What is a hike? A long walk?
Hiking is a long vigorous walk, usually on a track or trail in the countryside. In Australia we are more likely to say we are going bushwalking. New Zealanders might say they are going tramping, the Scottish go rambling, but it doesn't matter what it's called, it is a worthwhile activity and a good chance to be outdoors communing with nature. Recently the students at my school had Camp Week. This used to mean Year 2 went to Camp, Year 1 camped on the oval at school and Kindergarten went to the bush one day a week all term, but it now means all three grades are involved in outdoor activities, such as those they would do on a camp, each day for a week, but they attend them at or near school and go home at night.
These activities do include a hike or bushwalking, so we did pull all the books off the shelves which may have helped students and teachers experience walking vicariously first. There were plenty of books to get students excited and thinking about what it meant to be hiking outdoors.
These are specifically Australian:
Then there's these:
