The only way to make progress is to bushwhack where plants offer some traction.
From the ocregister.com
Enter through Pike Run entrance, moderate pace, may bushwhack on old logging roads.
From the post-gazette.com
We elected to follow a compass line and bushwhack to the south branch of the Boquet.
From the timesunion.com
They'd find rides in logging camps, climb a mountain, then bushwhack all the way home.
From the denverpost.com
Until recently, the open cliff top could only be reached by bushwhack.
From the timesunion.com
There had been uncertainty about what we would see on the bushwhack but none about the pond.
From the timesunion.com
You have to bushwhack to reach the edge, but it's worth it to see the cascading brook at the base.
From the timesunion.com
Some hunters claim you can successfully bushwhack deer in the middle of the day when they bed down.
From the washingtonpost.com
A 60-hour time limit forces competitors to run, climb and bushwhack for three days with little or no sleep.
From the nytimes.com
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Ambush: wait in hiding to attack
Live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla
Cut one's way through the woods or bush
(bushwhacking) lying in ambush; "bushwhacking guerrillas attacking from ambush"
(Bushwhacked (film)) Bushwhacked is a 1995 film starring Daniel Stern, Jon Polito, Anthony Heald and Brad Sullivan.
(Bushwhacked (Firefly)) "Bushwhacked" is the third episode of science-fiction television series Firefly created by Joss Whedon.
(Bushwhacking) Hiking is an outdoor activity which consists of walking in natural environments, often on hiking trails. It is such a popular activity that there are numerous worldwide. The health benefits of different types of hiking have been confirmed in studies. ...
To travel through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress; to fight, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country; to ambush
(Bushwhacked) kidnapped, hijacked, forced into something under duress.