Investigation of the Life Quality of Mountaineers in Ice Climbers

Ice climbing is a risky sports in which accidents and deaths are experienced. therefore, it is to wondered about the characteristics such as life style, personality characteristics and decision making abilities of those who goes this sports. the aim of this study is to examine the reasons that have effects ice climbing athletes' quality of life. the data was collected by the researchers during the 2nd international emrah özbay ice climbing festival held in erzurum on 22-26 january 2016. in this research purposive sampling technique was used. in this research, 93 (77 males, 16 females) athletes have participated. the whoqol-bref (world health organization quality of lifescale abbreviated version) developed by the world health organization was used in the study. the validity and reliability of the scale in turkish was assessed by eser et al. (1999). cronbach alpha internal consistency coefficient was.87. the collected data were analyzed by statistical package program (spss 22.0) and the results were evaluated. the t-test and one way anova analysis were used in the evaluation of the research data. statistically significant differences were obtained according to the climbing experience and educational status. there were no-statistically significant differences according to age, gender, occupation and marital status variable. it is observed that people who have more ice climbing experience have better overall quality of life and health. although ice climbing is a new branch, the experience affects quality of life and health and again, it was seen that the psychological field values of the athletes with more experience were higher. so, it is thought that collecting positive emotions, thinking, learning and attention during the climb and in the environment raised the score of this area. in terms of educational status, there are favorable results for those who have master’s degree in the environmental area. in other words, material resources, physical security and safety, home environment, opportunities to acquire new knowledge and skills are more important for those who have master graduate education. as a result, it can be said that having experience and educational status have an impact on the quality of life ofice climbers. generally, it can be said that the quality of life of the ice climbers are good. ice climbing requires high effort and accordingly the quality of life must be good.