When hiking off-trail, it’s important to keep an eye on where you’ve been as well as where you’re going. Otherwise, you run the risk of what experienced hikers call being “ledged out”, which means you’ve descended to a point where you can’t go any...
Martha went on an overnight backpacking trip and came back with a new word: triboluminescence, which refers to the glow created by rubbing together two pieces of quartz. The tribo- is from a Greek root meaning “to rub,” the source also of diatribe...
bike whack v.— «Hit CP6 withouyt a hitch and headed to CP7 then a “bike whack” that would take us across a river and through a dense woods.…Most teams would back track the whole bike whack. We took roads.» —“Adventure Race Report (dhutch&birch)” by...
bounce box n.— «Her husband, Bob, brings her items from home when he hikes with her once a month, most recently her sturdier pair of broken-in hiking boots. He also mails her the freeze-dried food packages she assembled months ago. And she has what...
