rest step

English

Noun

rest step

  1. A method of walking uphill in which the walker rests on their back leg briefly between each step.
    • 1982 February 13, Lee Swislow, “Amazon Trekking”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 29, page 9:
      I meet the others at our first resting point, maybe 40 minutes later, exhausted and out of breath. Bets teaches me the rest step, resting weight briefly on the back foot with each ste. We snack — we start again — the rest step helps — a little — I need a breath with each step and a longer and longer pause. Slowly, finally, I make it to the top of the notch.
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