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The Working Holiday Maker visa is more than just a “backpackers visa,” or a tool to ease agricultural labor shortages.

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Winter sports enthusiasts are still overwhelmingly white, but groups like SheJumps and Blackpackers are trying to change that ...

Camping overnight comes with a bunch of challenges, but if you’re like me, one of the worst ones ever is needing to exit the ...

"The wave came in and just took her, it just took her away." On Boxing Day 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake triggered a ...

North America offers an endless array of extraordinary hiking and walking journeys, from the Olympic Peninsula to Alaska, the ...

The REI after-Christmas sale includes hundreds of limited-time deals on camping gear, including water bottles, coffee mugs, ...

So a headnet and my Original Bugshirt Company bug shirt are going to be within easy reach if I pack correctly. And while you ...

The Ice Age Trail didn’t dazzle me with scenery or variety, and it didn’t prompt me to learn any new backpacking techniques.

The Horton Fire, which covers 898 acres of ponderosa pine, conifer and chaparral, had not moved below the Highline Trail, a ...