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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As modern culture is more and more screen centric and we're nonstop attached to technology and indoors... it's nice to get out and get unhooked.

Also, tied with kayaking or hiking, it's exercise and I've heard some people enjoy that.

[b]It's definitely something that people with money and time indulge in—I see a definite class divide... wealthy and educated like to get out and do stuff outdoors[/b]—the gear is fun to buy, the logistics fun to plan, and it requires time. People who don't have money, time or the wits tend to hate it.

But as I noted above, you see tons of immigrant families getting out, so I think it's also become a thing that people who have come here and had success are eager to get into.[/quote]

Maybe you see more wealthy in the outdoors because most employment of upper middle and upper class is very sedentary in nature and usually is confined to an office or cubicle?

My dad liked the outdoors, but was too busy doing, for lack of a better word, man’s work, that he didn’t have time or energy for constant outdoor adventures.  He worked construction, maintained our home and cars, mowed a 3-acre yard, split firewood…etc.  My father has softened up in his later years, but used to scoff at those who were constantly exercising and outsourcing every form of manual labor.  Not saying he’s right, since I have a hiking and skiing obsession, but he maintained if you worked hard enough, you didn’t need to belong to a gym and follow some fad diet.  Obviously, an old-school way of thinking, but it worked for him.[/quote]

Yeah, PP you responding to is obviously sheltered and only frequents rich areas. Most people I know that like camping and outdoors stuff are very poor, and like to get out of their hot house and get on the lake or something. Sleep in back of a pickup, cook a few fish they caught on the lake or ocean, doesn't cost a thing other than gas to get there.

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