A Day In Underground Mine Of Old Britannia Beach- Sea To Sky Gondola Ride & Snowy Canada Mountaintop
Britannia Mine & Sea To Sky Gondola
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today's adventure
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begins in Canada as the recording of
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this Monday March 10th
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2025 I am standing in front of this
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logger reminds me of kind of a Muffler
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Man a little more modern day day era
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Muffler Man newer version of a muffler
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man that you see across the US OFA this
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is the Canadian in logger version of
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that Muffler Man roadside here in
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Squamish British Colombia
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Squamish and I am going to be going Sky
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High from the sea to the sky on a
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gondola welcome everyone Adam the woo
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here up top here nerd locations filling
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up the rental car we
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almost ran out of gas but we made it
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just on the cusp before the fumes were
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you know before we running on fumes but
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we made it we made it here to
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Squamish we're so excited about going
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from the sea to the sky we did not check
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the gas gauge but we made it and now
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we're going to head up top and just see
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where the day leads I'm inviting you to
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join me it's good to have you here shall
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you there's the Gonda going up the side
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of the mountain evidently here it is
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still considered winter
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nice cool
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crispness parking area look at that
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amazing waterfall up there this is going
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to be a Scenic day in some
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ways okay don't really know how the day
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is going to plan out and pan out but
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wanted to do this while I was here
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there's the Squamish taxi dropping
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people off now I was really taken back
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by the cost of admission to this $8 to
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park and $80 a person to go up so the
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two tickets I got was ended up being1
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165 or almost 170 for an adult lift
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ticket and I was like holy goodness what
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all do I get for that what' you think
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about that uh that sticker
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shock 80
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b a
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person and then I you asked if there was
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coffee and he goes oh at the top and
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there's a webcam it's snowing up there
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and I said do we get free cafee and he
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goes no no coffee no C no the coffee is
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coffee up there but it's not part of the
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$8 ticket maybe the translation from the
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dollar up here to Dollar that's what I
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was
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thinking this is going to be the size of
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the gondola I just did one of these in
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Ecuador
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actually did a bunch of this reminds me
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of Stone Mountain in Atlanta Georgia I
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did one of these in Ecuador I think the
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one I did in Ecuador with my my uncle
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and Mom my aunt and their friends I
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think it was like six bucks I think it
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was like six bucks same size Gondola
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also very similar to the Skyliner at
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Walt Disney World it looks like this
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almost the same size gondolas as the
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Skyliner wdw that runs from the resorts
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we're off and we are off on the
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Gondola
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to I don't know where we're going going
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to the top of a mountain what the name
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of the mountain I don't even know we'll
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find out when we get there most
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important thing there's coffee up here
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coffee non-complimentary coffee it'll be
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$17 a cup I and the parking wasn't
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included in that yeah it's been pretty
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much raining every day I've been here
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yesterday was did not stop at all
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today not quite as heavy of a rain but
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still raining nonetheless the road we
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drove in on down
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there kind of along the shoreline of
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this big lake
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so
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quiet starting to see some snow yeah
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it's going to turn out to be a pretty
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good
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day how stressed were you with that you
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thought we were going to run out of gas
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I thought we were going to be
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walking walk the side of the road I
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thought we were on fumes man I thought
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we were going to be hitching we we Coast
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Coast how did we not check the gas gauge
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coasted into the gas station we made it
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though we were on we were probably went
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25 miles through the mountains on when
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the when the light was on yeah on and
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those Hills going up and down the
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mountains that's that's that that was
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what was worrying me but we made it the
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suspension Sky Bridge which we're now
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walking across the sky Bridge getting
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properly caffeinated where the sky
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Bridge goes across the way here quite a
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few people walking across the sky Bridge
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as well but I got my got my latte
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here let's see what else we can find as
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we continue around I'm really hoping to
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see a bear kind of neat to see a bear
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out here kind of like uh kind of be cool
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this kind of reminds me of the sky
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Bridge they built at the top of a
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section in gurg not an Aisa but the
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other the other attraction CU like I Sky
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Bridge similar to this which I think is
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the world's largest or longest Sky
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bridge this one's not quite as long as
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that one but this one's definitely a
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little higher up now that I'm up here I
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can definitely tell this is the
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elevation is pretty wild on how high it
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is it's very very brisk I made it across
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the bridge we're getting into some snow
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and ice
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here very uh look at this very slick and
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then we can talk to her there's
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the here's
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the do you I climb sit lean or stand on
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the
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fences gravity Works do not put stuff on
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fence you don't want to hop over that
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cuz you would you would slip right down
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the side of that thing that would be
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like the worst sliping slide
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ever those crampons micro spikes or
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snowshoes are
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recommended in fact as we were walking
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up here there's a group in front of us
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guy slipped kind of ate it
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so I mean I've walked in a lot of snow
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with these
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typical tennis shoes so I should be okay
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but you never know with ice this is
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called the Spirit Trail
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I didn't think I was going to be seeing
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snow
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today I mean I guess I should have known
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with the elevation up here but didn't
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think I'd be in the
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snow man I want to see a
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bear what the odds of seeing some bears
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up
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here I do love the sound of crunching
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snow under your feet it's just such a
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cool sound
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shoot ooo dude I almost slipped there
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hardcore look I spilled my coffee
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everywhere I thought I I almost ate crap
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careful coming down there look at you
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see the little coffee stains you're
