I found Colossal, Impossible Geometry with Desert Drifter

[@Desert.Drifter]

Great vid! What a good time it was. And for everyone thinking the story of Nolan and I both planning to film this separately (unbeknownst to eachother) is only a story, it is 100% true. I guess it was just meant to be 😂

[@TheSSoSS]

overjoyed to see this collab combo, have been secretly wishing for it, so glad - and at such an epic place, I hope you all team up more and make full movies of awsome! thanks to you all! keep safe and keep exploring ! x

[@shirleygilchrest2187]

What a wonderful surprise Collab! And seeing Mrs Desert Drifter was just a bonus!

[@coolbaj]

The story of the collab makes this even cooler! y'all are basically the two channels I watch about rocks 🤠🥸

[@nixswatson]

Would be fab if you all team up again on a regular basis as this was absolutely awesome!!! I am totally wowed out over this! Much love and gratitude from the UK...

[@I_am_Junebug]

Love you all together here. And now we know what a rock star Evelyn is. I will watch this again & again.

[@shoarmadad5307]

I love how you don't use music to fill up the parts where "nothing" is happening. Please don't ever change that.

[@thedude8046]

Very calming 😌

[@MBSfilms77]

i was just about to say that he should put music XD

[@frostbyte101]

Seconded!!! Let us listen to what you actually heard.

[@eddiemaloney4404]

maybe he could add more sound effects, the current one are nice but things do feel to drone on just a bit sometimes, especially with how consistent his story voice is it would be nice for some subtle noises.

[@justincavinder5504]

Heck yeah, so tired of music being shoehorned in absolutely everywhere

[@michaeldeleted]

LOL, that is an epic rock, but as a geologist, I feel compelled to comment. The rock appears to be dolomite, not pure limestone, possibly dolomitic limestone. Just means there is a bit more magnesium replacing the calcium and giving the rock its buff appearance, CaMg(CO3)2 as dolostone instead of CaCO3 for pure limestone, which would appear to be distinctively grey in color. Limestone and dolomite present themselves as blocky and pseudo-rectilinear in outcrop, and its not overly unusual to find completely rectilinear blocks. That is what you have here; its rare and awesome, perhaps very rare and very awesome because of its size, but not unheard of by any means. I like your onion-skin hypothesis for the blocks' formation, it rings as highly plausible. However the block is 100% definitely NOT on its side. The bedding planes can be seen from multiple angles as near-horizontal, meaning the block is either upright or up side-down- a closer examination should reveal the original up direction through bedding truncations. Thanks for sharing!

[@b.questor]

Thanks.

[@feelinghealingfrequences7179]

search for it its called falling block big horns wyoming

[@bujfvjg7222]

Dolomite? So it's Italian?

[@nicthegiant]

@@bujfvjg7222 The mountain range and the rock itself do share the same name due to the rock but I am not sure what came first, the name of the range or the rock.

[@DianaMLuan]

@michaeldeleted

[@joshm3342]

Superb! The sound of footsteps, wind & silence made it feel as though I were there with you. Thanks for not adding music!

[@judyvalencia3257]

Thank you so much for posting this! I’m a 73 yr old stroke victim that doesn’t get out much and this video almost felt like I was there in my younger self exploring nature! You are so much appreciated!!’

[@72tadrian65]

I’m 52 and I totally get what you’re saying. I know that I would never see something like this in my lifetime. This is one of the wonderful things about KZbin! Cheers!

[@robertwood359]

Same…55 just had a serious medical issue….

[@robertwood359]

Our attitude is everything ! I’m more grateful than other

[@72tadrian65]

@@robertwood359 I hope you can recover, we are at an age where things start breaking. Mid life crisis is hell!

[@robertwood359]

You as well… thank you

[@walletracer9882]

Have you tried starting her up? The pioneers used to ride these babies for miles.

[@gerrycarmichael1391]

😅😅😅 sponge bob reference !

[@the_pov_channel]

It's not just a boulder. its a rock 🥲

[@Schnitzel_User]

i searched for this i clicked on the vid just for this

[@sean3874]

😂😂😂😂

[@manbearpig710]

“Hold on there jethro!”

[@davidyarb5885]

Great video. Thank God, no music. Just nature. Perfect.

[@nickabousselam6493]

My palms are sweating just watching you walk so close to the edge. Take care

[@1coketogo554]

I know! I keep feeling sorry for his mom. Obviously he didn't watch enough road runner cartoons or he would know what can happen when one stands on places like that slab that jutted out like a piece of paper sitting half way on a table top. Or when they were standing on that big piece and he is saying that is ready to go any minute. Yet they walked out and stood on it.

[@notsorare]

@@1coketogo554I worry about a dog that stands that close to the edge

[@Greg-fk4pi]

I need a sick bag watching this.

[@Annabelle10074]

Meee too! I became scared of height after I had kids. It was so weird.

[@TeknoMediumsParanormal1111]

Yup, my reflexes tense and scream NOooo lol

[@Ken-gz5mo]

My two favourite explorer channels! Happy to see you doing a video together.

[@cwicker454]

Often thought they would be a great pair, but knowing it wasn't possible. I let that thought go. Who knew it would work out like this? wonderful, my two favorite (and only two) desert explorers, reminding me how I was when stationed at DM AFB in Tuscon, AZ in 1978-1981.

[@paulacordoba816]

Me gusta tu vídeo y la narrativa. Buenos enfoques e imágenes muy logradas. AI puede acelerar los tiempos de edición, pero manténlo natural. Cuánto más veraz, más se disfruta 😊❤❤

[@dragonlea13979]

@@cwicker454My dad was stationed at DM in 1968. I lived there until ‘94

[@barbaragoertz2932]

My thoughts exactly!😊

[@prophez23]

You and @Desert.Drifter aka Andrew are some of my absolute favorite channels here on KZbin and this video in particular is unbelievably amazing! I can only imagine how significantly important and sacred that huge monolith would have been to the countless generations of indigenous people in the area and the stories that were told about it as well as the life that was lived around it that it itself has witnessed throughout the possible millions or hundreds of thousands of years it has sat there. Just so much reflection and imagination is invoked with things like this and that's why I will never understand how or why so many people choose to live their lives fully contained or even partially contained within the cities around the country. Nature is where it's at and especially nature that you have to work at in order to see and experience and it's those places at least for me that hold some of the greatest wonder and magic in the world. Thank you and thank Andrew and you guys other halves for bringing us along on this splendid phenomenal adventure showcasing one of the most amazing natural wonders I've ever seen. You guys are the best! Keep up the great work and always as you know be safe and careful..

