Here are the best backpacking stoves that you can buy:Best backpacking stove overall: MSR WindBurnerBest ultralight backpacking stove: MSR PocketRocket DeluxeBest budget backpacking stove: BRS 3000-T UltralightBest beginner backpacking stove: JetBoil FlashBest travel backpacking stove: MSR WhisperLite Universal
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The best backpacking food you can buyHere are the best backpacking foods you can buy.
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The best men's backpacking backpacks you can buyBest men's backpacking backpack overall:Osprey Atmos AG 65Best men's backpacking backpack for short trips:REI Co-op Traverse 35Best men's backpacking backpack for durability:Hyperlite Mountain Gear 2400 Southwest PackBest men's backpacking backpack for heavy cargo:Gregory Paragon 58Best suspension system men's backpacking backpack:Arc'teryx Bora AR 103The best tents you can buy for your next adventureWith a good tent, you can always feel at home, even when you're actually miles from civilization and a few thousand feet up in the mountains.
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What to look for in a backpacking stoveShopping for a backpacking stove is slightly different than what you'd look for while car camping, where size and weight don't matter as much.
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We're doing an intense backpacking trip in the Canadian Rockies!
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Pattie Gonia, "the world's first backpacking queen," knows this well.
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To us, backpacking has always been a very foreign concept.
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Added option for best backpacking hammock (Hummingbird Ultralight Single Hammock).
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Today, boys and girls choose from about 35 backpacking itineraries.
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Is your perfect vacation a cruise or a backpacking trip?
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She and her husband were held by militants while backpacking.
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Shortly after graduating, while backpacking in Kenya, he discovered mountaineering.
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The ferry system seemed just right to this backpacking Goldilocks.
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Wilderness backpacking is 25% grueling fitness and 75% mundane logistics.
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In June of 2016, you set off on your backpacking adventure.
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I found myself drawn to backpacking, climbing, mountain biking, and skiing.
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Earlier this summer, she and her cousin went backpacking across Europe.
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Even though he's backpacking in the woods, he's so freshly laundered.
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You're saving up for some awful backpacking trip across South America.
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Even though he's backpacking in the woods, he's so freshly laundered.
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You are going backpacking around South America and stop in Brazil.
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Mr. Kristof enjoys running, backpacking, and having his Chinese and Japanese
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She was 28500 and thought about backpacking in Europe after graduation.
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He caught dysentery backpacking through Asia, and had a pet eel.
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Clarissa Wei is currently backpacking to all the provinces in China.
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Four things that made me suddenly hate all backpackers and backpacking.
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When you're backpacking, you're not even blemished by who you are.
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If I'm actually backpacking backpacking, though, I use the Gregory Baltoro 75, which is well laid-out, has a ton of space, and there's even a built-in 23-watt Goal Zero solar panel for gadget charging.
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You could be backpacking through another continent or partying on the beach.
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Katie, age 18, on her first solo backpacking trip in Tirana, Albania.
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Its terrain is good for short day hikes or long backpacking trips.
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Backpacking for days in a redwood forest on a mostly downhill route.
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These women were backpacking, basically doing the same thing we were doing.
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My phone was stolen in Argentina last year when I was backpacking.
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Backpacking through remote wilderness in searing heat, I felt the telltale pang.
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Milan Schipper was geared up for a backpacking trip through sunny Australia.
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They were originally just planning to drive to Utah for some backpacking.
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I went backpacking around the world before rushing into my first job.
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Backpacking can seem intimidating, especially if you didn't grow up with it.
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Added related guide on the Best Men's Backpacking Packs You Can Buy.
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The two were abducted by the Haqqani network while backpacking in Afghanistan.
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We can spend our weekends camping and backpacking, skiing in the winter.
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I camped in a two-person backpacking tent out in the city.
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Boyle and Coleman were kidnapped in October 2012 while backpacking in Afghanistan.
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If you're backpacking and you don't like a place, you can leave.
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What if this goofball site, Griphand, was piggy backpacking on a real tragedy?
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The hotel also hosts backpacking, hiking, and family adventures through Yosemite National Park.
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He uses a laptop for work and also bought an iPad when backpacking.
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Agent McKeogh pinpointed his art awakening to a college backpacking trip in Paris.
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I had it when I was backpacking through the Loire 20 years ago.
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Earlier this month, she shared a photo of herself backpacking in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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The size and weight are important if you're doing a multiday backpacking trip.
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Caitlan Coleman and Josh Boyle were backpacking when they were kidnapped in 2012.
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Rudd had a comprehensive kit including extra skis, skins, poles and backpacking stove.
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Trekking poles aren't just for backpacking trips; they're great for day hikes, too.
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Mr. Kristof enjoys running, backpacking and having his Chinese corrected by his children.
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Not every backpacking trip takes you through mossy forests and through babbling brooks.
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"It's offensive, a lot of the backpacking food that we've eaten," she said.
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He likes backpacking, snowboarding, playing guitar, and listening to rap and hip-hop.
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Currently, funds are being raised for Item No. 60 — a backpacking trip through Europe.
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I've been impressed by the value of REI Co-op's camping and backpacking bundles.
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It's also snug — the tight mummy shape of any true backpacking bag — and expensive.
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Frugal Family The tent, designed for solo backpacking, was as sleek as a kite.
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This darkness also allows for a soundtrack that can act as critique of backpacking.
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I did a nine-month backpacking trip in South America when I was 22.
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Opportunities abound for hiking, horseback riding, backpacking, fishing, birdwatching, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing.
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Choices include "the beach, paddling, hiking, backpacking, skiing, mountain biking," says the Travel Channel.
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I bought these in black for a backpacking trip I did earlier in the year.
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I have a million memories of being a kid and going backpacking with my family.
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She had spent years between various jobs, backpacking around the rougher parts of the world.
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"If you're backpacking into the wilderness, you need not worry about noise," says Dr. Helfand.
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It's not a backpacking rig and lacks any sorts of economic padding for the wearer.
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As for Perkins, she said she has enjoyed her recovery by kayaking, backpacking and traveling.
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The first time I had halo-halo was when I was backpacking through the Philippines.
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Really, there are only two good times of year to do a mini-backpacking trip.
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I traveled to Bolivia during my five-month backpacking trip across South America in 2018.
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National Outdoor Leadership School has organized a queer trip, LGBTQ+ Canyonlands Backpacking — Prime, from Nov.
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He was, after all, playing with the Houston Texans and not backpacking through the Himalayas.
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That alone makes it easy to recommend as the best ultralight backpacking stove available today.
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Campus pack, crag pack, weekend bad, and backpacking bag, Mountainsmith's Mayhem 45 does it all.
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Boyle and his wife, Caitlan Coleman, were kidnapped in October 2012 while backpacking in Afghanistan.
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Her family has been in California for generations, and she grew up backpacking in Yosemite.
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Swimming wasn't on the association's list of 34 adventure activities, from backpacking to caving to safaris.
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This is the bigger version of their latest portable solar panel that I recommended for backpacking.
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In June, Curtis Whitson and his family went backpacking along the Arroyo Seco River, CNN reported.
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We've put together a guide full of tips on how to plan your first backpacking trip.
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North America to Southeast Asia with Singapore AirlinesHave you long dreamt of backpacking around Southeast Asia?
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Diana's hippie-esque divorced mother allowed her to go backpacking in Europe when she was 17.
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Backpacking used to be my religion—I thought it was the only true way of life.
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The Outbound makes it easy to search for places to go surfing, backpacking, mountain biking and more.
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We drove from San Francisco up to Vancouver and we did a lot of backpacking and hiking.
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So when I was a kid I went backpacking there with my family and we saw moose.
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And if you're planning to go backpacking through civilization's wreckage, don't forget to bring it along, too.
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I was 24, broke, and incredibly passionate about backpacking in the Smoky Mountains, where my family lived.
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Coleman and Boyle were held by Haqqani militants who kidnapped them while backpacking in Afghanistan in 2012.
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The couple were kidnapped in 2012 while backpacking in Afghanistan and their children were born in captivity.
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So I traveled around backpacking for a while until I moved on to explore the capital, Manila.
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It remains today, in backpacking trips and festivals, promising an escape from the hounding modernity of cellphones.
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When I was a kid, my family, like many black families, did not go camping or backpacking.
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That baby is currently 27 years old and backpacking around Europe on his summer break from teaching.
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Every summer, indulgent readers have put up with my annual backpacking column from the Pacific Crest Trail.
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"We actually got lost on the backpacking trip, and she just rolled with the punches," he said.
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Mr. Freeman, the chief executive, listed "backpacking in Europe" and "freelance user experience designer" on his résumé.
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"Playtest" stars Wyatt Russell as a backpacking game tester who becomes lost in an augmented reality experience.
