This 7km-long white-knuckle adventure combines hiking, climbing over smooth rock slabs alongside waterfalls, ziplining over a surging river and navigating wild canyons via bridges and metal rungs.

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Endless exploration, hiking and dune climbing await.

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But management soon realized that people were far more interested in recharging their batteries--focusing on their health, sure, but also on soft adventure activities (rock climbing, hiking, mountain biking) in the vicinity as well as spa services.

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The couple began hiking, biking and rock climbing again and teaching their 3- and 6-year-old daughters to be active.

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Though Squaw's most obvious attraction is the mountain's awesome 4, 000 acres of skiable terrain and 2, 850-foot vertical drop, the area abounds with activities year-round, including golf, climbing, horseback riding and hiking.

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Rangers say some visitors partake in dangerous practices such as hiking treacherous trails in flip-flops, climbing over safety rails to take better pictures or swimming perilously close to waterfalls.

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After a short flight from Kathmandu to the mountain hamlet of Lukla, it took me 12 days to reach Base Camp, trekking 160km and climbing 10, 000 feet, hiking through dense forest, over a dozen suspension bridges, above the tree line and, finally, into a frozen landscape of ancient rock and glacial ice.

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Packard, who knew the pair would be climbing the foothills near Stanford University, changed into hiking boots and ran up the trail.

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