[@tiorontoron7531]

this country is so immensely beautiful and people go their entire lives without even comprehending its beauty, thanks for sharing

[@saywhat8966]

One very cold time the rocks decided to praise the Lord their Creator. “We’ll do this with the help of the cold and heat the Lord provides. We’ll make our block square, bold, and huge to bring glory to the One who formed us from the deep Earth. We’ll then wait to be found and confound, but the Lord knows as He watched us form and not conform to mass deceit.”

[@SpaceFlye]

It's baffles me that some people will live their entire lives like one area, never to even leave their own state.

[@davidcollin1436]

​@@SpaceFlye states are artificial constructs

[@ai.botfinder]

Wait till you hear about the religious, and other artificial buildings and formations of rocks, ground and trees in Middle East .. many look alien

[@jay_james_]

They stuff us into small citys, then tell us we are “over populated.” Meanwhile there are parts of earth and this country people have never seen, but they were populated at one point. So, who were smarter the ancients or us?

[@lauravanniekerk4719]

You guys are AMAZING together!! This was EPIC

[@clintnorton4322]

It's not on it's side, the sedimentation layers are horizontal on the dark colored side, matching the horizontal layers on the bluff. The piece that broke off the corner is lying near the bottom of the rock, to the right in the final drone shot. Notice the thinner square piece to the left in the same shot. Looks like it sheered off the top of the main rock during the initial impact or maybe second impact but momentum kept it with the the main piece until it came to rest. The thinner slab kind of rattled against the bigger one and caused the corner to break loose. I would play in an old quarry when I was a kid and rolled some pretty big rocks of the edge onto a "tallus" slope to watch them break up. This rock fits the most common pattern I saw. Your proposition that the rounded parts broke off and crumbled also fits the pattern. If you look you'll probably find a few that held together farther down the slope, maybe in the edge of the trees, round rolls easier.

[@Did.a_flip]

I was thinking it was seafloor by the flat wall that's leaning toward the ground with the dark rain streaks. The way the smooth grooves go horizontal reminded me of a current shaping a shallow sandy smooth seafloor. Then he said it's limestone and it looks like Montana or the Black hills but idfk. It's a former ocean. and limestone forms in shallow calm waters like near reefs. When you see chunks of sand cube off and fall into the sea, they look like this. I think this was just an ancient sea sand shelf that remained after the sea like the rest of the terrain but collapsed as it would as a sand pillar from a drying shelf. They even found a sea fossil extremely surface at the start.

[@anjou6497]

​@@Did.a_flip Yes, makes good sense.

[@joesmith-es1zy]

@@Did.a_flip The cube is made of limestone with lots of fossil coral in it. It would have been fascinating to have been around when it broke off and came tumbling down the hill.

[@PeggyHall-x2f]

It would be soo awesome to watch that bounce down the mountain side. Looks like a quarry to me. From the time when we knew how to work/move. massive rock.

[@HeirOfNothingInParticular]

@@PeggyHall-x2f No. Just no.

[@badasswood]

ive been a stone worker my entire life, im floored by your awesome video! the knapped arrow head and tool pieces you found are so cool! we find them here too , and i found a stone iroquois hand drill once on a property...i can tell you that a lot of the surrounding rocks and stones look quarry cut, or cast offs of a quarry cut ... everything about that place says quarry to me, but who knows. there are many places where i live that look like tgey could have been quarries, but arent, theyre naturally occuring, and there are many quarries here... i love the broken corner theory!!only way to confirm it was a quarry would be to find something built from any stones from there, big or small, that search could take a life time to maybe not find anything... the one edge actually looks like it was damaged by an impact, theres a dent in it about 6 feet long, look at the photo of the measurements, its to your left. the horizontal lines look very much to be tooling marks. tgere look to be matching marks on the flat wall under the one over hang on the upper cliffs,it would be cool to measure,and examine the horizontal lines on both, and try matching a displacement area. pretty insane video!thank you!

[@the_pov_channel]

Agreed. So cool. The crushed parts of the edge was interesting to see. It tells an amazing story

[@AuntLizzie]

Those horizontal grooves on one side struck me straight away. Surely they are not natural? Interesting stuff. 🦘🌟

[@Genesis-wo3dg]

I thought the same thing, even looking at the rest of the landscape texture. I truly think a lot of these types of sites were truly ancient quarrying.

[@ufonomicon]

Well why would you need to find places they built if it was indeed an ancient gigantic quarry? If somebody that long ago could have mined gigantic swathes of earth, they probably took all of those resources into outer space. Just saying. Looks like they turned the entire southwest US into a quarry…

[@dogwklr]

Huge chunk of concrete

[@MrNoucfeanor]

Please don't stand so close to the edge. My sphincter can't handle it! Great video!

[@Jewelmind]

😂

[@matiasishere1487]

Totally triggered that weird feeling in my gut.

[@Kayluv101]

lmfao 😂😂

[@quinonesdeserie8679]

Love seeing Andrew of Desert Drifter in this video with you!!

[@skippylippy547]

Yes, and who knew Evelyn is a rock climber too!

[@kamiyamayk.30]

And Evelyn too. So awesome see all of you together. 🎉

[@quinonesdeserie8679]

@@kamiyamayk.30 yes Evelyn too

[@the_pov_channel]

Evelyn is a very good climber. Way better than I will ever be

[@saywhat8966]

@@the_pov_channel You have a great team there. Honestly, if you worked together all the time there would be fewer places to explore, check out and publish.

