Why do we not have different words for travel backpacking and wilderness backpacking?

To me as an european, backpacking means travel backpacking. I realized that for most americans, backpacking means hiking a trail and camping in the wilderness. Why isn't it just called hiking trip or camping trip? What's the difference? --- **Post Details:** - **Subreddit:** r/backpacking - **Author:** u/yurizon - **Score:** 208 upvotes - **Upvote Ratio:** 91.0% - **Comments:** 104 - **Posted:** 7/12/2025 - **URL:** https://reddit.com/r/backpacking/comments/1lxtnfz/why_do_we_not_have_different_words_for_travel/