[at-l] Re: Why the Grand Unification Theory - isn't

[jbkramer@afn.org (Bryan Kramer)]

The same curious distribution occurs in folks going to National and to a
lesser extent State parks. However you do see quite a few
Asian-Americans. I ssuspect there is a cultural difference.

Bryan

> The observation is that hiking in general appears to me
> to be mostly practiced by white folks.  As in Caucasian.
> I rarely see people of color on my hikes, either on or off
> the AT.  I've walked roughly half the AT at this point, and 
> this generalization seems to apply to the half that I have 
> walked (Springer->Roanoke, Maine, NH, a bit of MA)
> 
> The question, obviously, is why?
> 
> Is it a matter of means, or of choice, or of culture?