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Backpacking: Learn the Lingo

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Backpacking: Learn the Lingo
Exploration & Adventure

Backpacking: Learn the Lingo

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Do you love backpacking? So do we.

Young Explorer Andrés Ruzo shares five terms every backpacker should know. Ruzo earned a Young Explorers grant in 2011 for his work as a geologist exploring and mapping the Boiling River of Peru.
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Backpacking: Learn the Lingo
Exploration & Adventure

Backpacking: Learn the Lingo

Do you love backpacking? So do we.

Young Explorer Andrés Ruzo shares five terms every backpacker should know. Ruzo earned a Young Explorers grant in 2011 for his work as a geologist exploring and mapping the Boiling River of Peru.
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