bounce box

n. a container of supplies sent ahead to a series of stops by a cross-country hiker. Subjects: English, Pastimes & Hobbies, Sports & Recreation, Slang

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Citations: 2001 Marilyn Kammer Orange County Register (California) (Mar. 29) “Local couple will hike Appalachian Trail” p. 1: The couple also has another method of replenishing—what they call a bounce box. “You bounce it from town to town and go through its contents. If you need shampoo or nail clippers, you use it, then send it to the next town you’re going to hike out to,” explained Brant. 2001 Debbi Snook Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) (July 15) “Taking a look inside a long-distance hiker’s backpack”: Her husband, Bob, brings her items from home when he hikes with her once a month, most recently her sturdier pair of broken-in hiking boots. He also mails her the freeze-dried food packages she assembled months ago. And she has what she calls a “bounce box” that she ships ahead to herself with items she only needs occasionally, such as waterproofing supplies or detailed trail maps for different states. 2004 Elizabeth Fitzsimons San Diego Union-Tribune (California) (Apr. 23) “Long, winding road ahead for local hikers”: They communicate in hikerspeak. A “bounce box” is a stash of supplies hikers mail to themselves from one supply stop to the next. 2006 [Aaron Doss] Google Groups: dosspct2006 (Aug. 10) “7/3, Independence/Bishop”: We couldn’t stay too long though; we needed to do shopping for the next section and fill a resupply box for Tuolome and ship this out and do all our stuff with our bounce box. it was kind of a rush because shopping needed to be done in bishop but our bounce box was in independance and there was only one bus going at 1:30. 2007 [Rodent] RealTravel (June 13) “Having fun out there”: Bounce box: the box with food and extra band-aids etc. that you forward to yourself from post office to post office.

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