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So you’ve watched Wild, A Walk in the Woods, and The Way, and you’re ready to go on your first overnight backpacking trip. Congratulations! It’s gorgeous out there. You’ve done your research on gear, ...

The best backpacking sleeping pads aren’t just lightweight and portable to keep your pack weight down. They’re comfortable, too. Between hauling gear and trekking up different terrains, you need a ...

Backpacking tents are our home in the wild. Inside, we can spread out our gear at the end of a long day and shut off our minds to get that eight (or 12) hours of sleep necessary to hit the next day ...

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For most hikers, backpacking chairs are not a necessity but a luxury. We each have our preferences and personal items that help elevate camp comfort, and a camp chair might be one of them. I’m not a ...

For years, backpackers and backpack hunters serious about ounce-cutting have looked to ultralight quilts. Unlike sleeping bags, which are enclosed from top to bottom and back to front, quilts are open ...

Bruins hoping to experience nature outside Westwood – from Big Sur to Joshua Tree and Yosemite – need look no further than the Backpacking Club at UCLA. The Backpacking Club is a group of UCLA ...