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[at-l] "Backpacker"
- Subject: [at-l] "Backpacker"
- From: jplynch@crosslink.net (James P. Lynch)
- Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 15:47:45 -0500
I found this on the web.. anyone hear of an earlier use of our favorite term!
The term 'backpacker', believed to have originated in Australia during the
early 1980s, was coined to describe the many people touring the country with
their belongings in a backpack.
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