I think it's sad how few blacks I see at National Parks. I see every other race, but blacks. Everyone should be seeing these wonders!

I actually understand where you are coming from op. My husband is black and there are so many things he never did before he met me. His family is great but they don't do stuff like that. He had never been camping, fishing, trick or treating, Easter egg hunting, horse back riding, hiking, rarely went to the beach, etc etc.

Glad to say that he's done all of those things now(yes I set up an Easter egg hunt for my then 23 year old boyfriend) plus more adventurous things like parasailing, sky diving, and zip lining!

The OP is correct. I hike, bike, ski, and white water raft. I always notice that I'm mainly surrounded by other white people when doing these activities.

However I also run marathons. Again I'm surrounded by whites, but it's always the blacks who take home first place. Always.

Oh, hello, it's you again OP.

Anonymous wrote:Stuff White People Like: #9 Making you feel bad about not going outside

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/20/9-making-you-feel-bad-about-not-going-outside/

The comments below the article are funny

Stuff White People Like: #9 Making you feel bad about not going outside

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/20/9-making-you-feel-bad-about-not-going-outside/

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dont care if you are white black brown purple orange.

This is why you shouldn't climb mt. everest:

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-900&va=bodies+on+mt+everest

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_died_climbing_Mount_Everest

I would totally attempt to climb it if such an opportunity arose. This stuff is just so fascinating!!

Anyway, I've always loved the outdoorsy stuff since I was a kid, but haven't done much of it until recently when I met the right friends. I've only been on a few hikes, but I'm going on plenty more in the upcoming month and following year... including real camping (non of that heated cabin stuff like when I go with my church) and spelunking!! I wish I could afford (both financial-wise and time-wise) to do other awesome stuff like snowboarding, white water rafting, kayaking, scuba diving, sky diving, jumping 30 feet into an underground lake, etc. All in due time I suppose.

Signed-

A 23 year old Brooklyn born and raised black chick

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree with OP.

Every black guy that I've dated has refused to do outdoorsy type things such as hiking, biking, fishing, rock climbing, sailing, surfing, etc.

It's a real bummer that I have to go outside of my race to find someone that I can do fun activities with.

Ha! My black boyfriend is WAY more outdoorsy than me. We're talking "let's go backpacking for a week and forage our own food" kind of stuff. I'm more a "car camping with shower facilities available" kind of girl. His idea of fun at the beach is kite-boarding, mine is sitting on my ass with a beer and trashy book. I'm white.

Wanna switch boyfriends? j/k

Anonymous wrote:I agree with OP.

Every black guy that I've dated has refused to do outdoorsy type things such as hiking, biking, fishing, rock climbing, sailing, surfing, etc.

It's a real bummer that I have to go outside of my race to find someone that I can do fun activities with.

Ha! My black boyfriend is WAY more outdoorsy than me. We're talking "let's go backpacking for a week and forage our own food" kind of stuff. I'm more a "car camping with shower facilities available" kind of girl. His idea of fun at the beach is kite-boarding, mine is sitting on my ass with a beer and trashy book. I'm white.

I started hiking when I moved to an area where there was a lot of hiking opportunities and friends to go with. I'm hoping to have the money to be able to ski or snowboard at some point...

But I don't think its just a white person thing. Some people do, some people don't.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I believe the first black person to mount Everest did it almost 60 years after sir Edmund Hillary.

You mean Tenzing Norgay. Who didn't have a European heritage.

Folks, when I reread pp's statement I realized that he/she is talking about 60 years later, not 60 years ago with Edmund Hillary. I assume pp is talking about someone besides Norgay.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I believe the first black person to mount Everest did it almost 60 years after sir Edmund Hillary.

You mean Tenzing Norgay. Who didn't have a European heritage.

norgay doesn't count..he's a Nepalese Sherpa....it's their mountain to begin with.

I was talking about sibusio vilane.

Nepalese Sherpas Are So Adventurous.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I believe the first black person to mount Everest did it almost 60 years after sir Edmund Hillary.

You mean Tenzing Norgay. Who didn't have a European heritage.

norgay doesn't count..he's a Nepalese Sherpa....it's their mountain to begin with.

I was talking about sibusio vilane.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dont care if you are white black brown purple orange.

This is why you shouldn't climb mt. everest:

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-900&va=bodies+on+mt+everest

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_died_climbing_Mount_Everest

Damn! That's a whole lot of crazy and non white people on the list! Very interesting.

Anonymous wrote:I dont care if you are white black brown purple orange.

This is why you shouldn't climb mt. everest:

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-900&va=bodies+on+mt+everest

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_died_climbing_Mount_Everest