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Article: HELI-HIKING THE CANADIAN ROCKIES OF BREATHTAKING VIEWS.(Travel)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- September 8, 1991
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1991 Albany Times Union. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Kathi Diamant Copley News Service
Heli-hiking is becoming more and more popular for the "soft adventure" crowd, those of us who long for the peace and solitude of remote landscapes, far from the maddening crowd, whose spirit is willing to explore unspoiled natural settings, but whose flesh is getting undeniably weaker.
Heli-hiking employs the use of helicopters to transport hikers from civilization to a remote alpine meadow, otherwise inaccessible to all others but the truly crazed or extraordinarily fit.
The helicopters, glass bubbles that hover over breathtaking ridges, provide not only their own excitement as a thrilling method of ...
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