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the slow burn of going somewhere on purpose, blisters and all.
means A long, arduous journey made on foot or under your own steam, usually over rough or remote terrain.
from From Afrikaans and Dutch 'trek,' meaning to pull or draw — the same root as English 'trick' in the sense of a pulling motion. It entered English in the 19th century via South Africa, where Dutch-descended settlers spoke of the 'Groot Trek,' the great overland migration in which whole families literally drew their ox-wagons across the veld. So the word still carries the ache of hauling yourself somewhere by sheer effort.
- afrikaans roots
- From Dutch word for pulling an ox-wagon journey
- great trek
- 1830s Boers hauled wagons across South African frontier
- star namesake
- Sci-fi franchise stole the word, became cultural gravity
- summit math
- Everest base camp trek covers roughly 80 miles
- slow is faster
- Walking reveals terrain that vehicles blur right past
appalachian trail — 2,190-mile hiking trail from georgia to maine, completed by thousands annually
everest base camp trek — 17-day trek to 17,598 feet in nepal, attracting over 40,000 trekkers yearly
inca trail — 26-mile trek through peru to machu picchu, limited to 500 daily visitors