After all these years I just realized it’s Professor Nick doing the singing and guitar!

Zentnerds assemble!! A new old video has been posted!!

Impressive this guy found the exact right crack!

Still cracks me up, every single time.....

Made basalt wall on my model railroad--Nick because of you.

Great idea putting these clips together.

When I saw that fall, that's exactly what I thought I'd do to recover it.

Love the story on how a young man with a strong set of supermagnets tied to a string got your hammer back. Great reupload of the best story a humble geologist (and teacher) could ever tell. The rest of the collection of 2MG are just stupendous to watch , with thanks to the late Tom Foster for those great videos.

I smile every time I see this😄

The event that got me hooked! (I eventually forgave you of the red bowtie!) Seriously though, Nick, I love that you're reuploading these vids, I'm sharing them with friends so that they can travel along with you as I have these last few years. Priceless.

Two words Nick: WRIST & LANYARD. Afterthought... make it four... KINETIC & ENERGY Love from Australia, the ancient land 'down under'. We use lanyards allot cos we live upside down, and yes even envy Northerners that stand right side up... Lucky we are that gravity doesn't repel.

I knew what to expect but when that hammer dropped it's still cracked me up.🤣 Thank you Mr. Zentner, this episode was a real treat.

I loved when you revealed the rescue of your hammer. Love this series, Tom was a good guy and I'm sorry for your loss. Thanks for resharing them. You are an excellent teacher.

The hammer drop (and "oh sh_t") heard around the world. Who knew such a random event would inspire so much joy for so many? We laughed, we cried, it became a part of us. It took no leap of the imagination to understand how much that hammer meant to Nick, and was so very rewarding to see it diligently rescued and returned. Thank you Nick, for your dedication to the joy of teaching. Thank you Andrew, for stepping up to the plate to rescue The Rock Hammer. Above all else, thank you Tom, for bringing Nick to us via your videography... may you rest in eternal peace, dear soul.

Dang it Nick I knew you were going to make me cry! Some of my favorites. Love love love..............

Thanks for putting this series up. If I ever retire, I'm heading to Central Washington.

17 minutes of fascinating two minute geology. Thanks for putting the "Great" in Northwest.

Dude! I love that your intro has you singing and jamming! More of this stuff please! Video it! Out by a fire in the forest! People will love it!

Greetings from Ireland. The fact that you were reunited with your hammer really pleased me tonight. Congratulations. Now I'm only a few minutes in, so I'll go watch the rest of the clip. Goodnight.

Bow tie and 🔨- classic 😂

A hundred years to cool! That's hard to swallow. Aside from that, a great video. ❤👌

This along with I 90 Rock ,the downtown lectures got me hooked I have watched every thing of Nick’s KZfaq Channel at least 2 times .I look at landforms totally different now I constantly think , how was that formed.

I can't remember the last time I hiked while wearing a tie! Great work . . .

It’s not hard to see what Tom saw in Nick, so glad the vision Tom had is still bearing fruit, certain he would be proud to see what has been created from the seeds of that early work.

Probably my 10th viewing of the hammer story; I laugh hard every time! And a great resolution! All of these are fun. 😊

I imagine Tom looking down from high above nodding his head in approval. Thank you for posting these little gems again, Nick!

Gotta love it, throwback lol, love u nick, my favorite professor, and possibly the greatest geology professor in quite literally the whole world 😁

I'm not a geologist, not from Washington, and watching these videos for the first time, and they're fantastic

Wow! Nick actually looks presentable for a change!

Love such compilation of memorable moments ❣️💖❣️

My absolute favorite episode! Thanks! I loved the extended eppisodes too! The hammer drop is priceless and a wonderful to be caught on tape. It is priceless that the young man took the effort to retrieve the hammer. These episodes together really tell the basalt story well.

What intrigues me most is that Andrew "found the crack". How? How long did that take him? A tremendous undertaking, I would say.

As I watch, I'm wondering how many sets of keys and other stuff had fallen between the basalt columns. Then your Hammer falls through. Fear unlocked. It was kind of someone to get it back to you.

An epic collection of classics, always with a touch of sentimentality. Grateful. ❤

Thanks for reuploading these, that hammer drop always cracks me up.

Nice update, amazing how that cool bowtie connects so much. I good name for a playlist would be "Bowtie Videos".

I love these videos so much - I can watch them for hours. It's so cool you got your hammer back. Great story!

Stopped The African Queen to watch this 1st. Zentnerds

Really great view of the Columbia River just across the River from vantage. On hwy 90.

Keeping it real, lol love the geology and the presenter! All the best Jules 💕

Thanks again for reposting this body of video that you and Mr. Tom Foster created.

Yay!!! I was wanting to get that hammer. That was funny. Remember that from years ago.

Still cracks me up years later!

Yay for Albuquerque hero! Wish there was a New Mexico geology series like yours

Very nice collection including the rescued hammer ⛏

I love these 2 minute geology segments. I use to watch OPB just so I could watch them. Now I binge watch them here on youtube.

By golly, bet you never expected to see that again! (Just as an aside, How old is 'Patrick aged 7' these days?)

i knew there was a hammer recovery sequence!!!😁😁😁 Prof Nick, you showed the recovery guy vid at the end of the last class when you were teaching from the auditorium 2021/2022? You also showed all the education appreciation goodies from the special chalks, ribbon candy, art work, coffee mugs, Vinmans geology pastry, and that beautiful little globe, that you had received and used to such good effect!

'Burque represent!! GJ Andrew! 🎉

Nice to have an ending to the story!

