backpacking
nounEtymology From backpack + -ing.
1
Hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
- The Australian teens, both from Melbourne, were enjoying a backpacking trip when they became ill after a night out in Vang Vieng. The picturesque rural town in northern Laos has long been a popular backpacking spot.2024 November 21, Helen Regan, Isaac Yee and Eve Brennan, “Australian teens among six tourists dead as countries warn of suspected methanol poisonings in Laos”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2024:
2
Low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations.
- Derived terms
- begpacking, bikepacking, flashpacking