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From: Self <MMU-MAN-DEFIANCE/FM9DAA2>
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Subject: Re: Risk Discussion
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Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 13:02:08 GMT0BST
Peter and co.,
1)What is the Adventure Paradigm, at the considerable
'risk' of exposing my not inconsiderable ignorance - is this an
academic or practitioner model, and if so who devised it etc. As
posted earlier, I'm interested in any writing or theorising on the
nature of and motives for adventurous undertakings.
2)Do any of you use or acknowledge the work of R.W.Emerson et al on
transcendentalism in understanding the affect of adventurous
experience, as part of the risk experience, or possibly as
something beyond all that - more to do with the experience of nature
and the great outdoors? I found that, when questioned about what I
enjoyed most about my own experiences outside, that it was bivouacing
or even just dozing on a mountainside that topped the list, whereas
'gripped on Debauchery' made the best pub story and (still) provides
the clearest memories.
3) Is risk an essential part of adventure?
I realise that these rather more prosaic enquiries may derail the
focus of your dicussions, but I'd value your collective thoughts
nonetheless.
Pete Varley
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