Why Seneca Rocks Are as Dangerous as They Are Awe-Inspiring 🪨 Aerial America | Smithsonian Channel

Seneca Rocks is famous for its distinctive looks, emerging from the ground like giant teeth. It’s also a challenging, dangerous climb - over the past 40 years, at least 15 climbers have lost their lives here.
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[@animehuntress9018]

15 Deaths out of 40 years is relatively safe as far as Rock Climbing goes. Yosemite averages about 2 Climbing deaths a year... that is rock climbing, their death average in general is a bit higher then that.

[@QuantumPyrite_88.9]

Seneca is what is known as Garbage Rock . Limestone with fissures . Yosemite is garbage rock = basalt with granite . Lots of fissures and free handing without ropes and a partner is just a bad idea . Been to both .

[@nicholasklick224]

@@QuantumPyrite_88.9 The rock is Tuscarora Sandstone or Tuscarora Quartzite and is really not too bad to climb on.

[@RomoRooster]

Side note, you can walk a trail up to the top. There's an overlook deck built up there but beyond that you can walk across the spine it's only about 3 feet wide in places

[@thejourney1369]

As a child, I hiked to the top with my parents. Beautiful!

[@JS-oy6nn]

I live about 45 miles west of Seneca Rocks/ Smokehole. Awesome place with excellent trout fishing

[@dixienormous7049]

I tell people...this is the area to live...within an hour in any each way we have Smoke Hole, Canaan Valley, Spruce Knob, Dolly Sods, so much more hidden gems....but that's ok...i kinda like it just the way it is...too many people at once will ruin them

[@jesussavesseq]

I did the smokehole caverns your very beautiful

[@pattywilliams788]

Wow! That place is incredibly beautiful.

[@michaelkenny9109]

I'm still waiting to hear the reason they are so dangerous?

[@jesussavesseq]

That's what I was thinking

[@mtbalpinecounty]

That spine..

[@b_uppy]

Interesting formation. It's obviously magma-based but it's odd how it formed a wafer-shaped arete

[@jesussavesseq]

Tuscarawas quartzite

[@luccuong2463]

Good video

[@Ukie_Hags_World]

awe-inspiring to look at the rocks but I wouldn't try to climb them.

[@betchface752]

Would love to know more about the geology.

[@jesussavesseq]

Tuscarawas quartzite

[@tomstanley7568]

it was logged in the 50s thats why it flooded then and they started logging in 2010 full scale again

[@samicamargo1480]

👏👏👍

[@captainryusugi1128]

Almost Heaven.....

[@jeffsabio1570]

1st

[@parkerottoackley6325]

Grade ?

[@throughthoroughthought8064]

Well I was close. You know in 1752, the pace of life was slower. A 7-month head-start would have been considered fair. Things were different then.

[@tomstanley7568]

they didnt venture to trade and raid they got run off and traded yall lie