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Backpacking vs Hicking - What's the difference?

backpacking | hicking |

As verbs the difference between backpacking and hicking

is that backpacking is while hicking is .

As a noun backpacking

is hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.

backpacking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (-)
  • 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.

    • hicking

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)