backpacking

From backpack +‎ -ing.

backpacking

1. present participle and gerund of backpack

backpacking (uncountable)

1. hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
   • 2024 November 21, Helen Regan, Isaac Yee and Eve Brennan, “Australian teens among six tourists dead as countries warn of suspected methanol poisonings in Laos”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The Australian teens, both from Melbourne, were enjoying a backpacking trip when they became ill after a night out in Vang Vieng.
     The picturesque rural town in northern Laos has long been a popular backpacking spot.

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