Gary and Mary, hikers, embark on the 2,600-mile Pacific Crest Trail. As a Black man, Gary confronts societal perceptions | dG1fWENYREtxTG52a3M
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00:00Why I don't explore the outdoors, because my mom didn't, and she didn't, because my
00:14grandma didn't, and she didn't because of racism.
00:17Growing up in the Jim Crow South, it's a life or death situation, and I just hated the fact
00:23that I had a fear in me that wasn't mine.
00:26It kind of started as a joke.
00:29I don't know if we'd like the Pacific Crest Trail to inspire the youth.
00:33The Pacific Crest Trail is a 2,600-mile journey that starts at the border of Mexico and ends
00:40at the Canadian border.
00:41A lot of people are definitely fearful.
00:44Black people out there on the trail, we ain't never been out there on no trails, historically.
00:49What is fear?
00:50You guys, get out.
00:56If you're audio-taping or videoing right now, I'm going to write five more tickets.
01:01Is that the water?
01:04Yep.
01:05That's Bruce.
01:06A lot of times sirens are for fires.
01:07I wonder how far away that is.
01:14I can't keep hiking in the smoke.
01:15I got to tell the group, I can't.
01:17The depression kicked in, which I knew at some point it would.
01:30Why am I doing this?
01:31I want to be home.
01:32I can't keep up.
01:33I don't know.
01:34I just want to be done.
01:35And all of a sudden, something just ran across my head.
01:48I'm asking about how to poop in the woods.
01:50I did it.
01:51How was it?
01:52I'm outdoorsy.
01:53He's pissed.
01:54Would either of you want to jump up on him and get a picture?
02:00Never been on a horse before?
02:01Never in my life.
02:02Never.
02:03What an experience.
02:05This whole trip has been about getting comfortable with the uncomfortable.
02:12This has been the single greatest experience I've ever had in my life, and I've never been
02:18more proud of myself.
02:19It all stemmed from stepping outside my comfort zone.
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