pack, sling, pick up, smooth, hang, trudge, forge, forage, roam, tread, clamber, scramble, track, hike, guide, acclimatize, carry out, camp, acclimate, wander, unpack, trek, stake out (a campsite), stake down (tent), pitch (tent), strap on (backpack), bivouac, backpack, cross (mountains/streams), climb (a mountain/a rock face), traverse, tramp, pick one's way (through the thicket), step around/through/into, follow (trail/map), map (route), blaze (a trail), build (campfire), kindle (a campfire), collect (firewood), gather (firewood), douse (campfire), stir (coals), stoke (campfire), put out (campfire/vinegar), picnic, lay out (sleeping bag)

twitch, follow, listen, stake out, pursue, watch, observe, detect, identify, research, verify, guide, distinguish, birding (invisible navigation word) bird, peer (through binoculars), read (audubon bird guidebook), determine (species)

roll, smell, whittle, jump, gather, roam, frolic, play, hunt, scramble, listen, gaze, collect, stargaze, photograph, breathe, calm down, slow down, marvel, unwind, wonder, fish, rest, wander, muck around/about, kindle (a campfire), picnic, meander, mess around, pick one's way (around sunbathers on the beach), soak up (the sun), lean back (against a tree), stroll, step into (a meadow/field of wildflowers), shoot (pictures/deer), look out/upon, watch (birds), stare at, build (a sculpture from driftwood)

bob, maneuver, kick, snake, dive, descend, swim, surface, flip, decompress, plunge, spit, hyperventilate, ascend, gear up, scuba dive, snorkel, spelunk, clear (face mask/snorkel), lower oneself, defog (one's mask), hold one's breath, blow out, suck (air), skin-dive, recharge, charge (an air tank)

heave, tack, rig, cast, wade, catch, bait, trap, gut, tie, untangle, reel in, troll, net, hook, fish, trawl (a net in through the water), spear, spearfish, snare (fish in a line), fly-fish, remove (a hook from a fish), gill, clean (fish), cut (the line), release (fish), throw out (one's line), throw back, pull on (the line), land (a catch)

slice, dive, swim, wash over, come about, surf, take out, sail, portage, put in, keel, cruise, canoe, kayak, paddle, jet ski, pedal boat, wind surf, skim board, skurf, dock, flip (a kayak), roll (a kayak)

stroke, sweep, catch, release, recover, catch a crab, set the boat, portage, row, skull, cox, cross (the finish line)

tow, snap, wipe out, free-fall, surf, suit up, shoot down (the face of a wave), ride (a wave), paddle (a board)

propel, drag, stroke, position, rotate, kick, dive, float, dunk, swim, crawl, splash, jump into, breathe, streamline, reach, extend, relay, drown, tread (water), push off, paddle, flutter kick, roll (head to the side to breathe), flipturn, maintain (momentum), bellyflop, dog paddle, immerse oneself (in a pool), plunge (into the cove), grab (the start block), drill dig into, over-rotate, scissor-kick