Fondren Kristi McLeod Walking on the Wild Side: Long-Distance Hiking on the Appalachian Trail 9780813571881

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Автор: Fondren Kristi McLeod
Название: Walking on the Wild Side: Long-Distance Hiking on the Appalachian Trail
ISBN: 9780813571881
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Социология: спорт и отдых

Социальная и культурная антропология, этнография

Пешие прогулки, пеший туризм, горный туризм

ISBN-10: 081357188X
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 176
Вес: 0.53 кг.
Дата издания: 30.10.2015
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 1 map, 9 photographs
Размер: 229 x 152 x 10
Ключевые слова: Social issues & processes,Sociology: sport & leisure,Natural history,Walking, hiking, trekking,Expeditions
Подзаголовок: Long-distance hiking on the appalachian trail
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Received the 2016 Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt Award for Excellence in Recreation and Park Research from the National Recreation and Park Association The most famous long-distance hiking trail in North America, the 2,181-mile Appalachian Trail-the longest hiking-only footpath in the world-runs along the Appalachian mountain range from Georgia to Maine. Every year about 2,000 individuals attempt to “thru-hike” the entire trail, a feat equivalent to hiking Mount Everest sixteen times. In Walking on the Wild Side, sociologist Kristi M. Fondren traces the stories of forty-six men and women who, for their own personal reasons, set out to conquer America’s most well known, and arguably most social, long-distance hiking trail. In this fascinating in-depth study, Fondren shows how, once out on the trail, this unique subculture of hikers lives mostly in isolation, with their own way of acting, talking, and thinking; their own vocabulary; their own activities and interests; and their own conception of what is significant in life. They tend to be self-disciplined, have an unwavering trust in complete strangers, embrace a life of poverty, and reject modern-day institutions. The volume illuminates the intense social intimacy and bonding that forms among long-distance hikers as they collectively construct a long-distance hiker identity. Fondren describes how long-distance hikers develop a trail persona, underscoring how important a sense of place can be to our identity, and to our sense of who we are. Indeed, the author adds a new dimension to our understanding of the nature of identity in general. Anyone who has hiked-or has ever dreamed of hiking-the Appalachian Trail will find this volume fascinating. Walking on the Wild Side captures a community for whom the trail is a sacred place, a place to which they have become attached, socially, emotionally, and spiritually.
Дополнительное описание: Regional / International studies|Walking, hiking, trekking|Nature and the natural world: general interest

Walking on the Wild Side: Long-Distance Hiking on the Appalachian Trail, Fondren Kristi McLeod