Editing Adventure (section)

==Motivation==
Adventurous experiences create psychological [[arousal]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gomà-i-Freixanet |first=M |title=On the psychobiology of personality |publisher=Elsevier |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-08-044209-9 |page=187 |chapter=Sensation Seeking and Participation in Physical Risk Sports |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6YjcgAn8TfsC&pg=PA187}}</ref> which can be interpreted as negative (e.g. [[fear]]) or positive (e.g. [[flow (psychology)|flow]]).  For some people, adventure becomes a major pursuit in and of itself. According to adventurer [[André Malraux]], in his ''[[Man's Fate]]'' (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."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Keller |first=Helen |url=https://archive.org/details/opendoor00kell |title=The Open Door |publisher=Garden City, N.Y. Doubleday |year=1957 |url-access=registration}}</ref>

Outdoor adventurous activities are typically undertaken for the purposes of [[recreation]] or [[wikt:excitement|excitement]]: examples are [[adventure racing]] and [[Adventure travel|adventure tourism]]. Adventurous activities can also lead to gains in knowledge, such as those undertaken by explorers and pioneers{{snd}}the British adventurer [[Jason Lewis (adventurer)|Jason Lewis]], for example, uses adventures to draw global [[sustainability]] lessons from living within finite environmental constraints on expeditions to share with schoolchildren. [[Adventure education]] intentionally uses challenging experiences for [[learning]].

Author [[Jon Levy (behaviorist)|Jon Levy]] suggests that an experience should meet several criteria to be considered an adventure:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Snow |first=Shane |date=2 December 2016 |title=The Science of the Perfect Night Out |url=https://www.gq.com/story/science-of-the-best-night-ever |access-date=10 February 2019 |website=GQ |language=en |archive-date=12 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011607/https://www.gq.com/story/science-of-the-best-night-ever |url-status=live }}</ref>

# Be remarkable—that is, worth talking about
# Involve adversity or perceived risk
# Bring about personal growth.