backpacking

English

Verb

backpacking

1. present participle and gerund of backpack

Noun

backpacking (uncountable)

1. hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
2. low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations.

Derived terms

• begpacking
• bikepacking
• flashpacking

 

Translations

hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack

• Spanish: mochileo (es)

low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations

• Japanese: リュックサック旅行 (リュックサックりょこう, ryukkusakku ryokō)
• Korean: 배낭여행 (baenang'yeohaeng)
• Russian: бэкпэ́кинг (ru) m (bɛkpɛ́king)