Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
backpack . - noun
hiking andcamping overnight inbackcountry with one'sgear carried in abackpack . - noun low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and
frugal accommodations .
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- noun carrying something in a pack on the back
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Examples
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No matter the quality of your gear or how fit you are, backpacking is less than comfortable.
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And yet I learned that formative six-month less that backpacking is what my life is, or ought to be.
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It's hard to believe that 10 days from now, I will start my Latin American backpacking adventure.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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What advice would you give someone who's about to set out on a long-term backpacking trip?
Travel Blissful 2009
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A Scout since 1999, Batty is organizing the troop's summer long-term backpacking trip.
Simi Valley Acorn 2009
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I have an under-grad degree and two post-grad qualifications and when I used to come home from long term backpacking trips I happily took on $15 an hour receptionist work.
Bill More, Work Less: The #1 Way Freelancers Can Make More Money | Write to Done 2008
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I have every kind of backpacking, and car camping stove available, as well as car camp tents, backpacking tents - just imagine that I've collected an incredible amount of gear for both over the years.
silly newbie w/passport & transport needs camping companion 2006
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I have every kind of backpacking, and car camping stove available, as well as car camp tents, backpacking tents - just imagine that I've collected an incredible amount of gear for both over the years.
silly newbie w/passport & transport needs camping companion 2006
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I have every kind of backpacking, and car camping stove available, as well as car camp tents, backpacking tents - just imagine that I've collected an incredible amount of gear for both over the years.
silly newbie w/passport & transport needs camping companion 2006
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By the standards of wilderness activities such as backpacking, sea kayaking is ridiculously prodigal of weight and space.
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