Having the emergency gear you need can be the difference between a near-miss and a scary outcome. Pack it without weighing yourself down with these two DIY emergency kits, one for dayhikers and one ...

In 2022, I quit my job to backpack through South America for 10 weeks with my partner. We visited 16 cities across eight countries, and even saw one of the Seven Wonders of the World. One of my ...

The success of any camping adventure is entirely reliant on having the best tent you can get your hands on. You might have the most cosy and comfortable sleeping bag ever created and the plushest ...

After several years of consistent, extended travel abroad, I am proud to say I’ve finally learned how to pack like a pro. Last month, my partner and I spent 23 days traveling around South Korea and ...

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These packable meals will last for months and have way less sodium.

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Sleeping on the ground. Walking long distances on steep trails or no trails. Carrying heavy loads ...

I first encountered the ideas of ultralight backpacking in 1994, in an article in now-defunct (and much-missed) Backpacker magazine. It was titled “Less is More,” by Mark Jenkins. (I still have a PDF ...

Nutritionist Joy Bauer visits Chef Joel Gamoran to prepare her Superfood Minestrone on Homemade Live!, Season Three, Episode Two ("Feel Good Feasts.") Joel graduated from the University of Connecticut ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — It’s an activity so popular that Dora the Explorer even had a song dedicated to it. Backpacking offers an opportunity to experience Missouri’s most secluded and untamed landscapes.