😲How Could This Even Be Possible? Ancient Ruins Hidden in a High Cave!

[@pamalabeamish3887]

When I think of all who are homebound or hospitalized or invalid ,,,,that you give an opportunity to transport visually and mentally out their environment,,, I rejoice and I'm so grateful for what you do and your efforts to share. Do you have a beautiful spirit. thank you.

[@lulumoon6942]

I'm one of those, previous happy hiker including the gorgeous SW, but life can have different plans for you. Such channels & videos full my spirit, especially from such respectful & knowledgeable creators! 🙏🕊️

[@matuhuntley1436]

There could have been foot and hand holes for climbing that have worn off

[@galvaceci6498]

Thank you for finding this gorgeous place and sharing it with us.

[@johnmcnulty4425]

You're my hero, Mr. Trekplanner! (Is it Jeff?) With all the stress in the country during an intense election season, you provide a genuine escape by reminding us that cultures come and go and that the Wilderness is vast, beautiful and larger than us all. Drone videos, KZbin, Google earth and a brave individual with passion like you have all come together in a new era of archeological discovery. Safe travels, Sir!

[@TheTrekPlanner]

It is Jeff! Thank you for your very kind comment, John! 🙂I would love to keep doing this for as long as I can!

[@Harry36729]

​@TheTrekPlanner hey you have some cool videos. I would love to see you make a stone house one day, that would be cool. just an idea

[@debraperkins4448]

​@@TheTrekPlanneris This New Mexico, landscape looks familar......there Are So Many Beautiful Sites here, and Secrets...... ❤️‍🔥Vaya con Dios❤️‍🔥

[@terrybailey4600]

Stress may have driven them to such a remote environment, ironically we are compelled to flee from stress...by observing their ancient handy work.

[@joes6108]

The right guy won! Pretty much unanimous.

[@chuckzehnder530]

Fantastic adventure, Jeff! Thanks for letting me accompany you on this vicarious trip. I cannot do it anymore (I'm almost 84) so I must depend on you.

[@nannyofmany8315]

Thanks Love your explores. The history and artifacts are unreal. It’s truly extraordinary. UK oldie here

[@TheTrekPlanner]

Thank you for your very kind support of me and my channel!! I would love to make it to the UK one day and see the amazing history there too! -Jeff

[@basillah7650]

it not always like that clearly removing the trees for fire wood made it open to erosion.

[@islaannisainsworth4443]

Whoa what a find! Ty as always, I so enjoy all your trips & traveling. Stay curious.

[@michaelsonleitner5724]

Thanks Jeff for going where I can’t go.

[@fergalohearga9594]

Jeff, not only do you have a natural instinct for presenting these really interesting things in a sweet and compelling way, but you have, apparently, an endless supply of hats.

[@AndreaDaughterofMostHigh]

That was fascinating. Those people were super strong and agile. Very cool. Thanks for sharing!

[@JohnSmith-de2mz]

So many people now can't even walk into a store without having to use the electric chair cart

[@Light.Of.Yggdrasil]

Look into tartaria, these were advanced people and melted buildings also effected by the great deluge

[@JohnSmith-de2mz]

I'm 72 and see people one third my age get out of a car and waddle over to an electric chair cart to go into the store

[@corneliusdinkmeyer2190]

I love it when you stop & pause to look at the beauty around you!

[@FranklinAJ]

Thanks! My spouse and I want to say Thank You for your treks! I am a drone pilot, too. I have a lot of admiration for your flying skills. You make flying in those difficult situations seem easy! I know….it’s not so easy. Nice job!

[@TheTrekPlanner]

Thank you very much for your extremely kind and generous support of me and my channel, Franklin! 🙏🙏 I should show some of the drone shots that don’t make the cut 😂 it helps that the scenery is amazing! Thanks for your comment and super thanks! -Jeff

[@ravingraven879]

Another great adventure! Thanks for taking us along again. 😎

[@JerseyBoy-oq1tt]

Your videos are excellent. They show locations to people who live on the East coast who will never get the chance to see any of these areas. As a young man you are teaching this old man many things and I thank you for that! Keep up the great work and pay no mind to negativity

[@floydiandreamscapes5145]

The thing I always wonder is how they raised their children in these places. They'd have to watch them 24/7 to keep them from falling off the cliff.

