backpacking

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backpacking (travel)

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Etymology

From backpack +‎ -ing.

Verb

backpacking

1. present participle and gerund of backpack

Noun

backpacking (uncountable)

1. hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
   • 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:

     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.

2. low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations.

Derived terms

• begpacking
• bikepacking
• flashpacking

Translations

hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack

Persian: Iranian Persian : کوله‌گردی (fa) (kule-gardi) Spanish: mochileo (es)

low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations

Japanese: リュックサック旅行 (リュックサックりょこう, ryukkusakku ryokō), バックパッキング (bakkupakkingu) Korean: 배낭여행 (baenang'yeohaeng) Persian: کوله‌گردی (fa) (kule-gardi) Russian: бэкпэ́кинг (ru) m (bɛkpɛ́king)