A 91-year-old hiker is on a quest to complete the entire Appalachian Trail. Two journalists, lugging hefty equipment, joined ...

A hike through Groppensteinschlucht offers a thrilling journey across bridges, wooden pathways, and narrow trails beside powerful mountain water. The route reveals the 30-meter Groppenstein Waterfall, ...

Bob Dylan shared the pros and cons of aging in a rare op-ed tied to Donald Trump’s 80th birthday. With the president turning 80 (and celebrating with a UFC bash) on Sunday, the New York Times asked ...

Backpackers are famous for counting grams. If you’ve ever snapped the handle off of your toothbrush, eaten cold summer sausage for dinner to avoid carrying a stove, or packed a single pair of socks on ...

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We’ve crossed deserts, mountains, and swamps together. But nothing prepared me for what my first solo backpacking trek would feel like. Enjoy coverage of racing, history, food, culture, travel, and ...

Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 network, Base, is changing the technology that powers it, stepping back from relying on Optimism’s OP Stack, the toolkit it originally launched on. Base launched in 2023 ...

For general backpacking, the Sawyer Squeeze offers the best balance of reliability and capacity. The Katadyn BeFree wins for ultralight trips where every ounce matters. For group camping or base camp ...

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 ...

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