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Hiking, trekking, mountaineering and caving
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News on Hiking from sources around the net:Murder trial begins in KamloopsBy Tim Petruk - Kamloops This Week Published: October 06, 2008 1:00 PM Updated: October 06, 2008 1:31 PM The Crown expects 35 witnesses to be called in the second-degree murder trial of a Maple Ridge man ...]]> Man hikes length of Death Valley Death Valley trekker, Roger Homrich, 26, of Sherman Oaks, Calif., holds his hiking shoes which did 225 miles across Death Valley.]]> Hiking the High Sierras Last spring, I whined to my college-age daughter, 'I just want to run away to the mountains.]]> New PE classes teach nutrition as well as fitness The next time you watch your kid's gym class, you may not see students doing laps and playing dodgeball.]]> Letter from the Greenbelt: And development sprang up how, exactly? In 2005, the Government of Ontario proclaimed a Greenbelt on about 750,000 hectares encircling the Golden Horseshoe, an area larger than Prince Edward Island.]]>
Hiking is an outdoor activity, a form of walking on trails in wilderness areas, with the specific purpose of exploring and enjoying
the scenery. Many beautiful places can only be reached overland by a hike, the best way to see nature.
Off-trail hiking in some places is called a cross-country hike. In the UK people would use terms such as hillwalking. Australians use the term bushwalking for both off-trail and on-trail hiking. New Zealanders use walking or bushwalking and the term tramping for overnight and longer trips. Hiking a long-distance trail from end to end is referred to as thru-hiking. In the mountains of India and Nepal is called trekking. In some parts of the world overnight hikes are called backpacking. Backpacking combines hiking and camping in a single trip, which involves spending one or more nights in the backcountry, and carrying supplies and equipment to satisfy sleeping and eating needs. The tallest mountain on Earth is Mount Everest. The tallest mountain in North America is Mount McKinley, in South America is Aconcagua. For Africa the tallest is Kilimajaro. In Europe, the tallest mountain is Elbrus, in Antarctica Vinsin Massiff. In Oceania, Puncak Jaya is the tallest mountain. There are volcanic, domed, folded, plateau, and fault-block mountains. Volcanic mountains are mountains that form when molten rock erupts onto the earth's surface. Domed mountains are formed when molten rock rises through the crust and push up the rock layers above it. Folded mountains are the highest mountains in the world. They form along converging boundaries, where two continents are colliding. Plateau mountains are large areas of flat topped rocks that have been lifted above the crust by converging continental plates. Fault block mountains are formed when parts of the earths crust has been broken off into large blocks. These are then lifted, then, faulting tilts these blocks. Social bookmark this page - Art prints - Outdoor gear Reproduction of any picture from this website, either in printed or electronic form, is prohibited without our prior written permission. Copyright 2005-2008 Hiking-Photos mountain and cave pictures |
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