Do Ancient Petroglyphs Point to a Hidden Carved Trail Here?

[@networkg]

Many of us are unable due to age, infirmity or life commitments to take these wonderful adventures, but you take us with you ! We are happy that you are happy to have us with you, thank you

[@1nvisible1]

*@**16:56** almost looks like it could be the stacked stone door of an intact granary vs the base of a platform.*

[@Audulf-of-Frisia]

Exactly. I couldn't do this due to physical and mental health reasons. Not to mention I'm all the way over in Europe. I kind of live vicariously through these videos and am enjoying them immensely.

[@TheTrekPlanner]

I love doing this, but I love sharing this too! Thanks for being part of my channel!

[@beccabbea2511]

@@Audulf-of-FrisiaYes, I’m the same all the way over this side of the pond but, enjoying these adventures nonetheless. 😅

[@sandramorey2529]

My sentiments exactly. I wish I hadn't been locked in to a schedule in my younger years. But aren't we lucky that we have sites like this, so we can get some armchair explorations in in our latter years. Thanks, Jeff

[@karendavis7988]

I’m glad you are ok after your fall.

[@tedpreston4155]

It looked to me like he already learned how to fall! 🙂

[@cattailer1077]

Whew!🙏

[@Jhonkin]

Sometimes, to get a better look at the rock art, you can sprinkle it with clean water. Good luck on your curious travels

[@denim1man]

See you next trip!

[@crystalbilyeu8756]

Find someone who has been through Airborne training to teach you how to do ❤P.L.F. My husband was in 82nd Airborne during Vietnam and taught me and all our children to fall correctly and it has saved us from many possible broken bones. The Parachute Landing Fall teaches you to roll with the fall instead of trying to stop Thanks for all you do!

[@allonesame6467]

Thank you for sharing your adventures. I'm 66 and took skiing lessons as a kid. The ski instructor taught me how to fall. I recently fell off a ladder onto concrete, and my body having been trained knew what to do. I sustained only a small scratch. I recommend skiing lessons and practice in falling. Respect.

[@tomasostberg8313]

😊 0:06 😊😊😊

[@happyhill9753]

That large pictograph was amazing. Worth the hike. 😊

[@Hankyjane]

We wait for days looking for a video from you!!! It's worth it!! Thank you. May God Bless you and keep you safe.

[@janwertz2257]

I'm another viewer who can no longer make such a hike. Hard floors at work for 39 years,, and my knees are painful. I loved watching this video.

[@karendavis7988]

The Ancients were amazing people! Thanks for the trip! Loved it ❤

[@Deb-r2m]

Geez now that a treacherous hike. Absolutely beautiful.

[@jeanwalke6015]

You are doing what I would do ifI still could! Don’t ever stop until you just can’t do it anymore! It sure doesn’t come back! Great adventures!!

[@phlebgrl6064]

Very cool petroglyphs and carved steps that you discovered Jeff! Thank you for taking me along with you on this Trek through our incredible Southwestern deserts! Hope you’re not too sore from your fall… stay safe out there!

[@permabroeelco8155]

Right above the wooden pole, just left of the deer prints seem to be an upside down figure. Maybe you were not the first who fell down in this neighborhood. Stay save!

[@TheTrekPlanner]

Wow, I didn't even notice that! Thank you for pointing that out!

[@Philip-w5l]

I'm surely not the only shut in oldster who is very glad for your posts...🕊️🙏!!! Be Blessed and stay safe 🙏!!!

[@oldogre5999]

Me too!! "Trek Planner", "Desert Drifter" and "The Adventure Twins" If you go watch The Adventure Twins be warned they can raise your heart rate if you are claustrophobic! They are younger "cavers" and it's just as amazing what is below our feet that we have no idea about! Never in a million years did I know this country is just plastered with these huge underground cavers!! You really have to watch a few to really understand what you are missing!

