Tramping or Hiking?

A Southern Crossing of the Tararua Range

I read recently that the word ‘tramping’ is dying out. Apparently the Mountain Safety Council (who arguably themselves are dying out) examined some New Zealand Google searches and found that the word “hiking” was becoming the more common parlance (there’s a good obscure word for you). Take this tale of a Tararua traverse as a rebuttal of sorts, an imperfect…