[at-l] Racism on or around the AT

[icw39@ncfreedom.net (Clark Wright)]

I personally never saw any such thing, but I do recall a number of us
who hiked together in '01 commenting on the lack of diversity as to the
hikers that we would run into . . . I sometimes speculate to myself as
to the possible causes there, but these are indeed sensitive issues for
a lot of folks.  It sure would be nice to see a greater cross-section of
society out there, and one thing all of us who HAVE gotten out there
should NEVER forget is that, no matter how tight things were for you
financially, you were - and are - indeed blessed financially to even be
able to contemplate, much less pull off, such an awesome thing. 
Unfortunaely, hiking the AT does not come cheap, relative to many
people's income situation . . . maybe someday that ought to be a focus
of giving, in addition to all the many other worthy AT related causes
that get more publicity and consideration . . . just food for thought!

thru-thinker

JB wrote:
> 
> Hello Listers
> 
> I am curious to learn whether any of you have experienced racism either
> on or close to the trail. In all of my AT research, I have never seen
> race or racism mentioned. While I don't expect any problems on or
> around the trail, I was trying to determine whether other people have had
> difficulties on or around the trail.
> 
> I have tried to search the archives but didn't find many hits.
> 
> Jay
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