Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Welcome to This week in Backpacking, your source for backpacking and backcountry news. In this weeks episode:

✅Autonomous Vehicles at Wright Brothers National Memorial
✅Huge Marijuana Grow Operation in Death Valley National Park
✅Chiricahua National Monument as the 104th International Dark Sky Park
✅Fatal Bear Attack in Colorado
✅Court’s Decision in 2019 Appalachian Trail Murder.
✅The New Enlightened Equipment Torrid Apex Pullover Jacket with UL Guru Hunter Musgrove