FEAR

This One Time At Summer Camp

In this episode Peter is joined by special guest Chuks! On the same day that we climbed the UK's 2nd tallest mountain Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon), we discuss the role of fear and heights based activities in outdoor education and summer camps. What is innate fear? How do our brains process fear? What role does inducing fear serve at camp? What are the best ways to include this in a summer camp programme?

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References:

Leberman, S.I. and Martin, A.J. (2002) ‘Does pushing comfort zones produce peak learning experiences?’, Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 7(1), pp. 10–19. doi:10.1007/bf03400765.

Reed, J. and Smith, H. (2021) ‘“everything we do will have an element of fear in it”: Challenging assumptions of fear for all in outdoor adventurous education’, Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 23(2), pp. 107–119. doi:10.1080/14729679.2021.1961092.

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