[@markos916]

Your walking 10 inches parallel from the edge was FREAKING me out! 😮

[@reesofraft4166]

would have loved to see any safety harness/rope. that is like an accident waiting to happen, especially at the overhanging side

[@dorothylewis1207]

​@@reesofraft4166 But all worked out. God Bless Them & You. 🙏💕

[@justin8894]

YOU’RE

[@dorothylewis1207]

​@@justin8894Appreciate YOU, Proper English corrector, seriously ❤👍 Always good to learn. 🎉

[@angerthosenear_yt]

You should check out shiey's Journey Across Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Those are some spooky climbs! But I do agree, being that close to the edge would freak me out, even with gear.

[@Lared4life]

Dude I love how you talk about this like it’s unknown and unexplored but at the same time someone when there and bolted the whole thing

[@borlanderobertson5666]

They literally showed climbers in the intro. 😂

[@garytull7730]

What a treat having these people (and dog) together. Hope this leads to other collaborations

[@djhood34]

For someone who lives in the U.K. you two are always go to channels, for me the scenery just blows my mind and your discoveries are incredible big up guys and respect to Evelyn and Tui also..xx

[@lb1448]

I love your channel! Many thanks for taking your viewers on quite an adventure. Your curiosity and keen awareness of the seemingly inexplicable geometric patterns of rocks and minerals formed in nature is to be commended. The outward legacy that repeated glaciation on these Calcium Carbonate rocks along with having been part of an ancient ocean bed millions of years ago produced geometric ‘weathering’ that is stunning. Safe travels always, guys. Best from a retired. Geochemist old lady who is inspired by your need to know about our Earth. Dr. Lauren🤓

[@mamm7223]

WOW! What an amazing place. You, Andrew and Evelyn make a great exploration team. I am so glad that neither you nor Andrew tried to tackle that on you own, alone. Your editing is fine, and I enjoyed every minute. Thank you!

[@stardust1246]

Hey, what about Evelyn? She might have decided to tackle it on her own.

[@marguerittegoetsch2303]

Awesome show kids, I'm 70 years old and never heard of or seen the rock you showed today I don't know what to think, it looks man-made to me. I was praying for your safety as you kids investigated that colossal rock, I have my fears and have no problem with flying, but I have the fear of falling, and you kids? on top looking down as you did. Thank you to you three please be safe. God Bless you three.

[@alainterieur7583]

If you see the video, there is no need to pray. This is not live!!

[@dorothylewis1207]

​@@alainterieur7583Always a Need to Pray 🙏

[@kevinkelly2162]

It looks mane made??????? If men were ten metres tall and had chisels a a meter broad. And mostly men make things for a reason. Why would people do this? Sorry but this is proof of ancient aliens phuking with us.🤣🤣🤣

[@ThePatente]

Man-made? Why?

[@elementneon]

Nah, that entire area of rock-face was formed into a natural grid of sorts, and as eons have passed and the lower ground has washed away chunks have broken off. But I agree, it sure does have that unnatural appearance, which makes it fun to build myths around. I am sure native american tribes would tell stories to young ones about that type of thing.

[@melanieenmats]

I believe your theory of convenience for monoliths. I've formed exactly the same a year ago at a monolith site in remote hills near Valencia (Spain). It is believed to be Iberian or Pre-Iberian. When looking at it, and seeing how difficult the hills are, it seems almost obvious that the stone came from the ridge above. Even today driving to the site is hard and takes time. Moving a huge monolith there would seem impossible. It's very big. -Just like in your video that ridge has large similar chunks hanging still on the ridge. -From the ridge down to site is almost the way water would flow. -Humans 'improved' the rock. There are traces of holes or depressions being drilled in it. -There was some stone masonry at the base of the rock. I bet for 5000 years this happened. People in the summer would come through that hot and dry valley. And in the middle of that valley, is this amazing rock that looks as if it was put there by the Gods. You stop. Chill in the shadow of the rock.

[@monicai8183]

This was an awesome surprise. I watch both channels and you have Evelyn. This was so great. You guys are great! Thanks for all the sharing and info. I'm a faithful watcher!

[@faiththrower7951]

Me too

[@gregkerr725]

Trek Planner says no freaking way bro! Good thing about the Trek Planner though is that he goes to places which are more accessible by car, and a reasonable hike, for us folks too old or too out of shape to do what you and the Drifter do! Love your dog man...take care of him!

[@matthewsequoyah2665]

I love the drone shots. Very CooL !! The sedimentary layers would surely show which side was up, or maybe it landed upside down. In any case this is a marvelous random earth sculpture.

[@jimlipscomb3236]

When limestone breaks or dissolves in rectangular prisms it is called "joint control." Some formations of limestone are very prone to exhibiting joint control.

[@TheHellFlower1]

Clearly this is not that.

[@NonyaBizziness]

However this looks nothing like a Rock Joint breaking, even in the slightest. I have been a Rock Climber all of my life since I was 7 years old, I have been ALL over the world. I have climb hundreds of rockfaces. And I have NEVER seen a near perfect Cuboid, and I have seen some incredible Natural Rock Formations, I've even collected many samples. Why do people like you speak, when you seemingly have so little to say?

[@marinoceccotti9155]

@@TheHellFlower1 I literally searched for " joint control limestone" in Google to See it is. It just happened to create one gigantic semi regular cube.

[@macdietz]

​@NonyaBizziness lol what a douche bag thing to say

[@icecubesbones]

I thought that was an interesting fact Jim. Don't listen to Nonya, who gave me zero interesting information, except that they are obnoxious.

[@maskedman]

Drones are a real blessing for his type of Content

[@the_pov_channel]

Kinda crazy the technology capabilities I can fit into my pocket now

[@maskedman]

​@@the_pov_channel Totally, never imagined the Power we could have in something as small as our palms. Are you using the Mini 3 / 4 Pro?

[@darvoid66]

You guys are super heroes for climbing that thing. It looks unnatural but who knows. If you're into freaking out your loved ones who are afraid of heights this video contains some really great content for you. I got that same woozy feeling you get on a roller coaster at a couple points especially when they were walking around the edges on top. Super fun video.

[@joesmith-es1zy]

It's basically a chunk of a cliffside that broke free, probably from erosion, and tumbled down the hill.

