Defining HIKING and BACKPACKING TERMS! | Miranda in the Wild
In this video I define common terms and phrases used by hikers and backpackers! Wanna get hip with the HIKING LINGO? If you are a new backpacker, these phrases and definitions should give you a good starting place. Think you know them all? Quiz yourself as you watch along to see how many common terms from hiking, backpacking and camping you know!
Terms —
ZERO DAY – A day on trail when zero miles are hiked.
TYPE-2 FUN – Fun that is miserable while it’s happening, but fun in retrospect.
PEAKBAGGING – Attempting to reach a collection of summits or hill climbs.
BEAR-MUDA TRIANGLE – A system to keep bears away from your tent by having your food cache, camp kitchen, and sleeping area all 100 yards away from one another in a triangle, with your sleeping area upwind.
POOPORTUNITY – The discovery of a good place to poop on trail.
BLAZE – Markings that show the direction of a trail, usually on trees.
LEAVE NO TRACE – Leaving as little human impact on a trail or outdoor recreational area.
BASE WEIGHT- How much your loaded pack weighs, minus consumables.
ULTRALIGHT – A base weight under 10 pounds.
COLD SOAK – Rehydrating your food without boiling water by soaking it longer, usually overnight.
H.Y.O.H. – Acronym for Hike Your Own Hike, referring to hiking in a way that pleases the hiker.
DISPERSED CAMPING – Camping outside of a designated campground.
TENT PLATFORM – A designated platform or area at a campsite meant for pitching your tent.
LIGHTWEIGHT – A base weight under 20 pounds.
CRAMPONS – A foot traction system that’s fastened to existing footwear.
CAIRN – A stack of stones used to mark where a trail goes, or where trails diverge.
THE 10 ESSENTIALS – The ten essential wilderness survival items.
FALSE PEAK – A peak that appears to be the top, but the true peak is beyond, and higher.
WAG BAGS – Human waste bags and storage used where burying waste is not allowed.
TRAIL NAME – A name used when on trail, usually given by another hiker.
FACILA-TREES – As in, “I’m going to use the facila-trees.” Using the forest as your toilet.
GUY LINES – A cord or string that is used to secure a tent or tarp to the ground.
SCREE – A mass of small loose stones that form or cover a slope on a mountain.
NOBO – A northbound hiker.
SOBO – A southbound hiker.
NERO DAY – An almost zero day.
TREE LINE – The edge of the habitat at which trees are capable of growing.
A.T. – The Appalachian Trail.
P.C.T. – The Pacific Crest Trail.
C.D.T. – The Continental Divide Trail.
BIVY SACK – A small minimalist shelter usually used as emergency lightweight weather protection.
CONTOUR LINES – The lines on a topographical map.
CAT HOLE – The hole you dig to poop in.
GORP – Colloquial for trail mix, standing for Good Old Raisins and Peanuts.
GLISSADE – Descending a steep snow or scree covered slope by controlled slide.
POSTHOLE – Vertical plunge of a hikers foot into what was assumed to be hard earth or snow.
SWITCHBACKS – Zig zagging up a mountain, mountain pass, or hill, rather than steeply ascending straight up.
BLADDER – Colloquial term for a hydration reservoir.
TALUS – A slope formed be the accumulation of rock debris.
HERD PATH – A non-official path formed by hikers and maintained by hikers.
GAITERS (not “Gaitors”… oops!) – Garment worn over the shoe or boot and lower pant leg to keep debris and water from entering the shoe or boot.
G.P.S. – Global positioning system.
COL – The low point between two ridge lines.
PACK-IT-OUT – Carrying out all waste with you.
VITAMIN I – Ibuprofen.
CUBEN FIBER – A strong, extremely lightweight fiber used in creating some ultralight tents, tarps, and backpacks.
PUFFER JACKET – A quilted jacket filled with duck, goose or synthetic insulating material.
TRAIL SPICE – Dirt which inevitably gets in food on trail.
CAMP CLEAN – Not quite clean, but clean enough for camp.
R-VALUE – The temperature rating of a sleeping pad, referring to the conductive flow of heat.
VESTIBULE – The outdoor spaces on the sides or front of a tent covered by the rain fly.
BEAR BAG – A bag version of a bear canister, usually meant to be hung from a tree.
TRAILHEAD – The place where a trail begins.
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To ME, "Ultralight" is a type of small, single person aircraft…😊
Sherpa- the lead person in a group of hikers.
ETS. Embrace the Suck
Ultralight backpackers = gramm goblins
Every single UL person i met, be it fishing or camping / hiking while on campsites I overheard their conversation and they always bragged about the weight (or the lack of there of) of their mug for example.
I just don't understand.
A terms you maybe missed are What the …. Or Give me a break
Ultralight has an appeal to me though keeping it to 10 or less probably wouldn’t be met. Plus I’d have a stove to. Hot food is good for the soul.
Miranda I learned SO much! I didn't even know half the terms! Thank you!
Quicksand is not a myth, it's real, but it's not like 1980's Hollywood would have you believe.
Combination of Miranda and your editors results in the most hilarious way of educating us adventurers, I love every single video you guys release!!
Glissade is French for Slide 😉
We used to use the term no trace camping for when someone had burnt or stolen a picnic table from a rest stop.
So funny to watch this as a swiss girl :D, a "cairn" in my language is called a "Steimännli"
Thank you for this video !
dispersed camping>>>>>
🤔 Quicksand is a myth?
Choss? It kind of blends in with scree and talus. Other terms that may be good to cover; benchmark, gully, couloir, bushwack, traverse, gendarme, tarn
gaitors or gaiters
00:39 I was expecting a burp.
gaiters, not gaitors
in my head i always spell nero "nearo". because i imagine it comes from "nearly zero".
i wish i had all the books you ever invented!
And your trail name is…..
HYOH .. and do what your comfortable with, not others expectations. ..
Trail Hunger. It has two meanings: First, the bodys striving to replace all the calories has been burning. And more annoyingly, the ability to talk about food for miles while on trail and/or to see food in non food items found out in the wild. eg. Seeing tree bark that makes you think of brownies………………………………….rj
Mights: Man Tights
Comfortable legware when hiking
That cameraman ad lib comment at 04:04 was pretty savage.
LASH = Long Ass Section Hike.
As in "Are you thru-hiking the AT?" "No, I'm only out here 10 days, I'm doing a LASH".
Quicksand is no myth! The myth of quicksand is that it's water that makes it dangerous – it's not. It's air pockets underneath the sand that make quicksand so deadly as it can act as a fluid until the air pocket collapses and then it's a solid and if you get stuck in that …
I usually enjoy your videos. I’m not a peak bagger, but confused how you can call it “pretentious” “elitist” and “not welcoming”. It’s just someone who is choosing destinations in where to hike. Some like mountain peaks, others lakes, etc.. Why would you disparage people just based on a preference? I think we should celebrate people’s choices in outdoor recreation, not tear them down.