Definition of "backpacking" []

• Present participle of backpack. (verb)
• Hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack. (noun)
• Low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations. (noun)

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• "No matter the quality of your gear or how fit you are, backpacking is less than comfortable."
• "And yet I learned that formative six-month less that backpacking is what my life is, or ought to be."
• "It's hard to believe that 10 days from now, I will start my Latin American backpacking adventure."