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still holding strong de your
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I wow okay should we go this
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this one's a little less sketchy than
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the one I did in
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bise crossing over the saboon river on
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my mosquito Coast day what a day that
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was feel a little safer on this bridge
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though my hands are pretty numb how are
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yours Frozen
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yeah it's cold up here way colder up
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here than it is at ground level do not
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swing the gondolas that's what that sign
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says so I am ended up getting a little
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souvenir in the form of a Sea to Sky
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Gondola magnet I put it on my metal
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cabinets in my garage this will go under
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the international Travel section the
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Canadian Gondola SE to
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Sky and I discovered near here on the
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way back to Vancouver few miles gu south
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of here is a Mine Museum where you can
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ride in a mine cart so I think we're
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going to go check that out
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all right getting ready to go
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over the little Plateau here and we're
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going to be heading downward into the
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fog into the haze into the Mist into the
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darkness and the Shadows it's a
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nightmare but it's one exciting
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ride a Beauty and the
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Beast
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reference man this looks cool all right
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this is pretty cool Going Back Down The
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Descent there with the trees and the
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haze really is
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really is quite a Vibe we're going to
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head down that road all right we are now
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over at the britania Mine Museum there
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are some Muses here including an
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underground train and tour oh yeah
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anytime I see some train tracks I know
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it's going to be a good exper look at
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this I think think that's it right
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there Rania yeah this thing is a
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beast
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wow you're blowing the
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horn for reference I'm
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63 yeah get over there stand next to
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that
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tire that's like a 10-ft
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tire we're going to head over to the
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machine shop now
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this machine like this could move 16 to
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20 tons of rock an
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hour that's the ambulance car right
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there
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this car transported injuries Injured
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Workers to the surface it is a poignant
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reminder of the dangers faced in Mii
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look at
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the this is where they laid right
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here
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interesting it's like a little it's a
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cradle for a larger
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person that was being taken out
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Underground all the Machinery all the
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saws up there
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it's a man car how did they get to work
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a man car would carry up to 12 men they
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would travel to 45 minutes underground
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cramped in the conditions to get to work
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the old ring
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toss so I guess this is what they used
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to play they made their own game let's
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see if I'm any good at it see if I'm in
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natural this is awesome look it's the
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entrance to the original Mill or at
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least one of the M
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shafts you know I don't know if I've
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ever seen a m shaft in person before
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like this like you know I've seen what a
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recreation of one but to see this and
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think back pre1 1921 of them going into
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amazing you can see the boards are all
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falling down right there
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kind of reminds me of the one from from
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First Blood doesn't it
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I mean there's just rows and rows and
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rows of
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itemized pieces you can even see the
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numbers here with the itemized piece
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numbers on them almost like a library of
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rock that is really
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fascinating so if you wanted to look at
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a find a pie
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of you know piece of the rock there it's
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all it's all
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coated at least that's my assumption
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anyway but pre 1921 there was an entire
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other section right here that burned
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down and they've just left all the ruins
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up there on the side of the hill all
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right so evidently Scooby-Doo 2 was
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filmed here and a bunch of X
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Files I think a something to do with
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goosebumps was also filmed here on this
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property and we are on our way now to
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the Underground Tour here in the copper
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sulfate
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mine this okay this is very fascinating
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this is where they stored this was their
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lockers you got Lynn you got George you
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got Jenny you got Janie you got Jeremy
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that's what this building here was used
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for or at least now it symbolizes
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that passing the pump
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house got to go past and over the
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conveyor shed yeah I'm glad we're doing
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this this is the last washrooms before
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underground maybe I should utilize that
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real quick all this is going to be
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really really cool here at the Train
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Pavilion we're all going to load on this
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train put
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andth
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than where are you going
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didn't think we'd be doing this today
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didn't think I'd be walking in snow and
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going deep into a
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mine oh yeah you know I've been on Seven
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Dwarfs Mine Train to Disney World Magic
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Kingdom I've been on the knottsberry
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farm M Train this is the real freaking
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deal oh yeah oh yeah oh
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yeah he said there's going to be three
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Extremely Loud Noises he's going to get
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a
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warning I'm try to talk too much keep it
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keep it to the organic STS
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of course Big Thunder Mountain
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Railroad similar to this type of
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theming that's more of a mountain
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mountain train ride though
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very
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muddy very muddy and nasty down
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here those are probably have to get a
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bit closer together so you want to keep
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moving down a little
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bit so like I said if you feel
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uncomfortable at any moment you can just
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let me know and make your way out that
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way so during your train rides in did
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you guys notice any interesting colors
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on the tunnel wall the oldest drill here
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is this drill your hammer and your drill
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steel this is how the Britannia Mine
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begins of course the way this goes take
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your drill steel put it up against the
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wall get your
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Hammer twist
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twist and so on and so forth all day
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every
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day and the drill will be running in
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three 2 1
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multitask pretty
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loud and we're getting this thing moving
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in three two one
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bu that is not supposed to stay up like
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that so of course you're not completely
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in the dark because you do have your