[@darvoid66]

@@joesmith-es1zy After watching until the end, I did learn that it fell there. Or did it??? Just kidding. It's a very interesting hunk of rock. Cheers.

[@joesmith-es1zy]

@@darvoid66 The sound of it falling must have been extremely loud. It must have sounded like the end of the world to anybody in the area.

[@yelenalena125]

😂😂😂😂 бред​@@joesmith-es1zy

[@Skinflaps_Meatslapper]

The reason why the block is so flat compared to the rounded cliffside is because those eroded parts broke off as it was rolling down the hill. That rounded surface on the cliff is decomposing limestone and is quite weak, comparatively, and since limestone is deposited in layers, it also has weak shear planes baked in. So the first tumble probably broke off that decomposed upper layer and as a result the shear plane exposed the harder and uneroded limestone beneath it. The rock you found with the weird pattern around those thin sheets of rock is called breccia, a result of a sudden high energy event that shatters rock, and if the right geological processes are in place, it cements back together all jumbled up. Very common with cave collapses, meteorite impacts, and landslides. The individual pieces of rock within the matrix are called clasts, and that's the primary determining factor in what separates breccia from conglomerates (a rock made of eroded bits of rock, think river rocks getting stuck in mud and then the mud turns to stone). Myron Cook could create an interesting video on this particular geological formation, no doubt.

[@teresadvorak6145]

& made a perfect square block. Nope😮😮😮

[@wasntme3651]

@@teresadvorak6145 Sure it could.

[@SUPERJKJEEP]

You should have taken a Broom 🧹 with you

[@hapskie]

@@teresadvorak6145 It's not a perfect square block. Try to read the comment you're replying to some more to understand why the faces are so flat.

[@the_pov_channel]

Ya, this is the conclusion I draw in the course of the video. The Breccia was amazing! Myron would have a great take no doubt and hopefully draw the same conclusions I do, with alot more detail than I can provide

[@RyanEglitis]

If you examine the bedding layers and compare them to the cliff, you should be able to tell if it flipped over as it fell, or if it slid down right-side up. From what's presented here, I'd guess it flipped once, shearing off a bed to leave the flat top layer. It would explain the lack of weathering on top at the very least.

[@The.Pickle]

Your comment needs more likes, people don't seem to observe the clues all around them.

[@the_pov_channel]

The striated lines were horizontal, matching those on the cliff. I thought that was interesting as well

[@rodciferri9626]

I think I may have found the missing piece that came off the top - except for a few chips, it appears to have survived intact - it's to the left of the main block in this frame: 22:07. If you freeze the video at 22:07, it's a pretty good view of both the piece that broke off and the main block and see the surfaces that broke on both of them at the same time. I think this proves what you said due to their relative positions - it must came off during the tumble.

[@darci480]

@@the_pov_channel Hello, in geology, these lines are called bedding. Bedding is the repetitive accumulation of sedimentary or calcareous deposits over time under a lake or ocean. It's how limestone froms naturaly , the repetitions of each beds represent a specific time frame of accumulation. In your video you mention the lines (bedding) at the start and looking at various shots, you can see them on each side of the block. As you say the bedding is horizontal on the block matching the cliff, meaning that the block cannot be on it's side like you mention at the end of the video. If the block was on it's "side" the bedding would have to be vertical and not horizontal. The bedding is also a plane of weakness in a rock, any rock mason will tell you it's easier to chip a rock "with the bedding" then "against the bedding" similar to wood. Since we have established the bedding is horizontal and if you look closely, where you're standing at the top is also the boundary between two beds of limestone, so you're standing on a weak bedding plane. My proposal is that since the top of the block is so well cut along the bedding plane with one side broken, the top of the block was at the bottom of the cliff and the broken side was the root that failed and let the block topple over and rolled once or twice before stabilizing in it's spot.

[@josephcline370]

Loved it! thank you for not adding distracting noise (music), it is almost always totally annoying! Silence and the natural sounds are all that are necessary!

[@madladmarketing1265]

What a video!!! Karst Topography! I'm certain the landscape there has a vast underbelly of limestone caverns which interconnect from the groundwater finding its way through the semi-permiable limestone. The water there should be very pure via filtration. Just be weary of the weather for rain. I explore underground limestone caverns in the hot dry of summer to ensure minimal flash flooding. Speaking about that... when is someone going to make a mega documentary with thePOVchannel, Desert Drifter, the Trek Planner, Action Adventure Twins, and Ask Jeff Williams? I really enjoyed seeing thePOVchannel team up with Desert Drifter here. Need we say we want more? Keep it coming! :D You won't find a more intrepid wilderness exploring team who are filled with education for the natural wonders of North America. I'm sure there's more... but come onnnnn!

[@the_pov_channel]

Exactly. Lots more to see here definitely

[@saywhat8966]

@@the_pov_channel Maybe for a limited time only, be careful of too much collaboration.

[@Blue_Dingo]

Glad you got it reposted. I finally got to see it all, and it was worth the wait. Amazing piece of rock and scenery. Plus, the 4 of you make the perfect dream team, please more team-ups!

[@PADARM]

Nolan, I didn't know you were also a climber! You are a man of many talents. Amazing video. Keep it up!

[@peatmoss4415]

Nolan, Chewy, Andrew and Evelyn...! What an unexpected and enjoyable collaboration..! I think I left a better comment on the 1st video, but either way Nolan, your quad copter piloting skills and aerial photography is the frosting on this dessert..!

[@nixswatson]

I do love his skills on the aerial views...

[@deborahm6036]

As exhilarating and this video is thought-provoking. Love this epic adventure pairing with Desert Drifter and Evelyn. Thank you so much for taking us along.

[@Lily-em1zt]

No the rock is upside down. That's why the top is so smooth. It broke where natural layers met.

[@dawn7612]

Really or supposition?

