bootleg trail n.— «Master Naturalists also spend a lot of time using brush, logs and leaves to obscure what rangers like Mullins refer to as “bootleg trails,” unplanned, unsanctioned paths that have emerged in the mountainside due to the...
bounce box n.— «They communicate in hikerspeak. A “bounce box” is a stash of supplies hikers mail to themselves from one supply stop to the next.» —“Long, winding road ahead for local hikers” by Elizabeth...
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...