Nicholas Kristof

Wilderness trails constitute a rare space in America marked by economic diversity. Lawyers and construction workers get bitten by the same mosquitoes and sip from the same streams; there are none of the usual signals about socioeconomic status, for most hikers are in shorts and a T-shirt and enveloped by an aroma that would make a skunk queasy.

American Journalist

J. Maarten Troost

We don't think much about climate change and rising sea levels here in the U.S. Beyond a few gardeners, birders and hikers who notice the changes in our own ecosystem, we live on, blissfully unaware of our changing Earth. Our storms - Katrina, Sandy - are dismissed as once-in-a-century events.

Dutch Writer

Humans pull together in an odd way when they're in the wilderness. It's astonishing how few people litter and how much they help one another. Indeed, the smartphone app to navigate the Pacific Crest Trail, Halfmile, is a labor of love by hikers who make it available as a free download.

Chelsea Cain

I love the fact that we are surrounded by this spectacular natural beauty that routinely strikes us dead. Hikers walk off into the woods and are never seen again. And still we tug on our fleece and skip off into the wilderness, not a care in the world.

American Novelist

Ron Paul

Deficits mean future tax increases, pure and simple. Deficit spending should be viewed as a tax on future generations, and politicians who create deficits should be exposed as tax hikers.

American Politician

Olivia Holt

I'm always out in the sun. I'm a big hiker and beach gal, so its really important for me to always have SPF on, which is something that you've got to find for your skin type.

American Actress

Mandy Patinkin

I'm an obsessive hiker and I do it every day for two hours and it really helps me when it comes to learning songs or scripts.

American Actor

Guy Fieri

I love to exercise. I'm a big hiker, and I like boxing. I mean, I love a good burger, but I keep things in moderation.

American Businessman

Bruce Rauner

I'm a big outdoorsman... I'm a big hunter. Avid fisherman. Hiker. Climber. Scuba diver. Skier. Love the outdoors.

I'm a big hiker, and I like boxing. I mean, I love a good burger, but I keep things in moderation.

Use 'hiker' for people who enjoy walking as a leisure activity, especially in nature.

Context Usage

'Hiker' implies a recreational activity, not a professional or commuting walk.

Activity Type

A 'hiker' usually takes long walks; it's more than just a casual stroll.

Not Casual

 of a couple of hikers that stumbled across the entrance to one of these caves. There were no GPS coordinates for it, and all we knew was that it was somewhere out on the Sandy Glacier. So, in July of that year, we went out on the glacier, and we found a big crack in the ice. We had to build snow and ice anchors, so we could tie off ropes

My glacier cave...

 They're maybe the most important little item you can have if you're a Grand Canyon hiker, they're these gaiters that keep the ferocious, angry cactus and everything else that wants to get into your feet, ankles on, of course, we didn't know what they were, so we were a little clueless on some level,

Grand Canyon Adventure:...

 to be explorers together. Sure, the big events attract a lot of attention, but what really matters is what goes on every single day. We need your perspectives, your curiosity, your voices. And it excites me now to meet people who are hikers, chefs, code writers, taxi drivers,

Michael Tilson Thomas:...

 But that won't always be the case. We live in a changing world where the continental plates, Earth's climate, and the planet's erosive power might one day conspire to cut Mount Everest down to size. For now, at least, it remains legendary in the minds of hikers, adventurers,

Why is Mount Everest so...

 was purely a matter of being in the right place at the right time with an idea in mind now you do need serendipity from time to time sometimes things just happen like after I composed this image subtly these early morning hikers walked into the scenes and I said thank you

The Surreal World of...

 Mountain I have found tracks of a leopard never seen a little day but I found tracks which is really always very very cool to know that you're walking in an area where you find dangerous cats and the hikers in front I didn't even see them so that's what I

Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...

 hikers have completed sectional lines through the park and for some it took them decades to finish tragically others have perished attempting it Kevin and I would be the first journalists ever to tackle this hiking lunacy we plan to

Epic Grand Canyon Hike:...

 I was amped, but nobody batted an eye. I looked like a lost hiker that was too close to the edge. I was surrounded by people talking on cell phones and having picnics. I felt like I was in a mall.

How I climbed a...

 prognosis that I was never going to walk properly again I it was pretty devastating news for someone that's an avid hiker skier kayaker beam to Everest base camp twice in Tibet Nepal and I lay

Alison Wright: Portraits...

 thank you buddy you hiker man so I grew up in the desert Southwest and learned to walk and a lot of the desert canyons out at an Utah in