[@bruv1039]

​@@dawn7612the best supposition i've seen in this comment section

[@fubey8x]

that's probably the dumbest thing i read today

[@simonpegg1943]

Maybe Lily-em? I also thought that ..unless rock face was ripped away or under cut by water until it sheared off? Check out Randall carlson and Graham hancock Younger dryas epic flood through the Badlands. 🙂

[@ssteele1812]

That is the same conclusion I came to after watching this. The side with the parallel lines matches the face of the main cliff. They were probably created over eons by water flowing thru a crevasse like the one he climbed into toward the end. Once the crevasse reached a weak point, the bolder sheared off along a deposition pane and rolled down the hill. The smaller "square" slab shown about 60-80 feet away probably sheered off of it as it tumbled. Either one of them could still have the rounded "top" on it, just laying face down in the talus.

[@Tron2pointOh]

When you're in those caves you need a thrower flashlight that throws the beam a great distance. Your light bleeds out after a few meters. Get the Olight javelot long range.

[@the_pov_channel]

I got one now.

[@PatchouliPenny]

One reason for having a head torch is also so that you don't drop it down an impenetrable chasm lol. You were also giving me such freak outs going down the chasm with no knee pads or elbow pads! Ever since i saw that one survival emergency video where a guy falls so that his chest is between two walls of rock and as his body swells he starts to suffocate, i have such a fear of that! Please be more careful. ​@the_pov_channel

[@thecalebjones]

Finally, the collab we’ve all been waiting for. POV + Desert Drifter, love you guys. Keep up the great work.

[@sabrinasokal]

💯💯

[@johnoryjr4269]

Up until around age 55 I could hike like yourself. Now, I have developed a bit of basiphobia and acrophobia, combined! This includes when watching your videos and you're filming looking over steep edges at great heights; this cube, or rectangle as you discovered, was particularly provoking my newly gained phobias! Wow for the person(s) filming and getting right on the ledges, I kept screaming for you guys to "step back" and "must you get so close" throughout your time atop this fascinating piece of stone. Another great video, thank you. Stay safe and above all, enjoy every moment while you can. Happy trials ===============.

[@chuckhutch4104]

Retired stonemason/stonecarver here. The first thing you do when making a cube out of stone is make 1 side flat. Thats what I see. Also, none of the trees in that area were there when that piece fell. I'd venture a guess that there were no trees there at all.

[@alicer7271]

Dude, I know you camped in a lot of cool spots before. But that must have been one of the absolute coolest places ever to set up your tent.

[@the_pov_channel]

It felt pretty special

[@katrinabillings7011]

@@the_pov_channel kind of reminded me of a cathedral.

[@mrnevermind]

I never heard about this channel but I’ve just subscribed watching a few minutes into it. Quality

[@bluwtrgypsy]

Amazingly magical, mystical place. Incredible video. So great to see you with Andrew. Stay safe.

[@capnsheevus4857]

the collab I didn't know I needed. opening intro gave me chills, kept me for the duration. bravo

[@ruinsandridges]

Awesome! I searched Google Earth and found it just now, located in northern Wyoming. Yeah, I think it brock off from the Limestone cliff band above, and slid down the hill.

[@ErikAnders]

Thank you

[@speppermintz]

I was looking for the location in the comments (Thank you!) as my guess was E MT, WY, ND or SD as in E MT we have those curvy looking rock structures and similar topography.

[@mariusgaius7271]

Excellent, outstanding video guys. Please do MORE collaborations like this!!! Thoroughly enthralled & enjoyed this video. Was mesmerized. Keep going, we all want to see more!! 😊👍

[@dakotaiv]

You just keep adding the wow factor! Awesome adventure. Loved seeing you with Desert Drifter too.

[@jaymehatfield9540]

Love love love the silence. Letting us be there with you with our own thoughts at the enormity, amazing wonder of this artifact. Stellar. Absolutely stellar.

[@deddy2339]

Clearly, CLEARLY, this is evidence of an ancient species of giant wombat.

[@Whitehot724]

A coprolite mayhaps?

[@DrTomoculus]

And with Wombat Day coming up later this month, it's almost perfectly timed.

[@sabineb.5616]

@deddy, you are completely mistaken! It's perfectly obvious that this thing was made by a dragon who wanted to use it as a door for his den!

[@GuyWets-zy5yt]

🤣🤣🤣

[@brendoderf4748]

Actually this gives off ardvark vibes

[@tonyt8807]

You guys walk shear cliffs in the middle of the desert (man hood in a bucket.) 1 little creature with fur (run for your lives). Love this and all you vids. Keep it up and be safe.

[@flickwtchr]

So you didn't notice the woman scaling the behemoth rock? Wow, okay.

[@joybarber6974]

Each one of your adventures gets more amazing than the last one and I’m so happy that you share these! What a wonderful collaboration this was!

[@saddlelac]

Wow. Thanks guys. Awesome episode. My two favourite adventurers!

[@bobjuniel8683]

If you look up at the cliff face you can see where this rock came from. Maybe weakened by the weather, especially if there are temperature extremes. The ground below the limestone may have been eroded and a million kilos came sliding down. Then there's the possibility an earth quake caused it to break free. Whatever caused the rock to dislodge the cliff face shows rectangular rock forms and loads of rubble below suggesting erosion. That kind of weight would likely slide down that slope until its path was blocked by earth or rock. Interesting find, exploration and assessment. I kept hearing my mother say, "Don't go near the edge."

[@oldogre5999]

That square came riding the rubble underneath it down the side of that hill in exactly the same position it's in now. Why isn't it wearing out like the ones on the bluff above it... Because it's LOWER than the ones on the bluff above it! More sheltered..

[@redbatch100]

1:12 - you guys forgot to kick over the rock cairns to make the hippies cry.

[@pdjinne65]

Next time bring in the adventure twins for cave exploration! Pretty cool stuff, and thank you for not immediately jumping to ancient aliens conclusions!

[@gregoryallen0001]

omg i'm addicted to the cave videos.. who are those ppl lol

[@ShobuZukuri]

that collaboration needs to happen!

[@pdjinne65]

@@gregoryallen0001 right? it's terrifying and addictive at the same time. These guys have balls of titanium.

[@jettnorr]

I immediately thought of them at 16:22 😂😂

[@the_pov_channel]

Those dudes are psycho. I get sweaty palms watching them

[@ratpack12va]

Two of my favorite KZbin folks . Thanks for teaming up !

[@texasjustice8516]

Amazing video!! I so badly wanted to see that water source!!! I hope you return. Take a cave explorer with you! What an incredible site. So many geological features and mysteries!! Thank you for this awesome colab video!!!🙏🏻❤️😇

[@JumperSig]

The top is lying out in front of the main body of the limestone block. This is from water entrapment, freezing on and off over a very long period of time. The crack made by those cycles, traveled throughout the limestone. The top finally slid off, and landed in front of the now nicely cracked made surfaces of the block, along with its sides. Those, once part of the walls, are scattered about. I worked with a stone cutter way back. He knew of this feature, and he explain the process for straight line cracking in limestone. So, I had to post this comment. Beautiful video and your channel is on top. Subscriber.

[@fourbandits]

Awesome video, beautifully shot, but I have a small bone to pick. At 13:25 you said that "What I don't understand is how.... it came to exist in the middle of a forest." But at 13:44 I'm looking up and behind you and there are three almost identical blocks on the cliff above. The explanation was right there.

[@ghostbusterz]

He's eating your time for money with unnecessarily long videos. This shit is dumb. 30 minutes about a pseudo-cube rock. It could have easily been 5.

[@bathbomber]

He reaches that conclusion by the end of the video.

[@christinamclaughlin8784]

Bingo

[@the_pov_channel]

If you had watched literally 2 minutes past that point, you would see I come to the very conclusion. I didn’t phrase that part properly, but if I had spelled everything out from the beginning, it would make for a very boring video.

[@Linsuesaz]

I think he knew that. I think he wondered at how it came to exist where it is physically located. What May have caused it to tumble away from the other same formations.😊

[@dennise4163]

Does the block seen lying between the camera and structure at 36:15 fit any dimensions found at the top of the structure?

[@slammingconcrete]

There is a bigger cube, more symmetrical than that, off the right hand side of the north rim at the grand canyon. Also probably not accessible

[@tony12fingers47]

Egyptians-master masons of all time were in n west rim,

[@krypton9984]

A beautifully produced and honest video. The majesty of the space is brilliantly brought to life. I loved every moment of it. I worried that you might try to make it something it wasn't, but this was just perfectly pitched. Nice one.

[@juicetin616]

I think the physics of how the block fell away should be examined further. The formations on the mountain face suggest that the block would have had a corner facing downhill rather than one of its flat faces. There could have been a good chunk of that corner suspended over a natural fulcrum of sorts. In time, the attached corner would succumb to the weight of the suspended corner and break away from its position on the mountain. Considering gravity and the sheer weight of the block, I believe it could have slid and rolled more than tumbled. Also, the broken piece of the block may have been a chunk that broke off in this cataclysm. Very, very cool stuff! Love the video!

[@IAmFrankieKnight]

I'm loving these types of video and the calm between the words, but man, I had to close my eyes and hide the screen with my hands with some of the shots, I felt dizzy just watching you! I could not stand on the edge like that, but I'm glad you are doing it and we can watch (the bits that don't make our hearts beat too fast!). I love how beautiful nature is and how much of it there

[@SeaBreeze2247]

Same here-put my hand over the screen when anyone neared the edge. Toe curling! Amazing video. Thanks for sharing your adventure.

[@susano323]

@ 27.33 - standing on that ledge - don't do that shit! You see how that rock fractures and you don't know if your weight could be the straw that causes that ledge to fracture like all of the pieces below. Your fearlessness at those heights is a thing to marvel at but use your head and make sure you're on solid foundation, not air! Amazing place and thanks for the video :)

[@rcordiner]

Rotate it back through 90° and the top of it would have been the back of it where it split off. The uneven side with the vegetation was it's base. The rough front was the top and the horizontal ridges would have been vertical and are evidence of water penetration. Cycles of ice expansion would have caused the split.

[@susanvaughan4210]

That makes a lot of sense.

[@JDZiemba1773]

No chance...look at the striations... horizontal just like the ones on the cliffs....I think the block is upside down

[@christianweller4288]

Never underestimate the power of freeze/thaw on rocks. Looking around at the other exposed hard geology in the area clearly illustrates the process of how is calved off quite naturally.

[@norwayphilosopher]

@@JDZiemba1773 You're right. 20:33 and 19:58 is the evidence. Shape and colors and missing edge fits perfectly if upside down from where it originated.

[@RyanEglitis]

The rock is almost certainly upside down, if not rightside up. The cliffs show no rotation in the bedding, so the rock should have the same orientation in its bedding. My guess is the block's now top face sheared on a bed line as it fell and rotated to the top from the bottom. It also likely lost that corner at the end during the fall, if not, it falling away undercut the cliff face to force the fall.

[@lolz.s]

2 of my favorite channels and creators! Hope you both do more collabs in the future!

[@krislarsen1224]

Looked this up on Google Earth. Found the "Block". This is obviously a natural feature of the rock formation. There are a lot of squared edge looking blocks laying around. You can see them in the video. I'm glad you are looking and measuring on site. What a great adventure! There is another formation about a mile and a quarter southeast of the block... Looks like an Egyptian Obelisk from the satellite.

[@Phat4040]

What are the coordinates? What is it close to?

[@sovaignon]

Why couldn’t the others be man made as well?

[@KyliWallsArtwork]

I audibly gasped when I saw you two collabed. So stoked!!!

[@Thestaggertom]

Yes, a D.D. P.O.V. & The Trek Planner. This would be the team to explore The Hollow Earth!! Team up guys!!😊

[@the_pov_channel]

We ain’t gonna find it 🤣🤣

[@saywhat8966]

Lol

[@dragonlea13979]

I dont know about the hollow earth, but these are my 3 favorite channels, POV, Desert Drifter and Trek Planner!! So great to see two of the three together. Please lets see more collaborations between these 3 channels!!! Epic!!!!

