backpacking

Example Sentences

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The Gatlinburg, Tenn., company offers special viewing tours and backpacking trips in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

A man from Edinburgh says he is facing jail in Thailand because he picked up a woman's phone in a bar "by mistake" on the first day of a backpacking holiday.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

These campgrounds are considered “moderate” because they either do not offer water but still offer car camping or they require a short backpacking trip.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025

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

When Chris was eight, Walt took him on his first overnight backpacking trip, a three-day hike in the Shenandoah to climb Old Rag.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer