A well-packed backpack is a work of art. Here's how our editors achieve perfection.

A rugged survival knife, a lightweight pick-me-up, and a peerless pair of socks: This is the gear that helped our editors get outside this month.

I love heroic, once-in-a-lifetime, balance-on-top-and-scream-in-God’s-face mountains as much as the next guy. But there’s something to be said for the everyday summit—the ones that are there when you ...

You're currently following this author! Click to unsubscribe from email alerts. Claire Sturzaker is a solo backpacker who has traveled around the world — in 40 countries, to be exact. Claire Sturzaker ...

When he founded Backpacker in 1973, Bill Kemsley wanted to give hikers a few new heroes. He couldn’t have imagined that he would become one of them. One morning in 1963, Kemsley was finishing ...

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...

You're currently following this author! Click to unsubscribe from email alerts. Claire Sturzaker took her first solo backpacking trip for free. Now, she's been to 40 countries and has tips for other ...

While some popular backpacker destinations will target high-end visitors after the pandemic, this category of outdoor tourism is not dead. Far from it, as backpacker tourism will evolve and attract ...