Backcountry Camping in the Badlands
July 2nd 2020 It's easy to romanticize the Badlands. The narrow canyons beckon travelers to explore the echoes of solitude. Fifteen years ago, looking into the wrinkled surface of the earth from a tourist platform, I fantasized about hiking and camping there, but I didn't have the knowhow, the gear, or the fitness.
So now that I have all those things, this was a place I wanted to revisit during the coronasum
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