[@janisripple754]

Your not the only senior who is isolated ,My husband had a transplant the medication makes him immune compromised-higher likely of get cancer and he has had one MI due to stress . Utube video help us get out of the 4 walls

[@kq20117]

First, I’m very glad your fall turned out to be a worse scare than injury! I’ve a few thoughts on the site. The carved steps look like there might have been a set for ascending and another for descending. The ones with the deep carvings on the uphill side would make it easier to plant your heel first as you descended. Or, the different sets with the small and longer intervals between steps could be for adults and children. I thought the pile of rocks provided a way for kids to access the steps. At some of the larger pueblos, it’s clear Pueblo builders thought about children, and elders, and made accommodations for them. They built half-height walls along steep drop offs and plaza areas to prevent falls, and fenced small enclosures to contain creepers and crawlers.

[@primalexperiment3332]

Came across your channel this week. Really enjoy your content. Appreciate the respect you show for the environments you explore. As a fellow explorer…respect

[@TheTrekPlanner]

I appreciate that, thank you!

[@mikewinings4120]

That piece of pottery with the offset squares blew me away that would have been cool to see the whole thing thanks for taking us along once again😊

[@Shart-santha]

Same! I can’t believe how intricate the details were! And those squares looked perfect! As an artist, I’m so incredibly impressed with their skill!

[@TeWa67]

Another excellent adventure Jeff!! Thanksfor taking us along. I'm very glad you're tumble was minor , please stay safe ❤

[@daveklooster4905]

It's certainly spectacular country you take us to. Thank you!

[@connielipp8648]

It sure has a special ancient feel to it Jeff.. those pieces of pottery were so pretty too..and the petroglyphs! Thank you for sharing : )

[@Liam_is_outside]

The animals tracks probably indicated it’s a hunting trail showing the animals you will encounter , as hunting is done by tracking foot prints

[@Luckieoutdoors]

That does sound very likely. They used to hunt salt licks and water holes a lot as well

[@TheTrekPlanner]

That makes sense. I'm sure they could find lots of animals below the cliffs!

[@AndrewBowles-p5r]

Yes, as a hunter of 41 years most of the game taken is done by tracking prints. Even birds

[@susyclearwater1920]

You are just the kind of person to hike with. So respectful So humble.

[@gregruland1934]

It has been my great pleasure to watch this channel grow from fewer than 1,000 to today - the production value is off the charts now - but our hero never changes - bold, brave curious - a really good guy - thanks man, for the great vids

[@TheTrekPlanner]

Wow, thank you, Greg! Thank you for sticking with me from the beginning!

[@denisefrickey5636]

So many cool finds! You remain my favorite explorer, always so genuine in your excitement and pleasure. I really enjoyed this one.

[@droomkiller]

It always warms my heart to see how respectful you are to nature and to history. We can/should all learn from this.

[@alenahawke475]

That was another awesome trek! Thanks!❤❤❤

[@TheTrekPlanner]

Thank you!

[@rutbrea8796]

I love the colors of the stones. Everything is beautiful 😍 !!

[@jmb6192]

At least one other comment mentioned the possibility of finding rock art on the hidden side of fallen rock. It looked to me that quite a bit of the hill/cliff face has fallen in more recent times.

[@jessetellez1734]

Did anyone else see the falling man petroglyph near the animal track petroglyphs? The camera crosses over it multiple times

[@anonplayer8529]

So all of you see it as an ancient warning sign "! Beware!! Slippery when wet or dry, don't fall! " 😅

[@fedupamerican296]

:29, rock above potshard is a heart. Love your stuff, jeff. Also, love that it makes you so happy to share it with us. Thanks. Edit, also at 2:00.

[@andriadobbs6774]

For the algorithm. You are great! Thank you so much. Can't wait for more😊

[@amberandrews6842]

I click 👍 on comments and randomly comment on someone's comment, for the algorithm!!! Have a great weekend!!!

[@TheTrekPlanner]

Thank you!! I'll take any help I can get!

[@JohnStruth]

Thank you, Jeff. Your enthusiasm and sense of adventure brings our history to life. I am grateful to you for sharing with all of us.

[@TheTrekPlanner]

Thank you, John!

