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>camping with a friend in badlands
>on the southern side
>wall of small mountains perpendicular to the horizon line, far as the eye can see
>further south is just buffalo herd land as far as the eye can see
>mountains form interior "bays" , where they extend out south in a regular pattern
Pic rel is what it look like standing right in the middle of one of the bays, looking south. See how it sorta closes in on you? That's what I mean by interior bay.
>decide to camp in one of these bays
>i make the executive decision to camp as far close to the back "wall" of the mountain
>turns to night
>friend wants to go for a walk
>head south
>admire the starry night sky
>get our fill
>head back north again
>into the bay
>tent gone
>bay doesn't look familiar
>no prob, likely just one more mountain bay to the west
>nope
>friend thinks it was the east
>double down and say we should check one more bay to the west
>nope
>we head east crossing the two previous bays
>start heading east
>each mountain bay takes about ten minutes to cover completely east to west
>fifteen minutes if we check the interior
>all this in pitch black
>cant see shit
>don't wanna turn on light and spook beasts
>keep going east
>five mountain bays later, tent nowhere to be found
>maybe it was back west again
>cross a total of eight mountain bays doubling back
>find it three over west from where we came back in from the south
Luckily, we put it against the back of the mountain. Only by tracing mountain lines were we able to find it again. Can't imagine what would of happened if we just staked on one of the grassy mesas. Always camp with your back to the wall down there.
Also glad my friend was coolheaded about it. Can't imagine what a tantrum my bitch of a girlfriend would have thrown, had I gone with her.