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company issued light to help you see
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your way around while you
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work this seems like a horrible
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idea they know what they're
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doing the candles they used for the
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first 15 years that the mine operated
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and this is a bit better than total
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darkness so it's not that bad as well
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the candle holder is pretty good it's
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got a nice long end to it so we can
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drill a small hole stick the candle in
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and enjoy some handsfree candle
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use that's where the benefit of the
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candle's
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end as we've seen all the machines in
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the underground were powered by
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compressed air and so a breeze might
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blow through that could knock the candle
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out or all the water that can come down
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from the ceiling that might also land on
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the candle put it out and once again we
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are stuck in the dark so we are going to
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need something that's a bit more durable
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and a bit more powerful to work with to
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see underground and that something was
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the carbide lamp which you probably
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can't see at all right now now but once
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it gets going I think you will the way
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the carbide lamps work is in this bottom
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chamber a mineral called calcium carbide
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will go in and in this top part a
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chemical called water goes in the water
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drips onto the carbide the two react and
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they produce acetylene gas the same gas
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that's used in welders torches and once
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you got the gas all you need is a spark
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and so we'll get our water out put some
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in the
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top let the gas f
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and then all we need to do is Strike it
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and we have a light we don't need a
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candle these carbide lights were pretty
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popular amongst the miners with this
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reflective disc I can aim the light so I
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can see what's going on down there I can
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see you guys in front of me so much
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better all right we take our heart hats
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off so far so good definitely a pretty
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amazing experience here dump these
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in they did not blow the whistle at the
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start of the midnight shift for reasons
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that will become obvious in a few
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seconds if anything went wrong in the
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underground they would blow the whistle
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three times so let people in the towns
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know that emergency crews need to be
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organized as someone might be injured
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fortunately none of us are so we're only
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going to have to blow it once this is by
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far the loudest noise you're going to
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hear today so please have your ears
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covered we'll count down from three once
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we get to one I think you know the
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drill cover my ears and holding the
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camera at this all right we all ready
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yeah whistles going in three two
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one did you oh
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loud and it echoes and it echoes and it
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echoes well we made it out of our
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experience with the m highly recommend
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this tour we're going into Mill number
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three now this is what it used to look
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like this is Mill 3 mil 2 was over here
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this is MIL 3 mil one was where we
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boarded the train over here we're about
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to watch a special effect show called
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boom there's a lot more to this uh
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experience
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that I expected when we first got here
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it is a National Historic
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Site it's also not no longer an active
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mill
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everybody
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okay all right definitely file that one
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for for me anyway under much better than
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I expected it to be that was absolutely
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fantastic quite the tour guide quite the
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presentation got to see a lot of amazing
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things reasonably priced in my
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opinion man that was
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good and this place closed when I was 3
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months old closed in November I was born
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in August of 1974
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the show was great they were talking
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about you know they had some of the
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quotes from some of the locals that when
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this place went dark and closed down the
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sounds the whole town sounded so quiet
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it was very eerie and depressing and sad
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because of you know people had
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generations of people that worked here
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and they knew when the sounds and the
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noises were happening that the town was
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thriving but this place has been closed
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for well over 50 years and it's now a
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National Historic Site so if you're ever
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in
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Vancouver and you go up to do
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the the gondola
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ride this is really close it's only
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maybe 20 minutes away from
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all right got to head out now and go
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over to a place called Porto
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Cove might see some sea lions heard
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there might be some sea
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lions see what happens it's on the way
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back to Vancouver I took a little bit of
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a commute down the
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shore really got some beautiful views
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here along this little section
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I can hear them dude I can already hear
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them from here Porto
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Cove I can hear the seals nice they're
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loud oh
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yeah so you met a family back they did
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the tour they are local to British
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British
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Columbia I think they said they live a
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couple hours away and they gave us a
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little tip said come over here check out
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the seals so shout out to them nice
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meeting them and appreciate them letting
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us know about the seals to come over
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to the provincial marine park at Porto
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Cove if you ever come here make sure you
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do not double
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Park oh man I haven't seen seals since
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San
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Francisco it's also sea liines and
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seals in La Hoya Beach California oh
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there's like a little Overlook tower
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that pops up up there you get some some
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good photos on that is
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awesome look at this
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place man there's a bunch of them over
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look at all the birds down there in the
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water too
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I hear a
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train see if I can run over there and
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catch it
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how to survive in the open water be
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transparent
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sting be stream and be fast and
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streamlined or just be big
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little short train it's only two
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connections the front portion and the
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Caboose there it
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goes very beautiful out here very
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beautiful in
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Scenic oh here check this out the wreck
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and
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reefs a Porto Cove
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Tire Reef block
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Reef The Dread The Dredge C tender
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Centennial
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3 the bow of the grant Hall which Now
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lies just north of the block Reef back
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from
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1992