A study of differentiation and hierarchization schemes among climbers

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This paper examines the status relationships among climbers with the aim of identifying the differentiation and hierarchization schemes between them. To collect data about the practitioners’ preferences for climbing modalities, a questionnaire was administered. Multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) was then employed to calculate and visualize the distances and proximity between modalities.
This served as the basis for understanding the schemes that organize this universe as a symbolic field. To interpret the MCA graph, qualitative data was gathered through the author’s participation in this universe as an amateur climber. The findings indicate that practitioners with high income introduce heteronomous status elements into the field.