Macera Rekreasyonunda Algılanan Zorluklar: Doğa Yürüyüşü ve Kaya Tırmanışı

Abstract

Adventure recreation contains exciting and dangerous activities with the help of various equipment to meet the desire of the participants to participate in adventure activities. Perceived challenges in adventure recreation activities are an important factor to participate in these activities. The study aims to reveal whether the dimensions of perceived challenges in participating in adventure activities and perceived challenges differ according to activities, experience level, and gender. The study, which was handled with a phenomenological approach, focused on the perceived challenges in trekking and rock climbing, which are among the adventure recreation activities. Qualitative research method was used to determine the perceived challenges of the participants who participated in these activities. To benefit from the subjective experiences of the trekking and rock climbing participants, data were obtained using the semi-structured interview technique. Content analysis and descriptive analysis techniques were used to analyze the data obtained from the participants. As a result of the analysis, the perceived challenges of adventure activities emerged in five dimensions. Consequently, perceived challenges of participants to participate in adventure activities are internal challenges, interpersonal challenges, difficulty level of activities, environmental challenges, and lack of equipment. In addition, according to results, perceived challenges partially differed in terms of activities, experience level, and gender.