Risks in Outdoor Experience

Question 1

Define risk in outdoor experience

Answer 1

The variety of personal responses to risk in outdoor
experiences, including the interplay between
competence, perceived risk and real risk.

Risk: The potential to lose something that you
value, versus the possibility of gaining something you
value. Risk involves uncertainty.

Question 2

What can you gain and lose from risks in outdoor experiences?

Answer 2

Lose - physical damage to yourself or health (injury)

Gain - physical fitness, adrenaline, flow.

Question 3

What are the types of risks?

Answer 3

Absolute Risk - uppermost limit of risk

Real Risk - The amount of risk that actually exists at a given moment

Perceived Risk - Individuals subjective assessment of the real risk
present at any time.