Spending a year on a solo backpacking trip changed me in ways I didn't expect. It was lonely but satisfying, and I came home with a new perspective.

Police in the Australian state of Tasmania have uncovered new evidence during a recent search operation in the case of a Belgian backpacker who went missing in wilderness nearly three years ago.

Police have been searching for Belgian tourist, 31, since she went missing near Cradle Mountain in June 2023 Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free ...

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

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

The Pine Bluff Police Department is investigating a reported domestic homicide at Cimarron Drive and Hosman Drive. Little Rock Police investigating after discovering dead body on I-630 bridge Little ...

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

The 113,000-acre Emigrant Wilderness in the Sierra Nevada range is challenging terrain for even the most prepared backpackers. Boy Scout Troop 26 of Santa Barbara, California, entered the wilderness ...