Philosophies of outdoor activities
Introduction
This assignment will be discussing the different philosophies and theories throughout outdoor education and activities.
In particular it will be discussing the differences of people’s views with regards to climbing and its history, women climbers and the risk elements, including death, caused by outdoor activities. Also included will be the way the media perceive all of the above elements.
Climbing: The history
Rock climbing is traced back to mountaineering. Great Britain and Germany were the first countries to have an interest with this new sport. It was accepted into the United States by the 1920’s.
Many saw rock climbing as a slight hobby as apposed to that of reaching the summit of a mountain.
The 1950’s saw more of an acceptance and matured into a sport apart from mountaineering.
As more people began to partake in the sport, it was easier and more beneficial to develop new techniques and grading systems, of which most countries had their own unique style.
The US had more climbers than any other country because of the Yosemite climbers. The Yosemite climbers were dedicated and pushed their limits of climbing and free climbing.
The 1960’s saw a decrease in interest as the difficulty of the sport increased. Bigger routes were completed over a period of days with free climbing being a secondary role.
As time passed, more and more climbers wanted harder and more challenging routes which added harder, individual moves and techniques within the sport.
During the 1980’s, because the sport had a large interest and harder moves, routes were being tried; fixed protection was needed on some routes.
Once the fixed protection was in place, the new type of climbing - sport climbi ...