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Boyle and Coleman were kidnapped in 2012 while backpacking in Afghanistan and their children were born in captivity.
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But that's the way my owners want to go yachting—like they're "backpacking" in the most luxury setting.
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The tourist from Quebec was on her first solo backpacking trip and had planned to travel to Europe.
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Jesse Galganov was supposed to return home to Montreal after an epic eight-month backpacking adventure last week.
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For a young traveler on a budget, backpacking offered the possibility of more immersion, or so I thought.
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Hanson told me he loved backpacking and fishing near his home, appreciating the unspoiled wonder of the place.
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"I grew up camping in the Sierras with my grandfather and backpacking up there," Van Doren told TechCrunch.
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Apparently an engineer friend of his (one of his backpacking buddies) had teased him for the GNU remark.
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Coleman and Boyle were kidnapped while they were backpacking in Afghanistan in 203 and later spirited to Pakistan.
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Coleman and Boyle were held by the Haqqani network after being kidnapped while backpacking in Afghanistan in 2012.
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Last year, a 22-year old British woman was killed while on a backpacking tour of the country.
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Still, costs are modest: While car campgrounds often charge, backpacking in the great outdoors is almost always free.
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With proper planning and the right gear, going on your first backpacking trip doesn't have to be intimidating.
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If conditions are not ideal for you, turn back, and try your hike or backpacking trip another time.
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This summer, Mr. O'Flanagan, now 22, plans to go backpacking by himself for a few weeks in Iceland.
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Millane, a British woman backpacking in New Zealand, was killed on December 1, 2018, according to the Guardian.
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The more centrist foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, said that he drank a cannabis lassi when backpacking through India.
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There are plenty of reliable backpacking stoves to choose from, many of which are lightweight, compact, and fast.
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The Michigan native also enjoyed backpacking, fishing and camping — something his brother looked back on with fond memories.
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He leads backpacking trips as a wilderness therapy guide and works shifts that last up to weeks a time.
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Straight-faced, he claimed there're seldom side effects from plassing, that he could go hiking or backpacking right afterward.
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She also says she's going to delete her Facebook account and go backpacking in South America for two months.
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We also want to look at backpacks for a future backpacking trip, but we decide to take baby steps.
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"We still use our old financial spreadsheets to plan for road trips and backpacking adventures," Ms. Hagan said, laughing.
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There were only three days when I dreaded my 100 squats: during my 27-mile backpacking trip in Yosemite.
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I am a strong believer of backpacking over rolling luggage and I was thrilled when I found this gem.
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The couple were backpacking in Wardak Province, an insurgent stronghold near Kabul, in late 2012 when they were kidnapped.
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Themmen says Trebek had 3 "fun facts" about him, but obviously chose to run with a backpacking nugget instead.
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But not the modern you're-one-of-us-and-they're-not kind of tribe, the backpacking in Peru kind.
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Huge swaths of land are accessible for day hikes and backpacking (200 miles of trails), camping and river trips.
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But they were kidnapped in October of that year while backpacking in Wardak Province, a militant stronghold near Kabul.
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This allows them to pack extra amenities, including items their backpacking kin would never consider lugging into the backcountry.
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The backpacking odyssey of Mr. Adams took him through parts of Afghanistan where few foreigners had ventured in years.
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And its lightweight design proves to be a more backpacking-friendly option than lugging around a dense pocket dictionary.
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A LITTLE OVER two years ago, I quit my job and went backpacking around Southeast Asia for six months.
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That's essentially all you need to prepare the dehydrated backpacking meals that have become increasingly popular in recent years.
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Today, women&aposs backpacking packs are designed specifically to fit a female body — and they&aposre a game-changer.
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Over a decade ago, Bojana Boshajacki was backpacking around Europe and made a life-changing discovery: vintage fashion shops.
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Hayez has been backpacking around Australia since November and was due to return to Belgium this week, media reported.
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Here are all of our favorites:Best overall:GSI Bugaboo Camper CooksetBest low-cost set:MalloMe 10-Piece Cookware Mess KitBest for the solo camper:Stansport 360 Stainless Steel Mess KitBest for boiling water:Terra Hiker Camping Cookware SetThe best backpacking tents you can buySacrificing weight while backpacking is common, but you don't have to sacrifice comfort, too.
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She had planned a week-long vacation -- a camping and backpacking trip in the Sierra Nevada mountains -- after the election.
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"I found that I'm more attractive to brands that want to tap into the adventure side of backpacking," he says.
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If there's one complaint about the traditional Hydro Flask bottle, it's that they're heavy to carry while traveling or backpacking.
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Why am I not backpacking Europe right now, or trying heroin for fun, or having indiscriminate sex all the time?
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MSR PocketRocket Mini Stove 2 for $60 ($20 off): I've used one of these as my backpacking stove for years.
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She and David had met backpacking in Ecuador, but she lived in Chile while he lived in the United States.
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Hayez had been backpacking around Australia since November and was due to return to Belgium last week, media have said.
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Or maybe you broke your foot in a pickup basketball game a week before leaving for your summer backpacking trip.
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When I was backpacking Europe for the first time, my boyfriend and I took a train from Rome to Naples.
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She told The Daily Mail that "everyone thought we were completely nuts" to take an infant backpacking around the world.
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I've spent a lifetime hiking and backpacking in remote areas, from Brazil's Amazonian forests to Alaska's tundra, including desert hikes.
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But when they hit Virginia they used a tiny two-person backpacking tent and sleeping bags in the August heat.
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Modern backpacking tents need to be lightweight, durable, easy to set up, and provided plenty of shelter from inclement weather.
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I realized the challenge was going to be hard considering a backpacking trip I was planning at the same time.
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I've seen them 23 times, including a two week European backpacking experience in 2009, following their Tour of the Universe.
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I'm a female traveler who spent 3 weeks backpacking around Saudi Arabia — and discovered it's not for the casual vacationer.
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I also love backpacking, sometimes alone and often to remote areas that in the past would make my family worried.
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"I go backpacking around Asia, or take my guitar to Costa Rica, or go scuba diving in Australia," she said.
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There are many variables to consider when shopping for a backpacking stove, including weight, size, efficiency, and ease of use.
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The BRS 3000-T is the very definition of a basic backpacking stove, with just the bare minimum of features.
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The sturdy waistbelt, articulated shoulder straps, and venting are comparable to what Osprey specs on its most core backpacking packs.
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I work for an outdoor program at my school, leading other students on trips backpacking, kayaking, caving (my favorite), etc.
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Whether you want to go solo camping, backpacking, mountain climbing, or on a family trip with your kids, here are our seven favorite tents to fit the occasion: Best camping tent overall Best camping tent for families Best backpacking tent Best 4-season tent Best tree tent Best budget option Best tent for solo camping
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In her free time, she is all about anything outdoors that burns calories, including road riding, mountain biking, snowboarding, and backpacking.
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Boyle and his wife were taken hostage in 2012 by a Taliban-linked group while on a backpacking trip in Afghanistan.
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It has followed me through four jobs, a seven-month backpacking adventure, 15 apartment sublets and the birth of my daughter.
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The Pans intend to take a break from their backpacking in two years' time so that Wenwen can attend primary school.
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In 295, U.S. recreational and backpacking tent sales were estimated at nearly $210 million, according to marketing research company NPD Group.
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For the outdoor adventurous types, scuba diving, fishing, visiting ruins, backpacking, surfing and yoga are some of the activities on offer.
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The families of the captives have been asked repeatedly why Boyle and Coleman had been backpacking in such a dangerous region.
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It was Valentine's Day 21, and my wife and I were in the middle of a backpacking trip around the globe.
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I found this out the hard way when my passport was stolen while backpacking through Asia and Africa earlier this year.
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The actor co-wrote American Drifter, about a U.S. soldier's journey backpacking in Rio de Janeiro, with bestselling novelist Heather Graham.
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Snowpeak's weighs less than half a pound, and the tripod design makes it more stable than other ultra-light backpacking stoves.
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When I was younger, I'd get away to the mountains, spending weekends backpacking or bombing the asphalt switchbacks on a motorbike.
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You were hoping to spend the summer backpacking across Europe, exploring the Mayan ruins or relaxing on the beach in Aruba.
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In her free time, she is all about anything outdoors that burns calories, including road riding, mountain biking, snowboarding, and backpacking.
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To intelligence analysts, she appeared to be an American abducted five years earlier while backpacking in Afghanistan with her Canadian husband.
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Iran's an awesome country to go backpacking—the people are so friendly and welcoming, they're just ruled by this repressive regime.
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Doyne was inspired to help Nepalese children during a backpacking trip there and started Blink Now with $5,000 in babysitting money.
