Backpacking (wilderness)

Backpacking (also tramping or trekking in some countries) is the complete combination of hiking and camping.

Related Topics:
Hiking - Camping

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People are drawn to backpacking primarily for recreation, to explore places that they consider beautiful and fascinating. The main advantage of backpacking over day hiking is that it allows the hiker to see remote areas, almost entirely devoid of people or their effects, that are otherwise inaccessible. The main disadvantages are that the encumbrance of the backpack itself substantially reduces the hiking pace, so that less ground can be covered in a day, that the backpack is something of a nuisance and a distraction to enjoying the scenery, and that camp chores use up several hours every day.

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