Tramping Terminology

Mogambo - official tramping club greeting.

True left and right of the stream - is when you’re standing in the stream looking down stream, true left is to your left, and true right is to your right.

Bivvy Bag - water proof outer shell that you put your sleeping bag in. Useful when you are sleeping in snow caves.

Billy - pot used for cooking in the bush.

Epic - a really long (and usually hard trip.)

Spooner - prolific flirt at social events. Often known for his/her persistance with a favoured interest, when his/her advances are rejected the spooner then moves on quickly to the next target. The tramping club holds a giant wooden spoon crafted for the purpose of awarding the yearly ‘spooner’.