[@Sedonalegendhelenfrye]

You are truly an amazing remarkable young man, wondering if you are a Geology Major? We discovered you and enjoy all your posts (which we will continue). I knew you were an avid outdoor enthusiast the moment I started watching you, to the point of skiing, surfing, etc. I know so many in Bend Oregon (my hometown) and Sedona who share your sense of exploration and athletic endeavors. That all said, please, please, be careful traversing so many crevices. I can understand your desire to completely experience all aspects of the regions you seek, but there are so many dangers (and wild animals who seek refuge therin). So many times spelunkers don't ever look up to evaluate what might fall on them blocking an exit. Hikers disappear all the time in the outback and aren't found for years, they become trapped in different treacherous areas and cannot escape. You may consider always keeping a lead rope with you so you can always tug and pull your way free if you get caught when in dark recesses, and for goodness sake carry better illumination. You are too deep in the outback for your furry companion to seek help for you. Your sense of wonder and vibrant personality is what makes you a star in your postings! Best!😄

[@Drafted256]

I get vertigo and scared just watching this! Amazing work.

[@1GoodWoman]

I get dizzy just watching you do this. Please be careful because you never know the tipping point of the weight to break the blocks free.

[@childcrone]

Very cool! My husband was surfing last night, found this vid, and we watched together. I quite enjoyed being along for such an adventure. And nice Vivos, btw ;~) I have a pair of the same model that I walk/hike in nearly every morning :~) While you were exploring the crevices I was reminded of when I poked around in the so-called Ice Caves near the Piedra River in CO. They are very similar deep fissures opening up in the sandstone mountainside. They're deep enough that the winter snow that compacts in the bottoms is still ice in June-July.. hence the name :~)

[@MrVegas-vm2kp]

@ 3:46 .... 😮 Very happy you had the common sense,to keep your pup harnessed... Those Elk would have stomped it to death... With that amount of yearlings.... Elk will stomp a grown man to death ! ... Great content, love the natural audibles as well ..... Love the DD duo 😁... I'm a " PATREON " in their channel 😁 .... I'm going to follow you as well .... Be safe 🇺🇸 🥾

[@the_pov_channel]

He knows not to mess with the big animals

[@memphissommers4171]

It's not as if this one, particular structure is unique. It's in the middle of a natural quarry that obviously has hundreds of these. Smaller ones, more rectangular ones, and most that have not split and separated from the entire ridge of limestone above it. Watch the video and look at all the square and rectangular rocks around this one!

[@the_pov_channel]

Did you watch the entire video? I clearly state this at around the 20:00 mark

[@obomasinladen]

Seriously. These channels can only survive on clickbait.

[@FastNCurious88]

@@the_pov_channeldon't feed the trolls ❤😊 Your channel is amazing, keep doing your thing. I have become a loyal viewer 🎉

[@saywhat8966]

‘Chips off the ol’ block.’

[@usmcmustang2972]

​@@obomasinladen Especially when they have to FAKE the thumbnail pics and embellish the titles to get attention.. SAD... Everything is fake nowadays ...

[@MolonLabe24.7]

That entire "mountain" is an antediluvian megalithic fortress that was obliterated in ancient times.

[@gwengwen4535]

I love this theory. It is plausible, given all the evidence of giants coming out now. The question is, why was/is the evidence confiscated and hidden? Why are “they” hiding the stuff? And could it possibly have anything to do with the nephilim in the Bible?

[@bryandraughn9830]

Like the moon right?

[@Teeveepicksures]

😂

[@matiasishere1487]

41 likes and 2 hater comments. Lots of us have our eyes open. I see a fortress as well. And since giants definitely existed, maybe they built them. So much we don’t know.

[@muscleman125]

It really does have a very fortress-like appearance. If it is a purely natural formation then it would've been a perfect spot to build a fortress but it's kinda in the middle of nowhere important so I can see why nobody would've ever put in the insane effort to carve it.

[@AlphaKnight-hg2jq]

a perfect cube, impossible. An almost cube, a statistical anomaly.

[@leashanahan9821]

Looked and looked - don't see a claim of it being a perfect cube

[@huskyfrank9058]

It's not impossible. Look at pyrites crystals which are perfect cubes.

[@agzofficial3600]

@@huskyfrank9058 crystals are a different story

[@huskyfrank9058]

@@agzofficial3600 Why are they a different story? Please explain.

[@agzofficial3600]

@@huskyfrank9058 dude are you really asking me what is the difference between that giant stone and a crystal structure..

[@mrbrown6421]

That was a very fast 36 minutes. Mind blowing. Well narrated. Thanks for the sounds and images. -- North Central Florida

[@aaronsause6573]

The most interesting thing I learned from this is that Wombat poop comes out in squares/rectangles!!! What in the, how in the heck is that happening??

[@RyanEglitis]

Square B-holes, obv 😌

[@loisr1560]

Haha, us Aussies have some great animals. Do not forget the drop bears. 😊

[@aaronsause6573]

😆 dude, somebody really needs to drop that shit in a rap song!!! See, I even got it started partly with the double entendre lol

[@vickymassey1479]

Same 😂😂😂

[@codymounsey6156]

not sure if its legit but everytime we saw one he would say that it was square shaped so it wouldnt roll back down their burrows haha

[@nancyparker8363]

With the drone, it looked like a rock quarry debris field!?

[@honkyhanky2647]

I find the evenly spaced horizontal lines most fascinating. Any clues to how they were formed? Also, what state is this?

[@Eastonwasatch]

I think it’s fairly obvious to me at least that this block was just carried down (possibly by glacier) from the cliffs above and behind it. still a massive feat that it stayed in one large piece like that. The cave is probably a sink hole from many years of glacial melt under/around the rock

[@Nomicakes]

At last, someone here that didn't immediately jump to aliens or ancient civilizations. A material structure like that isn't magical or alien, and corners and flat lines are more common in geological formations than you'd expect, and you're honestly spot on about the cave.

[@robins3352]

Ah come on - Its Aliens with unknown technology... absolute proof 100%... I mean its as good as finding a space ship!

[@ytmadpoo]

That was my first impression. It slid gradually (glacially pushed like you mentioned) on the side that is now facing uphill. At some point it reached that edge, probably about the time the glacier receded, and it tipped down into its current position. So the one side we see is pretty worn flat. As for the other sides, it may have been part of a larger chunk that fractured and those other sides moved along independently, wearing the other sides flatter. Somewhere further up/down slope there may be remnants of the other surfaces that this "cube" slid against, or they may have broken into smaller chunks/eroded by now, but still pretty cool to see.

