The Alpine Club of Canada’s ‘Mountain Heritage’: Adventure and Advocacy in the Twentieth Century and Beyond

Abstract

Founded in 1906, the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) was a key proponent of mountain adventure and advocacy. This paper examines the club’s annual camps, physical culture, and conservation involvement as indicators to understand the integration of mountaineering and parks in Canada in the twentieth century. It surveys the club’s origins and highlights its shifting agendas. The ACC mountaineering camps and classic alpine ascents invented a tradition for middle-class sport and tourism in mountain parks, particularly in the Rockies and Columbia Mountains. The club advocated for climbers but also for conservation in wild places. It participated in contested debates on parks and resource use as a stakeholder on public lands. The paper argues the ACC was a leading proponent of mountain pursuits, conservation, and tourism in a complex political ecology of engaged land use for sport and recreation intertwined with physical spaces and the social production of mountain parks in Canada. Adventure and advocacy were its legacy as well as education on the land. Based on archives, alpine journals, and other published sources, the paper illustrates an integration of people and places in landscapes of sport as well as contemporary mountain adventure, tourism, and conservation issues in Canada and internationally.     

全民健身背景下我国登山运动研究

登山运动是和平年代探索、拼搏精神展现最具象征意义的体育运动。通过文献资料法、专家访谈法对我国登山运动进行研究,发现登山运动在继承和发扬中华传统文化中的不畏艰险、顽强拼搏、团结协作精神有重要作用;对开展登山运动的部分高校进行研究,发现登山运动能够提升学校知名度,培养学生能力,发扬学校校训,扩大学校的社会影响力;弘扬中华体育精神,以发展登山运动为契机,普及全民健身运动,为大众提供登山健身服务,发扬登山运动提升责任感、锤炼优良品质方面的作用,达到强健体魄、身心健康的目的。对我国的登山运动的历史文化进行研究,能够挖掘登山运动的时代内涵,推动休闲社会的形成与发展,更好地服务社会主义建设,共建体育强国梦。     

健身登山对肥胖中老年人体质水平、血脂、胰岛素抵抗及C-反应蛋白的影响

目的：研究健身登山对中老年肥胖患者体质水平、血脂、胰岛素抵抗及C-反应蛋白水平的影响。方法：对肥胖中老年患者128名,进行健身登山训练,并于登山前后各测定一次体质水平、血脂、胰岛素、C反应蛋白。结果：健身登山后研究对象的体质水平、血脂、HDL-C水平、胰岛素、胰岛素抵抗指数、C-反应蛋白均较健身登山前有显著改善（P<0.05）。结论：健身登山能够作为中老年肥胖患者的运动疗法方案,对预防和减少中老年肥胖患者的心脑血管疾病发生发展具有重要作用。     

黄石国家登山健身步道与城市旅游融合发展探究 ——基于共生理论的视角

运用文献资料法和逻辑分析法,以黄石国家登山健身步道为研究对象,利用共生理论视角,从共生要素、必要以及充分条件等方面深入阐述了黄石国家登山健身步道与城市旅游的共生关系。指出,目前黄石国家登山健身步道与城市旅游之间发展不平衡,形成了非对称性连续互惠共生;由于运动休闲市场的体制机制尚不完善等因素,限制了共生关系的良性运营与融合发展。提出,黄石国家登山健身步道与城市旅游要主动加强融合,不断提升共生度;登山健身步道积极对接城市旅游发展,逐渐形成一体化对称性互惠共生模式;落实国家与地方政策制度保障,改进共生界面;从供需两侧协同发力,改良共生环境。