Favorite Outdoor Activities of
ENTP Types
TABLE 1.
Activity |
% #1 |
%#1
or #2 |
Day Hiking |
20.8% |
33.3% |
Overnight Backpacking |
50.0% |
37.5% |
Overnight Canoe Tripping |
4.2% |
4.2% |
Day Canoe Tripping |
4.2% |
4.2% |
|
16.7% |
12.5% |
|
4.2% |
8.3% |
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N=24 |
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The Backpacking Type! A significantly greater interest in overnight backpacking than many of the other types. Also a relative greater degree of interest in Kayaking.
A wide variety of other outdoor pursuits were favored as well: mountain biking, rock climbing (4), surfing, snowboarding (2), skiing, golf, running, swimming, diving, mountain climbing, and road biking (2)were among several that were listed. One person mentioned "I LOVE to be outside." ENTPs are generally considered an adventuresome type as reflected in this comment: "I'll try a bit of everything. enjoy most outdoor pursuits, especially climbing." More than 20% mentioned rock climbing or mountain climbing as among their favorite interests.
Wonder what it is about backpacking, hiking and climbing that fits ENTP? The three activities do package together nicely. At least around Lake Superior, the most favorite day and long distance trails scale hills and mountains, cross rivers, and at times involve aspects of climbing rocks! There is a sense of adventure, challenge, and being physically active that motivates some other outdoor types. But perhaps what distinctively appeals to an ENTP is the enjoyment of being on the top of a mountain or a hill with its panoramic overlook of the landscape. This experience matches well their overall mental perspective of needing to get an overview of an entire situation. Being high above things also has a parallel in the detachment and independent thinking that ENTPs value. Yet because hiking and climbing also involve physical exertion, contact with and expertly negotiating the terrain, and a degree of teamwork/cooperating with others, there remains a connectedness with nature, people and things that does not interfere with their mental detachment.
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