trekkers
Long-distance hikers
Trekkers are people who make long, arduous journeys on foot, typically through wilderness or mountainous terrain.
The word suggests serious hiking rather than casual walks: Trekkers on the Inca Trail should allow four days.
Trekkers also refers to devoted fans of Star Trek, though Trekkies remains the more common term for that meaning.
Travelers with frame-mounted bags
- nomadsUnsettled, roving people
- wayfarersTravelers on foot
- ramblersThose who wander leisurely
- roamersThose who travel aimlessly
globetrotters · vagabonds · pilgrims · sojourners · itinerants · drifters · travelers · journeyers
Path through wilderness
- backpackStrapped bag worn dorsally
- bootsAnkle-covering footwear
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- terrainLand's physical features
camping · wilderness · ascent · descent · ridge · footpath · compass · map
Organized exploratory journey
- mountaineeringSport of climbing peaks
- safariWildlife observation journey
- questSeeking journey for something
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
thrill-seekers · wanderlust · trailblazers · venturers · pioneers · excursionists · caravan · voyage
Those who discover routes
- discoverersThose who find new things
- navigatorsThose who direct travel
- unchartedNot yet documented
- frontiersmenSettlers of unsettled land
territories · expeditioners · reconnaissance · scouting · mapping · bushwhacking · unknown · wilderness
backpackers
Travelers with frame-mounted bags
roamers · globetrotters · vagabonds · pilgrims · sojourners · itinerants · drifters · travelers · journeyers · migrants
trail
Path through wilderness
terrain · camping · wilderness · ascent · descent · ridge · footpath · compass · map · gaiters
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
- mountaineeringSport of climbing peaks
- safariWildlife observation journey
- questSeeking journey for something
odyssey · thrill-seekers · wanderlust · trailblazers · venturers · pioneers · excursionists · caravan · voyage · challenge
pathfinders
Those who discover routes
- discoverersThose who find new things
- navigatorsThose who direct travel
- unchartedNot yet documented
frontiersmen · territories · expeditioners · reconnaissance · scouting · mapping · bushwhacking · unknown · wilderness · surveying
- Adventurersexplorers, adventurers, pioneers, trailblazers, pathfinders
- travelerspassenger, travelers, traveler, tourist, vacationers
- walkerswalker, pedestrian, hiker, hikers, rambler
- wandererswanderer, hikers, vagabond, wanderers, drifter
- Everest Base CampSherpa guides, climbing permits, mess tents, ice falls, acclimatization
- adventure travelershikers, backpackers
trekkersstrollers
Wheeled seats for babies
amblers · saunter · dawdlers · promenaders · saunters
trekkershomebodies
People preferring domestic life
couch potatoes · shut-ins · recluses · hermits · settlers
trekkersmotorists
People operating cars
passengers · drivers · riders · flyers · jet-setters