Who are the people involved in these dangerous activities? Do they display personality traits that are completely different from people who engage in more “normal” hobbies? In 2009 researchers Erik Brymer and Lindsay Oades did an interview study of 15 participants of leisure activities as B.A.S.E. jumping (building, antenna, span, earth), big wave surfing, extreme skiing, waterfall kayaking, extreme mountaineering, and solo roe-free climbing. A phenomenological method was used via unstructured interviews and other firsthand accounts. The study explored what can be learned from extreme sports about courage and humility—two positive psychological constructs. Results indicate that humility and courage can be deliberately sought out by participating in activities that involve a real chance of death and fear. One of their main findings were that extreme sport participants directly related their experience to personal transformations that in a postive way were spilled over to other areas in life.