Windy Pass Thrust Fault with Bob Miller

A retired professor still wisely couches his comments, but it was a joy to hear him talking the dates up on top when you were sitting, and his speculation on shearing and folding. You guys just chewed up that mountain, even if you weren’t jogging! Great job!

Impressed by the hike 3000 feet up with a 71 year old professor like Dr. Miller. Not only does he know his stuff ,after all he wrote the book about the Mt. Stuart range's geology , you got him to answer your questions about it. Plus lots of name dropping of others who have researched this area! Who knows if you be able to get them to "take a walk" with you next? I'm out of breath man just watching you gents!

Hi Nick. Another really great video. Thanks very much. I've been watching your presentations for a long time now and have wanted to meet you in person sometime and thank you in person. Some day.   I am a 1977 CWU geology grad (studied under Bentley, Ringe, Higgins and Farkas), and got hired by the US Forest Service in Cle Elum right away and did geotechnical work for a number of years before jumping to mining admin work there and got to know most of the local mom and pop miners in the Liberty and nearby areas. I moved to NW Montana in 1991 and spent nearly a decade working on large copper/silver mining and permitting projects as a mineral examiner, then moved to Wenatchee to do similar (though considerably smaller scale) mining administration work, and abandoned mine assessments. Attending Central was not only a high point, but it opened me up to a wonderful world that's kept me going for a lifetime. Thanks again, Rich.

Spectacular video. I felt like I was just hiking along. Looks like a gorgeous day and sure seemed like a great talk. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome to join you for this hike and field geology! Great to hear from Bob Miller! Pretty rocks (and pretty flowers!). Gorgeous day!

Mike and Stacia are great but glad you had Bob to yourself. Really got a coherent story out of the conversation! Thanks!!!

Gads, hiking and talking. I'm so VERY impressed. And out of breath just flat on my back, watching. Wonderful!! Dang Bob! Keep on, keeping on, dear man!!

What a greatly informative hike with the two of you. Looking at the lovely scenery in a totally new way.

Special Thanks to Bob, that guy seems to have so much deep hard won knowledge on tap of this subject, it's a shame more is not collected in a place like YT easily accessible for future generations. He just rattles off so many rich details about an area, its hard to know if you are missing subtleties to his descriptions as you struggle to keep up. Grateful he is willing to share so much information, Thank You Bob! :)

It's all in that brain of his isn't it Nick. And with your help we get more of it unfolding and bringing it to life ... 👍 Thanks Nick and Bob.

"Deformation of the Mush...", exactly~! Got it Bob, thanks. The Mt. Stewart batholith was deformed by thrusting of the Windy Pass Thrust Zone when it was mushy magma.

Bob was my tectonics instructor at SJSU waay back then as he was just digging into the main "thrust" of his work out there in Washington. Word in class at that time was no, don't do field with Bob, you'll be hiking half of Washington 10 thousand feet in the rain. Well, no one who actually did field camp with Bob had those stores to tell. They had, instead, tales of amazing foliations that only Bob could point out because foliation to Bob was like fabric to couture designers. What he was then, and even now, is humbly passionate about this land and the geostories he found so fascinating. Exciting as his former geo student to hear you both mash on and on about dates, the "mush," and how the bits fit into that BajaBC tale you're itchin' to evangelize, Nick.

Amazing and awesome treat! Thank you both, Bob and Nick for your time and efforts to make this hike and show us those incredible features. I loved the view through the trees with the Ingalls on top of the Chiwaukum Schist and the boundary of the Windy Pass Thrust. To see that in real world after seeing your drawing was very cool. Also the folded rocks were awesome. Can't say I've ever seen anything like that in my area but that's likely because any of that if it exists is below the Columbia River Basalts and the more "recent" volcanic activity of Central Oregon.

A significant athletic performance, making a geology video and talking up a storm, while climbing that steep trail to see pretty rocks.

Incredible to see the gorgeous scenery and to have Bob describe what we are looking at! Priceless. Thank you Nick!

A real treat tagging along with you guys.

This was a thrilling hike... How you two guys managed it, I'll never know. Beautiful beautiful scenery. I appreciate you taking us along on this amazing journey.

Thank you Dr Zentner & Dr Miller for a wonderful & fascinating video. I always learn something new from your videos and just love geology. I can’t hike anymore due to a spinal injury which has left me permanently bedbound, but I love that I can see these fascinating places through your eyes on video. I wish I would have focused my undergrad and graduate degrees in the field of geology instead of the social sciences. Thanks again from a rock hound at heart.

What an outstanding moment you captured, Nick. Right guy, my place, right weather, right geology! I’m a former geologist and I loved every minute of this one, thank you.

GORGEOUS! Impressive work gentleman! Nick and Bob thank you for a great Ramble! Those Rocks are stunning and the Scenery too!.