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Yes, life is one,
big adventure. But if you start hiking off into the
wilderness, you need to know about some resources for staying healthy when
traveling off the beaten path.
There are two types of Adventure Health websites - those that provide
information on maintaining your health while on an adventure trip and those
that offer travel for specific health activities like visiting spas and
health/fitness tours. Some cover both types and some are just an
odd-ball assortment of travel links having nothing to do with either
adventure or health! They just use Adventure Health as a come-on
phrase to get you to their website.
We focus on sites that help
you stay health. To search for health and fitness tours, try Sports Travel,
Fitness Travel, or Health Travel in a Search Engine. Or just combine a
specific location and activity (e.g., California spa vacations).
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About.com -
Adventure Travel - Travel Health and Safety As always, About.com is
an excellent source of information.
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Adventures
Without Limits They list and link to four major organizations
that deal with wilderness medicine.
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Adventure Network
- First Aid and Safety A good list of articles on covering
eyewear, first aid, fitness, health tips, nutrition, stings and bites, sun
protection, survival and drinking and using water on your adventure.
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Amazon Adventure
Health and Disease. Provides information on the health situation
in the Amazon basin, diseases, and what to expect in case of a medical
emergency.
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High
Altitude Medicine Guide They provide medical information on health issues
affecting travelers to high mountainous regions of the world. They have
a wealth of information for climbers, hikers and backpackers. This is an excellent
site.
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Traveler's Health - The United
States Center for Disease Control (CDC) section with practical information
for people traveling worldwide. See box
below.
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Wilderness
Medicine. Goneawol.com lists and links to four major organizations
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