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Geoglyph Ruined by ATVs

October 14, 2024
Cross Rally drivers are destroying ancient geoglyphs in the Atacama Desert.
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All right, sister.
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Do you know what a geoglyph is?
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Yeah, it's,,
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it's,, that,
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that Pokemon, the,
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that one that floats the rock guy.
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No, no, no,
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no, not Geo dude.
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He's pretty sick but no.
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Geo Gliff. No.
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Ok. So let me tell you.
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So these ancient carvings that are etched into the desert?
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00, I know.
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What about them? Ok.
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So, look, they're super rare,
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right? Every year,
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hundreds of a TV.
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S have such Chilean desert,
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specifically Atacama and instead of steering clear of its ancient carvings,
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some drivers are just ripping it up like they're just driving around
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on top of them.
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What the hell? That's disrespectful.
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My ass would never mess with ancient carvings,
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let alone drive over them,
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brother.,,
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have you never heard of curses?
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Have you seen the mummy?
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Have you seen the mummy return?
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Have you seen the Scorpion King?
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Exactly. They don't,
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they don't care there.
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Valle mad. Look,
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some of this damage seems to come from illegal drivers because there's
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actually like, you know,
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a organized event for this and there's authorized races that happen in
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this area. But,
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so basically they know it's there and still continue to drive through
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it. Yeah. So one race,
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the Atacama rally did not any responsibility,
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but officials haven't been able to check the GPS to make sure
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that racers stayed on the approved routes.
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So, I don't know.
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And these carvings are closely tied to ancient Llama caravan routes that
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started over 3000 years ago.
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History there. Exactly.
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But these are like,
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it's like, I'm good,
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but they're connecting the highlands to the South American west coast.
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So these races are basically erasing traces of a past civilization.
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Pretty much. Shake my head.
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Look, they're saying that the figures could be restored,
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but the extent of the damage shows a serious lack of protection
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for its historic art.
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So it seems like these repairs are,
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you know, not going to be possible.
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That's unfortunate. Yeah.
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I mean, it's crazy because it's authorized but it's not,
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I don't know. It's a weird situation.
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That's crazy, man.
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But, man, these Chilean bros,
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dude, they don't care.
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That's maybe we should go to Glamis.
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Is that what it's called?
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Oh, yeah. Yeah,
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I go there.