"Tromping" is the word adopted to encompass a combination of interests - hiking, field herping, rock climbing, camping, kayaking, snorkeling, bushwacking, photography, ecology, bird watching, animal tracking, and exploration (to name a few). Tromping can consist of paddling a river, climbing a mountain, searching for animals, trekking through an uncut section of wilderness, and anything in between. Exactly what we do isn't what makes it "tromping", its why we're there.

Why do you do this ?

The driving force that makes us venture out is actually quite simple: we want to learn as much about the world as possible, hands on. We endeavor to walk through as many ecosystems as can be done in a lifetime, personally experience as much of the world's wildlife as possible, learn how organisms live, interact, and ultimately depend on one another - not just on a local level, but on a global one. We do this in an ultimate plan to promote conservation. Also - we do this because its fun!

How does annoying dangerous animals promote conservation?

Its doesn't. Not directly. The content creation of this website does nothing directly to conserve anything. It is however, a vehicle through which we not only learn about the world ourselves, but with photography, video, and (hopefully) entertainment teach others about the amazing things this in this world - things we hope to convince are worth saving.

Who does this stuff?

Its a long list of participants, but mostly two people. Myself (Bob) and Jay.