Backpacker

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Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.
 

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Contents

Be Prepared
11
World Trade Center terrorist attack, 2001, Pentagon terrorist attack, 2001, Backpacking
Rainier Strikes Again
22
Mountaineering (Accidents and injuries), Mount Rainier (Wash.)
Swamp Thing
28
Canoes and canoeing, Roanoke River (Va. and N.C.)
Saltwater Symphony
33
Backpacking (New Brunswick), Trails (New Brunswick), Fundy National Park (N.B.)
Saved By The Sierra
33
Backpacking (California), Trails (California), Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.)
Best Seats (in the House)
65
Outhouses, Backpacking, Backpackers (Health and hygiene)
Read This, Save Money
71
Airlines (Fares, Internet resources), Backpacking
Take A Hike!
73
Airlines (Fares, Internet resources), Backpacking
Dress for Success
74
Clothing and dress (Backpackers)
The Perfect System
82
Clothing and dress (Backpackers)

High And Mighty
35
Backpacking (Utah), Trails (Utah), Mount Nebo (Utah)
Garden State Eden
37
Trails (New Jersey), Backpacking (New Jersey), Stokes State Forest (N.J.)
Are You Tough Enough To Be A Day Hiker?
38
Backpacking, Trails
Hike A Handful Of High Places
40
Backpacking, Trails, Mountains
A Ditch In A Day
42
Backpacking, Canyons
Tour The Wildest Parts Of Classic Parks
46
Backpacking, National parks and reserves
Gear For A Day
48
Backpacking (Equipment)
Sand, Snow, And Summits
50
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Colo.)
Five Who Survived
54
Backpacking (Safety measures, Accidents and injuries)
Tread Lightly
86
Hiking boots (Rating)
More Bag For Your Buck
88
Sleeping bags (Rating)
Marmot AT.
92
Tents (Rating)
10 Weeks To Reach Your Peak
99
Backpackers (Training)
Trail Rx For Teeth
102
Backpackers (Health and hygiene), Teeth (Care and hygiene)
Bad News For Bears
104
Bears (Food and feeding), Food (Storage), Camping (Equipment, Storage)
Stuff It Or Starve
106
Bears (Food and feeding), Food (Storage), Camping (Equipment, Storage)
Return Of The Sod Poodle
108
Prairie dogs

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