[@Millzspec]

It only takes one child falling to scare the rest of them.

[@robertallen6710]

@@Millzspec ..and I'll bet more than a few took the dive...

[@utej.k.bemsel4777]

I bet they put them on a leash!

[@TurnipGreen]

@@floydiandreamscapes5145 Most kids are afraid of stairs. And they weren't chasing soccer balls around. I'm sure they learned real fast

[@debraperkins4448]

They kept them on Cradle Boards, for at Least a Year or Two, and Children are not Dumb.....they listened to their Parents, and You Should Research El Morro, "Enscription Rock", in Western New Mexico not too far from Quemado, N.M. So Beautiful Here.

[@effimiakitsaki861]

That was amazing! Thank you Jeff for sharing it with us!

[@doc2nd2]

Loving the content Jeff, my wife and I enjoy watching the show. I spent a lot of time in the Army and have also done a lot of hiking, rock climbing, trekking and backpacking camping. I also was a vertical rescue trainer for fire department where I used to live. I would be very interested and think many would benefit if you did a show or two on what you pack for short trips all the way to ones that might demand self sufficiency for a couple of days. I’ve been more impressed with your sense of adventure that is tempers with reasonable risk and safety. People need to know that you can be safe and still have a ton of fun!

[@lucindajennings148]

Another awesome adventure. Thank you for sharing it.😊

[@lynnmcbride7694]

Thx for the update. You are in our thoughts n hoping for resolution. Really appreciate you n your channel but your well being is of the most importance. Hang in there!

[@alwaysfourfun1671]

What an impressive cave! The ancients must have been life-threatened. We can travel back in time, but only a little bit, not enough to see everything. Mindboggling!

[@donaldnorth3714]

Jeff, I love your adventures in the desert southwest! It’s such an educational experience! Keep em coming!

[@ThomasPaine1974]

Thank you 4 taking us all along and 4 showig us your finds! There's so much hidden history out there to discover still!

[@johntorelli3834]

I was going to say that I saw moki steps @ 8:14 on the right side of your shot but of course you saw them too. Always love watching your videos and thank you for sharing as I would never have seen this in my life if it was not for you. Thank you again.

[@MouseMotes]

What a crazy place to build anything! Thanks for sharing it with us!❤

[@sierrashere6957]

That little hide a way spot/home , treacherous but also very comforting

[@cliffordkelly5327]

Howdy Jeff ! Once again, ThankYu for sharing yur energy, time & health, showing us what is still out there , for those of us that aren’t able to hike anymore! Still a Great Channel !!

[@EKAdventures51]

your explorations take us back to our history , thanks for the images and wonders of living 1000 years ago, Imagine living there and hiking down to your house, isolated, but safe, wonderful !!!

[@matildagreene1744]

FABULOUS !!! 😘 Has to be one of the coolest 🤩 EVER. What a place 🙏❤ Their physical strength must have been super human !

[@billykershaw2781]

What a superb landscape....I used to rock climb...but there's no way I'd even attempt those steps without a very secure top rope.... excellent as ever mate.

[@sandradanforth8524]

Thank you for another exceptional journey. 😊😊

[@keithkennedy2725]

Magical mystery tour; WOW😮

[@bigbranch1]

Thanks!

[@TheTrekPlanner]

Thank you so much for your generous support!! 🙏🙏

[@loriecummings7124]

Oh wow! At 9:52 you can clearly see the words Eagle Nest and what almost looks like a nest! Wow!! So kool! 🥰 love your videos! 🙏🥰

[@tracker4823]

Amazing you saw that! Even after you told us I had to look twice! and maybe the date 1955?

