Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: Re-thinking Leisure Activities in the Outdoors -- 2. Understanding the Diversity of Recreational Walking Preferences and Experiences: Casual and Serious Walkers in the English Lake District --3. Walking Narratives in the Outdoors: Traversing the Thorny Idea of Healthy Minds -- 4. Effects of a Five-day Nordic Skiing Camp on the Individuals and on the Group -- 5. Sharing the Hero's Journey: Blog Posts from the Appalachian Trail -- 6. Beyond Tropes: A Dialogue on Asian Women's Experiences in the Outdoors -- 7. 'We Construct our Worlds within these Four Walls': Urban Indian Women's Leisure Constructions and Social Justice -- 8. Women's Adventure Guiding Experiences: Challenges and Opportunities -- 9. Theorizing Family Leisure in the Outdoors and Social Connection -- 10. How Bike Riding Kids Talk about Bike Riding -- 11. Moving towards Nature? Exploring Progressive Pathways to Engage Children and Young People from Disadvantaged Backgrounds in Nature-based Activities -- 12. A Different Way Forward: An Ecological Perspective on Leadership in Outdoor Adventurous Activity -- 13. Mindful Place-based Education for Outdoor Recreation Programmers 14. Conclusion: Disrupting Outdoor Leisure -- Index.

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This book presents various studies on leisure activities in the outdoors. Indeed, the benefits of being outdoors in a leisure context are widely acknowledged across a range of disciplinary perspectives (including tourism, therapeutic recreation, camps, education, adventure and recreation) (Humberstone et al., 2015). These benefits include the development of health and wellbeing, social/interpersonal skills, leadership and facilitation skills, personal, emotional and reflective abilities, confidence and identity creation, and technical skills.

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