The REAL Desert Dogs: Black Mountain Wilderness

We left the city at 7:00 p.m. on January 15th, 2010. Above us, the sky was clear, but even the sky was part of the illusion that civilization creates. When finally we hit the dirt roads near Hinkley, California; reality sets in. Above us, the sky is clear, but now we can see what the city lights have hidden from us. Planets, the Milky Way, countless stars, and even distant galaxies. Away from civilization, the reality of our situation is apparent. We are small. The cosmos is infinitely large.

As a pebble breaks through the Earths atmosphere and burns up, I watch its flash of light while still we meander through the dirt roads of the Black Mountain Wilderness.

This trip is an archaeological survey. Being that were fond of California archaeology, we often scout out areas and, if we find anything, we tip off the local BLM archaeologist about the finds.

When we arrive at camp, my father Joe Perry is there already. Hes one of the O.G. Desert Dogs, a real alpha. This trip was actually his idea. And almost immediately, things start to go wrong.

We find that we have no fire OR water! What the hell are we going to do??? These are the two natural elements that humans need to conquer nature. And here we have neither!

The next day is spent in the field. Our first stop is to scout out some nearby canyon for petroglyphs. Nothing at that one. We thought we'd try find a canyon first shown by Dzrtgrls.com, but we couldn't find it.

After a rendezvous with some friends, we seek out what we hope will be a new site. But first, Joe indoctrinates them about the archaeological significance of the area, and convinces the newcomers to engage in a mostly futile attempt to look for artifacts. We actually find a really neat site, it looks like a valley surrounded by canyons, and we find chippings the moment we get out of the truck. We only have enough time to explore one canyon, but we know now where our next trip will be, and well call it Desert Dog Canyon.

We come out here to escape civilization; but to be honest, if something were to happen to us, its civilization thats going to save us. Nature doesnt care about human survival, only we do. And even though we had no reliable means to create fire and we had no water, we werent really worried because we could easily drive an hour to get supplies. If we had to walk, of course, then wed have problems. Fortunately, with two reliable and well-maintained Japanese-made vehicles that had plenty of gas, the chances of us having to walk were so remote that it wasnt even on the radar.

Since we found our next site to visit, we head back home to civilization. It seems that civilization isnt really an illusion. Its just a byproduct of humanity; and so maybe it is natural. Sure, its actually more dangerous in the city. Theres a lot of crazy people there; but it is at least comforting to be around humans again. A foray into the wilderness is a deep sigh, its break from the madness. But we humans need each other, and apparently we like or need each other enough to build huge concrete scabs on the Earths crust in which we all dwell together, sometimes by the millions.

Direct link to the complete video:

http://therealdesertdogs.com/episodes/black_mountain_wilderness.htm

Category:

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Tags:

• Black Mountain Wilderness
• philosophy
• archaeology
• mojave desert
• barstow
• hinkley
• stargazing
• light pollution
• civilization

[Alchsdragon]

were you guys high as fuck? hahahahah

[KrissyinLA]

HAHAH how fun was this to watch???!!!!! Used to do the Desert Dawg thing back home in Utah, haven't been since moving to Cali. Love the vid!

[PongLightdrop]

Steel wool and jumper cables!!!!! FIRE!

[excalx13]

Dude, you rock! Good stuff!

[cng3075821]

this is so cool can u invite me on ur next trip plz

[Goaldigger123]

This was hilarious all while being very informative! I am really liking this series....it is very professionally done and highly entertaining! Good Teamwork!

[gargole661]

Another well executed vid. Long over due. BUt Its Lets Keep It Real" LOL ..