I only brought a backpack on my recent 10-day trip to Guatemala. To help you pack lighter, here are my favorite multifunctional gear and essentials to maximize bag space.

Pace is everything on a hike--it's what determines if you arrive back to your car before dinner, or well after dark. Learning to determine your pace doesn't hav ...

Tessa Fontaine hits the sidewalks of the River Arts District to experience rucking, a low-impact exercise based on military training activities.

Let's say you're hiking a trail that is 5 miles long, with 1,500 feet of vertical gain and loss. You plan to carry a 20lb backpack ... can prepare accordingly by packing enough food, clothing ...

All four of Patagonia’s Fieldsmith bags — the 5L Hip Pack, 24L Linked Pack, 28L Lid Pack and 32L Roll-Top Pack — are ...

Baby Reuben Draycott is starting out his life with an adventure many adults will never experience -- a backpacking trip ... so carefully what we would pack but we didn’t need most of it or ...

Heck you can even dehydrate your own toothpaste if you are so inclined. Or you can just pack a small dime bag’s worth of baking soda and call it a day. If you’ve been backpacking for a while, you ...

A backpack sized for daytime use will probably see more use than almost any other item of your kit. After well-fitting footwear, hiking backpacks for women in the 15-35L range – the right sort ...

Will a frameless pack be comfortable enough or do you want to pay full freight for true load lifters? Does your backpack need to be waterproof? I took a look at some of the best hiking daypacks ...

Discover the best backpacking trails in Iowa, from the rolling Loess Hills to the rugged Yellow River State Forest.

the professional midwife from the UK grabbed her growing family and set off on a backpacking trip to Southeast Asia. “A lot of people thought our plans were crazy,” the mom in motion told ...