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But the heli-hiking organizers say they've got all contingencies covered, from warm clothing and other hiking gear to certified guides with years of training and expertise in first aid, to two-way radios that can call for a helicopter pickup in minutes if a storm looks threatening.
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While many small heli-hiking ventures, in places like Alaska and New Zealand, last only for a day, southern British Columbia, a center of the sport with vast areas of Canadian Rockies wilderness that would take days to penetrate with a backpack offers several-day packages, including nights at a lodge and a variety of hikes.
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Mr. Barry also promotes heli-hiking as one of the few activities left where addicts can get a respite from their mobile phones: "You're not on your BlackBerry because your BlackBerry doesn't work."
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In the spectrum of adventure travel, heli-hiking an offshoot of heli-skiing, which preceded it occupies one of the smallest niches.
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Mr. Shafto takes 40 to 60 guests in a typical summer, while CMH has about 1,000 heli-hiking participants a year.
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It's the high cost of running a helicopter that makes heli-hiking such an expensive proposition.
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But the bonus of heli-hiking is the unparalleled views, which otherwise would take many hours or in some cases a couple of days slogging up the sides of mountains to get to.
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His heli-hiking packages are for two, three or four days and cost, including accommodations and food, about C$1,000 (US$962) per person per day.
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For their part, the heli-hiking operators say they avoid any areas commonly used by herds of animals.
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The owner of a travel business in Westport, Conn., had a brainstorm when he discovered in the 1970s that the helicopters and mountain lodges employed for winter skiing sit idle the rest of the year: He decided to use them for luxury getaways he called "heli-hiking."
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http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2016/02/the_oscar_nominated_amy_winehouse_film_s_useful_lesson_about_rehab.html
Consider the swanky Cirque Lodge in Sundance, Utah, rehab of choice for celebrities such as Demi Moore and Lindsay Lohan. For a reported $1,000 per day, patients heal through heli-hiking (“Alcohol and drug rehab takes on a different perspective at 10,000 feet!”) and can take on the largest indoor ropes course “anywhere in the alcohol and drug rehab industry.” As far as I can tell, there have been few randomized trials on the efficacy of heli-hiking for alcoholism. And if you’re choosing an addiction treatment program based on the size of its ropes course, you probably haven’t hit rock bottom.
February 23, 2016