down. Thank you.
Went there in 1973... Had an awesome time exploring the slot canyons... & Again in 1979 , and back again in 1999 , but it was overcrowded... Ppl on jet skis going full bore up and down the slot canyons... Very dangerous... Haven't been back since... Still a very beautiful place.
This is my second time watching this video and it’s sad to see how glen canyon will never be the same but I think it’s also important to acknowledge even just a little bit the beauty of lake Powell and not make it look like this disgusting place because In reality glen canyon still is one of the most breathtaking places on earth dam or no dam
I've spent vacations on Lake Powell houseboating. During a week on the lake as a kid I never thought about what this place once was. I saw its current beauty. It's sad that history and more natural beauty was killed by the dam.
Why would anyone give this a thumbs down? What kinda of person are you? Smh I got educated in the Glenn canyon today, thank you national geographic and thank you the crew that traveled and worked on this short film!!
As someone who has spent many summers at the Glenn Canyon dam, Lake Powell and surrounding areas. This video has done it justice. The one problem that I have with it, is how would you expect use as a society to be able to grow crops, drinking water for Millions and have stable flood control. Now I’m not saying this dam is good or bad. I’m just saying that there are pros and cons to have a reliable source of drinking water.
If we place more dams inside the Grand Canyon, we could have a larger economy, larger cities and more drinking water, right?? We should change the Grand Canyon into a chain of lakes ... then, and only then, will we complete our dominance and destruction. We should trade away all of the beauty for money and economic growth. There are 84,000 dams in the USA. Which equals 84,000 extinct rivers that are now dead. "RIVERS ARE MENT TO RUN" ... now they are all drowned and flooded underwater. But, the Economy?! Right?!
Who exactly is using Lake Powell for drinking water? Who is using it for crops? As far as I know Lake Mead is what provides water for crops and for cities. Lake Powell didn’t need to exist. There’s no civilization below it, it’s not used for drinking water or farming. The Bureau of Reclamation built it for generating electricity which is now inadequate. They could drain Powell and capture all that water to fill lake Mead, and Glen Canyon could probably bring in more revenue through recreation than Lake Powell does.
Out of control highway (or expressway) construction was going on during the 50s and 60s in many cities in the U.S.. Many neighborhoods were divided up for this so called progress. Today, many of these highways, especially the ones within city limits, are being torn down or buried and new residential construction is replacing them. This renewal or recovery from too much highway construction is bringing neighborhoods back together again that were broken up during that big highway construction era.
Had a shirt that I bought when house boating at Lake Powell that had the name proudly printed on the front of the shirt. I just threw it in the trash. It felt good. Thanks for the small history lesson!
Lake Powell has brought millions to the Indian Reservation, it's an absolutely beautiful place and has provided hundreds and hundreds of jobs to natives.
Lake business is monopolized by Aramark Leisure Services of Philadelphia. They pay bottom dollar wages and keep them low with part time and seasonal employees. The Park Circus only cares about the cut they're getting, and gives zero consideration to how this is undermining this community. ARA started out in the vending and slot machine business. They picked up their monopoly from Del Webb. Guess who runs ARA...... it's like a Sopranos episode.
Hey @ National Geographic, how can you get a trip like this sponsored? I have spent up to a month at time in the back country and have friends who have spent longer in places like the Brooks Range in Alaska. These people were rookies. If you're interested in young (early 20s) and experienced outdoorsman and women for a short film reply. I have ideas on adventures I'd like to explore with your help.
Its so terribly cruel that we washed away countless families and homesteads laid down over so many generations by those tribes. I know colonisation has wrought more havoc in other places but god... that is just cruel.
Not only the people, but countless plants and animals too, all of which were part of a healthy ecosystem. It's bad enough that we are disconnected in a way that we don't care about destroying the homes of other people, plants, and animals. We're also foolish enough that it's not just their homes we're ruining, it's our own too.
Interesting but you missed the opportunity to talk about all the archeology that was lost when the dam was built...nor did you visit any of the ruins or see any of the rock art that still can be seen in the Canyon today. This is the story of the ancient ones...
at 9:49 "They wouldn't be built today. Why were they built 50 years ago." That statement needs correcting. This is spring of 2021. The rain that fell in the Rockies last year was not enough. The snow that fell this past winter was nearly nothing. The runoff this spring is 1/10th of what is usual. Powell and Mead are at 40% of capacity or less,, the water level from when this film was made is down another 50 feet. But,,, if the dam and reservoir system were not already in place,,, There would be no Phoenix. There would be no, Las Vegas. There would be no agriculture,, in thousands of square miles that we use to feed us. And,, if this year is so lean of water,, if next year is similar,, and if 2023 is similar, Phoenix may have to be evacuated. Las Vegas may have to be evacuated. That is an extreme statement,, yes, I know. There is some truth to it. There is no other water source. Where would Phoenix get any water? There is no other water. There is no other place to get it.
