Example Sentences

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Liam, who’s now 19, is backpacking home to California with his girlfriend.

From NewsForKids.net • Mar. 30, 2023

As far as camp coffee goes, the pour-over process is backpacking zen and the taste is transcendent.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2022

My idea of a perfect day is backpacking on the Appalachian Trail employing the “leave no trace” ethic, disrupting nothing around me.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2019

"We were a bit frightened about Turkey," says Chuck Pyfer, a physician from Eugene, Ore., who is backpacking through the country with his wife Kathy.

From Time Magazine Archive

“My boyfriend, Paolo, is backpacking around the world,” she continued.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart