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How Outdoorsy Are You?

Written by: Jeff Wozer
(1 vote)
Posted: Wednesday, 26 March 2008
Take our quiz and find out what kind of outdoor person you really are. 

1) When you hear “Eskimo Roll” you:

a) Recognize it as a kayaking maneuver

b) Wonder if it comes with complimentary soy sauce

2) Siskiyou is:

a) The name of an Oregon mountain range

b) An undecipherable Snoop Dogg lyric

3) The thing you fear most while biking:

a) A snapped derailleur cable

b) No bicycle racks at Dairy Queen

4) Your favorite mountaineering film is:

a) The Eiger Sanction

b) Sound of Music

5) Your last sports injury occurred during:

a) A seven-mile run

b) A baseball game’s seventh inning stretch

6) Your main concern when camping is:

a) Staying dry and warm

b) Wondering if you remembered to TiVo Nancy Grace

7) When you hear Mammoth and Whistler used in the same sentence you picture:

a) Two world-class ski areas.

b) A large, whimsical human being

8) Your glove compartment contains:

a) Pitons, carabiners and topo maps

b) Directions to Cracker Barrel

9) Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard is to outdoor clothing as _______ is to mountaineering:

a) Ed Viesturs

b) Yukon Cornelius

10) A “great fourteener” to you means:

a) A bodacious climb to the top of a  14,000-foot peak

b) A well-behaved teenager

11) When you hear the words “trekking poles” you immediately picture:

a) Leki

b) Slavic hikers

12) Your biggest gripe with lip balm is:

a) You’re always losing it

b) It does not come ham-scented

13) On New Year’s you:

a) Took a Polar Bear Club plunge

b) Ran through a neighbor’s front yard sprinkler

14) The most difficult achievement in outdoor sports is:

a) Trying to scale Mount Everest without the aid of oxygen

b) Trying to organize drunks at a company picnic to play volleyball

15) You can lose 30 percent of your body heat through:

a) Your head

b) Crocs

16) The one feat in outdoor sports you’re convinced you will never witness in your lifetime is:

a) Seeing a picture of surfer Laird Hamilton wearing a shirt

b) Seeing a picture of surfer Laird Hamilton wearing a shirt

17) When you see the titles Into the Wild and Into Thin Air you immediately think:

a) Outdoor adventure books by Jon Krakauer

b) The author sure likes the word “into”

18) The last time you slept in a sleeping bag was:

a) Last week

b) While waiting in line for Christopher Cross concert tickets

19) A balaclava is:

a) A warm form of headgear

 b) A flaky, custard-filled pastry

20) Your definition of extreme skiing is:

a) Bombing down steep backcountry chutes

b) Skiing at an area whose lift lines don’t provide complimentary Kleenex. 

If you answered A to every question, you are the type of person who spends 32 percent of your yearly income at ski swaps; realizes a spray skirt is not part of a sassy clothing ensemble; refers to snacks as energy food; views golden retrievers not as dogs but as disc golf hazards; and recognizes 29,035 feet as the height of Mount Everest.

If you answered B to every question, you are the type of person who thinks REI is short for Reindeer; wonders which seasons apply to a three-season tent; thanks Salvation Army bell ringers for keeping you safe from bears; refers to food as exquisite; equates hiking with going out on a blind date with nature; and recognizes 29,035 feet as approximately 14,517 people.

Jeff Wozer (www.jeffwozer.com) works as a nationally touring stand-up comedian based out of Denver, Colo.

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