backpacking

Noun

• carrying something in a pack on the back
  • "the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts"
• hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
• low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations.

Verb

• hike with a backpack
  • "Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies"
• present participle and gerund of backpack

Synonyms

backpack, pack, packing