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But a few weeks after the bike ride, Mr. Sutter asked her to accompany him on a backpacking trip to Yosemite.
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For that, common sense and a packing list goes a long way (REI has a camping checklist and one for backpacking).
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Instead of continuing a fruitless search, he and three friends took off backpacking through Asia and India on a small budget.
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If you go backpacking in cold and windy conditions, you'll want a stove that quickly boils water without using excess fuel.
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Very few backpacking stoves are as good in cold and windy conditions, and most use more fuel when preparing a meal.
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Their rescue came nearly five years to the day that they were captured while backpacking through Afghanistan, according to The Guardian.
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Whitson was in familiar territory: he takes as many as 20 backpacking trips to the central California coastal forest each summer.
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Writer Ali Wunderman took her first solo trip at the age of 13, backpacking in British Columbia with Adventures Cross Country.
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In the days leading up to our backpacking trip, ash was falling from the sky and the blood orange sun looked apocalyptic.
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After resigning from a start-up he sold to gaming company Zynga, Japanese tech CEO Shintaro Yamada spent six months backpacking abroad.
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If you go off the grid at all, whether it's for hiking, backpacking, or skiing, you probably need a Garmin GPS watch.
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I quickly mentally scanned through all of my memories backpacking through Southeast Asia, taking 24-hour bus rides seated in the aisle.
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It feels like I never do anything fun, but my friends are skiing in Colorado or backpacking in South America every week.
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The couple, American Caitlan Coleman, 31, and her Canadian husband, Joshua Boyle, 33, were kidnapped in 2012 while they were backpacking Afghanistan.
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His friend Tyan said he knew that they were serious only after he went backpacking with them in Big Sur in 2008.
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He is the vice president for marketing at Arc'teryx, a manufacturer of very high-quality equipment for skiing, backpacking, climbing and hiking.
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Laos is a small Asian country that's known for its backpacking scene, thanks to its location near Vietnam, Cambodia, China, and Thailand.
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Activities like backpacking, fishing, boating, stand-up paddle boarding, mountain biking, hunting, skiing, ATVing and climbing are enjoying their highest participation ever.
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It has an online forum where members can discuss everything from "What makes a hike spectacular?" to favorite pieces of backpacking gear.
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The model you take with you on a backpacking trip is likely to be very different than what you'd use car camping.
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MSR's made excellent backpacking stoves for decades and one of the mainstays in its line-up is the WindBurner Personal Stove System.
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I used the Trea Spine for summer backpacking, though it didn't sit just in my closet for the rest of the year.
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Caitlan Coleman, a U.S. citizen, was pregnant when she and Canadian Joshua Boyle were kidnapped in 183 while on a backpacking trip.
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Whitson, his 13-year-old son and girlfriend, Krystal Ramirez, had decided to spend Father's Day weekend backpacking the Arroyo Seco River.
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A few times when I've been out backpacking with my husband's family, I have gone low about half an hour after breakfast.
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Two young Americans, David Kessler (David Naughton) and Jack Goodman (Griffin Dunne), who are backpacking through England when they're attacked by a werewolf.
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Deep into my second month of backpacking around Central America, I let a girl from Tel Aviv braid a feather into my hair.
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Studded with sparkling, high-elevation alpine lakes and rugged, foreboding granite peaks, it's one of the most regulated regions for backpacking in Washington.
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Jackson has also been in Paris in recent weeks, and has been frequently posting photos of herself backpacking around the city to Instagram.
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American Caitlan Coleman and her Canadian husband, Joshua Boyle, were kidnapped while backpacking in Afghanistan in 2012 by the Taliban-allied Haqqani network.
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He'd felt this excitement in his months backpacking once he left the Navy, but years of handling petty employees had reordered his priorities.
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During the next six months, Ms. Watson lived and worked in Sydney before backpacking through parts of Southeast Asia, including Indonesia and Thailand.
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You should also consider theFlytop Outdoor Backpacking 2 Person Tent, theALPS Mountaineering Tasmanian 23 Person Tent, and theColeman Evanston Screened 6 Person Tent.
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Caitlan Coleman was 31 years old and backpacking with her Canadian husband, Joshua Boyle, when she was abducted in Afghanistan in October 2012.
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When you're backpacking with limited time, it's a good idea to go somewhere where the time difference won't fuck you up too much.
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Raised in Pangbourne, England, Edwards was expelled from high school when she was sixteen, in the late seventies, and went backpacking around Europe.
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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The man who brought backpacking to the masses is now banking on business to make the world a better place.
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In 1997, while backpacking through Europe before his sophomore year, Kane found himself drawn to the pilsners and ales of Germany and the Netherlands.
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When you don't know what you should be doing, it's easy to put life on hold, go backpacking, stay in hostels and eat ramen.
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Helping him along the way, Leroy has different prosthetics for different sports but mainly uses an X3 from Ottobock for walking, hiking and backpacking.
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When we went backpacking we noticed a circle in her ear but assumed it was from an ember because the hair around was fringed.
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I tried hiking for the first time at 210 years old because my university's outdoors club sponsored a backpacking trip at a discounted price.
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After meeting at the Burning Man festival in 2013, Ela Bader and Douglas Deming spent seven months together backpacking through North and South America.
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Good To-Go Pad Thai for $10 ($3 off): Now is a good time to stock up on dried food for backpacking this summer.
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It started about 220 years ago when I got hooked on backpacking and the weird sport of ounce-counting that comes along with it.
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If you're looking for a light tent for multi-day backpacking trips that can survive your own boneheadedness, I suggest you look no further.
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Germplasm was everywhere: geriatric university stock; plants from a public seed bank maintained by the U.S.D.A.; others foraged by Driscoll's employees on backpacking trips.
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It also fits in your pocket so it's great for backpacking when every ounce and inch of space counts, BBQs, or just beach days.
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On one backpacking trip, my daughter ended up with 49 mosquito bites on her forehead alone (while wearing mosquito repellent and a head net!).
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Perfect for travel or as an extra layer while backpacking, it even slips nicely under a shell for added warmth on the ski slopes.
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As great as backpacking in the wilderness can be, far from cell towers and civilization, it can't beat the sweet simplicity of car camping.
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As a reviewer on WIRED's Gear team, I've eaten a metric ton of dehydrated food on camping, hiking, climbing, backpacking, and occasionally paddling trips.
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If you were backpacking across a continent and wanted the most lightweight and battery-packed device possible, the Pinebook Pro would be a contender.
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Over the last seven years, she has visited 23 countries, backpacking for weeks at a time during breaks from her teaching job in Tacoma.
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He said a yearlong backpacking trip to Pakistan and India after he graduated from college opened his eyes to a world he didn't know.
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Disposable batteries can also come in handy when it's inconvenient or impossible to recharge, said Mr. Buchmann, such as on backpacking or camping trips.
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This week's travel diary: A 22-year-old recent college grad who is backpacking through Asia before starting her career at a financial services firm.
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Backpacking through Southeast Asia with his wife, he took a liking to Singapore's cosmopolitan mixture of Asian culture and a very Western approach to business.
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You can also get a leather-bound notebook for your writer-friends, or a cheap, quick backpacking excursion for a friend that likes to hike.
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At a hostel in Bangalore, I meet Erica, a Canadian, whose months-long backpacking trip was spurred by the end of a four-year relationship.
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Then Falconberry will rough it in the wilderness for another week on a backpacking trip, which is why she's building up her endurance right now.
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Adding an extra $50 or even $100 a month is nice, but it isn't going to get you backpacking across Europe or owning a home.
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You can hang it on your backpack and play the sound of a cowbell to let bears know you're coming while you're backpacking in Alaska.
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Whether it's a short day-hike or a multiday backpacking trip, you want the pants to hold up to whatever the outdoors throws at them.
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Judge John Hodgman Caitlin writes: When my husband and I go backpacking, we split our gear so that we each carry about the same weight.
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He recalled watching that change begin decades ago while he was still a young man backpacking in Germany during the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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After backpacking through Mexico the previous year, reading Plato and the Bhagavad Gita, he had come to an understanding about his place in the world.
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"I basically took all my backpacking/camping gear out of the basement, and I'm just winter camping now," Danner said, according to CNN affiliate KYW.
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As Australia's summer approaches its end, the fires have died down to isolated areas, and the process of recovering has begun — enter young, backpacking tourists.
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His Instagram account has chronicled his adventures as a trout fisherman, on a solo backpacking trip through Europe and wearing a Batman costume for Christmas.
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The best backpacking stoves are portable, reliable in inclement weather, and fuel-efficient enough to avoid having to pack along an assortment of gas canisters.
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The couple were seized by the Haqqani network, a faction of the Taliban, in 2012 while backpacking in Wardak Province, a Taliban stronghold near Kabul.