[@ToddBradley-pz2jr]

@@tracker4823The date was 1892.

[@elementalgaming59]

Eagle nest cliff. Cool

[@LynnMorgan-fh2re]

If you look at the topography from above I think there may be a rain catchment with a porous layer leading to the cave, the structure to the right may have been a cistern, water source may still support the plants below the ruin.

[@suemick8709]

Remarkable ruin. Your treks always leave me thinking about the lives of these people. Awesome as always Jeff.

[@Cobbmtngirl]

How well those ruins are made. So precise in their angles. It always amazes me what they did without any modern tools. Thanks for taking us on your trek! ❤

[@Random-JustAnother]

Oh but they Did have modern tools. Think about it! Our history is Nothing like they tell us!!

[@edhazlewood124]

Another excellent adventure. Beautiful country. Thanks Jeff.

[@OgYokYok]

Ancestral Pueblo really had it made: hanging with your friends, looking at great views and building forts and houses in cool places.

[@jeanmariemclain2836]

Had it made??? That’s not what I’m thinking! Imagine being a pregnant woman climbing in and out of there. Imagine being a mama with babies, toddlers and youngsters up there, trying to feed them. Trying to have enough firewood and water and food that you have to forage for and carry back. Trying to keep the kids safe on these sheer cliffs. Imagine being an old man or woman, injured, sick or disabled, having to make your way in and out of this place. Imagine hunters with their hands full of weapons and their packs full of fresh killed game climbing down. Imagine gathering more and more rocks and mud for construction and having to carry it all in. You need your hands free to navigate into this place so whatever you carry is in a back pack, making you off balance. Imagine you are trying to hide from enemies the whole time. I think it must have been a very hard life.

[@OgYokYok]

@ yeah but no light pollution and more and songbirds and no office work so overall cool

[@ww2remembered983]

Totally gnarly, Dude!

[@SuperDirtyred1]

What about the Hot Native Women .

[@vapormissile]

Nice puzzle. Keep it up, stay safe, positive waves.

[@mattnaiman8429]

Inter-tribal warfare is the only explanation that seems plausible to go to such extremes. Life was extremely difficult back then. The Navajo remember this in their oral histories.

[@arizonacactus4991]

The Biblical narrative in Genesis says that there were Giants on the earth in those days and also afterwards. There are archeological evidence all over the globe, megaliths and giant skeletons, and Native American stories that corroborate as such. Also legends that indicate the native people groups were being cannibalized by these giants, Nephilim. The indigenous built high, defensive, hidden structures to help with their survival of that incursion.

[@walkswithwings7780]

Slavery

[@kayhansen9229]

I read an article in the Smithsonian magazine from 2005 I think of archaeologists and climbers had to go to this one place where there were still bones and artifacts left and there was evidence of the murder of the people there there were pots there and they were able to find a certain kind of human protein in the pots meant that humans had been boiled and eaten they found feces next to the child's body that's face had been bashed in they said this was the ultimate like desecration or whatever so pretty horrible so what they were saying was they killed ate the child and then they defecated right next to the bones it was really awful it was all proven by scientific fact by checking protein in the feces and the utensils used to boil the meat anyway so I'll have to read that article again. Apparently that's why they were hiding there was some ruthless stuff going on and the stories of cannibalism were true. Just who was doing it is what I don't know I don't think they have truly figured it out. The play they found this stuff in was very remote and I think they said it was all the way down in Texas.

