Paying it forward in backpacking culture

January 6, 2008 by Ethan Zara

Part of what makes backpackers groovy cats is that whatever favor someone does for them while on the road, they won’t pay it back, but pay it forward.

There are even pay-it-forward boxes out there. Who knows? One of them could have your name on it. Watch this video to learn how you can start your own.

First-Aid Packing

January 4, 2008 by Ethan Zara

In our last installment with actress Jacquelyn Richey she outlines some basic first-aid to pack. Check out her other tutorials on travel shoes and clothes.

Jacquelyn Richey is an expert in the arts of living out of a backpack. She has roughed Europe, Costa Rica, Morocco, and Cambodia; and clocked countless nights sleeping in jets, trains, ferries, castles, not to mention beaches.

Backpacking with your baby

January 3, 2008 by Ethan Zara

 The DadLabs demo an interesting piece of gear to backpack with your baby in true red-blooded outdoorsmen daditude. Gentlemen, bring your pacifiers.