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Morris Chapdelaine always has a daunting stack of scripts on his desk. As an indie producer, he reads about three a week and farms out the rest to interns and film students, who send back detailed ...

I have a backcountry permit for a five-day hiking expedition in a national park. The trip required months of planning and preparation, including airfare. Now, with the government shutdown, my permit ...

I first encountered the ideas of ultralight backpacking in 1994, in an article in now-defunct (and much-missed) Backpacker magazine. It was titled “Less is More,” by Mark Jenkins. (I still have a PDF ...

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On the fifth day, a dead seal washes up on the beach in front of where we’ve pitched our tent. We’re on a remote and beautiful stretch of coast called Nissen Bight, at the extreme northwest tip of ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — It’s an activity so popular that Dora the Explorer even had a song dedicated to it. Backpacking offers an opportunity to experience Missouri’s most secluded and untamed landscapes.

My algorithm never ceases to amaze me. I'm the furthest thing from a "backpacker." The thought of having to squish all of my essentials into one bag (I'm a maximalist) and stay in a hostel full of ...

“I don’t have a style,” Purple Wang, a 26-year-old from Shanghai, told me when our paths crossed in Hong Kong in late May. “Do I?” Looking at the clothes she was wearing that day — a brown top, a ...

Backpacking is one of the most exciting outdoor activities you can do. It’s like you go back in time. You may be a mountain man back in the wilderness on your own or an old explorer. It doesn’t matter ...

Director and Writer Matt Reeves and Co-Writer Mattson Tomlin have finished their The Batman Part 2 script. The highly anticipated update for the Robert Pattinson-led, long-in-development The Batman 2 ...