Why People Climb: The Relationship of Participant Motives and Experience Level to Mountaineering

Ewert, Alan

doi:10.1080/00222216.1985.11969634

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“…Admitting to boosting one's self-esteem as a reason for mountaineering may have been perceived as a weakness by some respondents. The statement related to the risk element of mountaineering elicited a quite mixed response (mean = 2.49), reflecting conclusions drawn from previous research that risk can be either an essential or a secondary element of adventure (Ewert, 1985;Kane & Tucker, 2004;Martin & Priest, 1986;Robinson, 1992;Varley, 2006;Walle, 1997).…”

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“…Ewert (1985) established six motivational dimensions applicable to novice and more experienced recreational climbers. The Challenge/Risk dimension concerns personal testing, accomplishing goals, excitement, and taking calculated risks.…”

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“…First, it is noted that outdoor adventure activity participants have wide-ranging skill levels, from novice to expert (Buckley, 2007(Buckley, , 2010aVarley, 2006), and these differing abilities influence participants' motivational decisions. Second, despite the commonly-held assumption that adventure must always involve risk, either as an integral or secondary component (Ewert, 1985;Kane & Tucker, 2004;Martin & Priest, 1986;Robinson, 1992;Varley, 2006;Walle, 1997), limited evidence exists to confirm its motivational importance. Adventure activity participants acknowledge that risk may play a role in their experiences, but often it is not a motivational force.…”

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“…Adventure activity participants acknowledge that risk may play a role in their experiences, but often it is not a motivational force. Third, a majority of authors lacked expertise in their researched outdoor adventure activities, resulting in few autoethnographic studies (see Ewert, 1985;Holyfield, 1999;Irwin, 1973). Buckley's review ascertained 14 distinct motivations, classified into 3 groups.…”

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“…When asked to rank in order of importance their pull motives in a question related to the Physical Setting motivational dimension (Ewert, 1985), the top ranked responses were the mountaineering opportunities available (31%), the area's natural mountain environment (23%), and a previous mountaineering holiday in the region (17%). Table 4 shows responses among the independent mountaineer tourists to a list of mountaineering holiday motive statements developed from work by Ewert (1985) and Loewenstein (1999). Respondents were asked to rate the extent to which they agreed with statements, on a scale from 1 (strongly agree) to 4 (strongly disagree).…”

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Bramwell

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The growing demand for outdoor adventure tourism activities, and the rapid growth in associated industry supply, means we need an improved understanding of outdoor adventure tourists. The paper considers the characteristics and motives of outdoor adventure tourists, as well as the influence of experience, age and gender on their motives. This is based, firstly, on a critical review of the relatively much more extensive literature on outdoor adventure activity participants for insights into the character and motives of outdoor adventure tourists. The paper also focuses, secondly, on an original case study of mountaineer tourists in Chamonix, France. Results from the case study of mountaineer tourists are evaluated against the research themes and gaps identified from the review of literature on outdoor adventure activity participants, including outdoor adventure tourists. It is shown how outdoor adventure tourists are a diverse group. Motivational similarities and differences exist between these tourists and their outdoor recreational counterparts. Experience, age and gender influence the motives and motivational differences among outdoor adventure activity participants. It is noted that there is considerable scope for further research on outdoor adventure tourists, including mountaineer tourists, and potential new research directions are identified for the specific themes examined in the paper.

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Sensation‐Seeking Attributes Associated with Storm‐Chasing Tourists: Implications for Future Engagement

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This study explores recreational storm chasing, a new form of niche tourism. In particular, this study examines sensationseeking traits associated with participants' socio-demographics, storm-chasing involvement and tour satisfaction levels. Results show that recreational storm chasers scored highest on Experience Seeking and lowest on Boredom Susceptibility sensationseeking dimensions. Correlation tests showed that several socio-demographic, stormchasing involvement and tour satisfaction indicators are associated with Thrill and Adventure Seeking, Boredom Susceptibility, and Experience Seeking dimensions. Marketing and management implications of study results also are discussed.Disinhibition dimension was removed due to unacceptable scale reliability (α = 0.249) with four items, (i.e. 'I like to have unconventional exciting experiences', 'I like friends that are different than me', 'Stimulants make me uncomfortable', and 'I prefer quiet parties with good conversation').2 Measured on a five-point scale from (1) strongly disagree to (5) strongly sgree. 3 'I like to try new foods that I have never tasted before' and 'I prefer not to use a guide even in a place I don't know' were removed to improve scale reliability (α = 0.195). 4'Relaxation is my most important goal for recreation' was removed to improve scale reliability (α = 0.628). 5'I don't mind watching a movie I have seen before' was removed to improve scale reliability (α = 0.616). 6 Scale item means reverse coded. Percentages were not changed. 7 Sum ranged from 5 to 55 (minimum = 13; maximum = 38).

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The Influence of Commercialization of Adventure Tourism Products on the ‘Flow’ Aspect of the Tourist Experience

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Why People Climb: The Relationship of Participant Motives and Experience Level to Mountaineering

Cited by 100 publications

References 5 publications

The characteristics and motivational decisions of outdoor adventure tourists: a review and analysis

The characteristics and motivational decisions of outdoor adventure tourists: a review and analysis

Sensation‐Seeking Attributes Associated with Storm‐Chasing Tourists: Implications for Future Engagement

The Influence of Commercialization of Adventure Tourism Products on the ‘Flow’ Aspect of the Tourist Experience

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