"Engagingly written and loaded with illuminating case studies across two hemispheres, this book provides new insights into the sociolinguistics of tourism that will enrich every reader's understanding of the complex relationship between language, mobilities, tourist work and globalisation. The book is empirically rich and theoretically comprehensive. Combining ethnographic fieldwork with personal reflections, Kellie Gonçalves also shows how to navigate qualitative research processes and reflectively engage with established research practices." (Sari Pietikäinen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland) "Read this book and next time you bungee jump, or - like me - watch it on YouTube, you will understand that there's more to it than the adrenaline rush and the force of gravity. As Kellie Gonçalves brilliantly demonstrates, adventure tourism is a nexus of global mobility, discursive formations of selfhood, and mediatized lifestyles." (Adam Jaworski, University of Hong Kong) "Take a leap off a cliff - holding firmly onto this book - into the extreme sociolinguistics of adventure tourism. In this fascinating, important and carefully-researched study, Kellie Gonçalves takes us to two global adventure meccas - Interlaken and Queenstown - and shows how (precarious) labour, (plenty of) leisure and (devotion to) lifestyle intersect with language, place, mobility and gender." (Alastair Pennycook, University of Technology Sydney, Australia).