"SOFT ADVENTURE" GROWING IN APPEAL FOR WHITE MOUNTAINS VISITORS
PINKHAM NOTCH, NH - Adventure vacations - with vacationers looking to spend
downtime "out there" - are arguably the fastest growing segment of the vacation market.
But perhaps the fastest growing segment with that "out there" segment is the "soft
adventure" vacation.
Soft adventurers are those who, for whatever the reason, don't necessarily have to climb Everest by lunchtime, don't have kayak the Grand Canyon or canoe...
10 Reasons to Camp in New JerseyRegion, plus being just minutes away from New York City. It houses the Meadowland Complex with its colorful tapestry of sports and entertainment. Restaurants of all types for all tastes, extensive shopping centers with the best of everything, and activities for children of all ages round out a vivid, exciting region. This is truly a gateway to many vacation alternatives. That's why when people experience all the Gateway has to offer they keep coming back again...
2004 Olympic Games and Yachting in Greece
Everybody knows that the Olympic Games are due to be held in Athens in 2004. Apart from the accepted consequences, positive and negative, for the city of Athens and Greece in general this sporting extravaganza will seriously affect the yachting fraternity from mid-July to mid-September.Two major crises will afflict the greater Athens area i.e. transportation and accommodation. I will refer to certain aspects of transportation later but the...
2004 Olympics and Yachting in Greecenormal human bodily functions into the sea. The shore facilities in these marinas will be nine times overstretched.
I promised to refer to transportation again because there will be massive shortages of flights over the period. Don't miss the boat - book early your flight aswell.
You must also realise that the influx of yachts into Athens will produce shortages all over Greece, not only for the period from mid-July to mid-September, but beyond because of the...
3 Easy Steps to Becoming a BackCountry Hero
Have you thought about helping to protect wildlife or wild flowers, but you don?t know how? Or maybe you want to protect your favorite camping site or that cool little stream nobody else knows about? Making a difference in the backcountry is easy for anyone ? you don?t have to be Ted Turner. Not every one can fly to the Amazon delta to move bird nests or trek off to the Aleutian Islands to remove crude oil from a pristine beach. But everyone can...
A Bicycle Trip Down The River
My river-rafting adventure started on a bicycle. The small daypack I wore carried a hatchet, a saw, some scraps of rope, food, water, a garbage bag bivy sack, a hat, and odds and ends. It weighed less than fifteen pounds total.
It was late May, so Id stay warm in my homemade bivy, without a sleeping bag. I might wear my hat, and pile up some leaves to sleep on. If the mosquitos were bad, I'd use my headnet, which, I had learned, would also trap warm air...
A Lightweight Backpacking Adventure
I was in the Weminuche Wilderness Area when the snow came. It was my second day out of Silverton, where the locals told me it rains or snows every day in August. I made a note to myself to do some research next time. Then I made a note to myself to find the trail. I was lost again.
Lightweight Backpacking
I came to the San Juan Mountains in Colorado to try my new gear. I used a tarp shelter, and a light down sleeping bag. The first rainy night I...
A Quick and Easy Guide to Indoor Rowing Machines
Hydraulic Rowing Machine
The hydraulic rowing machine may be the best way to go if space is a concern, or if you're on a tight budget and you want an economical indoor rower. Hydraulic rowing machines receive its tension from the amount of air or fluid that's compressed with a cylinder or piston, and can be adjusted by most models of indoor rowers.
Although hydraulic based indoor rowers are low-cost, they differ from air, magnetic and water...
All you could ever know about original reality seriesbrought in few quantities. The 'fear factory' is the one in which participants must face the things they fear the most: being covered by bugs or climbing outside a window at the twentieth floor.
So what's all about it?
Critics say these programs should be banned as they are somewhat immoral and exploitative, yet people watch them. For the viewer is an opportunity to watch people doing things he or she thought could never been done. Another...
Auto Road Announces Presenting Sponsor for Climb to the Clouds Centennial
Pinkham Notch, NH ? The Mt. Washington Auto Road announced today that Currier Family Dealerships of Gorham, NH would be the Presenting Sponsor of the 2004 Climb to the Clouds Centennial Celebration scheduled over four days, July 9-12, 2004. Currier will play a prominent role in the activities that will mark one of the oldest motor sports events in America. The first "Climb to the Clouds" auto race was run July 11-12...