[@robert8321]

The human figure drawing also had noticeable genitalia.

[@jesamindee6783]

Yes, hanging low, must have been an old guy! lol

[@runswithdogs6892]

Can't believe you climbed up to those steps and didn't go up them. 😳 What a great find!

[@Allen-yv3ue]

Not a place to make mistakes ... it could be a very fast way down and no one around -

[@cheryldueck318]

Yah, I was hoping he might, and then thought he might not because he wouldn’t want to damage any of the rock art so close by. Then I saw the overhead shot of the location from the drone and was glad he didn’t try to climb it!

[@TheTrekPlanner]

If I was with someone else, I probably would have done things differently

[@runswithdogs6892]

@@TheTrekPlanner Just being out there alone and being careful is risky, really appreciate the time you put in and the respect you exhibit.

[@fzen2432]

Jeff, I really appreciate the care and respect you show on your treks.

[@barbaragoertz2932]

Thank you for another interesting and beautiful trek!❤

[@thefred8481]

Thanks for taking us with you on these adventures…You Da Man Jeff!!! Thanks!!! You save my knees!!!

[@cloviscerda2823]

The anthropomorphic form is, by far, the most important thing you have ever encountered. Thank you for always sharing with everyone!!!

[@MouseMotes]

Really cool trek! Thanks for taking us along!

[@alwilliams3533]

Thanks again, Jeff! Another great one!

[@TheTrekPlanner]

Thanks Al!!

[@jburnett8152]

Thank you Jeff. So happy you are not badly injured. ❤

[@TheTrekPlanner]

I appreciate that, thank you!

[@joycebrewer4150]

That makes several of us!!

[@joeb2480]

The videos are looking great, keep up the good work! Thanks for bringing us along for the journey.

[@samuelescudero3501]

Awesome video thanx for bringing that to us it’s beautiful out there stay safe👍

[@markfox548]

I think you’ve got the right idea with that idea of being out of the way or well protected from an enemy or the unknown. This is another great trek you’ve taken us on, thanks buddy.

[@patstats1]

Right next to that very first shard you picked up was a perfect heart-shaped rock fragment. It pays to keep your eyes open…thanks for sharing your adventures!

[@Jake-vt4ow]

Great video, hope you are ok!!! Thank you!

[@dudee499]

I am 431 years old, but it's amazing that I can join on KZbin on these adventures ♥️

[@kristennoelle9447]

Saturday adventure with Jeff 🙏💜🤗 God bless you!

[@ErnestGinter]

Great video yet again of you exploring our beautiful world. My heart jumped a little when you fell there, but I'm happy you're ok and still with us. Good thing that you're always prepared. Have you ever thought of spending the night near a site like this? Thanks for another great trek!!!

[@combat1ify]

@6:57 mins. "Judo" is the best way how to learn to fall. They called it "falling school".I did it. Cheers from Germany.

[@katheyjberry]

Safe travels! Thankful the fall wasn't any worse. God be with you.

[@nunyabizness4354]

Thanks for taking us along on another very interesting adventure!

[@ramonitar3628]

Thank you for the video, please be careful I love to keep watching you go on your adventures may God watch over you and protect you.😊😊

[@pollybluedjinn]

I wish I knew something about the geology here. The rocks on the lower slopes have sharp edges and look freshly fractured, while the top of the mountain was eroded, with rounded edges. Thank you for this and all your videos. So well done.

[@evopwrmods]

Thank you so much for providing an alternative to the new normal sensational content...always enjoy your explorations. Thank you...

[@garytull7730]

That piece of yellowish pottery has a beautiful pattern, would love to see a complete pot

[@HeartTurnedToStone]

Thanx for taking us on your adventures. I love the SouthWest. My Uncle lived in Apache Junction before he passed. Love it there. Unfortunately I'm too broke to travel there now and too old & decrepit to hike areas like that anymore. Look forward to your next Trek. 😎👍👍

[@daelhenk7284]

Fascinating and so intriguing! Be safe on the cliffs.

