When we first moved to VT many years ago. We went off into the woods exploring and "got turned around". We approached a house to find out where we were. When we told the owner we came through the woods he said " I've lived here ten years and have never been in that woods, there are animals out there". he was white from NJ. So I doubt it's a race based thing but certainly urban people have "nature deficit disorder"<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:43 PM, David Thibault <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dthibaul07@gmail.com" target="_blank">dthibaul07@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="gmail_quote"><div>There definitely is a lot less minorities then there should be. I have run into a few Hispanic women but hardly any males, I think it might be a cultural thing.</div><div> </div><div>I do remember a guy on the AT calling the urban youth groups "hoods in the woods" programs. </div>
<div>I thought it was great that these folks (mostly kids) got the chance to head out into the woods for a few days.</div><div> </div><div>I remember talking with one guy (teenager) as I walked into an AT shelter with a bunch of berries I'd picked on the way in - he asked in a surprised way "You can eat those?" He had been walking by them all day and never considered you could just find things to eat in the woods. </div>
<div> </div><div>I also remember a Marine I met many years ago telling me the first time he ever left New York City was at age 18 - to go to Camp Lejuene in North Carolina - and how it really freaked him out to be in the woods surrounded by trees. He said his unease started on the bus ride there and lasted for months. </div>
<div> </div><div>Having grown up hiking, camping, and fishing in the woods I was blown away that he was completely on edge being in the woods. He told me he though animals were going to attack him every minute. </div><div>
</div><div>We need more minorities in the woods - the trails (wild areas) need all the friends/support they can get....</div><div> </div><div>Day-Late (white middle aged guy)</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>
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black and maybe 5% Asian and I can't recall meeting anyone that I<br>
understood to be Hispanic. On the AT I've met dozens if not hundreds of<br>
"urban" youth groups out for a week or so. <br>
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> We've all noticed when we go outdoors that every white middle aged guy<br>
> goes outdoors but not enough minorities.<br>
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