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At 38 liters, it's best suited for warm-weather backpacking but it's plenty big to fit all the gear for a weekend in the woods.
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Obviously, you shouldn't take the Niko Hold on a backpacking or climbing trip, it's much more of an urban bag than one designed for the outdoors.
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"I went backpacking around the world with my two cousins," Horan says of his post-1D life during Friday's appearance on Graham Norton's BBC chat show.
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In June, Chandler made one of his greatest dreams come true as he and three friends took off for a three-week backpacking trip around Europe.
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The founder Evan Stuart and Luke Trevitt came up with the idea for their first product, the Sidekick, when their phones died during a backpacking holiday.
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We've also rounded up all the supplies you need to have on your backpacking checklist, so you're not stuck in the wilderness without the right gear.
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The Allpa 35 opens like a suitcase so you don't have to shove your arm down to the bottom as you do with a backpacking pack.
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Not being the backpacking type, I prefer to set down roots temporarily in a city for the opportunity to live like a local for a time.
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The queer-run wilderness education organization, The Venture Out Project, has operated L.G.B.T.Q.-specific backpacking trips around the country for teens, adults and families since 21992.
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Another opportunity for teenagers in August is the Queer Wilderness Quest, an 11-day backpacking trip, including a 523-hour solo, in Olympic National Park, Wash.
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"I picked jobs based in large part on screens not being part of the equation," she said, like becoming a backpacking instructor and now a therapist.
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The best sleeping bags provide warmth when needed, a comfortable place to rest while camping or backpacking, and are made of either down or synthetic insulation.
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Today, when he's not on the road, he splits time in Guangzhou and Malaysia with his wife, who he met on a backpacking trip in Turkey.
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On the other hand, you might be planning on backpacking through France, so learning French could help endear you to the locals you meet along the way.
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When young magic users come of age, they transform into sea creatures and explore the human world for a few days—the magical equivalent of backpacking Europe.
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Big Agnes Big House 6-Person Tent for $303 ($100 off): I like Big Agnes's backpacking tents, but this standup tent is ridiculously wonderful for the price.
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Backpack straps and a durable DWR finish mean that it can go with me on both work trips and two-week-long backpacking trips in Southeast Asia.
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Be it a five-mile day hike, a longer backpacking trek, or even a long-distance bike ride, there's a hydration pack available to satiate anyone's thirst.
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Be it a five-mile day hike, a longer backpacking trek, or even a long-distance bike ride, there's a hydration pack available to satiate anyone's thirst.
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If you fancy ultralight backpacking, you'll swoon over the Nemo Hornet 2's minuscule 2-pound-and-5-ounce packed weight and its extremely easy setup system.
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But, if you follow through with my backpacking plan, there will come a moment a few days into your trip which will make it all seem worthwhile.
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Marijuana and opium became available, but alcohol remained the drug of choice, and news of Vang Vieng's hedonistic river party scene quickly spread among the backpacking fraternity.
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The nine-day backpacking adventure for adults ages 223 and up, through the ravines and slots of Utah's colorful canyonlands, will be led by L.G.B.T.Q.-identified instructors.
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The Deuter Transit 50 is a large, smart travel backpack that's perfect for shuttling between cities, backpacking across Europe, or carrying your stuff while hiking the trails.
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During his run for governor, Gavin Newsom, a former mayor of San Francisco, spoke of his memories of camping and backpacking along California's rivers with his father.
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An inscrutable van driver — likely limited by the language barrier — distributed well-worn wet suits and mismatched neoprene bootees to us and a backpacking couple from Switzerland.
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He left the company in 1998 to go backpacking around the world with his girlfriend, but rejoined Amazon in September 2016 to help build Amazon Transportation Services.
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She found a kindred spirit in Mr. Rausing, the pensive scion of a wealthy Swedish family, who became addicted to heroin during a backpacking trip in India.
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Eating well on a backpacking trip is often an oxymoron — since the point is to travel light, bringing food that's fast and easy to prepare is preferred.
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Not every backpacker needs all the bells, whistles, or brand name fabrics but the downside to shopping cheap is sacrificing the quality necessary for successful backpacking trips.
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I have a distinct memory when I was solo backpacking in Indonesia last summer and I was in Amed, one of the lesser touristy areas in Bali.
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I wanted to avoid all human contact but my family had organized a big dinner to say goodbye before I left on a backpacking trip to Asia.
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Here are our top picks for the best backpacking tents:Best tent overall: Big Agnes Copper Spur HV UL 2Best tent for ultralight backpacking: Nemo Hornet 2Best tent for couples: MSR Hubba Hubba NX 2Best tent for 4-season backpackers: The North Face Mountain 25Best budget-friendly tent: REI Co-op Half Dome 2 PlusThe best sleeping bags you can buyA sleeping bag is more than a matter of comfort.
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Northwest purists might argue with you about how Olympic is best experienced as multi-day backpacking excursions, a ton of park sites are accessible for the ambitious daytripper.
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The country star often travels alone; forgoing luxury stays for backpacking and camping to get closer to nature and experience the area in a more raw natural way.
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Feral is packed with clothes and backpacking gear and even houses one of Denver's largest trail map and guide collections, all under the roof of a renovated home.
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The hostages: Caitlan Coleman, originally from Pennsylvania, and her Canadian husband, Josh Boyle, were kidnapped while backpacking in the Wardak Province of Afghanistan, a militant stronghold near Kabul.
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Being able to keep watching your shows while backpacking probably won't make or break your trip, but it certainly eliminates what was previously an annoying part of traveling.
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The couple started their travels with the aim of doing a two-month backpacking stint in Morocco and Southeast Asia, which quickly turned into an eight-month journey.
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Three men in Morocco have been sentenced to death over the murders of two young Scandinavian women who were brutally murdered while backpacking in the country last year.
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The Canadian police are searching for Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, who are suspected of killing a backpacking couple and a university lecturer separately this month.
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Several of our recommended products are ideal for backpacking, but when you're shedding as much weight as you can, the Hummingbird Ultralight Single Hammock is the best choice.
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"I just got back from a backpacking trip to Ventana Wilderness in Big Sur," Ms. Plaga said in a phone interview, referring to the region in Central California.
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It's true we already have the quarter-life crisis — I'd had that post-college "what now?" moment after quitting music school and backpacking abroad on a shoestring budget.
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Two summers ago, Brandon Barton, a community ecologist at Mississippi State University, and his colleagues were backpacking through the craggy Hells Canyon Wilderness along the Oregon-Idaho border.
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It'll be appreciated even more when it matures, when your teenager or twentysomething needs more pocket money for a two-month backpacking trip or to kickstart a retirement fund.
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Last month, the Taliban released a Haqqani network video of American Caitlan Coleman and her Canadian husband, Joshua Boyle, who were abducted in 2012 while on a backpacking trip.
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Where to stream it: Amazon, Netflix Two young Americans, David Kessler (David Naughton) and Jack Goodman (Griffin Dunne), who are backpacking through England when they're attacked by a werewolf.
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I had just gotten back from backpacking in Central America where I had picked up a bug, and I wasn't feeling the best, but went to a class anyway.
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Wenwen was just one year and three months old when her parents packed their bags and left their home in Shangrao, China, to embark on a long backpacking journey.
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Medina y Cruz Portillo adds variety to his training, including trail running, yoga, bouldering (climbing smaller rocks rather a cliff), pull-ups, Spin classes and backpacking with heavy packs.
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And while Johnson would have preferred to have taken his family backpacking during the time of the eclipse, he's planning to stay in town in case anything goes wrong.
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Danner Mountain Light Boots for $270 ($90 off): This is a significant discount on the hiking boots that are so iconic, they were featured in the backpacking movie Wild.
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My parents took me backpacking beginning when I was about 7, and my wife and I took our three children on overnight hikes as soon as they could toddle.
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He'd been an instructor for Outward Bound, in college, and every summer he spends a week or two backpacking in the wilderness of the Wind River Range, in Wyoming.
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Throw in an overall weight that is approaching ultralight levels, and good stability even in strong winds and you have a backpacking tent that is simply tough to beat.
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With more headroom and elbow space than most backpacking tents, MSR's Hubba Hubba NX 2 sleeps two backpackers with ease (as if the name didn't already allude to that).
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"What can you do?" his young daughter says, squirting Smucker's strawberry spread directly into her mouth after they've run out of other food during their first family backpacking trip.
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This isn't a speaker you want to take backpacking, but, if you did, the casing has an IPX4 water-resistant rating, so it's tough enough to handle most weather.
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This summer, the nonprofit offers excursions for adults that include, in late June, the Queer & Trans, Black, Indigenous, People(s) of Color Classic Backpacking trip on Vermont's Long Trail.
