Climbing Islands in the Sky in Search of New Species

Climbing Islands in the Sky in Search of New Species | Nat Geo Live

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The tepuis in South America, often called "islands in the sky" for their sheer cliffs and flat tops towering 10,000 feet above the jungle floor, create isolated environments that make these unique land formations evolutionary islands.There are unique species living on the tops of these mountains that exist nowhere else in the world. Often compared to the Galápagos Islands for being an ancient island chain with a stunning array of biodiversity, the tepuis are actually much older. While the Galápagos are thought to be around five million years old, it is estimated that the tepuis have been rising up for the past 20 to 40 million years, making them the oldest "islands" in the world.
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Climber Mark Synnott first set his sights on climbing the tepuis when he read an article about their unique biodiversity in National Geographic magazine and wondered if he might be able to offer his climbing skills to assist scientists in the exploration of their sheer cliffs. Teaming up with Bruce Means, an ecologist studying the diversity of life on the tepuis, Synnott helps find a new frog species and encounters some challenging climbing conditions along the way.
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@haxyquinn 5 жыл бұрын

Those "amerindians" are the Pemón tribe They had lived for centuries in these areas. And you need them not only because the know everything about the terrain but because you are NOT allowed into the Canaima Park unless you have a Pemón guide, it's the government's regulation and the tribe's regulations in an effort to preserve the Tepuyes. As they live there they control what happens in the park I've been in the Roraima Tepuy and in the Auyantepuy for a few weeks at the time. The pemones are amazingly skilled people and very kind people.

@matiastorres9849 4 жыл бұрын

I kinda wanted to know why he called them that way, bastante molesto.

@saaraphoenix 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this comment

@TheDrepirela 4 жыл бұрын

Can't expect an ignorant foreigner to even bother looking up information on the people owning the land they are visiting and are the only ones that can take them and bring them back. Discovery is the worst evil.

@danielawetzel2801 Жыл бұрын

And they have names too! I was watching focus about Everest and they always said Sherpas saved this or that but they don’t say the names. They need to stop believing they are better than actually the owners of the mountains. Without them there is not expedition or this video. I hope they now how stupid they look saying this guy instead his name. I’m pretty sure their ancestors discovered all that species before they believed they did. God have mercy!!

@aztronomy7457 11 ай бұрын

@@danielawetzel2801cry more

@Ntmoffi 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing. Cool that he could get down there and back out at the age of 71.

@525Lines 7 жыл бұрын

It makes sense. The abandoned elevated subway tracks in New York City were found to be home to plant species not seen in New York for ages.

@tzDub92 7 жыл бұрын

such as?

@Leponce37 7 жыл бұрын

interested in learning as well

@525Lines 7 жыл бұрын

The stretch of elevated track is called the High Line and it's a park now. Just google it.

@faizanrana2998 4 жыл бұрын

I think a forest isolated in such a remote area for 10s of millions of years, is a bit different to a NY abandoned subway line. Dont you?

@reinaflores575 2 жыл бұрын

Venezuela cuanto te quiero!

@KPL400 5 жыл бұрын

Just climbed Roraima two weeks ago. The sheer mind blowing experience on top of the Tepui sandwiched between the awful situation of the people exiting Venezuela at the border between Venezuela and Brazil. Nearly 1.5 million Venezuelans have fled the country since 2014 mostly into Colombia and Brazil but more recently into Guyana. Half the population of Venezuela are starving....what my group observed was the tip of an iceberg of a massive largely unreported humanitarian crisis.

@ashantimatthias110 5 жыл бұрын

This Guyanese territory I don't know why Americans keep saying this is Venezuelian mt its not its located in Guyana the country of the Jim Jones saga stop giving the world wrong information

@lifeisgood3087 4 жыл бұрын

@@ashantimatthias110 are you serious? Did you pass geography in school? dude, did you not hear the guy this was entirely in Venezuela? 85% of this beautiful place is in Venezuela, where all the filming took place.

@elji02 7 жыл бұрын

Venezuela is such a beautiful place.. it's paradise.. we even have the tallest waterfall in the world.. it's breath taking...

@tauceti8060 7 жыл бұрын

elji02 Remember that the mountain is shared between Brazil and Guyana too.

@stereotypical8887 7 жыл бұрын

Alpha581 exactly, mount roraima

@sebastianastorga6702 6 жыл бұрын

The tallest waterfal isn't in Roraima Tepui, is farther to the north

@haxyquinn 5 жыл бұрын

Alpha581 No, The Roraima is shared between Brazil and Guyana (that's is legally still part of Venezuela btw) The Angel's fall is in another Tepuy (Auyantepuy) That's is completely inside Venezuelan Territory

@lifeisgood3087 4 жыл бұрын

@@tauceti8060 yes, but all the filming is in the Venezuela territory.

