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I am going on trip to the Grand Canyon and I am taking the nine any suggestions on what to do to train to do it?
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I am going on a trip to the Grand Canyon with a whole bunch of people and I am doing Nine MILES and I need ideas on how to get in shape for the hike I am skinny like I am just right I am not overweight so that is not an issue but everyone says that it is hard

Nine miles? Would that be down the Bright Angel trail to Indian Gardens and back?

When hiking in the Grand Canyon, distance is not so much of a factor as elevation change. Most canyon trails have very few level stretches… you are either going up or down and often at a pretty steep rate.

Different people are impacted different ways by the climbing and descending. If you are overweight or not in good cardiovascular shape, than going up is tough because it take more energy. However people with joint problems (ankle, knee, lower back) often have more problems going down because it requires more muscle and joint control.

As for training…
You want to build your leg and lower back muscles and strengthen the areas around your joints. Because hiking the canyon is a feat of endurance, you want to make sure you do plenty of long cardio workouts rather than just short, intense workouts. If you do most of your workouts in a gym, than I would recommend heavy time on the treadmill and stair-steppers combined with deep-knee lunges, squats, stepping up and down on a block, and speed skips (high step marching in place). You also want to build good stomach and lower back muscles with sit-ups and stomach crunches. Some people prepare their legs by going up and down long flights of stairs numerous times.

Perhaps more importantly, if there is a convenient place nearby that has a real dirt trail (preferably with some uphill and downhill), try to get in some good multi-hour sessions there. While the main central trails in the Grand Canyon (Bright Angel and Kaibab) are good maintained trails, they are no sidewalks. It will be uneven with rocks and retaining logs to step over and occasional ruts. You want your knees and ankles to get used to long distances over uneven terrain (this is what often gets people who did all their training in gyms and on stairs).

The most recent issue of Backpacker Magazine (May 2007, which should still be in newstands) has a whole section dedicated to leg exercises that you might want to check out ("Hike Farther, Hike Stronger" by Evelyn Spence). It has a whole series of exercise (most don’t require any special equipment) for building strong hiking leg muscles.

A few other things that can help when you are on trail… getting one of those stretchy Ace knee braces if one of your knees is a little weak. Also, I find that trekking poles (collaspable ski-pole looking things) make a tremendous difference by allowing your arms to take some of the strain off your knees. I use them regularly in the canyon to reduce strain on my knees and get a more well-rounded workout that exercises my upper body as well as legs.

And lastly, a few general suggestions about hiking the canyon… remember that going up is going to take much longer (and require more energy) than going down, wear good rugged comfortable shoes (hiking boots preferred), have a broad-brimmed hat and sunblock, carry high-energy (carbos) and salty snacks or electrolytes and – most importantly – always carry plenty of water (2-3 liters minimum).

The Bright Angel trail has drinking water at Indian Gardens (and often at the upper rest houses), but most canyon trails have no water between rim and river and temps in the lower canyon can often pass 100 degrees in summer. If you are going anytime between June and August, than I would avoid being on the trail during the heat of the day (11 to 4). If you are on the Bright Angel trail, Indian Gardens has lots of big shade trees and is a great place to rest.

Don’t try to go to the river and back in one day (especially during summer).

Have fun, bring a camera, and don’t get so caught up in going up and down the trail that you don’t stop to take it all in and enjoy all the little sights and wonders along the way! For example, just as you are heading down the Bright Angel, look straight up when you pass thrugh the little stone arch and you will see red prehistoric indian pictographs on the cliff just below the rim – hundreds of people pass there each day and only a few notice them.

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I want to travel from Surat to hydrabad in shortest possible time. However I don’t want to travel in flight from Surat. Though trains are an option. I’m ok if someone points out a good VOLVO bus etc too. Waiting for reply.

From Surat come to Mumbai, and from Mumbai to Hyderabad by Volvo Bus’s.

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My family is planning a vacation for next summer and our travel agent suggested we get travel cancellation and interruption insurance- is it really necessary?

My decision on getting travel insurance is always predicated on how much I’ve spent for the trip and how much I’d be willing to lose. Travel insurance is generally not expensive compared to the cost of any given trip, but some people just don’t want to pay for it.

However, imagine your vacation being interrupted due to a cancelled flight… or maybe you lose your luggage and have to buy some things until they locate it, etc… Travel insurance can reimburse you.

Always check to see what’s included in the plans as they are all different. Mom and I had planned a trip to Thailand and then the airport was closed due to a demonstration. The insurance would have covered that because it was the airport’s decision to close… contrast with travel to Tibet being closed off by the Chinese government due to civil unrest… for some reason that wouldn’t have been covered by the same policy.

This arctile is about the Safety issues of the Lhasa travel and Tibet travel. You can find some useful information in it if you are planning your trip to Tibet now.

In the Tibet Tourism Forum 2008, Zhang Qin Li, the governor of Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region, gave a speech about the importance of the travellers’ safety. He said “the Government of Tibet,China is now working very hard to make Tibet the Safest Tourism Destination in China.” ( good news for your Lhasa travel or Tibet travel, )

Tibet is called “roof of the world” and the high altitude of Tibet makes it an adventure travel destination for people from all over the world. The oxygen density is only about 50% of the normal non-high-altitude places. The altitude sickness in Tibet is because of the lack of oxygen. The road condition in Tibet is another challange for the tourists planning their Lhasa travel or Tibet travel. Most roads here are the mountain roads and this makes the tibet travel more difficult for the travellers. Now the safety issue is becoming the biggest concern of the tourists. They gave many suggestions and comments to the Government of Tibet,China.

The Government of Tibet, China is now trying the best to improve the safety of the tourists in Tibet. They use a safety system named “4 in 1″. This means the Tibetan Safety System will include 4 sub-systems: safety education system, safety alarm system, emergency help system and travel insurance system.

Currently, the GPSes are starting to be used in the cars. They can give tourists the speeding alarms and help them to avoid the risky mountain roads. Another critical function of these GPSes is that they can dial 110 (the phone number for emergency in China) automatically when necessary.

The TTB(Tibet Tourism Bureau) is sending thousands of short messages to the tourists every day. These short messages include all kinds of useful information about the safety issues in Tibet and they can provide tourists the timely safety education and safety alarms.

Also, the TTB has increased the coverage of tourism insurance in Tibet greatly. In the most updated insurance contract, the coverage is changed from 160 thousand rmb to 300 thousand rmb ( for the severe accidents ). You can also get an extra coverage of 200 thousand rmb in some Tibetan travel agents if you want. This is a big improvement for the Travel Insurance System of Tibet. (Another good news for your Lhasa travel or Tibet travel)

Now the Tibetan traffic conditions have been improved dramatically. The Qingzang railway and the Linzhi airport are starting to run. The total number of tourists to Tibet is about 4 million in 2008. (A increase of 60% comparing with 2007) Tibet is becoming more and more attractive to the global tourists now !

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Hi
Im wanting to start a membership Travel Agency on line. I would like to know where the Tour Operators get their warehouse holidays in order to make a profit. Is there a software or website that the travel agents use were they get the holidays at a flat rate, factory (warehouse) price.
Obviously the travel agent gets the holidays from somewhere and then put their own mark up on.

You will envitibly fail with no knowledge, ATOL or Abta bonded operation. Consider home working first. Look at Travel Counsellors or Hays Travel. Even then you would need some background knowledge. To set up a website with none of the above, nobody will touch you with a barge pole. Sorry to e frank, but you could potentially lose lots of £££££’s