They get all weepy about the lost canyon. But they paddle in plastic kayaks and fly in jet planes and do all the other things which result from economic development. There are still many thousands of miles of rivers in the U.S. and elsewhere to paddle in whitewater. In fact, the river above the Glenn Canyon dam runs through National Parks including Grand Canyon. Paddle there.
Frank Blangeard I like millions would not have been able to experience the canyons by hiking in or rafting the river. I have been to Lake Powell many times in my boat and love the lake. The planet has to change every day you cannot freeze it in time. Maybe you would have liked to live through the massive volcano times too. Take what you have and be grateful quit making whinny videos the past is gone.
Exactly my thoughts as well! They failed to mention all the positives of the dam and the true reason for it. Most of Glen canyon was inaccessible before the dam.
A simple request to NGC team can u plz upload the show that was previously shown on NGC channel. "Genius: Einstein " All seasons and episodes in Hindi. I will be very happy if u do so.,😀
Your story does not add up. So you Kayaked from Moab to Lake Powell on the Colorado river (couple hundred miles?). At this point it’s a lake so you PADDLED about 75miles to the San Juan river arm. Then paddled another 20-30 miles up the San Juan river arm to the river then what, did you hike up the river just to show that the lake created a waterfall? Did you then paddle another 25-35miles back up the lake to Cathedral in the Desert just to turn around and go to the dam which is about another 50miles just to look at it in dismay without once talking about all the benefits Lake Powell provides for everyone downstream? My guess is the trip involved a lot of POWER boats, trucks(nice truck by the way), and obviously air planes to complete. I’m sure none of those things created any environmental impact.
dear, National Geographic i'm jayram from nepal, i'm trekking guide from nepal .i bone in east nepalside, call ilam . now i leaving in pokhara. i started trekking when i was 18 years old. i start from porter, assistant guide and now i'm trekking guide. . i did just hight school, but when i well be on mountain, trekking area i felling like a now "i'm in school " becouse for me trekking is school and leaening mant things. i had been lots off place of nepal. i went many time everest base camp 5365 meter hight, annapurna bas e camp 4130,annapurna cricet 5416 meter hight, langtang ,uper mustang,madi himal trek,ghorepani-ponnhill trek etc...... yes, nepal is very smail country but also very big country for nature, mountain,culture etc. yes nepal is very poor country for GDP ( gross domestice product ) but nepal also very reach country for GHP (gross happiness product). we have 8 mountain above 8000 meter hight including the highest peak in the world Mt. Everest 8848 meters.. you know National Geographic we Explore Nepal in "Nepal 2020" . this time 1.3 millions tourist here in 2018 . we Expect well be 2 millions tourist in 2020. so now we more exploring our country in tourism. ....... thank you/namasta
take the dam down and empty the lake. it's about time for large population centers on the west coast to learn to save water, recycle, and desalinate. bring back glen canyon
We know everyone voted for Joe Biden in this video. Lol. There are pros and cons to both. I still haven’t heard a better solution for water storage/irrigation for millions of people and farms.
I think reporting on doom and gloom has more selling power than making a film about the natural beauty and importance of sustaining people with water in their homes. These days it's cool to be a hipster yelling foul.
When you millennials become adults and have to get jobs to pay for the water coming out of your faucet you will appreciate the dams our grandparents built for us. Or we can just get rid of Los angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Vegas and all the agricultural that feeds the nation just to return your precious canyon back to the way it was.
I'm Navajo. The area my grandma lived when she was young is now under the lake.
Go into your Reservat,redskin
Whenever I’m fighting massive bouts of depression, I watch videos like this. I can’t afford to chase my dreams in a kitchen and see nature like this whenever I’m down. Thank you.
Went there in 1973... Had an awesome time exploring the slot canyons... & Again in 1979 , and back again in 1999 , but it was overcrowded... Ppl on jet skis going full bore up and down the slot canyons... Very dangerous... Haven't been back since... Still a very beautiful place.
