Mountain Climbing with the Wizard

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July 26th, 2018 at 3:09:11 AM permalink
rxwine
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Blacks probably never thought so many young whites would pick up on Hip Hop/Rap like they did. I don't make anything of it except trends catch on and go. I see a lot of blacks riding Harleys as well. Never remember seeing that either.
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July 26th, 2018 at 4:36:31 AM permalink
Wizard
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Quote: Evenbob
This is interesting. In all the videos I've
seen, I have yet to see a single black
or Latino, not one. One of the hikers
I follow says after 90 days, it's the
'whitest' thing he's ever done. Not
seen a single minority in 90 days.


In my 200 miles on the AT, mostly during peak through hiking season, all the through hikers were white. The National Parks see a lot of Europeans and Asians but the locals that go are the vast majority white.
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July 26th, 2018 at 11:32:19 AM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: Wizard
the vast majority white.


Reading more about it, blacks make
fun of white people for hiking and
camping. As a race, they don't like
the idea of making themselves
'temporarily poor' for a weekend,
living in a tent and getting bitten
by mosquitoes.

I have to say, I kind of agree with them.
I admire people who do it, but as a
kid I hated when my dad forced us
into it a camping trip. Bugs and under
cooked food and no TV and impossible
sleeping and massive boredom. My
mother absolutely hated it and made
the experience even more miserable.

But I enjoy watching others do it, maybe
because I can't do it myself.
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July 28th, 2018 at 2:23:53 AM permalink
Evenbob
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This is a drop dead gorgeous video
from 2017 when Dixie summited
Mt Whitney while thru hiking the
PCT. At least watch the first 7min,
the part about Whitney.

The whole video is beautiful, Dixie
uses expensive video equipment.
It's why she has 125K followers.
Try and see it on a big monitor
and not on your stupid smart fone.
It makes a huge difference.

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July 28th, 2018 at 6:19:18 PM permalink
Ayecarumba
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Did Aussie get word in time to change his/her Yosemite plans? The highway in the park is closed due to fire.
July 28th, 2018 at 9:20:26 PM permalink
Wizard
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Quote: Ayecarumba
Did Aussie get word in time to change his/her Yosemite plans? The highway in the park is closed due to fire.


I was just wondering that. The fire probably screwed up all this plans. Who knows what his back-up plan was, if he had one.
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July 29th, 2018 at 2:40:18 AM permalink
Aussie
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Quote: Ayecarumba
Did Aussie get word in time to change his/her Yosemite plans? The highway in the park is closed due to fire.



I’m not due to get to Yosemite until the 19th so still 3 weeks away. It’s only the valley that’s closed currently and due to reopen on Friday. Worst case if conditions in the Valley were still poor we would probably stay in Lee Vining and do hikes along Tioga rd.

That said, I read earlier that they expect full containment to take another 2 weeks so optimistic that we won’t have an issue. Touch wood.


EDIT: Anyone have any suggestions for places to stay in Lone Pine and Lee Vining? Any need to book in advance or are we fine to just turn up on the day? Fri 17th & Sat 18th.
July 29th, 2018 at 5:16:09 AM permalink
AZDuffman
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Quote: Evenbob
Reading more about it, blacks make
fun of white people for hiking and
camping. As a race, they don't like
the idea of making themselves
'temporarily poor' for a weekend,
living in a tent and getting bitten
by mosquitoes.


IIRC there was some college that was booting a camping/outing student club because it was all white. Not at all racist, just that that was all that joined.

I think there are many reasons Blacks don't get into it. I have met a few who just don't want to go to a rural area where there are no other Blacks. One place I worked a a Black notary flatly refused to do a job at night in some part of Appalachia saying, "it was not safe for Black people at night there." Another is you usually have to be introduced to this kind of thing. No Blacks now means they have to have a White friend who invites them.
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July 29th, 2018 at 11:00:00 AM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: AZDuffman
Another is you usually have to be introduced to this kind of thing. .


Introduced as kids, for most people.
Camping with my fam was a nightmare,
you would have to pay me a lot to sleep
in a tent now. I camped out with a friend
at times when I was 12 or 13, hated
it. Hell, I don't even like hotel rooms,
I only sleep well in my own bed.

Camping is a white culture thing. Early 20th
century nature movement, after WWII it
kicked into high gear in the 50's. That's
when my dad caught the bug and tortured
us for a couple summers. And I mean it
was torture and misery.

OMG! This is it, this was the exact tent we
had. A station wagon tent, that's almost
the same car we had in 1958. The rear of
the wagon opened into the tent. The
horror, the horror..

If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
July 29th, 2018 at 11:49:55 AM permalink
Ayecarumba
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Quote: Aussie
I’m not due to get to Yosemite until the 19th so still 3 weeks away. It’s only the valley that’s closed currently and due to reopen on Friday. Worst case if conditions in the Valley were still poor we would probably stay in Lee Vining and do hikes along Tioga rd.

That said, I read earlier that they expect full containment to take another 2 weeks so optimistic that we won’t have an issue. Touch wood.


EDIT: Anyone have any suggestions for places to stay in Lone Pine and Lee Vining? Any need to book in advance or are we fine to just turn up on the day? Fri 17th & Sat 18th.


Good to hear that you haven’t been displaced (yet). I don’t know about any hotel/motel info that wouldn’t be on Expedia.com, but you may want to lock in a booking in case evacuations fill up all the convenient places with displaced campers. Mind the cancellation policies/ deadlines. Air BnB may have options too.