@starcrib 4 жыл бұрын

Synnott is spectacular, a real adventurer and special person in the quest for scientific evidence. well done.

@shiroineko13 7 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video. Loved the whole story telling and bit with Bruce in the sinkhole.

@budfoon 2 жыл бұрын

That Nat Geo issue, that article! I made it up Roraima in 1998, a couple weeks after a total solar eclipse that skimmed northern Venezuela. The summit of Roraima is as amazing as any video - and accessible by foot. And my trip there was inspired by that one article. Thanks Nat Geo, for having inspired many of my amazing trips around the world!

@blocpartyrocker 5 жыл бұрын

This is one of the best videos on KZfaq. Thank you.

@saaraphoenix 4 жыл бұрын

The kind of adventure my soul craves. Lucky to hike in tropical forests almost every weekend

@moflyboyblanquito541 7 жыл бұрын

I would love so much to go on one of those expeditions.

@ADK117 7 жыл бұрын

Looks exactly like the paradise in UP

@jeerardoh 7 жыл бұрын

it's because they are. here, look for the 22-minute video under "Making Of": www.pixar.com/features_films/UP

@faizanrana2998 4 жыл бұрын

India is a shithole

@Butterflybreakfast 7 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this presentation. Thank you

@elmixo5010 6 жыл бұрын

Venezuela, my lovely homeland.

@albertptran 7 жыл бұрын

This sounds like an awesome adventure

@dodecaheathenblue8132 4 жыл бұрын

Greatest story ever...Amazing -!!!

@fffffashion6155 7 жыл бұрын

This is amazing!! makes me want to watch the documentary

@alphaadhito 7 жыл бұрын

Watch Steve Backshall climbing the Upuigma-tepui. Mind-blowing :-o

@fffffashion6155 7 жыл бұрын

+Alpha Adhito wow thanks for the recommendation! will check it later

@danielrk8 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting stuff! Thanks guys!

@anggaraditya7642 7 жыл бұрын

"Gotta cath em all" to the whole new level

@albertptran 7 жыл бұрын

Post more adventures like this

@Polymathically 7 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. I wish I could see this in person, but I'm nowhere near skilled enough of a climber to try that.

@deborahlynnxyz 2 жыл бұрын

On other videos they say there is a helicopter and a plane that can be hired to take you up.

@gawayne1374 6 жыл бұрын

Totally in my bucket list

@Anonymoose 7 жыл бұрын

Fascinating story!

@abelleba5750 7 жыл бұрын

this is such an inspiring video please, tell me more

@rickysukhi 7 жыл бұрын

perfect narration !

@Evantures 2 жыл бұрын

This is incredible 👏 hope to go there someday

@ish6978 7 жыл бұрын

This was very enjoyable.

@barry7608 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much great story, insane skills

@anainthewild 2 жыл бұрын

The "Amerindian" people he speaks of are the Pemón people. They have a name, history, and culture that is uniquely their own. To mislabel your guide who made this success possible is incredibly rude. The Pemón people are stewards of that land, and have been since time immemorial. It is clear whose territory you are on when you enter the park, so the presenter has no excuse for misnaming his guides.

@goatog9443 Жыл бұрын

It's the local that do the hardest part and they get to tell the story of heroism. Vulture culture

@birendersinghsachan182 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome job

@prasanthp2008 4 жыл бұрын

I love this spirit !!!

@alwproductions2208 7 жыл бұрын

This is amazing

@lassoatrain 4 жыл бұрын

Ever since I learned of the tepuis rock islands as a kid over 50 years ago I have always wanted to visit one and discover something no one had ever seen before. Or find gold and jem stones. But that is what makes them so special .I imagine there is none that has not been explored by now. Pretty amazing a piece of the planet as it was millions of years ago ,that's different then frozen in time like fossils .this is alive.

@TsukuneASMG 7 жыл бұрын

What great guys :) Very interesting

@dasboot6935 4 жыл бұрын

The one thing or is it a virtue, . . . . that mankind has been endowed with is the will to never stop exploring and or learning about everything that can be explored or learned. If there was a way to explore the outside of our universe someone would do it.

@JasonJowett 5 жыл бұрын

dang those photos with mile long drops make me dizzy and chirn my guts, even before I looked at the first picture

@OzGeologyOfficial 6 жыл бұрын

0.09 - WOW.

@kylelaw7210 7 жыл бұрын

Why did they walk through the jungle instead of just rappelling down from the top?

