Backpacking is an exciting way to explore the wilderness or travel to foreign countries on a budget. However, carrying all of your possessions on your back can make it difficult to plan and prepare ...

Lace up your hiking boots and trod into places inaccessible via horse, quad or car. Backpacking allows you to explore the outdoors while enjoying a little distance from the crowds squished together at ...

The best backpacking sleeping pads aren’t just lightweight and portable to keep your pack weight down. They’re comfortable, too. Between hauling gear and trekking up different terrains, you need a ...

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 ...

“If you had to eat one more dehydrated backpacking meal, which would you pick?” Collective groans from my panel of testers ensued. After three days of eating nothing but freeze-dried or dehydrated ...

Backpacking tents are our home in the wild. Inside, we can spread out our gear at the end of a long day and shut off our minds to get that eight (or 12) hours of sleep necessary to hit the next day ...

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SurviveX launches its Large Waterproof First Aid Kit, a 240+ piece, professional-grade emergency kit built for car, home, ...

I awoke to the sound of youthful chatter. As was later noted, Matthew had set his watch alarm for 5:37 a.m. (for reasons only a 10-year-old can understand), ushering in a twilight awakening on the ...