Man has always in one way or another had to take risks in order to survive, but in today's society, voluntary risks increased markedly. It is about both physical and financial risks. The aim of this essay is to problematize what it is for properties that drive people to extreme sports and adventure travel. We want to see how extreme sports performers own picture looks compared to how the media presents them. We have in this essay interviewed two long sailors, a BASE jumper and an ex-mountain climber to see how the performers own picture of reality looks.

Problem och syftenNa?r projekt befinner sig i extrema miljo?er a?r betydelsen av ett fo?rdelaktigt beslutsfattande avgo?rande. Om projektdeltagarna inte lyckas ta genomta?nkta beslut finns det risk fo?r att projektet misslyckas vilket involverar allvarliga konsekvenser. Med hja?lp av denna studie vill vi studera beslutsfattandet i projekt i extrema miljo?er: Hur pa?verkas beslutsfattandet av extrema miljo?er? Vi har funnit att ett antal parametrar pa?verkar projekts fo?rma?ga att ta beslut.