long-distance hikers
Multi-day backpackers
Long-distance hikers are people who walk extended trails over days, weeks, or months, often covering hundreds or thousands of miles.
The term typically refers to those hiking named trails like the Appalachian Trail or Pacific Crest Trail, distinguishing them from day hikers or weekend backpackers.
The culture has its own vocabulary—thru-hikers complete an entire trail in one continuous journey, section hikers tackle it in segments over time.
Long-distance hikers often adopt trail names and develop tight-knit communities along the way.
- backpackersTravelers with frame-mounted bags
- trail nameAdopted identity on footpaths
- thru-hikersThose completing entire trails
- trailPath through wilderness
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
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- backpackersgap year travelers, thru-hikers, trail hikers, couch surfers
- hikersday hikers, backpackers, thru-hikers
- outdoor trekkershikers, backpackers, mountaineers, day hikers, thru-hikers
long-distance hikersday hikers
People taking short outdoor walks
day-trippers · strollers · sightseers · picnickers · trail runners
long-distance hikerscouch potatoes
Habitual inactive TV viewers
homebodies · shut-ins · mall walkers · motorists · urbanites
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