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WhiteBlaze
05-08-2008, 22:30
<table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7><tr><td valign=top class=j><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/1-0&fd=R&url=http://newsblaze.com/story/20080508185508tsop.np/newsblaze/NEWSWIRE/NewsBlaze-Wire.html&cid=0&ei=LbcjSNWuHZ3w8ATmg_TrBg&usg=AFrqEzeYpb2SXlPj19d1S9wO5J8LY20rvQ"><b>Appalachian Trail</b> Adventures announces Vermont&#39;s newest hiking spa</a><br><font size=-1><font color=#6f6f6f>NewsBlaze (press release),&nbsp;CA&nbsp;-</font> <nobr>16 minutes ago</nobr></font><br><font size=-1>Contributing to it is <b>Appalachian Trail</b> Adventures (ATA), one of the next generations of hiking spas to open in recent years. These new spas are operated by <b>...</b></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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minnesotasmith
05-09-2008, 03:58
Have insurance, and the whole works to offer the guided hikes their website says they do? (I keep expecting to hear about Warren Doyle's guided hikes running facefirst into this issue.)

Darwin again
05-09-2008, 17:50
Serving the fru-fru day spa hiking community! Looks like an extra-special version of the AMC, but I digress.

I have a feeling most people will get their soft butts beaten by a day or two of hiking then never do it again, no matter what charming pamperage, fine dining and obsequious, compliant staff awaits their dainty visages. The others will quickly realize they can park their car, hike, then be home in their own beds for free.

Wrong business model at the wrong time, IMO. Most folks' discretionary income is drying up fast, too.

Darwin again
05-09-2008, 17:54
Only about $200 per night. (Plus they suggest you purchase your own insurance.) Should be wildly popular among certain dashing types of adventurer.