
The Fun Scale: Understanding Types of "Fun" | REI Co-op Journal
Oct 24, 2014 · Type 1 fun is enjoyable while it’s happening. Also known as, simply, fun. Good food, 5.8 hand cracks. Sport climbing, powder skiing, margaritas. Type 2 fun is miserable while it’s happening, but fun in retrospect. It usually begins with the best intentions, and then things get carried away. Riding your bicycle across the country.
The Three (And a Half) Types of Fun, Explained - Teton Gravity
Explained: Type I fun is fun the entire time you're doing it. It never sucks, you're never glad it's over, and just want it to keep going on and on. Eligible activities: Riding powder, riding slush, drinking cocktails on a boat, lift-served or shuttle-assisted mountain biking, really anything lift-served, fly fishing, aprés. Type 1.5 Fun
What Is Type 2 Fun? The Fun Scale (Type 1, 2 & 3 Fun), Explained
Apr 12, 2023 · Type 1 fun. Type 1 fun is the most straightforward type of fun. You experience it in the moment and enjoy yourself the whole time. Examples of Type 1 Fun include: Skiing powder snow on a bluebird sky day; Enjoying your favorite food and drinks with great company; One of those runs where everything feels good and you gain a new PR; Type 2 fun
The fun scale: understanding the types of fun - Sketchplanations
Oct 7, 2018 · The Fun Scale categorizes different types of fun experiences into distinct levels. It consists of three main types of fun: Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3. The concept behind the Fun Scale is that not all fun is created equal, and some types …
Type 1, 2 and 3 Fun - Essential Wilderness
Imagine a tailwind carrying you across a lake underneath a warm blue sky… Listening to the serenading of loons as the campfire crackles at dusk… Playing in easy whitewater with friends ready to help you if you flip… these are some examples of Type 1 fun.
The Fun Scale: Level I-III - Occasionally Epic
Oct 8, 2012 · What’s the Fun Scale? I’ll let Kelly Cordes tell it to you straight: Type I Fun – true fun, enjoyable while it’s happening. Good food, good sex, 5.8 hand cracks, sport climbing, powder skiing. Margaritas. Type II Fun – fun only in retrospect, hateful while it’s happening. Things like working out ‘till you puke, and usually ice and alpine climbing.
The Fun Scale - jesseevers.com
Feb 18, 2020 · There’s a 3-value “fun scale” that I love. Type 1 Fun: Type 1 fun is fun while you’re doing it. Downhill skiing, finding a beautiful view, and the moment when you summit a peak are all examples of Type 1 fun. Basically, it’s what you already thought of as fun.
The Fun Scale - Type Two Fun
Type 1 fun is simply fun in the moment. These activities are typically low-risk and easy to do which makes them fun to look forward to but is often part of an everyday kind of fun that is easy to forget. eg. a rollercoaster, cheap thrills, fast fading memories.
The Fun Scale - Kelly Cordes
Nov 2, 2009 · Here’s the Fun Scale: Leaving the good stuff and heading toward the final slopes on Mt. Huntington. Scott DeCapio photo. Type I Fun – true fun, enjoyable while it’s happening. Good food, good sex, 5.8 hand cracks, sport climbing, powder skiing. Margaritas. Type II Fun – fun only in retrospect, hateful while it’s happening.
The Fun Scale - John M Jennings
Mar 17, 2020 · I was recently forwarded a blog post by a friend that discussed the three categories of fun — supposedly these categories of fun are widely known by adventure-type people. I instantly connected to the wisdom of this way of looking at fun. Type I Fun (“So Much Fun”) The first type of fun is the stuff that is fun while we are doing it.