The Appalachian Rainforest

This channel could just be about the study of rain forest for the rest of Aidins career and I'm here for it

It's also worth mentioning that large areas of the Appalachia's were originally dominated by giant American chestnut trees that reached sizes similar to the Redwoods on the west coast, until chestnut blight was introduced from Asia in the early 1900's and wiped them out, leaving only small saplings surviving in the wild today. That and Chinese chestnuts which are adapted to resist the blight. You can find pictures of the old giant American chestnuts on google, they're amazing.

Man those forest shots are so deeply green, a calming tone of it, with the sense of solitude and all the fog? This is one hell of a vibe, I could watch and rewatch this video a thousand times for the visuals alone!

As a North Carolinian, I really appreciate you taking the time to cover the cultural, ecological, and geological history of Western NC. It truly is a special place with so many fascinating stories to tell, and I'm glad to see someone depict it with such passion. Keep up the great work!

I loved this story. I'm from Oregon but live in Virginia and am always trying to understand and decode the quieter beauty of the nature out here.

i genuinely believe unless someone has lived around this region of appalachia or visited it, they couldn't even begin to comprehend the beauty that is this region of the world.

the thing that blows my mind the most is that not only are the mountains (obviously) older than the trees, the mountains are literally older than any trees that ever existed on the planet. the appalachian mountains are older than the idea of trees

I was born and raised in the heart of the Appalachians. I spent my childhood running through the hills and valleys, often ranging miles from my home, drinking from streams and carrying my trusty .22 pistol and snakebite kit. One of my favorite things to do was climb to the top of the highest hemlock tree I could find on a windy day, and sit at the top while the tree swayed back and forth, enjoying the view. It's funny how, when you've lived in a place your entire life, you don't appreciate the beauty of it as you should. A video like this where the landscape is framed by the loving eye of another helps me appreciate it more in retrospect.

everything this man makes is an absolute masterpiece

There's something haunting about a cemetery reclaimed by mother nature. It feels like it symbolizes that even in death there will always be a chance for new life, a chance to regrow.

It is a big feel being in the oldest mountain range on the planet. Such a beautiful land

I grew up in a holler in these mountains and cried while watching. Thank you for making this.

A Youtuber going hard core with 4k video quality showing the stunning beauty of my backyard and unparalleled research on their videos. Truly you are a rare breed and your videos show that. Love everything about them because they are so well made, but also because the Appalachians are where I grew up and watching your videos make me feel like I am in the woods/mountains as a kid again experiencing them for the first time. Thank you for these trips!

The last bit of this video honestly made me emotional. I've lived in the Appalachian Mountains my entire life, I love it here, absolutely love it here. But I constantly have to battle with the fact that, it seems no one else really does. It seems almost consistently that I am the only person in my area that cares about these mountains, and maintaining the wild nature of them. Even in my own family, they constantly talk of wanting to level ground, and bring down trees older then the coal mines buried under these mountains, and its deeply upsetting. Thank you for this video, and hopefully bringing attention to the absolute beauty of our mountains, and *how worth it, it is, to protect and preserve them.

I'm British, but your videos have made me fall in love with Appalachia. I really want to visit the USA just to hike the AT.

I once went to a music festival in an area called Deerfields, just outside of Asheville. It had a deciduous rainforest microclimate. It rained constantly and it maintained a comfy temperature in the mid 70 degree Fahrenheit range, despite it being late July. Walking through the trails was like walking through a dreamscape. I've never seen so many different shades of green, Everything was covered in moss and dripping with different types of ferns and multi-colored lichens. The ground was so deeply covered in moss that it felt like a carpet that you could comfortably fall asleep on if it wasn't so wet. Everything looked like some illustration out of a book of fairytales. It looked like the type of place where you would see fairies and gnomes hiding in the trees. Seeing so much life layered upon more life almost gave the whole area a feeling of sentience. I really want to go back there again sometime because it was truly a magical experience.

When my family moved to Charlotte, NC, from the North Shore of Oahu, HI as a middle schooler... I felt I'd lose the connection to nature I felt on the reef. The Appalachian mountains changed my mind and shaped my adolescence. Your videos capture the history, beauty, and awe that I hold dear. Thank you. And if you want a trail buddy in Pisgah or elsewhere one day, let me know!

You make some of the best content on YouTube, the audio, the script, the cinematography, and the B-roll, just beautiful.

As a geologist I love this channels content, and color editing is always top notch, kind of creates a cozy vibe for every video.

In North Georgia, the Cohutta wilderness has huge hemlocks completely covered in Moss. The area where the Conasauga river headwaters are (the most diverse river in North America), it’s literally a jungle. I’ve never seen so many ferns in my life. Literally growing on trees.