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Retirement: A Magical Find

October 1, 2015 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

One of the best things about retirement is being able to do the things you want to do. One of my clients spends his time seeking ancient treasures. Here’s a recent email string from him:

Interesting week.  We had one search for a family of four who had managed to lose the route and ended up in an adjacent canyon.  We used a night plane flight to locate the couple and their daughters (their flashlights) and evacuated them the following morning using a chopper out of Moab.

Below is a ruin I stumbled on while on a canyon patrol. It held a magical find – a completely intact ceremonial kiva.  It had an intact roof and still had its ladder, although the leather holding the rungs had either rotted or been eaten by insects or rodents.  The rungs had all fallen to the bottom of the ladder rails.  It took 2 hours to route down to the bench from the rim above.

The pueblo in this remote canyon was abandoned around 1150AD.
The main building – kiva is behind the first room.
The roof of the kiva showing one of the ladder rails. The other rail is hidden by one of the rock you see that provides edge support for the entrance.

EJ,

This is another ruin I located high in the drainage of a vast mesa top.

pueblo ruin

Amazingly intact pueblo complex.  Much of the roof structure was intact and the attached kiva was complete w/access ladder.  The ladder rung binders – likely leather – had rotted or been eaten and the rungs were laying at the bottom of the ladder posts.

intact pueblo complex

 

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E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. His focus at all times is on preparing clients and readers for “Times Like These.” E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998.

E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH, NH, where he completed course-work in Practical and Defensive Handgun, Conceal Carry Pistol, Shotguns, Precision Scope Rifle and Kidnapping Prevention.

E.J. plays a Yamaha Recording Custom drum set with Zilldjian cymbals. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zilldjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart (RIP) of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris.

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