Climbers' narratives of mountain spaces above 8000 metres
A social constructivist perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8360587 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geoff A Wilson (0000-0002-5703-9710, University of Plymouth, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 29-36 |
| Publication date | 2012-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Area (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-0894 • E-ISSN: 1475-4762 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2011.01021.x |
| OpenAlex | W2160534174 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 16 |
This article analyses narratives used by mountaineers experiencing mountain spaces above 8000 metres. Adopting a social constructivist perspective, the article focuses on published narratives by established mountaineers (focusing on Everest and K2), with the aim of exploring perceived notions of mountain spaces above 8000 metres as psychological and geographical physical and mental thresholds. By discussing specific narratives associated with technological aids (e.g. oxygen masks), summit fever, risk‐taking, the role of guides as important intermediaries for the reinforcement of socially constructed extreme mountain spaces, or the politicisation of mountain spaces through risk perceptions clouded by nationalism, the article argues that narrative constructivism helps us question nature‐society dualisms linked to high mountain spaces, especially by emphasising the artificiality of dehumanised spaces such as the ‘death zone’ above 8000 metres
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Artificiality · Constructivism (international relations) · Epistemology · Geography · International relations · Literature · Mountaineering · Narrative · Nationalism · Perspective (graphical) · Physical geography · Political science · Politics · Social constructivism · Social science · Sociology · Summit · Visual arts · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking · Cryospheric studies and observations · High Altitude and Hypoxia · History · Philosophy
Life and Death on Mt. Everest
Negotiating the “Global” within the Global Playscapes of Mount Everest
Mountaineering adventure tourists
Climbing Monsters
The commodification of mountaineering
Emergence of mountain-based adventure tourism
Risk, rescue and emergency services
What is the 'social construction of nature'? A typology and sympathetic critique
The Crystal Horizon
High Risk Narratives
The Climbing Body, Nature and the Experience of Modernity
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2019 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |