Have you ever joined a new group and wondered if they were speaking a different language, some of it sounds sort of familiar but there seems to be acronyms and words used in context that are nothing like you’ve heard before?

As a group, hiker’s are no different and in this video, I’m going to explain what SOBO, NOBO and even HOBO stand for when used in a hiking context along with a whole lot of other hiker lingo.

I’ve chosen one of my favourite bush hikes as this video’s backdrop, this is the Mangamate Circuit in the Whirinaki Forest which I solo hiked over three challenging days in late winter. A highlight of this trip was hearing kiwi calling across the valley where I was camped deep in the forest, it was the first time I’d ever heard Kiwi in the wild and it was a magical moment.