Black Elk Peak - Highest Point of South Dakota!

[@thomasvise7116]

Great job! Good vibes entire time. Now on to your other videos! Thank you

[@GetmeouttahereErik]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

[@katzsteel]

What’s your main camera you take videos with these days? Good quality!

[@GetmeouttahereErik]

@@katzsteel So for hiking videos or locations that require lots of motion I primarily use my Gopro 10. For filming locations such as roadside attractions, museums, historic locations I use my main camera which is a Sony RX100 vii (point & shoot). For restaurant locations or impromptu filming I use my iphone 14. If viewers are interested I’d love to shoot a quick video showcasing my filming techniques. I’m not a professional, but have learned a lot over the years.

[@katzsteel]

@@GetmeouttahereErik Thx for the info.. I would definitely be interested in a dedicated video!

[@OneMansOdyssey]

I've been wanting to make a video about whether Black Elk Peak is really the tallest mountain east of the Rockies. Laughlin Peak in New Mexico is 8,819' high, and it is definitely not part of the Rockies. Fisher Peak in Colorado is 9,633' tall, though it is somewhat arguable whether it is part of the Rockies or not. Emory Peak in Texas is 7,825' and has a latitude that puts it east of the Rockies, but the Rockies don't go that far south, so it's not technically east of the Rockies. There are also a few ranges in central Montana that are listed as part of the Rockies on some website, but I'm not sure if they truly are. Anyway, great climb! This one is high on my list!

[@GetmeouttahereErik]

There’s definitely room for debate on this. The other claim is that Black Elk Peak is the highest peak between the Rockies and the Pyrenees Mountains in eastern Spain…yet southeast lies the Andes Mountain, one of the highest ranges on the planet! Either way, it’s one of my favorite state highpoints.

[@OneMansOdyssey]

I have been wanting to read the book Black Elk Speaks, which I think is a dictated autobiography of Black Elk. He's a very fascinating figure. He was at the Battle of the Little Bighorn when he was ~13 years old, IIRC, and he talks about how he personally executed, tortured, and mutilated American soldiers (somewhat ironic given that part of the impetus of the name change from Harney was that he was a Confederate), and later he became a Catholic catechist, and in the past few years there has been a push to have him canonized as a saint in the Catholic Church.

[@GetmeouttahereErik]

There’s a lot of history that often gets overlooked, fascinating life.