[@michaelwalendzik2591]

Nice footage glad you are ok Interesting adventure look forward to more. Your adventures always interesting. Thank you for sharing.

[@LeeM-r7w]

Have you ever been to a site where you were convinced that you were the first person to visit it in modern times? This site did not seem to show any signs of having been visited since the ancients left hundreds of years ago (at least that I noticed). It would be fascinating if that were the case.

[@TheForestCrone]

I've come across places where I felt I was the first person there in hundreds of years. Picking up a piece of pottery, or an arrowhead or axe head or even jewelry, and realizing I'm the first person to touch it since the person who owned or made it, is like jumping timelines or something. It's a magical feeling.

[@wanderwoman4695]

Hey, careful that last step is a doooooooozey! Glad your ok. Nice trek!

[@dennisstuhr9201]

Thank you I love your videos. God keep you safe.

[@trinidadscorpion3835]

Your channel has really evolved since the beginning. You have more confidence in your hiking abilities. Your videos, editing and narration have really grown. Congrats my friend!

[@TheTrekPlanner]

It's still a one man show, but I really appreciate that!! Thank you!

[@dianesnow9806]

Thank you Jeff. Too bad you didn’t find any larger ruins. But what you saw from way below was correct. Good eye. Thank you for taking us along on this adventure. Blessings. 💕🙏🏻

[@theburtseoni]

Jeff, that small fall shows how quickly you could get seriously hurt! I wish you could always take someone with you. We sort of all want you to stay in good shape so the videos can keep coming! Stay safe!

[@rosalindafaye5668]

This is an awesome find! Thank you for sharing 😊

[@bernie66]

I am so glad you got to go to our Hopi homeland. Take care traveling and while hiking. I truly enjoy your channel. 👍👋👏

[@markfox548]

Hey Jeff you got some pretty cool rock petroglyphs there, thank you for showing it to us.

[@intuitivecat]

There seem to be two different layers of art at that panel with differing patinas.

[@charlesvannest2521]

Thanks!

[@TheTrekPlanner]

Thank you very much, Charles!!🙏 -Jeff

[@paulsmith1411]

Enjoyed drone footage another Great Adventure ...

[@cynthiaruiz1120]

Yes Jeff, please be careful! I want to keep enjoying your videos❤

[@MaryDiaz-q1j]

So glad you were okay when you are alone. I always worry about you at that time. You scared me 😮. Love your videos.

[@Mikell-h2c]

Like your countdown graphics❤

[@oldfordcarsandtrucks]

Glad you are safe! You do such a great job with these videos, Thanks!

[@ols7888]

Hey Jeff, If you choose to return to this area, fly your drone above the steps, then to the large rock formation just to the north. There is one of the most amazing petroglyph panels in this entire area. All the best. Thanks for the vids!

[@TheTrekPlanner]

Cool!! I will do that! Thanks for sharing

[@SchoolforHackers]

And I want to see it

[@mmm7m672]

God bless you for sharing & always enjoyable.

[@charmeineca]

Great find. As someone who can no longer hike, I take comfort in your videos. Also glad you're okay after that fall!

[@Cobbmtngirl]

5:49 that shard! 😍😍 Glad that fall wasn’t worse! And that you always carry a first aid kit. Even though there aren’t any ruins, a very cool find! Thanks for taking us. ❤

[@michaelschuenemann3505]

Brilliant Landscape - please be Careful ! Fantastic Rock Art - carved Steps and a Ruin near by - wow ! What a Great Video - thank You and many Cheers from Australia !

[@billbucktube]

These ancients were engineering their life. From carving footholds and petroglyphs for information they saw a problem and made it work. Incredible ‼️

[@Hemppie]

It would be fun to go Trekking with you brother Jeff

[@stevep5736]

Glad to see that you made it out okay after that fall. Thank you for taking us along another amazing trek!

[@TheTrekPlanner]

Thank you for your concern for my safety. And thank you for watching!

