adventurer

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a person who enjoys taking risks (同)venturer
a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) (同)escapade, risky venture, dangerous undertaking

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冒険家 / やま師,投機家
〈U〉〈C〉『冒険』 / 〈C〉珍しい経験,意外なできごと / =venture

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For other uses, see Adventure (disambiguation).

"Adventurer" and "Adventurers" redirect here. For other uses, see Adventurer (disambiguation) and Adventurers (disambiguation).

"Adventures" redirects here. For the band, see The Adventures.

Fridtjof Nansen won international fame after reaching a record northern latitude of 86°14′ during his North Pole expedition of 1893–96.

An adventure is an exciting or unusual experience; it may also be a bold, usually risky undertaking, with an uncertain outcome.^[1] Adventures may be activities with some potential for physical danger, such as skydiving, mountain climbing or participating in extreme sports. The term also broadly refers to any enterprise that is potentially fraught with physical, financial or psychological risk, such as a business venture, a love affair, or other major life undertakings.

Adventurous experiences create psychological and physiological arousal,^[2] which can be interpreted as negative (e.g. fear) or positive (e.g. flow), and which can be detrimental as stated by the Yerkes-Dodson law. For some people, adventure becomes a major pursuit in and of itself. According to adventurer André Malraux, in his La Condition Humaine (1933), "If a man is not ready to risk his life, where is his dignity?". Similarly, Helen Keller stated that "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."

Outdoor adventurous activities are typically undertaken for the purposes of recreation or excitement: examples are adventure racing and adventure tourism. Adventurous activities can also lead to gains in knowledge, such as those undertaken by explorers and pioneers. Adventure education intentionally uses challenging experiences for learning.

Adventure in mythology [edit]

Some of the oldest and most widespread stories in the world are stories of adventure such as Homer's The Odyssey.^[3]^[4]^[5] Mythologist Joseph Campbell discussed his notion of the monomyth in his book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Campbell proposed that the heroic mythological stories from culture to culture followed a similar underlying pattern, starting with the "call to adventure", followed by a hazardous journey, and eventual triumph. The knight errant was the form the "adventure seeker" character took in the late Middle Ages. The adventure novel exhibits these "protagonist on adventurous journey" characteristics as do many popular feature films, such as Star Wars^[6] and Raiders of the Lost Ark.^[7]

Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a well-known example of a fantasized adventure story.

References [edit]

^ Dictionary.com Unabridged. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
^ M Gomà-i-Freixanet (2004), "Sensation Seeking and Participation in Physical Risk Sports", On the psychobiology of personality, Elsevier, ISBN 978-0-08-044209-9
^ New York Times
^ New York Times
^ Zweig, P. (1974). The adventurer: The fate of adventure in the Western world, New York: Basic Books.
^ New York Times
^ New York Times

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