Spirit, identity, and self in mountaineering

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 86-100

  Lester, James ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climbing motivation; Mountaineering; Psychological themes; Romanticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642540175     PISSN: 00221678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022167803257111     Document Type: Review

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