Hiking

cruise: DJ[kru:z] a journey by ship or boat, visiting different places, especially as a holiday

indulge something: to satisfy a particular desire, interest, etc.

pursue: DJ[pəˋsu:]

carpool: if a group of people carpool, they travel to work together in one car and divide the cost between them

awkward: difficult to deal with

mecca: a place that many people like to visit, especially for a particular reason

summit: the highest point of something, especially the top of a mountain

Surf-soaked is a term describing something completely covered or saturated with water from the ocean

wilderness: a large area of land that has never been developed or used for growing crops because it is difficult to live there

trek: DJ[trek] a long, hard walk lasting several days or weeks, especially in the mountains

push on: to continue with a journey or an activity

if skin chafes, or if something chafes it, it becomes painful because the thing is rubbing against it

raw: red and painful because the skin has been damaged

limp: to walk slowly or with difficulty because one leg is injured

humiliate: to make somebody feel ashamed or stupid and lose the respect of other people

wimp: a person who is not strong, brave or confident

unmitigated: ​used to mean ‘complete’, usually when describing something bad

gung ho: ​too enthusiastic about something, without thinking seriously about it, especially about fighting and war

Vancouver Island: a large island off the Pacific coast of Canada, in southwestern British Columbia. Its capital, Victoria, is the capital of British Columbia. It became a British Crown Colony in 1849, later uniting with British Columbia to join the Dominion of Canada.

graveyard: ​an area of land, often near a church, where people are buried

shipwrecked: ​having been sailing in a ship that was then lost or destroyed at sea

wash up: (of water) to carry something onto land

a building, road, etc. that is in a state of disrepair has not been taken care of and is broken or in bad condition

seaplane: a plane that can take off from and land on water

ford: to walk or drive across a river or stream

cove: a small bay

bog: (an area of) wet soft ground, formed of decayed (= destroyed by natural processes) plants

overgrown: ​(of gardens, etc.) covered with plants that have been allowed to grow wild and have not been controlled

slither: to move smoothly over a surface, like a snake

runoff: rain, water or other liquid that runs off land into streams and rivers

driftwood: wood that the sea carries up onto land, or that floats on the water

An avalanche cord is an old form of person locating device designed to enable people who have been buried by an avalanche to be rapidly located and rescued.

raft: a flat structure made of pieces of wood tied together and used as a boat or floating platform

relay: to receive and send on information, news, etc. to somebody

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Online Dictionaries Used:

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