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She was 14 when we took our first 200-mile backpacking trip on the Pacific Crest Trail, the great ribbon running through mountains and deserts from Mexico to Canada.
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It would resemble more of a backpacking trip through the Grand Canyon or the Smoky Mountains than the typical door-knocking event in the suburbs with coffee and doughnuts.
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One day, he went for a walk and brought back a friend, Lukas Lencak from Slovakia, whom Mr. Knoche had met earlier when they were both backpacking in Argentina.
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While working in France after high school, he caught the travel bug and began backpacking around Africa and Asia during his student years, writing articles to cover his expenses.
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Ms. Lau was inspired to become a tour guide in Hong Kong while backpacking around Europe; she took a tour of Sofia, Bulgaria, that highlighted the city's darker side.
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And while there hadn't been much need to bring N260s on summer backpacking trips before, we were anticipating smoke and ash from wildfires that were ravaging the western United States.
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Anissa Syifa Adriana, a 25-year-old backpacking Youtuber, is one such intrepid soul that inspires us with her determination to explore new countries — even in the face of prejudice.
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"Right after I got divorced, I went to the mountains for a week by myself," he said, adding that this trip to Big Sky, Montana wasn't your average backpacking expedition.
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In both the fourth quarter and full year, sales of camp hammocks, backpacking tents, tent poles, tarps and other tent accessories all grew double digits, or up to 36 percent.
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I've been backpacking around the world on my own for nearly 20 years as a culinary educator and food and travel writer, and I still prefer to go it alone.
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Whether it's backpacking across Europe, chasing the northern lights, or hiking through the Amazon, we all have a dream vacation (or a few) that we hope to take one day.
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However, it's possible Jackson is a year younger than Meredith, as it is likely her aforementioned time backpacking through Europe made her start medical school a year later than expected.
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We considered 28 iPhone lens attachments and tested nine models in a variety of scenarios and settings (including backpacking through the Cascades) to find the best iPhone lens add-ons.
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Another considering for using a hammock when backpacking: Due to the way it cradles the body, sleeping in a hammock is better for your spine than lying on rocky ground.
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Travelling by private jet is the stuff of dreams (or millionaires), but one backpacking couple were lucky enough to experience the next best thing - having an entire plane to themselves.
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But his gutless confession—he remains anonymous, after all—illustrates the danger in automatically assuming that, to use one of his examples, backpacking through Guatemala should take precedence over stuff.
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My brother was earning merit badges, going backpacking, camping, caving, canoeing, skiing and climbing, while my Girl Scout troop was doing arts and crafts, planning spring balls and selling cookies.
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An experienced hiker and an emergency medical technician, Komins had food, water, backpacking supplies, his cell phone and a GPS device with him on the hike, according to the sheriff.
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My family and I have been backpacking on the Pacific Crest Trail through the Sierras north of Donner Pass, enjoying magnificent splendor that no billionaire is allowed to fence off.
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Where many backpacking packs have a few standout features, this pack's specs read like a wishlist of features like its spacious side pockets, its sunglasses holder and multi-pocket lid.
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The couple has been held by the Haqqani network, a Taliban faction, which seized them in late 2012 as they were backpacking in Wardak Province, an insurgent stronghold near Kabul.
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A Chinese man wanting to teach his son about the hardships of life took the young boy for a backpacking trip with only 100 yuan ($15) to survive the week.
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Then to be told that we'd be going to these extraordinary countries — we'd be going to Jordan, the Maldives, and Iceland — it's a bit like backpacking, and I absolutely love traveling.
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If the tripod-and-shake remains a fairly common answer to backpacking, that toppling will remain a valuable option, and the Suloev stretch will always be a possible outcome of it.
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She and Alisa Clamen of Canada, whose 22-year-old son, Jesse Galganov, disappeared while backpacking in the Peruvian mountains in 2017, have become like a second family for Carla's brother.
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It's treated for odor control, making it a great choice for multi-day backpacking trips and its quick-dry fabric allows it to avoid feeling saturated if you break a sweat.
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"Some of these destinations are very popular for students and younger adults in their 20s or 30s looking for vacations, whether it's a backpacking tour or surfing or swimming," said Harteveldt.
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Lyons, a TV producer, and Lee, a sales director, bought the hotel where they were staying while the pair were on a three-week backpacking trip through Sri Lanka last December.
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I went backpacking through Vietnam and Thailand and found out that there was a mistake made on my ticket, so I was stuck in Bangkok with no cash and no ticket.
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Buy the Uniterra Nomad for $300 at Amazon Cafflano Kompresso ($75) The Cafflano Kompresso is the lightest and simplest portable espresso maker to clean, making it ideal for a backpacking trip.
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These might not be your priorities if you're a new camper, but after a few backpacking trips, you'll appreciate the simplicity and mindless set-up process that the Aspect 3 offers.
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Out There Adventures will also run, working with Outward Bound California, a 12-day Yosemite Backpacking to San Francisco Urban Service for LGBTQ Teens trip from July 30 to Aug. 10.
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" Stephanie Grace, who wins for cutest auto-reply: "I'm out of office enjoying a weeklong backpacking trip in the Wallowas with the best adventure pup in the world, Lucy: https://www.instagram.
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REI Co-Op Trail 40 Pack for $59 ($60 off): This comfortable day pack holds everything you need for day hikes, travel, and overnight backpacking trips—if you go ultra lightweight.
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We ran easily, talking about what we always do when we go for runs — college and friends, backpacking trips, the run ahead and the runs we'll go on in the future.
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That spring, he brought his racers to his ranch near Aspen, where they camped in his yard (no electronics allowed) and submitted to team-bonding exercises: karate, gymnastics, ice hockey, backpacking.
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In Tuesday's episode of Running Wild with Bear Grylls, Armie Hammer was invited to drink milk directly from a goat that Bear Grylls had wrangled while they were backpacking across Sardinia.
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She is part of a revolution in camp coffee, said J. J. Jameson, 56, a senior instructor for REI Outdoor School, who took his first backpacking trip when he was 17.
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At the time, I hadn't realized it, but Nike's founder, Phil Knight, had taken a trip similar to mine in his youth, a six-month backpacking trip beginning in Southeast Asia.
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Yet the look is polished and the setup promising as Yossi heads into the Bolivian jungle with two backpacking pals, an American photographer (Alex Russell) and a Swiss teacher (Joel Jackson).
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A backpacking trip through the moors in Britain goes horribly wrong when a wolflike creature mauls the American students Jack (Griffin Dunne) and David (David Naughton) in this comedy-horror classic.
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In January, Otto Warmbier, a 21-year-old student at the University of Virginia, became the most recent when he was arrested during a backpacking tour for allegedly stealing a propaganda sign.
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In addition to the many camping trips with my family and backpacking with friends, we celebrated my grandparents' 60th wedding anniversary there, and my brother was married in the Yosemite Valley Chapel.
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Nemo Equipment Losi 2P Three-Season Tent for $231 ($99 off): Nemo's award-winning backpacking tent is known for its creative pole design, which creates a lot of headroom for the weight.
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Coleman and Boyle were held by the Taliban-linked Haqqani network after being kidnapped while backpacking in Afghanistan, and their rescue marked a rare positive note in often-fraught U.S.-Pakistan relations.
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As a backpacking fanatic and an international trekker, I was excited to read the Voyages Issue of the magazine, but as I paged through the photos in that section, my heart sank.
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Like many young Israelis, after serving in the army, Ms. Barhany went backpacking, climbing Machu Picchu in Peru and eating alfajores (dulce de leche sandwich cookies) in Argentina, which she sells here.
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They had spent the previous four months holed up at their parents' homes in New England, as King recovered from an intestinal parasite she'd picked up on a backpacking trip in Montana.
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Describing himself as an "immersive" traveler, he recalled how he ditched a bucket list for a one-and-a-half year backpacking trip in 1994 — and had more to show for it.
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Over the next 14 years—as Juliana tasted her first wild huckleberries, peered into her first tidal pool, and first went backpacking in the wilderness with her dad—the climate crisis deepened.
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Millane, a recent university graduate, was two weeks into a backpacking tour of New Zealand in 2018 when she met the man on Tinder and went for burgers and cocktails with him.
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I'm a software engineer from Silicon Valley, and in addition to crossword puzzles, my hobbies include backpacking, scavenger hunts, trivia nights, board games and cross-country skiing with my team, Aloha Nordic.
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Adiprasito initially wanted to be a chef and spent time backpacking around India before settling down in combinatorics, the area of mathematics that's home to graph theory and problems like the Rota conjecture.
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We don't know this right away, though, and so at first we just assume that on a backpacking trip in remote China, Lizzie is seeing things, like bugs crawling around and in her.
