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Tramping or trempink is a Czech and Slovak folk movement, inspired by the Woodcraft League, scouting and American Wild West. Hiking in English or in New Zeland also called tramping.
Tramping, not to be confused with simple hiking, is a pastime born out of the pressures and opportunities of the interwar period. Saturated with idyllic images of the American West and seeking respite from the pressures of modern urban life, many Czechs set off into the woods. Tramp settlements with names such as Hudson, Little Bighorn and Swanee soon became temporary homes for scores of Czechs impersonating cowboys, Red Indians, forty-niners and other American characters. (x)
Watermanship beginnings date back to the second half of the 19th century. The first canoe floated in Czech waters in 1875. After the creation of Czechoslovakia the canoeing sport began to develop rapidly. Water tourism boomed, camp-grounds of now memorable names were established and first races were held. First Canoe Championships took place in Prague in 1933. Watermanship was much promoted in Czechoslovakia by scout movement and tourist units.
Boom of watermanship went hand in hand with tramping. The tramps, half-organized movement of adventurers, were always close to nature. Many villages back then also laid directly on rivers and tramps travelled this way with their canoes all over the former Czechoslovak Republic.
A major step in the development of tourism were folding kayaks. Many grandparents still have this kayak hidden somewhere in their loft.
During normalization (1968-89) began "the new wave of tramping" and once again hand in hand with almost mass interest in canoeing and rafting tourism. Escapes into the wild were the only solution to hide from the omnipresent totality. Moreover it wasn't easy to travel outside the Eastern Bloc. That was when canoeing teams and clubs were founded.
Czech Boaters Cup (ČPV) was a race where people met from all over the former Czechoslovakia. Boaters always mainly wanted to have fun - and not only during sport but also socially while being in nature. Not even the powerful hand of the government could prevent them from that. This was the time of laminate kayaks, canoes and rafts and fearless paddlers sailing the whole country. They were able go down any water on their fragile fibreglass boats and where fibreglass boats were not enough, there were brought "rafts" - a modified military inflatable boat called "Matilda".
Social movement and changes that occurred after the events of November 1989 undoubtedly marked tramping. Occasionally we meet with opinions that tramping is (at least as we know it from the 20th century) now de facto a dead movement.
More likely tramping only transformed and its elements are still held in canoeing, hiking, ski touring, camping, climbing, horse riding or other sports and recreational activities that didn't lose on its popularity.
