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(Institutional) Racism in Climbing? 2-Apr-2011 At 10:38:26 AM PDRM

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I'll throw some sweeping generalisations out there from the other side. I've been involved - as many of us have - with a number of 'adventure' sports over the years and here are my impressions of themes/leanings:

Paragliders; male, engineers and physical scientists with a smattering if IT, no discernible political leanings, age clustered in 30's but with tails in either direction

Rock climbers: mostly male, engineers/physical sciences/IT again, but in any event mostly with further education of some sort. Conservation minded and leftish leaning, sport climbers & boulderers a younger cohort than the rest

SCUBA diving; tradesmen (and partners, as is now a less male dominated sport) no discernible political leanings, wide age range

Mountaineers: diverse group, mostly male, wide age range, in Australia a sport that people dip in and out of

Kiting; young, tradies again, some IT, overwhelmingly male

Snow sports interesting; skiing mostly white tending older, boarding every race under the sun that can afford it tending younger - all on the same slopes. No obvious education or politics dominant

In Australia all are 'white' sports on the whole, I think as much as anything else because that's the dominant population group in these demographics.

Start the flames...

Paul