Analyzing the Texts of Summit Book Written By the Mountaineers Who Climbed to the Mount Kackar

Abstract

In this article, document examination method of qualitative research methods was used. The data were obtained from the texts written in the summit book of Kackar mountain in 2017 during the summer climbing period of 2014. The content analysis method was used in the analysis of the data. Content analysis forms consist of two parts. In the first part, it includes information about gender, nationality, participation and climbing route, in the second part, it includes the climbers' shares about the state of being at the peak. We analysed total numbers of persons climbed to Kackar mountain in summer climbing period. Further, gender and citizen wise analysis was done. Further, individual or club wise climbers participated were also analysed. Interestingly, 28.5% of the total climbers preferred the northern classical route, 69.1% preferred the south classical route and 2.2% preferred the glacier route. According to the results of the survey conducted on 240 chapters in the summit book, it was determined that when they were at the top, the climbers had shared emotional, success, struggle, technical knowledge and political contents. As a result, it was found that the numbers of male climbers are more than female climbers and also the peak climbs were concentrated on the southern classical route. However, it was determined that emotional content remains at the forefront of the texts in the summit book.