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Aoraki Mount Cook: Environmental Change on an Iconic Mountaineering Route
Mountain Research and Development, 2018 Aoraki Mount Cook is New Zealand's highest mountain and a popular destination for climbers. This study combined historical accounts, photos, and geophysical surveys with modern-day spatial analysis, popular narratives, and interviews to explore how ...
Heather Purdie, Tim Kerr
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PROMISING DIRECTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPORTS TOURISM IN THE ALMATY REGION USING THE EXAMPLE OF ROCK CLIMBING [PDF]
Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites, 2022 The aim of the study was the process of studying the phenomenon of rock climbing development as one of the promising areas of sports tourism in the Almaty region of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which has a wide range of tourist resources systematically ...
Nurzhan BATYRBEKOV +4 more
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Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity, 2021 As the title makes it clear, this article concerns the anthropological issue involving the figures of an Olympic athlete and a Himalayan climber. On a broader, philosophical level, I consider and explain the differences between Olympism and Himalaism, as
Andrzej Pawłucki
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Discourses on Sanctity and Mithology Around The Popularity of Mount Batur Area in Climbing Tours
Soshum: Jurnal Sosial dan Humaniora, 2018 Mountains in Bali are believed by the local people to have power of sanctity. In Mount Batur, Kintamani District, Bangli Regency, such a sanctity has a close relationship with mithology that developed not only in Batur, Kintamani, and Bangli but also ...
I Gede Mudana +2 more
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Maketingu Janaru, 2022 This paper is a case study of YAMAP INC., a fast-growing venture company in Fukuoka focused on fostering mountain climbing community, and its main tool, the smartphone application YAMAP.
Ushio Dazai, Takashi Okutani
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The impacts of tourism on shifting mountain climbing ritual tradition in geopark Rinjani, Indonesia
Acta Geographica SlovenicaThis article aims to explore the tourism influence on the transformation of mountain climbing rituals. This study is a phenomenography centered on a mountain climbing ritual procession conducted by a guide named Mangku.
Hasan Basri +5 more
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Nature Medicine, 2010 New medications to fight the altitude sickness suffered by mountain climbers promise to aid peak performance. But the same drugs could also yield new treatments for people with breathing disorders. Brendan Borrell meets one man at DARPA, the US Defense Department's research agency, who's trying to move mountains for a new therapy.
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Mental Strategies of Elite High Altitude Climbers: Overcoming Adversity on Mount Everest [PDF]
, 2003 The purpose of this study was to explore the mental strategies used by elite Mount Everest climbers to overcome obstacles while ascending and descending the mountain.
Burke, Shaunna M. +3 more
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Origami‐Inspired Structural Design for Aquatic‐Terrestrial Amphibious Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This work presents a lightweight amphibious origami robot actuated by a single shape memory alloy wire. A rigid foldable origami structure with displacement amplification enables efficient terrestrial crawling and aquatic swimming. The addition of fan‐shaped units allows controllable turning in both environments.
Weiqi Liu +5 more
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