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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1091-1104 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| Early online date | 1 May 2013 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
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‘You don't understand us!’ An inside perspective on adventure climbing. / Holland-Smith, David; Olivier, Steve.
In: Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics, Vol. 16, No. 9, 2013, p. 1091-1104.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - ‘You don't understand us!’ An inside perspective on adventure climbing
AU - Holland-Smith, David
AU - Olivier, Steve
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This paper presents a specific (insider) perspective of a small group of experienced male Scottish adventure climbers and explores through in-depth semi-structured interviews their attitudes, strategies and justifications associated with potentially high-risk climbing situations. Attention is paid to how participants feel that they are represented and viewed by others (outsiders) who do not participate in mountaineering and climbing activities. Climbers identify the significance of media, commercial and social representations of them as risk takers. The analysis explores risk as being socially constructed, with the associated assumptions being embedded in particular discourses. Climbers present themselves as rational managers of risk and provide examples of their risk-management strategies, with such characterizations being central to their identity as climbers.
AB - This paper presents a specific (insider) perspective of a small group of experienced male Scottish adventure climbers and explores through in-depth semi-structured interviews their attitudes, strategies and justifications associated with potentially high-risk climbing situations. Attention is paid to how participants feel that they are represented and viewed by others (outsiders) who do not participate in mountaineering and climbing activities. Climbers identify the significance of media, commercial and social representations of them as risk takers. The analysis explores risk as being socially constructed, with the associated assumptions being embedded in particular discourses. Climbers present themselves as rational managers of risk and provide examples of their risk-management strategies, with such characterizations being central to their identity as climbers.
U2 - 10.1080/17430437.2013.790889
DO - 10.1080/17430437.2013.790889
M3 - Article
VL - 16
SP - 1091
EP - 1104
JO - Sport in Society
JF - Sport in Society
SN - 1743-0437
IS - 9
ER -