Hunting is a gear-intensive sport whether you’re sitting in a blind for ducks or hiking deep into the backcountry for elk. Packs are essential equipment for transporting and easily accessing all that ...

When I first started getting into backpacking, around a decade ago, virtually all serious backpacks were external frame. Now it seems to be harder and harder to find good external frame packs. What ...

Most lightweight technical backpacks compensate for the different shapes of various human torsos by incorporating a degree of flexibility into their frames. That works fine if you’re only asking that ...

Wes Siler is your guide to leading a more exciting life in the great outdoors. As Outside’s outdoor lifestyle columnist, he writes about the intersections of science, news, politics, gear, vehicles ...

Silence. Breathtaking beauty. Solitude, peace and serenity. These sensations and feelings are all the result of choosing a trail, packing your gear and heading out on a backpacking adventure, where ...

A veteran thru-hiker picks the best ultralight backpacks for travel, commuting, and the outdoors — they’re not just for hardcore backpackers anymore.

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