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Best For: The AdventurerWith thoughtful details like a waterproof hidden zipper, a pebbled leather pull, and a totally washable case, this is the bag for the person spending December backpacking through South America.
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One of my favorites is I was on Isle Royale, which is the last park that I'll play on this tour and that's where I'll be backpacking with my dad and my boyfriend.
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By the time the festival arrived, I had been backpacking through Nicaragua for almost a month, and Central America for close to three months, and traveller's fatigue had definitely started to set in.
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It had been three or four years since I'd heard from Orville -- he sent me some photos of his backpacking excursion through Europe -- and I was glad to hear from my old friend.
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I found it hard to read about Yoni without thinking that the things I had done at his age — going to grad school, painting houses, backpacking around the world — were small and inconsequential.
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Having a device that stays charged for weeks and lights up in dark places is an incredible benefit to have while backpacking, or even spending several hours on an airplane and in airports.
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At home in the UK she was used to a supply of superfood powders various wellness brands had sponsored her with, but she had to rein in her expectations when backpacking around India.
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You can get super-rugged cases if you're the adventurous type who takes your iPhone hiking and backpacking, but Otterbox also has slimmer, more stylish cases that maintain a similar level of protection.
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While you may be more concerned about weekend partying or backpacking around Europe today, if you plan on having kids at some point in the future, term life insurance is a good idea.
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It was also a huge advert for the country, and will have made a whole new generation of pre-uni pricks from the south-west add it to their "finding themselves" backpacking itinerary.
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On any given day, Nastia Bendebury could be taking participants to see majestic waterfalls, leading them through the city on bikes, or guiding them on a moonlight snowshoeing or Pacific Crest backpacking excursion.
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Some are simple (don't bring a suitcase full of just wigs and shoes for a backpacking trip across Europe), while others are profound ("be a fountain, not a drain" of your own happiness).
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The right backpacking pack makes hiking multiple miles with a 30-pound bag on your back a comfortable experienceBrands like Osprey, REI Co-op, and Gregory make a wide range of packs geared toward different styles of backpacking excursionsThe most useful features are how much the bag can hold, how it distributes the load, and if it's compatible with hydration packsWe tested several models over miles of backcountry trails to find the industry's best, and that is the Osprey Atmos AG 65.
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Now, Mr. Higgins spends his days preparing sandwiches that include a pork belly special on a soft sourdough roll that he said was inspired partly by the 10 months he spent backpacking through Asia.
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U.S. and Canadian officials have said they are aware of the video of Caitlan Coleman, a U.S. citizen and her Canadian husband, Joshua Boyle, who were kidnapped in 2012 while on a backpacking trip.
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Coleman and Boyle were first kidnapped by militants associated with the Haqqani network, a criminal organization with ties to the Taliban in 2012, while backpacking in a remote, mountainous region outside of Kabul, Afghanistan.
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I need to get back in backpacking shape for the summer, as we have a few trips planned that will involve carrying a 20-pound pack for about 229 miles over a couple days.
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The Aspect 3 tent that we tested is a true three-person backpacking tent that follows a well-established formula with a mesh and solid canopy, and lightweight alloy poles in an X pattern.
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The story of two backpacking buddies who are attacked by a wolf in England combines frequent hilarity and shocking acts of violence to create the perfect tale of a man trying to fight fate.
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For families with younger children, or hikers who may not have the time, skills or gear to undertake a more serious backpacking expedition, hiking the huts lower the barriers to entry to the backcountry.
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One of them is Leslie Peng, 35, who brings the same approach to her backpacking menu that she does to her job as the chef de cuisine at the Slanted Door in San Francisco.
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REI Co-Op Trail 40 Pack for $60 ($60 off): Scott also likes this comfortable day pack, which holds everything you need for day hikes, travel, even overnight backpacking trips if you go ultra lightweight.
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Illustration by Lili Emtiaz Three years ago, after Wil Dasovich completed his bachelor's degree at California Polytechnic State University, he did what many young graduates do: He planned a several-month-long backpacking trip abroad.
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OYO — which stands for On Your Own — was founded in 2013 by then-teenager Ritesh Agarwal, a Thiel Fellow who got the idea for the business after a stint backpacking across India staying budget hotels.
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But it's worth reiterating: Those of us with dislocated shoulders who aren't backpacking in the middle of nowhere should get ourselves some medical attention ASAP — as if the pain wasn't already enough of a clue.
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But while we wait for our credit cards to clear and our shipping boxes to arrive, we found 19 of our favorite deals on a great drone, a very affordable backpacking bundle, and much more.
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American Caitlan Coleman and her Canadian husband, Joshua Boyle, were kidnapped while backpacking in Afghanistan in 2012 by the Taliban-allied Haqqani network, which the United States has long accused Pakistan of failing to fight.
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If you're preparing for stuff to hit the fan or just want an easy way to open cans while backpacking, the P-38 Can Opener and P-51 Can Opener are inexpensive and lightweight options.
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They are portable and lightweight, and can be used where glass is not appropriate: at pools, beaches, rock concerts and sporting events, and on the sort of backpacking trips that inspired the Sans Wine founders.
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For my three-day trip, I chose the backpacking set for two, which cost $243 for a two-person tent, two backpacks, two sleeping bags, two sleeping pads, a stove, cooking pans and two headlamps.
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Whether you're backpacking across Europe for weeks at a time or just sitting at work and wondering if you remembered to lock the door when you left, the EPEX can help you feel more secure.
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The right backpack can make or break a backpacking trip, often spelling the difference between a comfortable or pain-inducing trekSince women&aposs bodies are different, so are the backpacks that work best for them.
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JUST A FEW HOURS INTO our train ride, we know the passengers in the cabins on either side of ours: On one side are two young Canadians on a monthslong, round-the-world backpacking trip.
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The son of a famous British political cartoonist, Garland wrote a couple of novels—The Beach turned his own global backpacking experiences into a Lord of the Flies riff that became a Leonardo DiCaprio movie.
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On a recent backpacking trip, it meant hiking a few extra miles through the rainforest to a rope swing we heard existed on the likelihood that I'd get a clip of me bellyflopping into the lake.
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It's a handy device for backpacking, power outages and that sort of thing — but goTenna CEO Daniela Perdomo said that it literally only took minutes after the product's announcement for more serious players to express interest.
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Her fourth novel, "Questions of Travel," which won Australia's most prestigious literary award, the Miles Franklin, contrasted the journeys of an asylum-seeker from the subcontinent with those of a backpacking travel-guide writer from Sydney.
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At the start of talks in Beijing, the capital, Hunt told the government's top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, that he had a long relationship with China, beginning with a backpacking trip when he was 19.
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There were backpacking trips to the national park 30 miles away, where he taught us how to build a fire and to hang our food from tree limbs to keep it out of reach of bears.
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I first heard about love motels—sometimes referred to as simply "motels"—when I was backpacking in Brazil five years ago, but they also exist in several countries around the world including Japan, Colombia, and Argentina.
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My girlfriend and I dated for two and a half years, which included moving in together, an extended backpacking trip abroad, and the most impossible test a couple can face: moving to New York City together.
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Ms. Harris said she could really tell how much volume and wave the Prose products added to her hair when she bought Dove, which she once used, to share with her husband on a backpacking trip.
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It used to be that when you embarked on an extended camping or backpacking trip, you'd go several days without taking a proper shower — for backpackers, this required them to maintain their hygiene in other ways.
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Planning an early August backpacking trip in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, I went online in July to order gear (Arrive accepts orders between one year and one week before use).
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She quickly became a major star in Japan but spent much of her free time trying to escape on backpacking trips to Europe and India, where she said she agonized over whether to stay in acting.
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And if he and his wife want to go on a weekend getaway, they can easily drive into the mountains to go camping or backpacking, or drive to Portland or Seattle to visit friends and family.
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REI Co-op Backpacking Bundle for $200 ($75 off): If you're an REI member and you've had your eye on a big-ticket item, you can now take 20 percent off anything at REI or REI Outlet.
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And in this extremely emotional one minute and 29-second video titled, "Beto and His Dad," he attempts to share an anecdote about a backpacking trip he once took with his dad and straight-up starts crying.
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Walking stimulates the appetite, and each day's efforts end in a variation on a theme: local wine, hearty food and a real bed, luxuries almost impossible in the United States, where multiday walks usually mean wilderness backpacking.
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So when he brought his girlfriend, Krystal Ramirez, and 13-year-old son backpacking over Father's Day weekend in June, he expected a challenging but fun few days of camping and tubing down the river, CNN reported.
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I've written extensively about the joys of backpacking on the Pacific Crest Trail, so I thought I'd pass along these photographs and this text from the co-author of a new coffee table book about the trail.
