Imagine a backpacker and you might envision an unanchored youth with well-worn jeans and limitless endurance. But backpacking is about much more than gap-year students and gritty hostels. Backpacking ...

Essential backpacking tips every beginner needs, covering gear, packing, safety, and trail skills for a more enjoyable ...

As the world becomes more interconnected and accessible, the dream of long-term travel and adventure is within reach for more people than ever. From backpacking through Southeast Asia to trekking ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Claire Sturzaker took her first solo backpacking trip for free. Now, she's been to 40 countries and ...

The world is changing quickly and there are now many ways that budget backpackers can live like top-end travelers while on the road. With new ideas for travel-hacking and life-hacking spreading over ...

A few summers back I took my sister to Devil’s Lake for a little introduction to backpacking. Since she had never been, and my own experience is pretty limited, we did a mock outing, car-camping at ...

As a backpacker, there is plenty to keep you entertained. However, there will still be moments of your time while traveling where you find yourself with nothing to do. When you find yourself traveling ...

I’d consider myself a pretty experienced backpacker—last summer, I spent more than three months backpacking 1,000 miles. But it was only two years before that I went on my first backpacking trip. It ...

Heather Balogh Rochfort, the woman behind the adventure blog JustaColoradoGal.com, was once a dance specialist whose interest in nature fell well short of obsession. But now she’s the author of ...