[@lawrencenannes4260]

Tx you for letting me see through ur eyes❤❤from south africa

[@stevenburke7960]

I love your videos. My wife and I get excited when we go see our local petroglyphs, we were just talking about going back again just the other day. I can only imagine how awesome it is to see them in the far out pristine places you go. Safe trekking 👍🏻 and I’m amazed the places you go alone. I always preferred hiking alone also but you really get out there. I always wanted to hike the Arizona Trail but I think that time has passed for me. lol

[@sandysue202]

That was an amazing area to be able to see. Thank you so much because I certainly wouldn't ever be able to hike up there. I'm so glad you didn't get seriously hurt from your tumble! The "human" figure was very interesting and I see that circular area on its upper chest as having to do with his heart. The ancients knew how important that was. It would be so neat to know just who the artist was and what he was thinking as he etched out that drawing. Maybe one of their gods that he wanted to honor? Thanks for another great trek!

[@aubois1160]

Incredible find again! At 8:45 (stopped the video) does anyone else see an upright humanoid figure in the middle, its left foot quite faded, but visible right toes, a long trapezoid body, thin arms, some motivs on the body, close where the heart is (again)? And Jeff: please take care out there! 🙏

[@EKAdventures51]

Thanks for sharing your adventures, take care on slopes of loose rock, slips are inevitable

[@donnierose6830]

Congrats on your marriage and your new family ! Wishing you all the best

[@mountainstream8351]

Loose rock is always treacherous. Very cool pictographs and foot path up the rock.

[@oldogre5999]

At 8:40 those little tracks with the two larger tracks and the one or two smaller tracks look very much like Rabbit tracks, or could be some other smaller rodent tracks such as Rock chucks etc I'm not sure what is in the area. And that strange thing made by taking a hammer stone and making tons of little dots looks like a river map to me, and the squarish things along them could be buildings or entire villas.. So much that I don't know but it is fun to guess! Edit: Those three Rabbit tracks are pointing up over the hilltop in a very specific direction, normally if it's just art would they not be made in a straight line pointing straight up? I think WE'D be inclined to do this. Could they be giving others directions to a good hunting ground for small game? And three tracks, a distance? They MUST have had some sort of signage and symbolism to express type, number and distance, I also noticed they took pains to leave great details in those tracks, they put claws in and even the fur which is unusual in itself right?

[@candyphillips2642]

Thabk you! Another great adventure. Thank God you are ok. ❤️🙏

[@hermitlifeinthemountainsub9493]

I am so glad you are alright. That was a very tough climb! Thank you for always sharing your adventures with us!

[@llanitedave]

Totally random guess here: Related settlements on either side of the mountain, the carved steps mark the trade route across the most direct path between them. If that's the case, the platform may have been a resting place, maybe someplace to spend the night along the trail if it was more than an overnight trip between the two villages.

[@leighmurrell5494]

There may well have been more petroglyphs on faces that have now broken and collapsed. Interesting site.

[@gabrieldee345don5]

I like your videos. You are taking us with you.

[@brianwinters4991]

This was so cool ! Remember to tuck and roll !

[@sandradanforth8524]

So thankful that you are OK.

[@elizabethannekeith]

gosh, that looks steep and crumbly! oh, that I could still move like that . at 9:36, that looks like an alien. the wonder and love in your voice for this history makes everything count.

[@michaeltaylor4984]

Be careful, young man. We love you and your adventures. I suggest you carry BleedStop in your IFAK. I've seen it save lives.

[@jaytaggert9883]

Yes, learning how to fall is vital. The most important aspect of learning how to fall is, how to miss the ground.... lol

[@daxdadog]

Throwing yourself at the ground and missing is called flying!

[@jaytaggert9883]

​@@daxdadog ha ha. Slartibartfast

[@TheTrekPlanner]

@@daxdadog haha I'll work on my flying 😂😂

[@daxdadog]

@@jaytaggert9883 I'll see your Slartibartfast, and raise you one Zaphod Beeblebrox! ;-)

[@777danid]

Since I watch your Videos I want to visit Utah myself, so amazing, take care, hello from Austria ❤