@Colin-ut6cm 7 жыл бұрын

Kyle Law cuz it's more fun

@TheKingOfSexyness 5 жыл бұрын

I guess there's no trees at the top to anchor

@Elsanta666 2 жыл бұрын

He talk about hes experience..more so about the species which is why im here for

@paul-mw6pc 7 жыл бұрын

wow great story!

@user-gy3oi7mg3j 7 жыл бұрын

嗯，说的好有道理

@tsfcancerman 4 жыл бұрын

Send him to norway where he can do "Kjerag", " Preikestolen", "lysefjorden", "møre og romsdal" if he only wants to climb

@spaceUniverse2012 4 жыл бұрын

For those that say Evolution is a theory, and its NOT, this proves the intricacies of evolution in action over thousands of years between a species based on adaptability and producing in different environments and populations.

@karmaalwaysprevail1202 3 жыл бұрын

The amazon is like another world.

@stephaniec.4384 7 жыл бұрын

Wow. I'm hopelessly jealous.

@saturn724 7 жыл бұрын

i was hoping they might find an undiscovered underground paradise with dozens of unseen creatures

@merk9569 4 жыл бұрын

@Dan Torrino They probably did but it will take years to document the plants and animals of the area and how they are related to the species found at the top and bottom of the tepui. They have only scratched the surface.

@Hazel-rah 7 жыл бұрын

Does anyone feel like it ruins the magic and mystery of the place if it is studied by humans?

@stentorcoeruleus4835 7 жыл бұрын

ItsYaBoy I think the magic lies in discovery

@karlh4718 Ай бұрын

It only ruins it when other humans go there that dont respect the animals an then it would be ruined but not many people will find it lol

@noonoo991 7 жыл бұрын

Is this the full video ?

@Lilblakyessj408 7 жыл бұрын

That is just kool 👍🏻✌🏻️

@ADDeeJay 6 жыл бұрын

My god, the vegetation is all agave. It's like climbing through swords. The pictures on your slides are just full of them.

@rogerchung7699 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@Nicolasm15inze 7 жыл бұрын

This is Monte Roraima, and it is in frontier Roraima Brazil and Venezuela, not only Venezuela

@incognito4195 7 жыл бұрын

nope its in guyana not brazil

@cesagvplay 7 жыл бұрын

Nicolas Oliveira pero la mayoría esta en vzla , i think 85% of the tepui

@Nicolasm15inze 7 жыл бұрын

But 15% is something, and the Montain is acessibility from Brazil too. Is one information more to your books . Thank You!

@tauceti8060 7 жыл бұрын

Nicolas Oliveira Roraima is shared between Guyana, Brazil and Venezuela But the majority is in Venezuela.

@Nicolasm15inze 7 жыл бұрын

Yes, now I agree

@10madbananas 7 жыл бұрын

At one point, This all sounded like a D&D story to me.

@claredegroff1491 4 жыл бұрын

When you said the 1 species was only separated by a few thousand years. That wouldn't be around 12000 years by any chance would it ?

@UrosDrljaca 4 жыл бұрын

Why?

@sean16hall3 Жыл бұрын

This feels like extreme Pokémon hunters

@incognito4195 7 жыл бұрын

thats actually mount roraima in guyana, south america

@carlosmitchell6543 5 жыл бұрын

Incognito mount Roraima is located in Venezuelan 85% of it the other small portion is shared between Brazil and Guyana. They were exploring the Venezuelan section

@bomaite1 3 жыл бұрын

This is probably a stupid comment, but wouldn't it have been much easier to descend onto that rock face from above rather than climb up from below? What were you expecting to find at the base of a rain forest cliff that has waterfalls shooting off of it everywhere? Of course it would be wet and decaying vegetation at a dangerously steep angle. You are very lucky to be alive yet. Rappeling from above you would be there in a second. Am I overlooking something?

@rene9244 7 жыл бұрын

Is that the rock on UP

@jeerardoh 7 жыл бұрын

yUP... here, look for the 22-minute video under "Making Of": www.pixar.com/features_films/UP

@3Quetzalli 7 жыл бұрын

They're not "amerindians". They're probably pemones. Either way, it's good that they acknowledged their participation in the expedition.

@juanibarra4123 7 жыл бұрын

Cool

@richardcabeza2087 5 жыл бұрын

Mr Frederickson from UP.

