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BackPacking
Backpacking is a mixture of hiking (walking in the wilderness or
climbing mountains for exploring.) and camping (staying in the
wilderness or in a protected forest for a day or two).
Backpacking is the best of both worlds. A backpacker makes a
base at one place and then packs all the gear into a backpack
and hikes off to a different location.
This gear consists of essentials like food, water, shelter or
the means to obtain them. The gear includes only bare
necessities, less than one would carry for a stationary camping.
This is an excellent recreational activity, to explore a place
that is beautiful and fascinating. It is called tramping or
trekking in other parts of the world.
Imagine being in a lush green forest environment away from all
civilization or on a mountain which is inaccessible to humans.
Since there are bare necessities with you, there is a sense of
simplicity and being one with nature.
Of course the meaning of bare necessities is
different for
different persons. So if your backpack is heavy then you will
cover less ground in a day. The backpack can be a nuisance and a
distraction in enjoying the scenery. So what gear to carry is an
important issue.
Backpack trips can be for one or two nights or if it's a
long-distance expedition may last weeks or months, sometimes
aided by prearranged food and supply drops.
Backpacking is tougher than ordinary camping. There may be areas
where regular traffic of backpackers camp, here they might have
a fire ring, maps might also be available as well as some
warning and information signs.
Many of these camps are no more than level patches of ground
without scrub or underbrush.
In many desolate areas, these common camp bases do not exist and
travelers pitch their tents wherever they please.
About the author:
Hak is a webmaster at http://www.hotfact.com - an interesting
site that provide facts and trivia on many different topics.
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