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Venture Out!

When I saw this video it really made me feel good. Pretty simple! As someone who has been backpacking, hiking, and everything else outdoors for years, I have to admit that it pulled at my sense of connection with others. I though about all the people that have crossed my …

Backpacking Zion – Trans Zion Trail

As someone who is preparing to hike Zion National Park this summer, was happy to find this backpacking video. This part of Zion is the Trans Zion Trail. A route made popular by the outfitters in Springdale, the “Trans-Zion Trek” is a multi-day backpacking hike that connects several of Zion’s trails …

Elkmont to Miry Ridge in the Smoky Mountains

Bryan Delay puts together another great video about backpacking. This one especially, as it show’s the beauty of the Smoky Mountains. This video was made on a two night backpacking trip in the GSMNP. A two night backpacking trip starting on Jakes Creek Trail at Elkmont in The Great Smoky Mountains …

NOLS Decades of Community

Founded in Lander, Wyoming in 1965 by legendary mountaineer Paul Petzoldt, the non-profit National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) teaches outdoor skills, conservation techniques, leadership and wilderness medicine to over 10,000 people each year. The decades since NOLS founding have also forged a unique community based in wilderness, built on our …

Trail Therapy – Steve Fugate The Journey Continues

This story first came to me a few years ago when I read about Steve Fugate on a blog. After seeing the first Video “Love Life”, I’ve made sure to follow his journey. He’s still backpacking two years later across the Country. Amazing! Please show your support for Steve by …

Backpacking Yosemite in Winter

TheBackpackerTV loves when hikers put together such stunning videos. This is one of them. Yosemite in the winter is magical. With fellow backpackers Jeff, Claire and Angelito, they trekked up icy trails and camped in sub freezing temperatures and it was all worth it. Song is a cover of “Secrets” …

A Love Affair with Nature

This is certainly one of my favorite outdoor video’s this year. It captures exactly who we are, and how the basics of nature call to us everyday. “People have a love affair with adventure. We feel it inside like a current in the wind, and it drives us to step …