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[gwbrown1 at gmail.com (Greg Brown)]

Yeah, me too.  I wish my scoutmaster had been more into the outdoors. 
Growing up in Tucson my outdoor training consisted of learning about
everything that could kill or harm you when out of doors (in the
desert, that qualified as everything, I think, seemingly all animals
and insects, even sunlight and rain (flash-floods)).  So, looking
back, I was not as exposed to hiking as I would have liked to have
been at a young age.

Greg

On 6/2/05, Jennifer St. Clair <jenstc2003@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I couldn't agree more with those who advocate bringing young kids along on outdoor trips! If those who have children introduce them to the outdoors in a fun way, and at a relatively young age, those who obsess over the obesity "epidemic" would have nothing to fear. Children naturally enjoy running and playing outdoors, as many generations of kids have shown, which is a great way to exercise and lose weight. Now, with so many distractions, they simply have to be encouraged to take the time to indulge in that most "typical" of childhood joys instead of taking the easy way out and being couch potatoes. It all comes back to parenting- or mentoring if you're not a parent.
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