Escaping Into the Escalante

29/11/2024 3 min

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Episode Synopsis

I've been tempted more times than I can count to pull an Everett Ruess and disappear into the backcountry somewhere bounded by the Colorado Plateau. To date, the nearest I have come to following the leader was a two-week camping excursion ranging from Bear's Lodge in Northeast Wyoming down to Chaco Canyon in Northwest New Mexico via Capitol Reef and Canyonlands National Parks. It was while camping in Needles that I was attacked...