trekker

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In the armed forces, he powered through his pain, a practice he had to unlearn as a trekker.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2023

Expedition leader Graeme Douglas said the conditions were "challenging even for the most experienced trekker".

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2023

Training for Everest Base Camp will look different for every trekker, but the goal is to build cardiovascular endurance to prepare for 8 to 12 miles of trekking each day.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2022

In August 2016, an experienced American trekker named Justin Alexander Shetler ascended to a high Himalayan lake on a pilgrimage in the Parvati Valley of northern India, never to be heard from again.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2022

He was in truth a "trekker" rather than a nomad, and he possessed the invaluable military attributes of the man unchained by cities and accustomed to wander far in a hard and bracing country.

From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)