[@kennethjohnson220]

I'm thinking a time lapse over kilo-years would show blocks being levered down gently from the cliffs above. The transport mechanism would be gravity combined with freeze/thaw cycles.

[@jshaw4757]

​@@NomicakesI've read all the comments and nobody is jumping too ancient aliens your projecting your dislike off people who like too consider out the box pottentials on there own...

[@nheffel2]

It’s quite obvious that block sheared off the high cliffs above it. It has not eroded and rounded off yet. In the video you can see several smaller cubicle boulders below the cliff.

[@the_pov_channel]

I explain this.

[@nheffel2]

@@the_pov_channel You did good!

[@kateheiden8418]

Great video! Great photography! The scenery is so sumptuous, you can smell the pine trees, marvel at the unusual rock formations, breathe in the clean air. Your enthusiasm and wonder can easily be felt by the viewer. It's very unusual, so fresh and beautiful, without the mental stuffiness that so often accompanies documentary-like videos. Thanks you three!

[@JonnoPlays]

12:36 you can see two other "square" rocks with "right angles" behind the main stone. You guys really needed a geologist on your team.

[@the_pov_channel]

DID YOU WATCH THE WHOLE THING

[@WillN2Go1]

aka Cube Mountain. Location is near the Burgess Junction in the Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming. maps.app.goo.gl/sxrKGnYNYgwViwDr6 Definitely talk to a geologist. There's probably one who would love collaborating with KZbinrs who could provide measurements, drone footage, and high quality images. Also if you time the fall of a stone you can calculate height or depth. Air resistance is just about meaningless for at least 100 feet. With video you can get very precise by counting frames. The most difficult part will be determining when the drop actually begins, but whatever frame you choose will be accurate enough. This also works for 'bombs' shooting out of volcanoes. Start counting when it reaches its arc until it hits the ground, or gets close (It's often difficult to see where it landed, but if you calculate 200'? that'll give you a good idea. You can do this with sound, if you factor out the speed of sound by distance.

[@ScoobieSwisher7413]

Shouldn't be hard this comment section is full of them.

[@littlered7820]

An indoctrinated geologist is the last thing you want....they pooh pooh everything that doesn't fit the official narrative.

[@DrTubeman]

@@ScoobieSwisher7413 Baawahaha, I was just thinking the same thing Scoobie...

[@eblair12]

Climbing that crumble wall had my heart racing ... Love this video.. Desert Drifter has shown me so much with his/their journeys. Thank You

[@jfhoule8530]

You found the cube. Quick, call Optimus prime before the Decepticons find it!

[@thybreadstick101]

YOOOOO i watch you both , and always thought, what if you guys bumped into each other in the Desert in the middle of no where , but here we are collabing ... Love you both :)

[@cwicker454]

Yes, yes, yes!

[@amoreno85]

It looks to me like the remnants of an ancient quarry. The parallel lines don't look natural.

[@KarlMonsos]

Yeah, exactly how I feel, but it seems like alot of people here think if its not natural then its a 'conspiracy theory' so whatevs I just save the videos in private ; P

[@amoreno85]

@@KarlMonsos I'm 100% sure about the lost civilizations hypothesis brought by Graham Hancock, and many others. They can call it conspiracy if they like. There are similar marks on some ancient quarries all over the world. The rock looks cut almost like how they cut gyro meat.

[@CallistoNTG]

@@KarlMonsos heaven forbid human history be interesting.

[@AstraLuna-o9i]

@@CallistoNTGso much of history as we are taught is gatekept by acedemia who want to cling onto the notion that humans have only been settling and creating human civilization for 10k years. Anyone who finds differently is labeled a quack and has their work discredited. There was that Egyptologist who had geologist study the weathering of the rock on the Sphinx body, and he came to conclusion that for that amount of weathering the Sphinx had to be over 12k years old. The archaeological community didn’t like that, because it calls all their theories about the cradle of civilization into question. Truth is the last ice age with glaciers moving across continents, could absolutely erase remnants of stone cities. Hell I live in the southwest and many of the ruins left by the Anasazi are buried under layers and layers of dirt, making them invisible to those who don’t know what they are looking at. And the Anasazi civilization is only about 1000 years old. We had ancient civilizations around the world moving and shaping enormous boulders, and archaeologists still have no clue how those massive stones were moved or shaped.

[@garylam6233]

I think you’re exactly right on your analysis. My mind was running all types of scenarios and couldn’t wrap my head around any of my own theories!! Listening to your explanation put my imagination to ease . Thanks for the free therapy !!! Y’all are amazing ,make an old man nervous just watching !! Don’t think I could have accomplished any where close even in my youth ! Great Job Very enjoyable and interesting

[@TheOnlyKontrol]

Masterpiece of a video glad it’s up again

[@BobTaylor-hn3zu]

Remember the water under the monolith.....imagine it frozen...along with icy layers of snow. The monolith could have broken away and ...like a sled... slid.... to its current location? I enjoyed your collaboration with Andrew and Evelyn of "Desert Drifter". What fun...what beauty!

[@TheJleerocker]

Once again Andrew......! Thanks for not mentioning where your adventure took place . Kindly let us know , on ''ALL '' your videos in the future . Jeezzzz.

[@CancelYoutube026]

Definitely a prehistoric giant human civilization that sought to build something remarkable. They took rocks from here, shaping them into perfect cubes. Then, a great catastrophe struck, leaving this one untouched, while the construction site and their highly advanced technology were destroyed. All that remained were cultureless giants, wandering through legends and myths.

[@dorothylewis1207]

🤣🤣 Not true, only Giant here, is God! God Bless You.❤

[@judycook1918]

Isn’t it wonderful that God gave man such mesmerizing puzzle for us to solve? What a great and wondrous creation!

[@sergiomravicich1404]

THANKS FOR SHARING....!!!! AMAZING...!!!! greetings from COMODORO CHUBUT PATAGONIA ARGENTINA