Great video Zentner! Didn't know the hammer was recovered, that's awesome. Love all of your videos. Thank you for what you do.

Never knew the hammer was recovered! Thanks Andrew and Nick for letting us know ❤😊 Tom' s legacy will certainly continue to bring enjoyment for years to come.

Loved every episode. Entrenched meanders was a new one for me! Before the explanation I was looking at it thinking ..."huhhh???

Never gets old.

Mistakes happen🤣 There also funny😂 Unexpected 🙃 Made me laugh 🤗 Thanks ☺️

I was thinking of rescuing the hammer one of these days myself, glad to see someone already has.

Love this old favorite with the hammer.

Very good!

Bow tie! A couple years from now, there'll be an AI version of you on my phone.. I'll be in Oregon somewhere & ask the app, "How'd that form?"

A hit for sure! gets better every time you watch thank you ALL stay safe

Fantastic audio! Very solid effort.

This had my husband laughing. Thank you Nick!

Brilliant. Petrified trees most compelling.

Thank you Nick from NZ for explaining how these things form .

I've been watching these since they originally premiered, on Vimeo, I think. Good to see them back, these were a lot of fun. And they're great little learning vignettes. Perfect for piquing the interest of young people about the processes that made the Earth. Well done. Nice work.

Thank you very much you are Blessed People!!!!!!!

I've stood on basalt columns. Really neat!

I hope this gentleman gave you back your hammer and you have it in a safe place.

I love your song Nick! I found a bunch of fine metal near the continental divide. There's an old wives tale among prospectors that certain things form where there's heat present? (Such as the Yellowstone super volcano 🌋) I also saw a lot of gravel present and it seems like fine gold likes gravel to me? Up the hill from me was some of that orange looking stuff I believe you called pillow basalt? I noticed that ants had taken over the whole side of the hill? Another theory about the gold is that it came from a major impact in the Pacific ocean because it's not always true but many times gold is bigger out west and decreases in size as you go east. It's not always the case, but the gigantic nuggets seem to like west coast states and Australia? I appreciate your videos and find them fascinating. Thanks for your hard work!🎸✌️

thank god you got that damn hammer. One of my favorite episodes was seeing it drop lol.

That's awesome!! I wondered if you ever got your hammer back, this is so cool!!

You two were like peanut butter and jelly My favorite, Love Two Minute Geology!

that hammer story makes me laugh everytime you reference it :-)

Oooh we have columnar basalt here in Tasmania. Doctors Rocks at Wynyard is a good example, or in Burnie - there's a housing development on top of the columns, overlooking the port, near the cinema. Magnet fishing for the win!

I've been obsessed with basalt columns after a trip to Iceland and I get so excited seeing them around WA and OR! Thanks for doing so many segments on it, I didn't know about pillow basalt or how petrified wood came to be! Also, glad you got your hammer back, what a fun story!

I love this stuff! I lived in Hawaii back in the 70's and as a kid I use to explore all the lava flows. Just getting out there in nature teaches so much about life.

My first experience with basalt columns was when I visited Devils Postpile in 1960 or so, when I was about eight. I was amazed and entranced to see such structure emerge from the interplay of cooling, geometry and the chemistry of lava. It looked like magic.

Binged watched all the Two Min series back then. I stumbled upon them somehow and been a fan ever since. Love the passion you have for geology...keep swinging the hammer!

Really cool, Nick! You're never too old to learn something new and for me it was "entrenched meanders" which I had thought were entirely due to the river cutting down. Now you know we have entrenched meanders of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon in Arizona. I grew up in Eugene, Oregon, but did you know that Skinner's Butte in the center of the city has an outcrop of pillar basalt? I was wondering whether it might be the remains of an ancient volcano or part of the lava flow you talked about in this video? By the way, glad you got your rock hammer back!

I hope you realise what a beautiful country you have there Americans.

😮 this is the piece of info I have not seen! This explains the polygonal stone walls in South America ! My theory

Thanks Nick!

Sorry Patrick!

Love the humor! Such a great video!

🥂 to you and Tom. Some fine videos with that team. Informative, funny and digestible. Something even us "young people" can get into. And all about the ice age floods!

Did you do a presentation lava tunnels such as those outside of Bend Oregon. The south ice caves? My brothers and I explored these tubes many times during summer vacations. Love your content and presentation style.

Sorry Patrick.

Great show.

Love your videos, Nick. Great content and a great teacher. I can't wait for the next upload of the Downtown Lecture Series. Just a few more months!

That’s great. Thanks for re uploading these gems.

Nice finish. There's a pair that'll beat a full house.

Moral of the story: when hiking over the top of basalt columns, always keep your smaller valuables well secured.

Thanks Nick, you're to funny.

GREAT SHOW

Funny, I was thinking today that NZ's avatar should be that hammer.

Lol I have thought of that hammer many times over the years! Glad it was rescued.

Oh yea! All in! with Professor Zentner. Every video. (Well, allot of them.) And sometimes, Just sometimes, I can follow those young (or old) "experts" that Professor Zentner brings along. Gold for me. Just Gold. Every "minute." I'll tell ya. Oh yea! ~ from New Hampshire. (but then my son is dating somebody from Seattle. Mmmm) Whew!

At the start of the video I was saying to myself. "You be careful where you drop that hammer, it might go bye bye" and then .... Yep, saw that coming. 🤣

Thank you for getting me back into geology with these 2 minute videos. It was my original major in college, but somehow I ended up in engineering. And thank you for continuing to teach us all you know, especially since the pandemic hit.

I love this! You've got a great blues singing voice mate