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The Therm-a-Rest ProLite Apex Backpacking Sleeping Pad, a raft-like cushion that inflated to two sturdy inches between ground and bag, felt like an indulgence, but only weighed just over a pound in the pack.
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It doesn't matter if you're taking a road trip, going backpacking, or heading to a resort for some spa time: Having easy access to input from travelers who have come before you can be both educational and rewarding.
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This time, It was a wilderness therapy expedition which consisted of a three week backpacking trek in silence, four weeks of "extended expeditions" (canyoneering/surfing/horseback riding/trail-building) and six months at a wilderness boarding school campus.
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After regrouping, that night we went out to see a fado (a Portuguese musical genre) show, and although I was emotionally wrecked, exhausted, and bedraggled from two weeks of backpacking, there was no ignoring the chemistry between us.
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And there's the simple question of how long a pre-Grey's Meredith traveling through Europe and how much earlier that backpacking trip took place ahead of the three-season long "year" that is the start of Grey's Anatomy.
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A few years ago, I had been backpacking solo around the world, sleeping on strangers' couches and hitchhiking from point A to B when I bumped into a handsome German and decided to stick around for a while.
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In October 2014, they set out on an arduous backpacking trip in the Catskills with friends, in which they suffered a flat tire on the way up, unseasonable cold weather and continual rain during a 10-mile hike.
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Speaking alongside King Felipe at Madrid's royal palace, Obama said he wished he could stay longer in Spain, which he said he first visited just before entering law school in his 20s when he was backpacking across Europe.
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Their menu for backpacking trips, like the one they are about to take outside Nagano, Japan, is built on resealable silicone bags filled with dried food they will reconstitute with boiling water from a small, fuel-efficient stove.
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By the time her backpacking adventure took her to Nicaragua in January 2011, she was starting to hear back from various schools, and would travel to town once a week to look over her responses at an internet cafe.
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Before long we were partying with an eclectic group of travellers: an Australian backpacking across the country, a Norwegian guy who gave us some smokes, and a handful of Iranians who repped their country with flags on their backs.
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Some of them have been around for as long as we've been shopping, while others are newcomers on the scene — but whether they're selling stylishly simple eyeglasses or rainbow-hued backpacking gear, they all have a cause in common.
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I was interning at a magazine and he was backpacking, but we ended up buying a single mattress and a set of Toy Story sheets and sleeping on the floor of an empty mansion adjacent to our friend's apartment.
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The 66-year-old, an experienced outdoorswoman nicknamed "Inchworm," set out with her backpacking buddy Jane Lee for a "bucket list" adventure hike from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, to Maine's Mount Katahdin in April 2013, according to the Boston Globe.
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On Friday, U.S. drones were seen hovering near where American Caitlan Coleman, her Canadian husband, Joshua Boyle, and their three children, all born in captivity, were freed, after having been kidnapped by the Haqqani network while backpacking in Afghanistan in 2012.
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They make super-solid tents that are generally priced well below the competition, and even offer a backpacking bundle and a camping bundle that make the perfect starter set of gear for someone new to losing themselves in the great outdoors.
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Other titles of interest: As the Crow Flies, the serialized story of a queer 13-year-old girl stranded in an all-white Christian backpacking camp, and xkcd, a series of standalone entries featuring stick figures, romance, sarcasm, and math.
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Each month, you'll be challenged to give up or change an everyday habit, and we've provided rough estimates on how much extra savings can go towards your planned journey, whether it's an epic Eurotrip or backpacking jaunt through Southeast Asia.
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Whenever I'd tell my parents about a backpacking trip in the wilderness, my parents joked about the irony: As immigrants, they had worked all their lives to ensure I had a roof under my head and presentable clothes to wear.
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Jeremy Hunt [Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs] drank a cannabis milkshake while backpacking in India; Andrea Leadsom smoked a spliff in college; Boris Johnson had previously admitted to smoking cannabis and doing a solitary line of coke in his youth.
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The Columbia graduate lived in and operated a small backpacking hostel in New York City after an abrupt career change, and he currently lives in Austin, Texas, where he operates HK Austin, a popular 19th-century Victorian mansion-turned-hostel.
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He took a few courses at San Francisco State and at the College of Marin, spent six months backpacking through India, moved to Santa Fe, then London, then to San Francisco again, where he landed a job with Esprit in 1982.
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When REYR contacted me about their telescopic First Cast Travel Fly Rrod, which uses a reel, I was skeptical about whether it would be small enough, or fish well enough, to allow me to bring it along on backpacking trips.
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As I quickly realized when I bought travel insurance for my backpacking trip, women's reproductive health care is rarely covered by any policy: birth control, pap tests, neo-natal care, abortions, maternity care, or any OB/GYN care is rarely covered.
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Then, from the late 0003s through the aughts, came the periodic mass-email update: often deployed by backpacking or otherwise soul-searching 20-somethings, easy and free to disseminate, with recipients blind carbon-copied to prevent a vicious Reply All cycle.
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Expenses: I had to spend money my family could hardly afford to compete with legacy students from wealthy backgrounds who can boast of backpacking through Europe, helping out in Africa, having a life-changing experience in fill-in-the-blank, etc.
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One of the true joys of backpacking in Réunion is that you don't have to sleep in a tent if you don't want to — or, for that matter, carry more than a change of clothes and snacks for the trail.
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The Evening Standard topped its coverage of the death of Grace Millane — the British traveller backpacking in New Zealand who was killed two days before her 22nd birthday — by highlighting the fact she was a member of BDSM dating sites.
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Soon after finishing there, while backpacking through Europe at the age of 22, she learned she had landed a coveted internship with Antonio Cassese, an Italian lawyer who was the first president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
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Thank you for rescuing me, Dee, but I must sadly destroy our relationship beyond repair because you don't have AC. When I tripped and tumbled down the side of a mountain during a solo backpacking trip, I thought I was a goner.
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It was an amazing feeling to upload a huge batch of pics from a backpacking trip, share them with friends, then relive the experience of waking up in tents pitched in the shadow of a glacier with the click of a button.
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The Columbia graduate lived in and operated a small backpacking hostel in New York City after an abrupt career change, and he currently lives in Austin, Texas, where he operates HK Austin, a popular hostel constructed from a 19th-century Victorian mansion.
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For young Europeans Vietnam has become an essential stop on the circuit of backpacking around Asia, offering pleasant weather, cheap accommodation, great food and just enough exoticism to give bragging rights at university and just enough tourist infrastructure to make travelling reasonably comfortable.
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While the price of a plane ticket to some of the more far-flung destinations is high if that's the only place you're visiting, these dream destinations can make great pit stops stops on a low-cost backpacking adventure around the globe.
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of people held candlelight vigils in New Zealand on Wednesday to mourn a 22-year-old British woman who was killed while she was on a backpacking tour, as the national outpouring of grief focused attention on violence against women.
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This has given rise to hundreds of small nonprofits across the country that offer alternatives: therapeutic fishing, rafting and backpacking trips, horse riding, combat yoga, dogs, art collectives, dolphin swims, sweat lodge vision quests and parrot husbandry centers, among many, many others.
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ComfortabilitySince Cotopaxi is an outdoor brand, the Allpa 35 uses the same tech that makes heavy backpacking packs comfortable for miles, such as aDurabilityI've been using the Allpa 35 for two years of frequent travel, and it looks no worse for wear.
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" When I asked about it on a hiking and backpacking subreddit, one backpacker told me that at his campsite in Bighorn National Park, "every single large rock seemed to have human poop and dirty toilet paper on it or tossed under it.
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Subsequently dumped by Josie and sickened by his own smug words, Charlie has chucked it all and gone backpacking on an "island nation off the coast of a foreign continent" where he is promptly kidnapped and tossed into the trunk of a car.
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Had he helped me order, we would have known that the MSR PocketRocket Deluxe Backpacking Stove — basically a burner and ignition device weighing just 2.9 ounces and meant to hold our cooking pots — came without fuel, a detail I did not notice.
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He remembered his brother as a man who loved life, who scared off a bear when they were backpacking and who gave a 25-minute toast at his little brother's wedding -- though he was a man of few words, the station reported.
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You know when you're a kid, you play outside and run through the woods, but it's not the same as maybe learning how to start a fire and setting up a tent and backpacking, which I learned how to do later in life.
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I am especially resentful about not making my Move goal the second week when I went backpacking (not through any fault of my own, but because the Apple Watch's paltry battery life and delicate nature didn't seem like a good idea for the trail).
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I've just been backpacking with my 18-year-old daughter on the Pacific Crest Trail in California, abandoning our material world for an alternative reality in which the aim is to possess as little as possible — because if you have it, you lug it.
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The horrible menace that has hung over the entire summer of 2016 has not crossed PSL's mind, and in that way talking to PSL is sort of like talking to a puppy, or a friend who has been backpacking through Southeast Asia for eight months.
