Comments on: Old School Tramping Video http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/04/21/old-school-tramping-video/ public domain playground. friendly entities welcome. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:47:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Big Elk http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/04/21/old-school-tramping-video/comment-page-1/#comment-104740 Big Elk Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:51:18 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/04/21/old-school-tramping-video/#comment-104740 I read a book about similar when I was a child from the public library which somehow connected this to bards and druids, walking the country-side: http://www.teara.govt.nz/TheBush/BushAndMountainRecreation/Tramping/1/en <blockquote>Tramping is the New Zealand term for hiking, trekking, rambling or bush-walking, and was common in print and speech by the 1920s. It is seen as a typically New Zealand activity – even though many cultures have much longer traditions of hill walking. Enthusiasts walk along, or off, tracks in back-country settings, carrying food and gear in a backpack. Unlike mountaineering and hunting, the journey is at the centre of the tramping experience. Most trampers stay in huts, while some carry tents. A typical trip, or tramp, lasts two to five days, with some lasting over a week. A tramp not involving an overnight stay is referred to as a ‘day trip’.</blockquote> I read a book about similar when I was a child from the public library which somehow connected this to bards and druids, walking the country-side:

http://www.teara.govt.nz/TheBush/BushAndMountainRecreation/Tramping/1/en

Tramping is the New Zealand term for hiking, trekking, rambling or bush-walking, and was common in print and speech by the 1920s. It is seen as a typically New Zealand activity – even though many cultures have much longer traditions of hill walking.

Enthusiasts walk along, or off, tracks in back-country settings, carrying food and gear in a backpack. Unlike mountaineering and hunting, the journey is at the centre of the tramping experience. Most trampers stay in huts, while some carry tents. A typical trip, or tramp, lasts two to five days, with some lasting over a week. A tramp not involving an overnight stay is referred to as a ‘day trip’.

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