[@teresadvorak6145]

​I read somewhere that the giants ate them back in the day when giants terrorized & ate People. The people would have to hide from the giants. Maybe that's why they made their homes in such hard to get at places. I don't know but it is definitely a fascinating subject ❤ ?​@@kayhansen9229

[@harrisonzeno]

​​@@kayhansen9229I believe you are referring to a site in Cowboy Wash, Utah. This site is believed to be the ruins of ancestral puebloans. Karl Reinhard, an archeologist who specializes in human coprolite remains (feces), discusses this in length in his article "A Coprological View of Ancesteral Pueblo Cannibalism." He has studied thousands of samples from around the geographical area, and this was the only evidence he had ever seen of human remains in a corprolite, even when it was clear that ancestral puebloans faced extreme drought and periods of starvation. He posits that the remains most likely came from an outsider who killed and cannibalized the inhabitants of Cowboy Wash. It's worth noting that around the same time, the Chaco Canyon society collapsed, and there is great evidence of cannibalism there. He argues that these practices came from central America, not the puebloans, and this is a strong argument when you look at how similar Chaco Canyon culture and building practices are in relation to central American societies. In short, the cannibal of Cowboy Wash could have been someone influenced by Chacoan culture. They most likely were not Ancesteral Puebloans eating each other.

[@Cedawood]

Im sitting here in the uk watching along & it just makes me happy & pleased to know that this place & all the other amazing places around the world are all there this very second. I like to go there in my minds eye. Im stuck indoors & this type of content is quite precious ❤

[@kenjudithglover]

Thanks!

[@kenjudithglover]

an adventure! i am past THE AGE TO MAKE MY OWN TREKS….SO I appreciate your hard work in making this exciting video. you are so generous in sharing this!

[@TheTrekPlanner]

You are the one who is extremely generous, Ken!! I want to sincerely thank you for your support! I love doing this and have been doing it for years. Thanks again! -Jeff

[@skyeseaborn1170]

Beautiful, exciting, and inspiring. Thank you so much Jeff.

[@amberandrews6842]

Another wonderful video! Thank You for taking us all along!

[@nosillalaluna7078]

Good job ! That was indeed AMAZING ! Thank you for your hard work and sharing your adventures with us , the not so fit , your one of life's little pleasures ❤

[@katep23]

Breath-taking! Thank you for allowing me to armchair share your adventure, from Scotland!

[@jonathanfloming1045]

Thanks Jeff...another great adventure..I never tire of watching ..All the best..Till next time...

[@dragonlea13979]

Absolutely amazing and beautiful. Very very special. Thank you so much for sharing this gorgeous place with us

[@bernicezappala7958]

I love the precision of their corners. So straight and perfect.

[@siredward2146]

I like how fluid your motions are. I like to try to follow your moves, your balance is unreal! Keep up the hard work. Looking good.

[@CBWilliams]

That was a wonderful video. I really enjoyed the step by step narrative as your discovery unfolded.

[@michaelschuenemann3505]

You walked through some Brilliant Landscape to show us these Fantastic Ruins - on of the Best Preserved once - Amazing - thanks for another Great Adventure ! Many Cheers from Australia !

[@donnlongstreet5110]

Wow... what amazes me is imagining the labor it took to MOVE the building materials to this site. Baskets of mud mortar, and all the stones. Thank you!

[@jesusfrocha2581]

Great job and video my friend that’s awesome and incredible just to imagine someone living there is crazy wow the world 🌎 is a mystery ..

[@littlebirdie2]

Hvn’t watched the whole trek yet, but wondering if you see hand and toe holds in the side of the cliff. That’s, of course, how so many sights in cliffs were accessed by the inhabitants. Lately I’ve been missing the 4 corners area and the states that comprise it… I’m stuck in the TX metroplex & miss the canyon lands more than ever. The unsettled feeling in our country that has prevailed for some time, leaves me yearning to be grounded & truly reconnected to SoWestern nature. I’m missing it SO much. Your treks are quite a boost to my inner self. I can feel I’m with you experiencing once again the unique nature & spirit only these areas hold for me… May you always be safe and joyful on your treks! I’m SO appreciative for your spirit for exploration & your time spent sharing with us. Be well, Terry in TX🍁🍂

[@amazed6796]

What a beautiful place. According to the difficulties we assume we see, it must have been quite a secluded and difficult lifestyle. But that was what they knew their lives to be.

