Hollywood Stunt Bear Kills Trainer
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News and Events
Stay up to date on the latest outdoor news, events, and trail and conservation updates, thoroughly researched for you by the experts at Backpacker Magazine.
Google Transit's Earth Day Driving Alternatives
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Seven of Twelve Canyoneers Die in New Zealand Outdoor Centre Flash Flood
Stories emerge. Investigations begin. And the answers will undoubtedly mimic lessons already learned.
Get Green: Backpacker Celebrates Earth Day
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Happy National Park Week!
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Biking To Colorado's 14ers For A Cause
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On Everest, Pro-Tibet Protesters Could Be Shot
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Saved by satellite: Part Three of Three
SPOT satellite messenger beacons
Changing Your Life By Bike
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Pricey Gas Fuels New York Camping
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Google Upgrades Earth
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Backpacker's March Issue Now Online
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6th Graders Tackle Everest's Northeast Ridge
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Shreddin' Pow In Dirty Jersey
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Bottle Blues: Canada calls Nalgene plastic toxic
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Global Warming Threatens Beer Supply
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Everest Media Blackout Begins
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Cougar Shot…in Chicago
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Saved by Satellite: Part Two of Three
Satellite Phones -or- Can You Hear me Now?
Native American Activists Walk 3,000 Miles
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Bush changes mind on Climate Change?
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Man Falls into Mt. St. Helens Crater, Lives to Tell
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Could Weak Economy Lead To More Happy Campers?
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'Blindsight' Climbing Doc Premieres Across U.S.
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Google Earth Launches Endangered Species Widget
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Onion Spoof: "Missing Hikers Would Make Great Movie"
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Judge Halts Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon
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Mountaineering May Cause Brain Damage
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Saved by Satellite
Emergency Beacons and Phones, Part One of Three
Twisting in the Wind
On windchill, temperature, and waiting for summer
Google Adds Contour Lines
Updated terrain maps are now more useful for hikers.
Petrified Forest Expansion…Petrified
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First Delisted Wolves Killed In Wyoming
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Gore Launches Climate Action Ad Campaign
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Anasazi Hiking: Report from Cedar Mesa
On photography, sandstorms and power walking
Backpacker Nominated for National Magazine Award in General Excellence
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Everest Returns To Normal…And Sting Shows Up
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Bike Prices Going Uphill in '08
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Google Adds Yosemite To Street View
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Study Says Bear Spray Better Than Guns
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Climate Change Hits West Hardest
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Gear and the Woods: Camera Survival 101
Sometimes it's not enough if you're the only survivor
More California Wolverines Photographed
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Sir Ranulph Fiennes Attempts Everest, Again
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Buffalo Soldiers Arrested At Yellowstone
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Bush Endangers Endangered Species
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Global Warming Could Turn Lake Tahoe Green
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Greenopolis: Facebook For The Enviro Set
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Paying for Wilderness Search and Rescue: Private Cost, or Public Obligation?
With some pontificating, and a few thoughts about rescue insurance
The Hiking Report from Moab:
Thoughts on Jeeps, Sandstone, and Hiking Hazards
Find Your Watershed
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D'oh! Hawaii Volcano Explodes After All
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High Times: Today's Everest Dirt
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Man! I Feel Like A Hiker
Shania Twain opens a hiking track on her New Zealand property
The Wolves Of Iraq
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Hawaii Volcanoes NP Gets Bad Gas
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Breaking: Nepal Everest Routes Open…Maybe?
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Survival in a Sardine Can
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Big Trouble With Littler Glaciers
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Would Jesus Use a Carbon Calculator?
Southern Baptists wrangle over climate change--and what to do next.
Filmmaker Gets Probation For Filming Yosemite Indian Dances
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Grand Canyon Flood Helps Ecology, Hurts Energy
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O'Neill LED Jacket Points You In The Right Direction
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Survival Fundamentals: It's the Little Things
Never leave home without covering the three basic necessities for safe hiking
Nepal Closes Everest's Southern Routes
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Climber Dean Potter pioneers BASElining over Utah canyons
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Alabama connects to Appalachian Trail
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Air Force rescues hikers…in Iraq
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China closes Everest routes, climbers everywhere weep
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The White (Noise) Album
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Opening the Floodgates?
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Bode Miller Bags Second Overall World Cup Ski Title
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Video Hilarity: 'Parking Garage: Beyond The Limit'
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Zion shuttle resumes service March 21
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Wolves in Massachusetts, Wolverines in California
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Kings Canyon hikers find WWII pilot 65 years later
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It's Avalanche Season…Again.
How do skiers, snowboarders, climbers and snowshoers get in avalanches? And more importantly, what are your chances if you do?
Wildfires Burning Through Park Fees
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What Will Alaska's Future Look Like?
Alaska is the last frontier, but energy development and climate change promise to change the face of our wildest state in your lifetime. Here's how.
Primal Quest 2008
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