Backpacking: A Different Way of Camping What is camping? To most people, it is perceived as a time to pack up the car, drive to local camp grounds, and spend the weekend in the great outdoors. It is a time to frolic with family and friends around a campfire, singing songs, playing games, and roasting marshmallows while listening to ghost stories that can only be heard while camping. However, to the avid backpacker, camping takes …showed first 75 words of 667 total…

…showed last 75 words of 667 total…Though more limiting in what one can carry, backpacking allows a person to see the outdoors in a way that car camping cannot. The most beautiful sights are seen while backpacking, and this is because a car can only take one so far. Most backpackers experience something that most car campers will never see: the beauty of nature untouched by common man. Regardless of the mode of exploring the great outdoors, an exciting adventure awaits.