October 5, 2026 By Anna Richards Main Facts: The Crucible of the Indian Ocean For elite endurance backpackers, France’s legendary GR20 has long served as the ultimate alpine benchmark. Carving…
SEDONA, Ariz. — For more than half a century, the American landscape has found its most reverent and ambitious interpreter in Curt Walters. Widely celebrated as the preeminent living painter…
SEDONA, Ariz. — For more than half a century, the name Curt Walters has been inextricably linked to the majestic, shifting chasms of the Grand Canyon. Widely regarded as the…
Published September 28, 2026 Reporting by Ryleigh Norgrove | Additional reporting by Backpacker Staff Executive Summary: The Current State of the Park The Grand Canyon—a bucket-list destination for millions of…
SEDONA, Ariz. — For more than half a century, the name Curt Walters has been inextricably linked to the majestic, shifting chasms of the Grand Canyon. Widely regarded as the…
SOUTHAMPTON, UK — For generations, visitors standing at the rim of the Grand Canyon have gazed down into a dizzying chasm of sculpted rock, marveling at the sheer might of…
SEDONA, Ariz. — For more than half a century, the shifting play of light, shadow, and geologic time across the Grand Canyon has found its most faithful and transcendent interpreter…
TOKYO / FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA — More than a decade after a wall of seawater reshaped the coastline of northeastern Japan, triggered a nuclear crisis, and claimed nearly 20,000 lives, scientists…
TOKYO / FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA — More than a decade after the devastating Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of March 11, 2011, an international team of geoscientists has solved one…
PAPUA NEW GUINEA — Humanity has long possessed a paradoxical relationship with spatial exploration. We have mapped the celestial topography of the Moon and Mars with breathtaking, millimeter-level precision, yet…
