At 5:30 on Monday morning, I joined a small huddle of journalists on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon to get a first look at the completed Google Trekker on its inaugural trip into the wilds. Coming ...

If you're heading to a remote locale not yet captured by Google's ubiquitous Street View cameras, you can volunteer to document the scenery using one of Google's own Trekker backpacks. The Trekker is ...

It’s telling that when you currently load up Aku’s brand spanking new UK website, front and centre is the excellent Trekker Lite III GTX. It’s a hiking boot that’s been garnering a formidable ...

But Google isn’t about to hand out its Trekker backpacks to just any trail hound. The company describes some specific qualifications in its on online application for the Trekker program: “If you ...

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Sure, the US makes one hell of a camper van, but there are countless other nations that can produce one amazing machine for much less than we'd find in North America. Take the Trekker from Swift as ...