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backpacking

NOUN
mountaineering
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK
hill-climbing rock-climbing


NOUN
hiking
Synonyms


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Back in 2010, Francesco Patarnello, Matteo Danieli and Luca Ferrari went on a backpacking trip as friends and returned as co-founders.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

The soldier's profile notes he loves "to travel, and do anything related to the outdoors; hiking, backpacking, camping, biking, boating".

From BBC Apr. 28, 2026

Its parking situation was inconvenient, bordering on inaccessible, and the journey from curb to gate and vice versa was the airport version of backpacking the Appalachian Trail.

From Slate Nov. 24, 2025

Late last year, she headed out on what was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime, backpacking with mates in Laos, south-east Asia.

From BBC Nov. 21, 2025

He and a friend would be backpacking for a year or more—Europe first, then Asia, ending up in the Philippines.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart




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