I like to hike on my free time.  Have you ever been hiking? 
nope. but in new zealand a hike also referred to as a long vigorous walk is also called tramping!
That's a new term I've never heard before. What kind of shoes would someone wear hiking in your opinion?
the UK, along with rambling (a slightly old-fashioned term), hillwalking, and fell walking (a term mostly used for hillwalking in northern England). The term bushwalking is endemic to Australia, having been adopted by the Sydney Bush Walkers club in 1927. In New Zealand a long, vigorous walk or hike is called tramping. It is a popular activity with numerous worldwide, and studies suggest that all forms of walking have health benefits.
Related terms.
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valuable exhibition that has come to New Zealand".
Death.
Seddon Bennington and longtime family friend, Marcella Jackson, 54, disappeared while tramping in the Tararua Range on the North Island of New Zealand on 11 July 2009. Authorities were alerted after the pair failed to return from a weekend of tramping, as hiking is called in New Zealand. They had planned to hike from Otaki Forks to Kime Hut within the Tararua Range, but were caught in a sudden winter southerly storm on Saturday, 11 July, on