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Recent Examples of backpacker Otherwise, Kumaon is virtually nonexistent on the Western backpacker or tourist circuit. —
Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026 Martha noticed the Dutch backpacker, of course. —Cassandra Neyenesch, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026 An avid backpacker who loved to hike, Dick saw wine as a way to spend more time in the Sierras. —Laura Ness, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026 McLeod plays a Scottish backpacker in Australia’s Sydney determining to become carer for bad boy rock’n’roll legend Mike. —John Hopewell, Variety, 23 Feb. 2026 Queensland authorities told reporters that the victim had spent the past six weeks working at a backpacker’s hostel with a friend who was also from Canada. —Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2026 Not the sexiest gift, but these humble water treatment drops have the potential to prevent your favorite backpacker’s next bout of giardia, and that’s priceless. —The Editors, Outside, 12 Dec. 2025 But the quicksand flowed back as soon as the backpacker shoveled it away, Marshall said. —CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025 Trekkers stay in rifugi, backpacker hostels, or in hotels in the small villages. —Stephanie Danler, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2025
Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026 Martha noticed the Dutch backpacker, of course. —Cassandra Neyenesch, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026 An avid backpacker who loved to hike, Dick saw wine as a way to spend more time in the Sierras. —Laura Ness, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026 McLeod plays a Scottish backpacker in Australia’s Sydney determining to become carer for bad boy rock’n’roll legend Mike. —John Hopewell, Variety, 23 Feb. 2026 Queensland authorities told reporters that the victim had spent the past six weeks working at a backpacker’s hostel with a friend who was also from Canada. —Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2026 Not the sexiest gift, but these humble water treatment drops have the potential to prevent your favorite backpacker’s next bout of giardia, and that’s priceless. —The Editors, Outside, 12 Dec. 2025 But the quicksand flowed back as soon as the backpacker shoveled it away, Marshall said. —CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025 Trekkers stay in rifugi, backpacker hostels, or in hotels in the small villages. —Stephanie Danler, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2025
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Fellow longtime rock climber Shawn Reeder was devastated by both men’s deaths and had a hard time digesting the loss of not one, but two of his friends.— Alyssa Modos, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
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Vingegaard also secured the best climber’s polka-dot jersey, and took the best sprinter’s green jersey in a show of force that foreshadowed another major battle with Pogačar at the Tour this summer.— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
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In a nod to the hotel’s backyard, a wall of fame steps off the lobby pays tribute to assorted legends of Ojai, including renowned mountaineer and environmentalist Rick Ridgeway, ceramicists Otto and Vivika Heino, and author Aldous Huxley.— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
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Some mountaineers may have regarded the retreat as a failure of nerve.— Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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From the walking path, a tunnel traveling north under Friars Road will take hikers into the Escala community.— Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
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Gardeners, tree climbers, hikers and anyone else can identify poison ivy.— Eva Flowe April 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
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