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A nice 3 day backpacking trip to the Sipsey Wilderness. We managed to fit a lot of exploring in including a cave, civil war era graveyard, the biggest tree in Alabama and an old moonshiner car!

The Backpacker's Field Manual is a comprehensive guide to backpacking skills and equipment by the director of one of the country's most respected college outdoor programs. Advanced and novice ...

Just fifty miles west and south of Denver, the Lost Creek Wilderness Area is the perfect place to get away from it all, including running water, but close enough that you don't have to go 48 hours ...

Strayer has demonstrated as much with a group of Outward Bound participants, who performed 50 percent better on creative problem-solving tasks after three days of wilderness backpacking.

Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness is Idaho's largest wilderness area. It's one destination full of breathtaking ...

Explore the best bets for hiking trails in Nassau and Suffolk counties, offering thousands of miles through woods, fields and ...

In this Jack Wolfskin Wilderness Lite review, we're going to be sharing our thoughts on these weatherproof hiking boots for hillwalkers. The Wilderness Lite were designed with scramblers ...

A lone backpacker heads toward a campsite at Silver Pass Lake, located along the John Muir Trail about 8 miles from Edison Lake in the Ansel Adams Wilderness. MAREK WARSZAWSKI [email protected] ...