Do YOU know these terms and abbreviations?
- Blaze
- Bonk
- Camel Up
- Cold Soak
- FKT
- HYOH
- Type 2 Fun
Click through to see them defined:
47 Hiking Terms Every New Backpacker Should Know
Hiking Slang
Parrot steals GoPro
Alex Verheul and her family had just finished their first tramping New Zealand’s Kepler Track.
The son put the GoPro on a railing — and the cheeky Kea took off with the camera. Happily, he quickly recovered it.
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HOW to make a Kraig Adams Hiking Video
There’s only 1 hiking video superstar on YouTube. Millions of views.
Kraig Adams
Comrade Alexey has broken down Kraig’s unique style for us. In a most hilarious way.
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TOO MUCH Gear Advice
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A funny John Muir Trail Book
I read Almost Somewhere by Suzanne Roberts in advance of our upcoming JMT hike.
Day One, and already she was lying in her journal.
It was 1993, Suzanne Roberts had just finished college, and when her friend suggested they hike California’s John Muir Trail, the adventure sounded like the perfect distraction from a difficult home life and thoughts about the future.
But she never imagined that the twenty-eight-day hike would change her life. Part memoir, part nature writing, part travelogue, Almost Somewhere is Roberts’s account of that hike. …
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Move to Colorado – Instant Mountain Man
😀
Dude Dad and family relocated from California to Colorado.
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Straight Line Mission Across Wales
In the winter of 2018 and 2019, Tom Davies (aka GeoWizard) had the unlikely idea of crossing a country in a completely straight line. …
Tom’s most viral video with almost 4 million views; everyone loves a wacky idea. …
Adventure Blog – The Geographical Genius Who Crosses Countries in Straight Lines
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Crossing the River on a Fallen Log
😀 MASK UP while hiking?
Asking for a friend.
He’s thinking an N97 mask, two Buffs on top. Ski goggles. And face shield.
Abundance of caution.
He’s also wearing a condom while on the trail. Just in case.
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