Mountain guiding and adventure tourism

Reflections on the choreography of the experience

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ID11436712
AutoresPaul Beedie (a Senior Lecturer in Leisure & Adventure Recreation , De Montfort University, 37 , Lansdowne Road, Bedford, MK40 2BZ, autor correspondente)
Ano2003
Volume22
Fascículo2
Páginas147-167
Data de publicação2003-01-01
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLeisure Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0261-4367 • E-ISSN: 1466-4496
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/026143603200068991
OpenAlexW2089678378
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas27

This paper has emerged from research that is concerned with the relationship between mountaineers and adventure tourists. The specific aim was to examine the rules governing the mountain adventure holiday experience and, in particular, how such rules are constructed, enforced, internalized and might contribute to an identity of 'mountaineer'. Through an exploration of the social dynamics of a setting that contains physical dangers, the role of the mountain guide emerges as crucial. Theoretical dimensions concerning the guide as a choreographer of social experience are explored and developed through a discussion of data revealed by the research. The methodology is predominately qualitative and utilizes the author's experience as a mountain guide to access the field. The discussion reveals differences between mountain guides and tourist guides, but also differences among the participants. These appear to relate to the shallowness or depth of their engagement and thereby suggest other ways that adventurous leisure experiences might be theorized, for example, adventure as education. It is contended that the role of the mountain guide is pivotal in not only choreographing the adventure, but also thereby in perpetuating Western traditions of mountaineering. Rules governing the adventure holiday experience are both enabling and constraining of the freedom promised, within discourses of established mountaineering practice, which the guide adheres to, and clients more or less subscribe to

Adventure · Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Choreography · Dance · Geography · Sociology · Tourism · Visual arts · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking · Outdoor and Experiential Education · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts

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