Abstract:

Ice climbing is a dangerous sport where risks, accidents and deaths occur. That’s why these sportsmen are concerned about the characteristics of their lifestyle, personality characteristics, decision-making skills. The aim of this study is to explore the reasons that affect the quality of life of athletes who climb ice. The research data was done in Erzurum on 22-26 January 2016. Emrah Özbay was gathered by a researcher at the International Ice Climbing Festival. The research technique is used for the purpose. The study included 93 (77 men and 16 women) athletes. The study was developed by the World Health Organization (WHOQOL-BREF), a short version of the World Health Organization’s quality of life scale. The validity and reliability of the Turkish measurement. It was created by (1999). The Cronbach Alpha internal consistency ratio was found at .87. The data collected is analyzed through the statistical package program (SPSS 22.0) and the results are interpreted. In the evaluation of the research data, t-test and One Way Anova analysis were used. According to the experience of climbing and training, statistically significant differences have been achieved. There were no statistically significant differences in terms of age, gender, profession and civic status. The conclusion is that those who have too much ice climbing experience have a better overall quality of life and health. Although ice climbing is a new branch, experience affects the quality of life and health. It has been shown that athletes with a lot of experience have higher psychological field values. That is, it is believed that during climbing and in the environment, the gathering of positive emotions, thinking, learning and attention has raised this field point. At educational level, results have been found in favour of those who have postgraduate education in the environmental field. Thus, financial resources, physical safety and safety, home environment, new knowledge and skills acquisition opportunities are more important for those with postgraduate education. After all, it has been revealed that being experienced and the state of education affects the quality of life of mountains who climb ice. In general, people who climb ice can be said to have a good quality of life. The climbing of ice requires high effort and therefore the quality of life must be good.