First things first, what kind of backpacker are we hunting the origins of? When I say backpacker, you might think mid-twenties, long hair, penchant for the good hashish, probably w… See more

Just over 5000 years ago, Otzi diedand he and his backpack were frozen in the snow of the … See more

Agricultural revolutions and the complex arches of our early history aside, I think the next step toward the modern backpacker was theAge of Exploration. Or at least, the narrative th… See more

There is something more to the imagination of a traveller than simply exploring lands unknown to them. There is something gritty that pushes them to work on the road and earn their d… See more

We have a whole new generation of backpackers today, but they’re not taking to the Hippy Trail. Really, the Hippy Trail lasted from the late-1950s to the mid-1970s. What happ… See more