Each summer, Emily Davenport spends days at a time hauling heavy loads through the White Mountains of New Hampshire. She sleeps on the ground. She returns to civilization pocked with bug bites and ...

It’s a topic that’s worth talking about every new school year: how to choose the best backpack for your child. Though there are plenty of cute, fun options out there for our kids, we of course want to ...

Signs of backpack strain include neck pain, shoulder pain, low back pain, tingling of the arms and hands and headache. Use the following tips to keep aches and pains to a minimum: Keep weight below 15 ...