This week we explore Basecamp Backpacking, which marries the best of backpacking — camping in a remote, primitive location — with the freedom of lightweight day hiking. How? That's in the podcast, silly.
News links
From our News segment, find more information by clicking the appropriate link:
- For details on "Anna Ruby Falls Closed for Maintenance," go here.
- For details on the Benton MacKaye Trail opening at Thunder Rock in Tennessee's Cherokee National Forest, go here.
- To follow Nimblewill Nomad as he attempts to become the oldest hiker, at age 82, to hike the Appalachian Trail, go here.
Basecamp Backpacking
- To read more about Basecamp Backpacking, read this post from our blog at GetGoingNC.com
- To learn more about the 5 Basecamp Backpack trips mentioned in the podcast, check out our post, "5 of Our Favorite Basecamp Backpack Trips," here.
- Care to join our GetBackpacking! crew on a Basecamp Backpack trip? We have three scheduled so far for fall; learn more and sign up to join us by clicking the appropriate link below: