Sandiaman Cave New Mexico

Hiking up to the Sandiaman Cave in the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico with my brother James in July 2009.

Who were the first Americans? During 1940 new light was thrown on this intriguing question by Frank C. Hibben of the University of New Mexico. He found evidence of Americans apparently even older than the famous Folsom Man who probably hunted in the southwestern United States during the later stages of the Ice Age, some 25,000 years ago. The new discoveries consist of distinctive weapons found in a cave in the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico. Sandia Man, himself, like Folsom Man, is missing. And it is unlikly that there is any link between him and Native Americans or or early Mexicans that later inhabited the area. The tools and camp-ground debris, however, were clues from which can be built a picture of the Americans and American life late in the Ice Age. Perhaps as far back as 27,000 years ago Sandia Man hunted elephants and saber-tooth tigers in the Sandia Mountain area. Archaeologists have suggested that Sandia Man sought shelter in Sandia Cave in the Sandia mountains following archaeological research in the region.
Source:
http://www.geocities.com/sandiaman2002/Sandia_Man_Caves.html
Albuquerque Journal article on the cave:
http://www.abqjournal.com/venue/travel/sandiaman.htm

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[judysims]

They should take the stairs down and prevent all the drunken, vandalizing parties at night.

[sandiaman1]

@judysims Well, I know what I would do with all the lowlifes who vandalize places like this. Throw them over the edge and upload the video to YouTube.

[MrOGJMoney]

what is the name of the forest road this is on? Iv been there once and the dirt road doesnt have much traffic so i would like to ride my bike from cedar crest to placitas but i cant remember the name of the road and i wanna look it up so i can check out how many mile down it is

[DoItAndDie]

My brother just went to the cave earlier this year before the fire restrictions shut down the mountain. Can't believe you ripped your brother for being too lazy to go. Ha Ha.

[mrantenna]

hmm we used to go up there at night and suck some cold ones down back in the early 70's. looks like they may have changed the stairway or at least the fences since 1971

[judysims]

@sandiaman1 They should take the stairs down while they sleep off a drunk in the cave. Then we can video them whining and trying to get down. :)

[luloops]

I love going for hikes here. Good rock climbing is not to far from there too.

[jprene]

Great video, I have never seen this cave before. Thanks.

[Dak1953]

Nice video you guys I just wish it was longer to enjoy the area more. One of the days I'll have to make a trip down there and spend some time.

[RJL738]

Those were some beautiful shots you got. They should really make that stairwell much sturdier. Thank you for showing this.