This is my second time watching this video and it’s sad to see how glen canyon will never be the same but I think it’s also important to acknowledge even just a little bit the beauty of lake Powell and not make it look like this disgusting place because In reality glen canyon still is one of the most breathtaking places on earth dam or no dam
I've spent vacations on Lake Powell houseboating. During a week on the lake as a kid I never thought about what this place once was. I saw its current beauty. It's sad that history and more natural beauty was killed by the dam.
Beautiful, bravo to the team who put this video together.
Why would anyone give this a thumbs down? What kinda of person are you? Smh
I got educated in the Glenn canyon today, thank you national geographic and thank you the crew that traveled and worked on this short film!!
Because there is too much talk and too less actual footage.
@@rezqot I mean it's free content guy and is a independent film...you sound like you were part of funding for this.......K
This is the least film you want to watch to be educated on Glen Canyon Dam. This whole film is a waste of time.
As someone who has spent many summers at the Glenn Canyon dam, Lake Powell and surrounding areas. This video has done it justice.
The one problem that I have with it, is how would you expect use as a society to be able to grow crops, drinking water for
Millions and have stable flood control. Now I’m not saying this dam is good or bad. I’m just saying that there are pros and cons to have a reliable source of drinking water.
If we place more dams inside the Grand Canyon, we could have a larger economy, larger cities and more drinking water, right?? We should change the Grand Canyon into a chain of lakes ... then, and only then, will we complete our dominance and destruction. We should trade away all of the beauty for money and economic growth. There are 84,000 dams in the USA. Which equals 84,000 extinct rivers that are now dead. "RIVERS ARE MENT TO RUN" ... now they are all drowned and flooded underwater. But, the Economy?! Right?!
Who exactly is using Lake Powell for drinking water? Who is using it for crops? As far as I know Lake Mead is what provides water for crops and for cities. Lake Powell didn’t need to exist. There’s no civilization below it, it’s not used for drinking water or farming. The Bureau of Reclamation built it for generating electricity which is now inadequate. They could drain Powell and capture all that water to fill lake Mead, and Glen Canyon could probably bring in more revenue through recreation than Lake Powell does.
I wish I had friends like this... Unfortunately I know no one who is willing to take any adventure.
What an amazing and adventurous life you lead.
Getting to the Cathedral now requires a small hike so not all is lost
No shout out to Utah in the description? Seems strange given that like 90% of Glen Canyon and Lake Powell is in Utah.
The best way to rediscover Glen Canyon's lost wonders is to drain Lake Foul.
Unbelievable that this was allowed to happen.
Edward Abbey said this was the worst disaster in history..Sad to see his words come true,,he knew from the beginning..
Cactus Ed was a good guy but he had his bias' like the rest of us.
Great short film! I really enjoyed it. I'm glad there was some background information about the area before the dam.
I love the natural unfiltered color 😍
Thank you National Geographic.
Out of control highway (or expressway) construction was going on during the 50s and 60s in many cities in the U.S.. Many neighborhoods were divided up for this so called progress.
Today, many of these highways, especially the ones within city limits, are being torn down or buried and new residential construction is replacing them.
This renewal or recovery from too much highway construction is bringing neighborhoods back together again that were broken up during that big highway construction era.
Beautifully done, and incredibly touching... thank you for this 💙
Lake power for ever
I'm happy I saw that through you all. Thanks.
i love that song playing at the end!!
lol the using your hands to line up your line on the kayak was funny
A great film, thank you!
We need to get out there and enjoy Mother Nature before it's gone
Does anyone know what song they used as the film was ending? Please?
I'm dizzy of this unique beauty !
Helpful video !
Happy New Year dear Friends !
Such an amazing film! Thanks!!!
Does anyone know the song that starts at 27:00? I'm googling the lyrics, but not finding much. I'll keep looking though.
Aaron Z ughh i wanna know too! idk if its an original song done just for this
Katie martucci but I think it was made for the video.
Had a shirt that I bought when house boating at Lake Powell that had the name proudly printed on the front of the shirt. I just threw it in the trash. It felt good. Thanks for the small history lesson!
What was the song at the end?? Please help
Like in paradise. Calm. Relax
Lake Powell has brought millions to the Indian Reservation, it's an absolutely beautiful place and has provided hundreds and hundreds of jobs to natives.
