Diversity in nature-oriented activities

[Slo-go'en]

Written by an intern at CNN from a liberal arts college. Oh, and she's white.

So, what has that to do with anything? Was there anything factually wrong with the article? We can argue for reasons why, but the fact remains there is little diversity in the backpacking community and long distance hiking in particular. The author of the study concentrated on National Park visitors, which makes sense since you can qualify Park visits a lot easier then who visits random trail heads. But as anyone who has spent time on the AT or in trail towns knows, the AT is about as lily white as it can get. Is that because of our privileged heritage or some predisposition to wander lust? Inquiring minds want to know...