‘Salting’: preserving, seasoning, savouring, purifying and transforming through ‘marine adventuring’

Abstract

Please cite only the published version using the details provided on the item record or document. In the absence of an open licence (e.g. Creative Commons), permissions for further reuse of content should be sought from the publisher or author. 'Salting': preserving, seasoning, savouring, purifying and transforming through 'marine adventuring' This article explores, from a personal perspective, ageing and adventure in the context of the outdoor environment. Employing an autoethnographic sensibility, and drawing on fields of positive psychology, life course development, Outdoor and Adventurous Learning, and leisure studies, the paper discusses a range of motivations that contribute to my personal pursuit of a 'fulfilled life' now and in the future through 'marine adventuring'. Adventuring is used to refer to my engagement with challenging physical outdoor activities; but also to my pursuit of learning; and, moreover, in my 'existential' quest for meaning. The specific activities under consideration are: seakayaking, SCUBA-diving, and sailing.

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“…Developmental psychology considers evolving or emerging life stages and tasks across the life course (Hutteman et al, 2014 ) which has been applied to marine forms of adventure, including sailing (Morgan, 2019 ). Typically, distinctions are made between childhood and youth when the self is being formed as an autonomous social being; early adulthood when establishing work and family life become paramount; and later adulthood associated with a desire to achieve personal integrity, self-transcendence and generativity or the passing on of one’s legacy.…”