Book Description

Excerpt from The Social Characteristics of Participants in Three Styles of Family Camping Therefore, it appears that remote campers tend to continue in the patterns learned in childhood. Combination campers are most likely per sons who are continuing childhood patterns or who have shifted from a childhood auto camping pattern to a more primitive camping style. Easy access campers are most likely to be persons with no childhood experience in hiking, camping, or other enjoyment of the out-of-doors. In summary, it appears that people neither seek out leisure experiences similar to their present everyday activities, nor do they escape to activities in sharp contrast with their everyday lives. Rather, activities pleasantly familiar to a person in his childhood tend to attract his leisure-time atten tion as an adult. Furthermore, an adult with previous familiarity with the out-of - doors apparently prefers more challenging camping experiences, at least part of the time, than does the person new to the out-oi - doors. Although childhood experiences and present kind of home community are associated with camping style, childhood residence location does not appear to be. Apparently, kind of childhood community is not sufficient evidence of early contact with the out-of - doors for leisure activities. Perhaps the present camping styles reflect attempts to retain the qualities of experience remembered from childhood years. If so, the present children of easy-access campers may very likely adopt a combination or remote camping style when they reach adulthood. The new experience for their parents now would be an old one for the children when they reach adulthood. Further, the old spots shared with their parents may be filling with new and inexperienced recruits whose presence tends to diminish the quality of experience as remembered. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.