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A YouTuber, who detailed the most difficult places to reach in the world, has unveiled an ‘impossible’ pyramid that no one on Earth will ever visit.
Known online as thePOVchannel, the YouTuber explained in the video description that they are ‘convinced that these are the most incredible places on Planet Earth’ but they are all completely off limits.
The description continued: “This list will take you from places like the Grand Canyon, to the Amazon Rainforest, to the Arctic Circle. These are the result of spending countless hours researching remote places, scouring Google Earth, and are similar to the places I want to explore in the future - so make sure to subscribe to see how close I can get.”
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In the clip, the video delved into some of the most difficult places to reach on the planet, with a particularly interesting one that sits in Peru, near the Brazilian border.
Known as Cerro El Cono, it is a very tall pyramid-shaped mountain located deep in ‘some of the wildest jungle of the Amazon rainforest’.
The video explained: “Not a single photo has been taken of it from up close. Very little is actually known about it and that has some people believing it is indeed an ancient pyramid now covered by the jungle.
“It rises about 1500 feet and due to its prominence above a flat expanse of forest, it can be seen from extremely far distances including from the Andes mountains 250 miles away. This would make it a fantastic vantage point for the uncontacted tribes who exclusively populate this area, namely the Isconahua.
“However, word of mouth from nearby contacted tribes suggests that it may never be scaled by humans because the mountain is held in such high religious reverence, possibly seen as a guardian spirit due to its location at the headquarters of large tributaries to the Amazon River.
“The presence of these uncontacted indigenous people would make attempting an expedition out to it very dangerous. But what really keeps this place untouchable is the Peruvian government’s extreme legal protections in this territorial reserve to preserve indigenous sovereignty and health, which means that not even researchers are allowed within several miles of the base of Cerro El Cono.”
Viewers took to the comment section to share their own reactions to the video, with one user writing: “Somewhere out there, there’s people living in the jungle, tax free, unaware of ai and unsullied by the burden of knowledge.”
And another said: “Thinking that these places exist is so amazing!”
