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Fig. 1.
Motivational themes identified from climbing literature
that risk can be a way to measure progress and performance improvement since
a climber can evaluate how well they have progressed by climbing a route they
previously considered too risky for their skill level. Fave et al. [10] also support
this notion as they too explain how risk alone is not a primary motivation factor,
but in actuality that it is useful in helping climbers to monitor and track their
performance and progression.
2.3 Social Engagement
Climbers can be said to experience goals in one of two ways: through extrinsic
and intrinsic motivations [17]. Intrinsic goals are those such as completing a
new route to prove to climbers that they have progressed (as in the case of
risk as a measure of progress
), whereas extrinsic goals represent aspects such as
social acknowledgement and competition [25]. De Leseleuc et al. [7] even discuss
how climbers can be united in a community of belonging. The social aspects of
climbing can therefore be said to be split into two categories: on the wall and
off the wall. On the wall
social engagement
can include competition (completing
a route a friend does not, doing the route faster, etc.) whereas off the wall
can include friendly interactions and climbing discussions. For these reasons we
believe that
social engagement
should be a key theme in climbing motivation.
