print email comment close The Backpacker URL: http://www.thebackpacker.com/ Description: A site for both novice and expert hikers. Includes articles about backpacking, a directory of gear vendors, reader-submitted gear reviews, and a directory of links from the backpacking directory. Destinations searchable by U.S. and Canadian region. Also provides a trails database with short trail descriptions submitted by readers; trail talk, an active, archived, searchable online forum; and a questions section for backpackers to discuss relevant issues. Author: Johnston, Matt Library of Congress Subject Headings: Backpacking LII Database Information: Record 4220 created by on 11/10/1998 Last modification on 02/21/2009 Published: 11/10/1998   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/4220