Abstract
The text maps the beginnings of Czechoslovak tramping and critically examines some of the aspects of this phenomenon. It focuses on searching for its roots, idealizing auto-stereotypes of tramp freedom, and the way of writing tramping history through topography of tramping and the list of tramping settlements.
The author believes that Czechoslovak tramping is the result of the overlapping of various influences, events and wills, which were not attempting to approach the vision of tramping as a clearly defined concept. In this sense, it is a random phenomenon, which was developing in Czechoslovakia after World War I.
Tramping, which was defining itself against middle-class society and refusing control and official regulations, was the way of active self-formation of individuals, which was necessary in a modern state. The state gave tramps an opportunity to enjoy the freedom in the countryside so it could take their physical and mental capacities, which they gained during their weekend stays out of the city.