The Calculable and the Incalculable: Narratives of Safety and Danger in the Mountains

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 298-313

  Davidson, Lee ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

mountaineering; narrative; nature challenge activity; risk; safety

Indexed keywords

MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84863318692     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: 15210588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490400.2012.687617     Document Type: Article

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