[at-l] Cross Slang

[Phil.Heffington@oc.edu (Phil Heffington)]

Some of the slang from other groups could easily be adapted to hiking.
Take "biker" slang for instance:

poser = a person with $7,000 worth of equipment who has never biked
(hiked).

enscarfment = a food break at the edge of a cliff.

gravity check = a fall.

grunt = a very difficult climb.

HOHA = Hateful Old Hiker's Association = what bikers call us hikers who
can't stand bikers and what they do to the trail.  Might be considered
as badge of honor for some of us.

mud-ectomy = getting cleaned up.  This would supposedly happen even less
often for us hikers than it does for bikers.
 
ti = titanium (the application is obvious).

unobtanium = a piece of high tech equipment that is too expensive to
purchase for any practical use.

weight-weenie = self explanatory

techno-weenie = also self explanatory

nirvana = the state of being in absolute control and totally in harmony
with all your equipment and your physical and mental abilities.