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This thesis examines the multiple meanings attached to risk by a small group of climbers based in the North of England. The study is anchored, empirically in sustained observational fieldwork, and in-depth interviews with adult subjects (9 females aged 22-77, 14 males aged 20-70…

As a sport and form of consumption, rock climbing is flourishing. Increasing numbers of people are strapping on rubber shoes and heading to indoor or outdoor spaces to climb. The 2019 State of Climbing Report published by the American Alpine Club (AAC) confirms climbing’s popula…

Introduction: The sport of rock climbing is a young sport in terms of competitive sport. For most of its history, rock climbing has been a recreational sport. Due to the youth of the sport there has been little research done on rock climbing. Older traditional sports have had su…

INTRODUCTION: National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI, 2019) states that one in five adults in the U.S. experience some kind of mental illness each year. Although women and men both experience mental illness, women are reportedly twice as likely to experience generalized anxie…