Women's Health

The Women’s Health Guide To Training For A Solo Backpacking Trip

In the week leading up to her first solo backpacking trip—a one-night adventure through California’s Cottonwood Lakes wilderness—Allison Boyle came up with a million and one reasons why she shouldn’t ...
Forbes

3 Things To Remember On Your First Solo Backpacking Trip

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kaeli Conforti covers solo, family and budget travel, and travel news. In January 2018, I set off on the epic solo backpacking ...
Yahoo

I spent a year backpacking around the world by myself. Struggling with loneliness taught me lessons I didn't expect.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In my year of solo travel, I found my happiest moments were spent with others.Michelle Polizzi I spent a year on a solo ...
Men's Journal

4 crucial backpacking tips when going solo

Gregg Hein, who spent six days waiting to be rescued, cited four things he would do differently. They are backpacking tips as crucial as water and food. Backpacking tips include going with somebody, ...
Outside

I've Hiked 11,000 Miles with My Wife. Here's What I Learned on My First Solo Trip.

Early this spring, during a fact-finding sprint up a storm-damaged section of the Appalachian Trail (AT), I had a comical epiphany about my backpacking life: Despite hiking 11,000 miles since 2019, or ...
Travel + Leisure

I Backpacked Solo Through Vietnam — How It Helped Me Heal

How one traveler found the road to self-love, personal growth, and healing in Vietnam after her engagement ended. Four days after my fiancé and I broke up, I packed up my life in Atlanta and moved to ...
Backpacker on MSN

We tested the best new backpacking cookware—and found the ultimate idiot-proof setups

Discover the top-rated backpacking kitchen gear for 2026, including lightweight stoves, nesting pots, and easy camp meals for solo hikers and groups.
Business Insider

A solo backpacker who has been to 40 countries says 3 things help her travel for free

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Claire Sturzaker took her first solo backpacking trip for free. Now, she's been to 40 countries and ...
AOL

Solo Backpacker Says Experiences Have Given Her 'So Much Confidence,' but Admits It's 'Not Without Risk' (Exclusive)

Solo traveling as a woman can be daunting. Gabbi, also known as GabTheForestElf online, is trying to demystify the process. The 30-year-old travel influencer grew up on the East Coast, and tells ...
People

Solo Backpacker Says Experiences Have Given Her 'So Much Confidence,' but Admits It's 'Not Without Risk' (Exclusive)

“It's given me so much self-trust in myself in other areas of my life that I didn't have before," the 30-year-old tells PEOPLE Meredith Wilshere is a Society and Culture writer at PEOPLE. Her work has ...
Yahoo Style Canada

Solo Backpacker Says Experiences Have Given Her 'So Much Confidence,' but Admits It's 'Not Without Risk' (Exclusive)

Gabbi says solo travel has built her confidence and inspired many women to take their first trips through her content Solo traveling as a woman can be daunting. Gabbi, also known as GabTheForestElf ...