the fine art of intending to go backpacking (carrying all equipment in a large backpack to your camping location in the woods) but instead walking out of the woods for the finer things in life: beer, entertainment, and food.
We went backpacking on the Appalachian Trail last week but with the 40 degree temps and rain, we ended up slackpacking down in Gatlinburg.

The trail we intended to backpack on had a tons of trees down over the trail. After trying to climb over and under about 20 trees, we gave up, turned around, and slackpacked at the drive-in campsite and bummed around the tiny town nearby.

This weekend slackpacking trip was fun. We had planned to backpack in to our campsite last night but we forgot to pack our dinner food. Instead we hiked in, setup camp, and walked out for pizza and beer. We ended up seeing a really good band. The walk back in to our campsite at midnight was a little scary...
by Ungulate August 1, 2010
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to just throw all your gear back in the car for the trip home
man i spent hours neatly packing the car for our camping trip but after a big week-end like that i slackpacked for the trip home
by phallic April 26, 2007
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To be a complete slut or whore whilst travelling. Can be used as a derogatory term for males or females as everyone is pretty easy whilst travelling
"Ive heard she's a right slackpacker" or this hostel is crawling with slackpackers
by Hendy :D March 14, 2012
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