They've told me the opposite. My ancestors are clearly worth more than profits
Lake business is monopolized by Aramark Leisure Services of Philadelphia. They pay bottom dollar wages and keep them low with part time and seasonal employees. The Park Circus only cares about the cut they're getting, and gives zero consideration to how this is undermining this community. ARA started out in the vending and slot machine business. They picked up their monopoly from Del Webb. Guess who runs ARA...... it's like a Sopranos episode.
No it doesn’t.
Very nice research and informative documentary.
So beautiful place ! 🎄🎁🏨🎂🆒
Thanks.
fantastic, not a lost world, its the new world
Thanks Nat Geo ,nice day to everyone !!🍀🎄Peace 🎵🎶🎼🌠
Hey @ National Geographic, how can you get a trip like this sponsored? I have spent up to a month at time in the back country and have friends who have spent longer in places like the Brooks Range in Alaska. These people were rookies. If you're interested in young (early 20s) and experienced outdoorsman and women for a short film reply. I have ideas on adventures I'd like to explore with your help.
Lake Powell is amazing and if it wasn't there that river would dry up!
You need to do some research into the amount of water that is lost in that res due to absorption and evaporation.
@@georgebricker1010 but it rains back down! We are drinking dinosaur pee
@@georgebricker1010 I do wish that we would follow the native Americans natural ways more tho!
Its so terribly cruel that we washed away countless families and homesteads laid down over so many generations by those tribes. I know colonisation has wrought more havoc in other places but god... that is just cruel.
Not only the people, but countless plants and animals too, all of which were part of a healthy ecosystem. It's bad enough that we are disconnected in a way that we don't care about destroying the homes of other people, plants, and animals. We're also foolish enough that it's not just their homes we're ruining, it's our own too.
Truly amazing in my hipster voice..
Very true and fun to watch thank you for doing this.
The nice River. I Love him.
great trip-very informative video
BEAUTIFUL.
Did the dam hide cave systems up stream? I read about a newspaper article of Kincaid finding unusual items in the caves.
Always wanted to kayak to Cathedral in the Desert!
Interesting but you missed the opportunity to talk about all the archeology that was lost when the dam was built...nor did you visit any of the ruins or see any of the rock art that still can be seen in the Canyon today. This is the story of the ancient ones...
very good
Amazing
@National Geographic, Excellent film, Beautiful canyon & sad, thanks for sharing more than your usual 2 minute trailer.
Was very interesting. thanks for posting...……………...
I have been trying to find the ending song for a year now and I still have not found it but I am still trying
Does anyone know what the song at the end of this beautiful film
Is beautiful place
at 9:49 "They wouldn't be built today. Why were they built 50 years ago." That statement needs correcting. This is spring of 2021. The rain that fell in the Rockies last year was not enough. The snow that fell this past winter was nearly nothing. The runoff this spring is 1/10th of what is usual. Powell and Mead are at 40% of capacity or less,, the water level from when this film was made is down another 50 feet. But,,, if the dam and reservoir system were not already in place,,, There would be no Phoenix. There would be no, Las Vegas. There would be no agriculture,, in thousands of square miles that we use to feed us. And,, if this year is so lean of water,, if next year is similar,, and if 2023 is similar, Phoenix may have to be evacuated. Las Vegas may have to be evacuated. That is an extreme statement,, yes, I know. There is some truth to it. There is no other water source. Where would Phoenix get any water? There is no other water. There is no other place to get it.
They get all weepy about the lost canyon. But they paddle in plastic kayaks and fly in jet planes and do all the other things which result from economic development. There are still many thousands of miles of rivers in the U.S. and elsewhere to paddle in whitewater. In fact, the river above the Glenn Canyon dam runs through National Parks including Grand Canyon. Paddle there.
Frank Blangeard I like millions would not have been able to experience the canyons by hiking in or rafting the river. I have been to Lake Powell many times in my boat and love the lake. The planet has to change every day you cannot freeze it in time. Maybe you would have liked to live through the massive volcano times too. Take what you have and be grateful quit making whinny videos the past is gone.
Frank the last sentence was directed at the narrator.
Exactly my thoughts as well! They failed to mention all the positives of the dam and the true reason for it. Most of Glen canyon was inaccessible before the dam.
A simple request to NGC team
can u plz upload the show that was previously shown on NGC channel.
"Genius: Einstein " All seasons and episodes in Hindi.
I will be very happy if u do so.,😀
What’s the name of the hipster intro song?
