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Fear in Climbing Survey -Please help! 30-Nov-2007 At 8:39:48 AM adamclay

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Here it is: please email back to ajkclay@tpg.com.au

Rock-climbing Questionnaire
1) Age: …………….
2) Gender: Female Male

Section 1: Climbing Styles

3) How long have you been climbing? ……….years ……….months

4) Using the following scale, please rate your current level of climbing experience ……….

1=Very Low 2=Low 3=Moderate 4=High 5=Very High NA=Not Applicable

5) When participating in any form of rock-climbing have you ever experienced fear?
YES NO

6) Approximately how many fear-inducing situations have you experienced while climbing in all styles? (Please Circle)
1 – 3 4 – 6 7 – 9 10+

Section 2 – Specific Fear-Inducing Situations:

Please now take some time to reflect on any fear-inducing situations you may have encountered while climbing and try to remember the earliest situation for which you have good recall and also the most recent situation.

If you have good recall for more than one situation at similar times/level of experience please choose the situation which provoked the highest level of fear.

The questions in Fear-inducing situation 1 relate specifically to the earliest situation and when you were as close as possible to being a beginner.

The questions in Fear-inducing situation 2 relate to the most recent situation and at a time when your level of experience was as close as possible to it’s current level.

Fear-inducing situation 1:

Please spend a few minutes recalling the earliest Fear-Inducing situation (when you consider your level of climbing experience to have been comparatively low) and for which you have reasonable recall regardless of climbing style and then answer the following questions in relation to this event.

7) How long had you been climbing at the time? ……….years ……….months

8) Did you experience any of the following immediately following the perception that you were in danger? (Please circle Yes or No)

1. YES / NO Froze – stopped moving
2. YES / NO Became startled and let go or backed off
3. YES / NO Held on as tightly as possible
4. YES / NO Increased heart rate
5. YES / NO Increased breathing rate
6. YES / NO Dizziness
7. YES / NO Shaking
8. YES / NO Increased sweating (hands)
9. YES / NO Remained calm
10. YES / NO Thoughts raced

9) With regard to the same experience, to what level did you experience any of the following in the time that followed your initial “shock” due to the perception that you were in danger? (Please circle Yes or No)

11. YES / NO Remained / Became frozen
12. YES / NO Quickly backed away (climbed down) and fell or made the situation worse
13. YES / NO Calmly backed away (climbed down) and was successful
14. YES / NO Held on as tightly as possible
15. YES / NO Automatically placed some protection (quickdraw, stoppers, cams etc.)
16. YES / NO Grabbed good holds or existing protection (top rope, stoppers, cams etc)
17. YES / NO Thoughts became irrational and focussed on consequences (panicked)
18. YES / NO Thoughts automatically became directed on ensuring safety / escape
19. YES / NO Everything went quiet - did not hear others talking to me or other sounds
20. YES / NO Accepted the danger and decided to continue / try something
21. YES / NO Holds and features seemed further away than they really were
22. YES / NO Experienced “tunnel vision” – missed obvious holds or features
23. YES / NO Increased awareness of relevant information, reduced awareness of external distractions
24. YES / NO Examined the situation and planned the climbing sequence/procedure required to escape
25. YES / NO Nausea
26. YES / NO Increased Breathing Rate
27. YES / NO Increased Sweating (hands)
28. YES / NO Became confused, unable to think clearly or experienced difficulty planning
29. YES / NO Blocked fearful thoughts
30. YES / NO Listened to others for advice / Sought advice from others