A record number of Americans spent time outdoors last year, but they still went outside less often than they had in the past. Older adults are joining outdoor activities in the hundreds of thousands, and children are turning up in larger numbers as well, yet the overall rate of those outings continues to decline. Pickleball stands out as the clear exception, drawing more people outside than almost any other activity.
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