[@CynthiaJohnson1ofmany]

So cool. Thank you for sharing these wonderful finds.

[@juliebridge7590]

Many years ago on a trip to Lake Powell, Utah. We came across the Moki steps, my youngest daughter climbed them, but got scared coming down, so my husband , her dad, had to climb up and get her. Scary!! No way I could climb those steps, I am scared of heights!

[@utahexplor]

There are a minimum of 14 sets of Moki steps from the San Juan River along Comb Ridge up to state Hwy 95. They are almost impossible to be seen if you are not there at the right time of day!

[@P.Rogers333]

Loved this adventure. Looking forward to the next one ❤

[@peaceandhappiness901]

Thank you , for who you are and what you do… your Heart is good..

[@annaleebliss4618]

Hopefully they'll remain for another 1000 years. They're protected from the elements and are very hard to get to. So Awesome!

[@dolls-er1bq]

Awesome video, insightful observations, and amazing drone footage! 👌 Thanks for staying true to the real and down to Earth Trek Planner 😊 Some exploration channels had gone to such low ethics as to use clickbait fake AI generated thumbnails, misrepresent all the locations they visit, and then censor and delete comments if you mention it. Those channels are starting to feel like weird Orwellian un-reality. Mind control games, deception and censorship. Your content gives me hope, it is a breath of fresh air. ✨️

[@karenekins8805]

Thank you Jeff! That was absolutely amazing!

[@kennethrank9489]

This is one of your best videos. I love the drone perspectives. Indeed, this was a scary place to live, hide, or whatever. I can't even begin to imagine. I appreciate your dedication.

[@pandamonium4506]

Thanks for showing us these marvelous things and expanding our understanding of indigenous history.

[@charlottegibson9992]

Enjoyed it very much. Hope you and your are well. Thank you for the wonderful trip.😊

[@TrulyUnfortunate]

Holy Crap!! Seeing that drop gives me the Willies!!! One slip and it's sayanora for the Indian!!!

[@robertallen6710]

😄😆😅🤣😂

[@teresadvorak6145]

That's humorous the way U said that!😅😂. It's not funny if they fell but it's funny how u said it dude!😅😂

[@janlillis3676]

Thank you so much for doing all that work and going all those distances to show us these wonderful ancient ruins may God bless your path and keep you safe.

[@haraldramsthaler2915]

I actually got goose bumps from this one.. Soooo cool my friend! I can't wait until we find an untouched treasure again with you like that time you found sealed doorways. I always wondered if you reported that other find to the right people.. Keep On Keepin On...

[@brendabeard2083]

This was awesome! Thank you!❤

[@dannydavis8148]

That's Awesome. Thanks For Sharing.

[@Dee-c1e]

Nice profetional job Jeff.stay safe 👍👍✌️

[@ShirleeKnott]

here's my comment to help keep the algorithm feed🍩 one of the many things it feeds off of is community interaction why not feed it and help the channel grow

[@TheTrekPlanner]

I really appreciate that! Thank you! 🙂

[@ShirleeKnott]

@@TheTrekPlanner yw! just a small ty for all you put into getting these amazing video trips out for us

[@eathealthier4u]

I know you didn't find this cave, but thank you for putting it out there in an entertaining way! Quite spectacular and awe inspiring.

[@goodiesgumdrops1164]

That must have got your heart beating, finding that 😮❤

[@TheCrazymic]

As a Native it is important to pay attention to the hand prints you find on the locations you visit. The color of red and white left hand, or right hand all has a meaning. They should teach this to all Amarucan's and have fewer numbers on the missing 411 as a result. Robert sepehr covers this topic in his video's. Be safe!

[@richardhoover4471]

Thank you again for another amazing trek. I am continually amazed by talents, artistry, intuitiveness, and intelligence of the ancient indigenous peoples of our country. Their descendants have not been dealt with honorably by our own European conqueror ancestors. Forgive us, good Lord.

