Hiking and Backpacking Guide

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• Photos
• Feature Articles
• Trip Ideas
• Practical Advice
• Adventure Trips
• Gear
• Fitness

Hiking and Backpacking Photos

Feature Articles

• Top Ten Adventures on a Shoestring
  Trekking Nepal
• Top Ten Active Baby-Boomer Vacations
  Trekking in Maine
• Getting Cozy in the Catskills
  From rustic B&Bs to soaring over the Hudson Valley, from sinful desserts to lazy wanders under autumn’s vibrant canopy, New York’s Catskills offer the romantic traveler a landscape customized to their amorous appetites.
• Hut-to-Hut Traverse
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  Banff National Park, Alberta
• Tibet
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  Exploring the Ama Drime Range

Trip Ideas

• Trek With Elephants in Chiang Mai
  
• Tyrolean : Hut-to-Hut Trekking in the Alps
  
• Trek to Everest Base Camp
  Nepal's Top 20 Adventures
• Top 10 Parks for High-Summer Wildflowers
  Introduction
• Bagging the Munros: Hillwalking in Scotland
  

Practical Advice

• Adventure Travel 101
  GORPTravel’s Kate Tucker and Linda Long answer our burning questions about the tao of adventure travel
• Day Hiking: A Packing List
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• Backpacking: A Packing List
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• GORP - Recovering from a Dislocated Joint - Dislocated Joints in the Backcountry
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• GORP - Dislocated Knee - Dislocated Joints in the Backcountry
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GORPtravel Adventure Trips & Guided Tours

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  Annapurna Machapuchare
  World Expeditions
  from $2260, 14 days
  This trek offers the opportunity to escape Nepal's tourist trails, to venture into the deep forests and roam the high alpine pastures to the base of...
  
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  Hiking in New Zealand - Kauri
  Active New Zealand
  from $1599, 5 days
  An introduction to the North Island of New Zealand with caving, hiking, mountain biking and Maori culture. ...
  
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  Mont Blanc Hotel Trek
  Adventure Center
  from $2763, 15 days
  The classic Tour du Mont Blanc, using small inns and guesthouses. ...
  
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  Machu Picchu & Beyond
  Northwest Voyageurs
  from $3199, 10 days
  Machu Picchu... no archaeological site in the Americas holds as much mystery as the most famous of Inca ruins. Our trek to this legendary fortress...
  
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  Kingdom of Mustang Trek
  One World Trekking
  from $3500, 20 days
  Discovering Nepal's Ancient Ties With Tibet. 20 days - Into the Forbidden "Kingdom of Lo" - Luri Gompa Cave Monastery ...
  

Gear

• Osprey Exos 46 Backpack
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• Women's Hiking
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• Therm-a-Rest ProLite 3 and Trekker Chair
  The best sleeping pad and chair-maker
• The Gear You Need: Mountain Trekking in Peru
  Save for dense snow cover and crampon-required icefields, if you’re looking to outfit yourself for trekking in places like the Peruvian Andes, we’ve got the goods.
• Complete Gear Archives: Day-Hiking, Backpacking, and Trekking
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things hiking.

Fitness

• America's Best Cities: Charlotte, North Carolina
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  No. 10
• Adventure Never Felt So Good
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  Rancho La Puerta
• The Fit List -- cont.
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