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Daily Adventure Practices

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After reading this chapter, you will be able to:

  • Understand how adventure activities are part of people’s daily lives and social interactions

  • Characterize a range of key motivators which lead people to undertake daily adventures

  • Understand that daily adventures are complex and diverse activities that go beyond simplistic extreme sports stereotypes

  • Begin to see how daily adventure practices link with identity formation and one’s sense of self

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Notes

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    According to Beames and Atencio (2008), outdoor adventure activities can provide substantial social capital to participants. This means that these activities generate social relationships that are marked by elements of trust, reciprocity, and volunteerism.

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    These races are known as Race Across the West (RAW) and Race Across America (RAAM); the latter is branded as the world’s most difficult bicyclerace.

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  1. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    Simon Beames

  2. University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness, UK

    Chris Mackie

  3. California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA, USA

    Matthew Atencio

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Beames, S., Mackie, C., Atencio, M. (2019). Daily Adventure Practices. In: Adventure and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96062-3_3

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