trekker
Americannoun
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trekkers
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Still, one trekker, who had hiked up these mountains more than a dozen times, told the BBC he had "never experienced weather like this".
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2025
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
His bakery lacks a baker; if a stray trekker comes for apple pie, Krishna walks down the street and buys from another cafe.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2021
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 A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones) Greenidge
The disaster also destroyed a key trade route with China and struck areas popular with trekkers and pilgrims, threatening further economic losses.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Iqbal said the two trekkers had not told the authorities about the trip.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Nepal's government has developed tough measures to stamp out insurance scams involving unnecessary helicopter rescues of trekkers, an official said Tuesday, a long-running racket threatening the country's vital tourism industry.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
Autumn is a popular season for trekkers and mountaineers in Nepal as weather conditions and visibility have tended to be better.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025
As I made my way up from the river, the trail was clogged with trekkers, yakt trains, red-robed monks, and barefoot Sherpas straining beneath back-wrenching loads of firewood and kerosene and soda pop.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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