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    America’s favorite ‘outdoorsy’ activities [OC]


    Swimming was the overall most popular choice of favorite "outdoorsy" activities in a CivicScience survey of more than 19,000 U.S. adults, narrowly beating hiking (17% to 16%). But while activities like hiking and camping were roughly even between genders, other activities — including swimming, hunting, and fishing — showed major differences.

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    1. phdoofus on

      Interesting that there’s much more parity in rock climbing these days. 25+ years ago that definitely wasn’t the case. I have to wonder how that’s categorized though. If ‘rock climbing’ includes ‘gym climbing’ or ‘bouldering’ I know of a lot of climbers that would disagree with lumping all that together.

    2. nashbar on

      Why would bicycling not be included in this poll? Probably because it would overwhelm the popularity of all these other activities

    3. TentacularSneeze on

      “Something else” is actually “The Dozens of Other Popular Outdoor Activities We Were Too Lazy To Include Individually In Our Survey.”

    4. reichrunner on

      Maybe I’m an idiot, but why isn’t the “U.S. Gen Pop” just the average between men and women for every category?

    5. SteelBeamDreamTeam on

      How is swimming outdoorsy, I bet more people swim inside than outside

    12. chundricles on

      This thread is full of people who forgot you can swim for reasons that aren’t exercise.

      You bring a 6 pack and a float to the lake for aquatic nap time and can still call swimming your favorite outdoorsy activity.

      Plus think of all the inside people who love to go and tan on the beach. They’re probably answering swimming as well, since it is swimming adjacent.

    13. TospLC on

      I thought the watercraft icon was a bow and arrow, and couldn’t read it without my glasses. Lol