‘You don't understand us!’ An inside perspective on adventure climbing [PDF]
, 2013 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-
Holland-Smith, David, Olivier, Steve
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A Provable Secure Private Data Delegation Scheme for Mountaineering Events in Emergency System
IEEE Access, 2017 Recently, the sport of mountaineering is a popular leisure activity and many people may injure while mountaineering. In the year of 2014, Chen et al.
Chien-Ming Chen +4 more
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‘All the places we were not supposed to go’:a case study of formative class and gender habitus in adventure climbing [PDF]
, 2015 This paper explores the origins of meaning in adventurous activities. Specifically, the paper reports on a study of 10 adventure climbers in the Scottish mountaineering community. The study explores how formative experiences have influenced engagement in
Holland-Smith, David
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“Men who can last”: Mountaineering Endurance, the Lake District Fell Records and the Campaign for Everest, 1919-1924 [PDF]
, 2013 This paper examines the post-First World War reconstruction of masculinity around notions of endurance in the British outdoor movement. From the 1860s onwards, long-distance walking trials in the Lake District became part of the regional mountaineering ...
Westaway, Jonathan
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Genre, Sexualité et Société, 2015 Mountaineering, traditionally a men’s sport, takes a heroic and warlike connotation during periods of conquest of new mountain ranges. This was the case during the 1950s and 1960s, the so-called golden age of Himalayan climbing, when nations were ...
Delphine Moraldo
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Attractive Landscape Features as Drivers for Sustainable Mountain Tourism Experiences
Tourism and Hospitality, 2023 Mountains are perceived as places of biodiversity, as attractive places with breathtaking aesthetic views and epitomized by their unique landscape features.
Thomas Dax, Oliver Tamme
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That Undisclosed World: Eric Shipton’s Mountains of Tartary (1950). [PDF]
, 2014 Mountains of Tartary (1950) recounts Eric Shipton’s mountaineering and travels in Xinjiang during his two postings as British Consul-General in Kashgar in the 1940s.
Westaway, Jonathan
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Study on the possibilities of objectization of the organization's response to altitude variations [PDF]
GeoSport for Society, 2022 Currently, mainly due to the lack of subjects willing to be researched in extreme conditions, but also the lack of working conditions, specialized knowledge, information, publications in the field are quite few, most of them being from American ...
Teodor-Petru TULPAN
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Training and certification in first responder care among mountaineering practitioners in east Africa
African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2022 Introduction: Mountaineering activities have potential risks for injuries and illnesses. Extreme weather conditions, high altitude, limited resources and accessibility to transport and definitive medical services calls for mountaineering practitioners to
Nkatha Muthomi +2 more
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