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I got a travelers handbook for my leaving gift from work and aside from that, it's been a lot of TripAdvisor, YouTube (specifically Kara and Nate, they're the best), and Facebook (specifically the solo female travelers' network group and the South American backpacking community group).
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Forty high schoolers from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds are also chosen for a yearlong Outdoor Leadership Institute, which launches with a five-day backpacking trip in the wilderness and continues throughout the year with the students engaging in monthly community service projects.
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Whether that was being young in my 20s and backpacking around the world, or in my 30s trying to be an entrepreneur, to campaigning and then getting into Congress, I have always had a voracious appetite for life, and that's sometimes been a liability.
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There can't be many things in this world more irritating than a urinary tract infection—especially if it rears its ugly head when you're trying to watch Kanye on the main stage at Glasto or embark on a romantic backpacking trip with your boyfriend.
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern fought back tears as she apologized on Monday to the family of a 22-year-old British woman who was killed while she was on a backpacking tour, two days after a man was charged with the Briton's murder.
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Now for those whose tastes have graduated beyond the backpacking years but whose finances have not, a new breed of hybrid hostel sprouting up on this side of the Atlantic bundles better design, lively bars and restaurants and even some private rooms, all still nicely priced.
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In July 2010, Ms. Brooks began a solo backpacking journey that started in Arica, in northern Chile, where she was living with a Chilean family and volunteering as an English teacher at a local high school through a program offered by the Chilean Ministry of Education.
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" Carolyn Finney, author of "Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors," said she wrote the book after she spent five years backpacking around the world in the late 1980s and early 1990s, "when no one like me was doing it.
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In the fall of 235, Mr. Shears decamped to the East Village, where he was working as a go-go dancer, after returning from a backpacking trip in Europe to discover that one of his roommates had been subletting his bedroom to a couple from Brussels.
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Dr. William Brandenburg of the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver and a colleague write in the Journal of Travel Medicine that people hiking, climbing, backpacking and doing other sporting activities in mountain areas run the risk of injury or illness with little medical care available nearby.
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Pros: Comfortable to wear even over several hours, extra-wide clip on water reservoir allows for easy cleaning and refills, 2.5-liter capacity is perfect for long day hikes, offers plenty of interior storage, and the ventilated foam frame helps avoid excess sweatCons: Too small for longer backpacking trips
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Considering that Daina Agee and Michael Mastrandrea met in Malaysia, though both were born in New York and she was living in Taiwan at the time while he was on an extended international backpacking trip, it's probably not that surprising that a geographic misunderstanding surfaced early in their relationship.
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Bruce Marder, a child of Beverly Hills whose parents are hoping he'll come home from his backpacking hegira and go to dental school, is lying in a Volkwsagen van on a Moroccan beach, sorting out his career options with a popular decision-making tool of that era, LSD.
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While on a cross-continental backpacking trip through Europe, Pratt called Faris (who was upset about the trip in the first place, even though they'd only been dating for a short period and hadn't yet decided they were in a committed relationship) to tell her he loved her and wanted to marry her.
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Down a narrow sandy lane on my first ride into Gili Air's sweaty interior, I met Silvia Biolo and Giovanni Bagattin, an Italian couple in their 40s who ditched their office jobs in Venice to open Oasi Pizzeria & Bungalows after falling in love with the island on a backpacking trip around Asia.
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I settled on an AmeriCorps program that would let me work for a national park or forest for a season, which had a romantic ring to it; never mind the fact that my only real backpacking experience had involved puncturing several blisters borne of Walmart boots with a dull Swiss Army knife.
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But the couple wanted to share their story, in part to prove that a family like theirs can thrive anywhere, even in the conservative heartland of the US. The seed of an idea that eventually became Uma was planted while Matthew and Elliot were on a backpacking trip in Eastern Europe a few years ago.
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When I first made the acquaintance of the developing world, as a backpacking law student in the 1980s, sometimes riding on tops of trains or buses and writing articles to pay my expenses, the most gut-wrenching aspect of poverty I encountered was ubiquitous blind beggars, robbed of dignity and any chance to be productive.
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He was known for gathering friends for unusual events: a backpacking trip where dinner was an elaborate paella cooked on an open fire, a "tourist" pub crawl that required participants to wear cargo shorts and not enough layers for the Bay Area's chilly weather shifts, an "awkward" party where food was served without utensils.
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Duffles are heavy, roller-bags don't do well on uneven terrain or cobblestones, and those traditional "backpacking" bags — or hiking style backpacks — are basically sacks with an opening on top, meaning you have to top-load them just like a garbage bag, which leads to stuff getting wrinkled and makes it hard to access.
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Like you can be standing in baggage claim after a six-month backpacking trip so destabilizing that you scratch a mosquito bite and find some crust from a new, overdoing-it vacation tattoo you legitimately forgot about and would still rather shower with them, covered in sap and still sweating out the noise, than shower alone.
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News outlets have covered the last known moments of a New York couple that vanished and was later found dead in the Dominican Republic, detailed the final conversations that a Florida woman who was murdered in Costa Rica had with her family, and published the travel photos of a North Carolina teacher who was murdered while backpacking in Mexico.
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The Wi-Fi remote feature has a nifty feature where it uses your iPhone's Wi-Fi connection to get you on the local network automatically, and the DxO One will also let you connect to your iPhone directly via Wi-Fi when you're not in range of any networks (if you're backpacking in the woods, for instance).
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It works with both mobile and broadband connections, so you can use it both at home and on-the-go; it works around the world, so you can easily put your shoddy hostel Wi-Fi to the test when you're backpacking across the globe; and you don't need to be a Netflix subscriber to use it.
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Some mini-backpacking trips I have done that have worked well were: Kerala (hop over to the Andaman Islands as well if you've got cash to burn and want to pretend you're in Jurassic Park), the Caribbean coast of Colombia (take me back), and Palawan and Bohol Islands in the Philippines (they were way more beautiful than Thailand).
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The story of Warby Parker more or less conforms to this narrative: One of the young student-founders lost his glasses on a backpacking trip, discovered that they were too expensive to replace, squinted for months and then, with friends who could relate, built a company in 2010 with the goal of producing good-looking glasses that didn't cost many hundreds of dollars.
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Age: 22Occupation: Just finished college in December '17, will start full-time job with financial services firm in August '18Salary: Currently $3.743, but I got a $20K signing bonus (~$12K post tax)Hometown: Washington, DCTrip Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Annual # Of Vacation Days: N/ATrip Length (How long is your trip?): 5 days in Ho Chi Minh City, but spending two months backpacking Asia.
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Here are our picks for the best:Best overall: Mountainsmith Morrison EVO 2 Person tentBest for mountaineering: ALPS Mountaineering Tasmanian 3 Person TentBest for the whole family: Coleman Evanston Screened 6 Person TentBest for a budget: Flytop Outdoor Backpacking 2 Person TentBest solo: Luxe Tempo Breeze 1 Single Person TentThe best sleeping bags you can buyA sleeping bag is more than a matter of comfort.
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When Dave Gilboa lost a pair of eyeglasses early on a post-college backpacking trip, little did he know it would lead him to form and co-CEO a company that would not only take on the biggest glasses entity in the world, it would also enable him and his friends to bring vision to millions of people who otherwise could not afford it.
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How to choose the right hammockHere are the best hammocks you can buy:Best hammock overall: Wildhorn Outfitters Outpost Camping HammockBest budget hammock: Newdora Parachute Cloth Ultralight HammockBest hammock for use anywhere: Best Choice Products Cotton Double HammockBest hammock for insect protection: G4Free Foldable Hammock with Mosquito NetBest backpacking hammock: Hummingbird Ultralight Single HammockBest classic rope hammock: Pawleys Island Rope HammockUpdated on 09/12/2019 by Les Shu: Updated links, formatting, and prices.
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Here are our other top picks: Best tent overall: Mountainsmith Morrison EVO 2 Person TentBest tent for serious mountaineering: ALPS Mountaineering Tasmanian 3 Person TentBest tent for the whole family: Coleman Evanston Screened 6 Person TentBest tent for a camper on a budget: Flytop Outdoor Backpacking 2 Person TentThe best camping stoves you can buyA reliable camp stove is a great way to enjoy a warm meal and a hot cup of coffee when you're out in the field.
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Thankfully, many brands have understood this and designed backs to specifically fit womenSome of the most significant differences are with the shape and contour of a pack&aposs shoulder straps and hip belt, along with a harness designed to fit shorter torsosWe tested several packs across various backpacking and hiking trips to find the best from brands like Mammut, Mystery Ranch, and Osprey Not all bodies are created equal and furthermore, women are not small men.
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