[@barbmcguire7796]

Love all your adventures into nature's beauty. The history I have learned from your channel. Love everything you do ! ❤❤❤Thank you

[@danasmith8557]

Wow that was a cool finding !!!! Thanx for sharing ❤

[@andreahendrick6794]

What a fantastic find,you really are in tune with every place that you visit,maybe the ancestors are guiding you, whatever it is please keep taking us with you,you have opened up a whole new world for me and I am forever grateful.Andrea.U K.❤

[@TurnipGreen]

Imagine picking up the biggest stones you can physically carry and taking them to those caves that you can't even imagine climbing to with nothing but a water bottle 😮

[@alexjohnson1612]

They would of used the stone from the cave

[@arkangeln910c8]

@8:29 IMHO, the "debris" shown at the base would be the rock that was broken by the people, to be used to build the rooms. Notice how much rock these walls are made of, and it would have been insane to bring them up from the bottom, or even from the top of the canyon. So, it is the original quarry, man made, not by erosion.

[@TurnipGreen]

@alexjohnson1612 Look at the cave. Then look at those blocks. The blocks didn't come from that cave. They weren't excavating those caves. They were there long before those blocks got there. Someone carried them there. How big were these people?

[@TurnipGreen]

@arkangeln910c8 That cave looks just like all the caves around it. Those weren't excavated. They found that cave the same way you or I would find one today and then went to work bringing in building material

[@alexjohnson1612]

@TurnipGreen Why would you get rock from elsewhere when there's rock there, it doesn't make sense.

[@kirsiselei8703]

Absolutely amazing ❤ Thx for showing this stunning place❤👋🇫🇮

[@lindatramposh4058]

Thanks for taking us along. I love the mystery of this time and ponder their lives. It's hard for me to picture families living here. Yet I know in someway they must. Following you.

[@1M005E1]

Awesome video's as always. Stay safe, thank you for sharing.

[@glennroesler4796]

Fascinating video! Thank you for sharing this remarkable location of the ancients. Living in New Mexico, there are so many sites to discover and explore. Unfortunately, I am now 75 and my climbing and scrambling are over, but I really appreciate the discoveries on your channel.

[@mickmack9854]

Once again I am blown away . Thanks for all your hard work.

[@kigerkarlzeberedi1800]

Fabulous Building all the way to the top of the cave and a dog door too. Primitives were pretty smart.

[@cindywhalen5768]

Thank you this is very Cool Jeff was fun to see!🤗

[@kristymanning987]

Wow!! That was amazing!! Thank you so much for your videos!❤

[@goldenratio5117]

Nailed it again my friend! If you ever want to come to NorCal we got some crazy stuff in the granite Sierras.

[@Tumamma-1]

Always enjoy these videos 💯

[@teresahasopinions2329]

Thanks Jeff! Always love seeing these amazing places and imagining what purpise that parts of them served.

[@debbilermond1553]

Thank you, Jeff for sharing this amazing find. I can't imagine just how difficult it would have been for the Native people climbing up and down those steps with all needed provisions to live in this high cave dwelling place. I think you are right in observing that they probably came down from the top and not from the bottom of the canyon up. What an interesting place, for sure.

[@ianmurphy2356]

Lovely video young man ,please keep up the good work , Regards from the UK

[@drew-shourd]

Great stuff boss, thank you for sharing it, we are blessed.

[@lovesloudcars]

Awesome as always Jeff!

[@interestingtimes6439]

Hi Jeff - Great drone footage. Thanks for the video

[@connielipp8648]

Wow.. these are really somethin'.. Thank you for sharing : )

[@williamskris6335]

Very Cool!!! TY for sharing!!! TY and God Bless!!!

[@josephbrickey1302]

Thanks for your amazing video. Great job . I look forward to your next video!

[@Stavros.777]

What an incredible location. I found this so fascinating. Yes why did the ancients build in that particular spot? So many questions. Thank you so much for sharing ❤ 🇦🇺.