Gregg Hein, who spent six days waiting to be rescued, cited four things he would do differently. They are backpacking tips as crucial as water and food. Backpacking tips include going with somebody, ...

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While the pandemic years were trying, at best, they gave us time to recognize, reevaluate and, in some instances, readjust the undesirable patterns we might have fallen into. One benefit to our ...

I get a lot of questions about what kind of gear I use when I’m backpacking, and what I’d recommend to other people. Below is a look inside my backpack. I'll talk more about this gear and tips for ...

Black bears (Ursus Americanus) abound in the summer, so it’s important to set up a bear-safe campsite when backpacking. Bears have a nose that’s 100 times more sensitive than a human’s and if they ...

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 ...

Normally at this time of the year, I am hustling along some absurdly long trail, trying to get from one end of the country to another at three miles per hour. But my wife and hiking partner, Tina, ...

In the Midwest, we tend to think of backpacking as an activity that involves tents, a lack of showers and “getting back to nature”… While this is accurate, in a sense—and enjoyable, to an extent—I’d ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bear with three cubs at Yellowstone National Park, USA. A bear sighting on a backpacking trip can be a truly memorable experience, ...