@1light4love 3 жыл бұрын

only wish Bruce didn't hafta ziploc them poor frogs to slice n. dice em.... specially not all four. poor lil dudes were having the best life down there. until humans came along and called everything theirs for the taking. 🙄

@RandomChannel-xt6dl 7 жыл бұрын

By reading the title I thought it was a Pokemon GO related video

@ItsFrenzy26 4 жыл бұрын

What you think of as mountains and rocks were mostly living things at a distant time point Either from trees/plants and animals, some of them ''giant'' The tree's were cut down that's why many have flat tops... The rivers etc. and precious metal veins that spread out from/through these ''mountains'' etc. are old root systems and parts of old trees.... From silica based trees, the ''wood'' petrifies and/or turns into precious metals etc. , Just like the ''petrified forrest'' of Arizona.. Devils tower is also the remains of a tree.. not ''lava flow'' , sigh.. Maybe check out a video called ''there are no forests on flat earth'' to begin your awakening to these simple truths that are purposefully being kept from people..

@Ploglow 4 жыл бұрын

cool story

@jayali4369 3 жыл бұрын

You think anyone ever went down to the middle part n got lost n just had to survive n live there

@dougg1075 5 жыл бұрын

The slime could be a cure for cancer:)

@vernoncarpenterjr6213 5 жыл бұрын

Those giant rocks are actually petrified tree stumps ,as giant trees were in anteduluvian times

@getredytagetredy 5 жыл бұрын

Vernon Carpenterjr ...They. Are remnant biology of Titan Giants ...with Human D. NA...check out Roger Spurr and MUD FOSSIL University for a life changing event...

@vernoncarpenterjr6213 5 жыл бұрын

@@getredytagetredy many of mountains across the flat earth are indeed petrified giants of gen 6. There are also remnants of giant mile high trees, as the giant trunk in this video.

@horacegentleman3296 Жыл бұрын

Take your meds

@Pveal79 4 жыл бұрын

I'd be scared to climb back down

@bikeseekho-Delhi 5 жыл бұрын

Any place which is not discover by National Geography?

@Alan-gi2ku 3 жыл бұрын

They are in the Guianan shield not the Amazon.

@stivenzon.bolivar 10 ай бұрын

Es Venezuela 100% 🇻🇪

@calumbrehony8067 7 жыл бұрын

wow

@carthius 7 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile im sitting here thinking... I wonder what kind of pokemon he could have found if he had pokemon Go...

@paulgarcia2887 7 жыл бұрын

Nothing because pokemon go doesn't have any pokemon spawn in that area. At least not yet

@Sirmac613 6 жыл бұрын

It was once a giant tree that was cut down bye the giants.- The Book of Enoch.

@wiandryadiwasistio2062 4 жыл бұрын

12:01 *wheek wheek* somebody opened a fridge

@warefairsoda Жыл бұрын

And I thought Valley girl was extinct!

@Poshodenero 5 жыл бұрын

So wait a minute... I can see rock climbing as a hobby, but as a biologist, pioneer, explorer and etc why are they not just using a helicopter? If the purpose is discovery isn't time invaluable? Just my thoughts...

@andresizarra2312 4 жыл бұрын

funds... just not enough funds.

@tgozaer6248 7 жыл бұрын

he kinda sound like wildcat

@diegoalvarezindriago6496 7 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahaha

@lightningdreams5509 7 жыл бұрын

Edwards FTW XD

@jkbc 2 жыл бұрын

It was so hard to get up, how about going down?

@trulyinfamous 7 жыл бұрын

This guy kind of looks like my 8th grade teacher.

@hugoreyes9137 4 жыл бұрын

These guy is funny😅😅😅

@euandrecampos 7 жыл бұрын

08:25 it is moments like this, where you have a clear revelation of being part of a "modern society" that evolves as slugs...

@bigroryhollar5023 4 жыл бұрын

What a dream job 🍻

@fadilakader4950 7 жыл бұрын

Guys, writing This video actually looks cyte center

@charliechetram4137 3 жыл бұрын

It is in up

@mr.personality7762 7 жыл бұрын

oh my gos, this was G O L D G O L D G O L D hahahahahha

@Smartstudyall 5 жыл бұрын

I think we have to explore our whole Earth first instead of going deeper into space... because there's much to explore yet.

@MisCCY130 Жыл бұрын

i hope you guys paid edward very well!!

@montinyek6554 7 жыл бұрын

6:19, look at his feet, who the fuck stands like that?

@sondracee8989 7 жыл бұрын

So you managed to get all the way up there and only found a frog wow OMG😰

@JanSmit.4203 7 жыл бұрын

With helicopter

@SolitarySister Жыл бұрын

Poor frogs.

@simoncurtis8016 5 жыл бұрын

There's no way they pronounce it "tehpouwheeze"

@RilanaWandir 4 жыл бұрын

My parents were working with the Pemón for a while. Growing up, I heard them pronounce it "tep-WEE"; they said it quickly. That may be more accurate. Liking this guy's story so far.