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Adventure and Risk

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After reading this chapter, you will be able to:

  • Define the terms risk and hazard

  • Understand how the term risk has evolved over time

  • Understand ten factors that are behind most people’s motivations for participating in adventure practices

  • Explain why extreme adventurers do not generally regard themselves as risk-takers

  • Explain how playing ‘close to the edge’ may bring more recognition within adventure subcultures

  • Understand the problems associated with providing adventure activities perceived as risky to groups with varying backgrounds and needs

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  1. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    Simon Beames

  2. University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness, UK

    Chris Mackie

  3. California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA, USA

    Matthew Atencio

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Beames, S., Mackie, C., Atencio, M. (2019). Adventure and Risk. In: Adventure and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96062-3_4

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