It's called what a river knows by Katie Martucci
22:34----Robert Frost? Carl Sandburg?
I love Nationnal Geographic Channel 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩
Somoto canyon is the next expedition or Ometepe in Nicaragua Natgeo!!!
I love it thik channel
they post when I woke up
Song name please
26:47 He’s talking about canyon walls being carved, but all I see is blasted walls, and maybe what was at one time the back walls of people’s bhomes
The price of watering cities in the desert, cities which don't belong there.
like the jazzy female singing voice.
The water in cathedral seemed to be 40' deep
It sounds like the river is being used in many great ways to promote human flourishing. Seems like the positives out-weigh the negatives.
wonders
I hate these anti human arguments. Is the net benefit greater than the cost? How many lives depend on the river?
40 million people rely on these dams. Which of these kids is going to tell them to move?
Your story does not add up. So you Kayaked from Moab to Lake Powell on the Colorado river (couple hundred miles?). At this point it’s a lake so you PADDLED about 75miles to the San Juan river arm. Then paddled another 20-30 miles up the San Juan river arm to the river then what, did you hike up the river just to show that the lake created a waterfall? Did you then paddle another 25-35miles back up the lake to Cathedral in the Desert just to turn around and go to the dam which is about another 50miles just to look at it in dismay without once talking about all the benefits Lake Powell provides for everyone downstream?
My guess is the trip involved a lot of POWER boats, trucks(nice truck by the way), and obviously air planes to complete. I’m sure none of those things created any environmental impact.
Qayiq-Kayak-small wooden or animal skin boat.
The whole self-righteous, yuppie granola attitude is such a turn off
You gave real NATURE-FEELING hardly any time. The comments are banal, to say the least :-)
dear, National Geographic
i'm jayram from nepal, i'm trekking guide from nepal .i bone in east nepalside, call ilam . now i leaving in pokhara. i started trekking when i was 18 years old. i start from porter, assistant guide and now i'm trekking guide. . i did just hight school, but when i well be on mountain, trekking area i felling like a now "i'm in school " becouse for me trekking is school and leaening mant things. i had been lots off place of nepal. i went many time everest base camp 5365 meter hight, annapurna bas e camp 4130,annapurna cricet 5416 meter hight, langtang ,uper mustang,madi himal trek,ghorepani-ponnhill trek etc......
yes, nepal is very smail country but also very big country for nature, mountain,culture etc. yes nepal is very poor country for GDP ( gross domestice product ) but nepal also very reach country for GHP (gross happiness product). we have 8 mountain above 8000 meter hight including the highest peak in the world Mt. Everest 8848 meters..
you know National Geographic we Explore Nepal in "Nepal 2020" . this time 1.3 millions tourist here in 2018 . we Expect well be 2 millions tourist in 2020. so now we more exploring our country in tourism. .......
thank you/namasta
take the dam down and empty the lake. it's about time for large population centers on the west coast to learn to save water, recycle, and desalinate. bring back glen canyon
Drive across the country and try to go fishing, there is no water in our rivers.
ooh goood
The sea of Cortez?
Did she get some nice grill marks on her foot?
Hola de nuevo :)
Por fin alguien que habla español
The title was very misleading. I thought the story was going to be good and something i could enjoy! everything was a negative
*_Bear Grylls has joined the chat_*
Good 🇮🇳
Do you need permits to do this?
dagger stratos?
All because the beavers had to build the dam thing!
"Dead eyes" this fella has.....kinda creepy lol
ss ourang medan ship 1946
We know everyone voted for Joe Biden in this video. Lol. There are pros and cons to both. I still haven’t heard a better solution for water storage/irrigation for millions of people and farms.
I think reporting on doom and gloom has more selling power than making a film about the natural beauty and importance of sustaining people with water in their homes. These days it's cool to be a hipster yelling foul.
# Arizona1
Taylor sounds like that guy from whitest kids u know
🚣♀️🚣♂️
When you millennials become adults and have to get jobs to pay for the water coming out of your faucet you will appreciate the dams our grandparents built for us. Or we can just get rid of Los angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Vegas and all the agricultural that feeds the nation just to return your precious canyon back to the way it was.
Okay, boomer.
@@aaronlund2110 Not even close to boomer, just employed and appreciate utilities...
Water should be free. Think about it. Vegas shouldve never been built. I have a job and love lake Powell
-aliceinwonderland-
i have absolutely found the most annoying sound in the world....
4th