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...
take a zero v. phr.— «I have come in from the AT for two nights to hit the post office, the store, the laundromat and get a shower. Everyone in town is very understanding, want to know how long you’re out for, are you having fun out there? how are...
slack pack v.— «Slack pack—v. walking without the heavy pack; having someone drive the hiker to and from the trail heads.» —“Glossary Of Hiker Terms” by Norma Jean DeVico Times (Trenton, New Jersey) Sept. 18, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued...
frost a rock v. phr.— «A Cal Adventures, University of California at Berkeley, is the practice of (get ready!) frosting a rock.. At Colorado Outward Bound and the National Outdoor Leadership School in Wyoming, the same procedure is called, yet more...
