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When you’re logging miles on the trail by day, a backpacking tent is your priceless refuge by night. It’s the shelter that will keep you warm, dry and away from bugs, where you’ll snooze, change ...

One of my favorite parts of a backpacking trip is the food: It just hits different after a full day of hiking. As a previous backpacking guide who cooked for up to ten guests at a time, I love making ...

As a kid, I have horrifying memories of backpacking food. On a trip in California, my dad insisted we eat old bags of chili mac. My mom once tried to rehydrate freeze-dried chicken breast, resulting ...

I went backpacking through Europe for the first time and was surprised by overnight trains, small towns, and my capabilities as a solo traveler.

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You and your filled-to-the-brim backpack are standing tall at the beginning of the trail, ready for the strenuous, long, and beautiful hike ahead. At first, your thirst for adventure keeps you afloat.

There’s nothing quite like pitching a tent at a secluded alpine lake with the wind in your hair, the scent of pine in your nostrils, and a view of the Milky Way twinkling into view. Something about ...

I did not grow up in an outdoorsy family. We spent the occasional summer road-tripping through Colorado, sure, but I was just as likely to spend an entire school break playing Super Nintendo in my ...

The backpacking meals you eat on the trail can make or break the experience, which is why trail food is one of my priorities when planning. Quality food is not only necessary to maintain energy and ...

While America’s long-distance treks top adventure bucket lists, months-long stints on the Appalachian, Continental Divide, or Pacific Crest trails may not go over well with your day job. That’s where ...

In the fall of 2021 the burnout, my friends, was real. That October, I determined that I needed to rapidly disassemble my day-to-day routine, yeet myself clear of everything that I considered normal, ...