The Backpacker's Field Manual is a comprehensive guide to backpacking skills and equipment by the director of one of the country's most respected college outdoor programs. Advanced and novice ...

The flight back to Fairbanks after our hike was both jaw-dropping and humbling; with almost 8.5 million acres of terrain in ...

I hate mosquitos. Like, really hate them. I don’t know if it’s my genetics or my propensity for sweating, but I can rarely walk out of the woods without a million bites covering my body. I’ll watch my ...

From profiles of pioneering backpackers to tales from the trail, these are the best features we published in 2025.

Two decades after her body was found near a campsite in Australia, her killing has been formally ruled a homicide, but remains unsolved NSW Police Simone Strobel, 25, was found six days after she ...

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"She was eventually unable to walk, lost consciousness, and stopped breathing." A 37-year-old backpacker has died after suffering “sudden onset medical complications” while hiking at a national park ...

While some popular backpacker destinations will target high-end visitors after the pandemic, this category of outdoor tourism is not dead. Far from it, as backpacker tourism will evolve and attract ...

ON THE night he was fatally stabbed at a hostel, backpacker Tom Jackson was meant to be hundreds of kilometres away. A special investigation by news.com.au has uncovered the underbelly of the ...

A Belgian backpacker has spoken for the first time about the harrowing kidnapping ordeal she suffered at the hands of a South Australian farmer. Davine Arckens, 26, revealed the panicked messages she ...

A 37-year-old backpacker died of unknown medical complications while hiking at a national park in Michigan on Monday, officials said. The backpacker was a woman from Battle Creek, Michigan, whose ...

The unnamed hiker was the 14th person to die in the park this year. A 60-year-old hiker has been found dead near the Thunder River Trail in the Grand Canyon National Park, authorities said. The hiker, ...