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Upstate Rock Climbing, Yoga, Hiking, And Kayaking Weekend Retreat

• Who: Outdoor Bound Adventures, with a certified yoga instructor and a licensed trail guide with wilderness medical certification as guides for the weekend. 
• What: Morning, evening, and midnight yoga sessions, hiking and rock climbing (with instruction for beginners), kayaking, cooking over a fire pit, and camping in tents on a private property right on the Hudson. All gear provided, except sleeping bags and yoga mats. 
• Where: The Shawangunk Mountains, just north of NYC. Transportation provided from 73rd and Broadway
• When: August 20-22, 2010; also available the weekend of October 8.

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Retreats

Yoga, Rock Climbing, and Wine in the Catskills

• Who: Outdoor Bound Adventures
• What: Spend Memorial Day Weekend hiking, rock climbing, camping, and doing yoga at the top of mountains you've scaled just a few hours north of NYC in the beautiful Catskills, with stops at charming Hudson Valley vineyards along the way.
• Where: Trip departs from 73rd and Broadway (NYC) on Saturday morning.
• Why: Get outdoors without having to invest in all your own gear. And at $450 for the whole weekend, including all meals, you don't have to kill your bank account to have a swell long weekend away. 

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Events

Flinty and Cold Valentine's Day Adventures

If Valentine's Day makes you feel about as warm and fuzzy as a coatless walk across the tundra, perhaps you shouldn't fight those feelings. Maybe instead you should go with them and sign up for a Valentine's Day weekend winter survival skills camp: 

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Retreats

Catskills Hiking and Rappelling Day Trip

• Who: Outdoor Bound Adventures
• What: A day of advanced hiking and rappelling in the Catskills. Must be in-shape and have hiking experience, but no rappelling experience necessary.
• When: April 3, 2010

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Travel

Horseback Riding and Whiskey Tasting in the "Gunks"

Not every "retreat" is yoga in a Mexican palapa near a killer surf break. 50,000 technical rock climbers visit the Shawagunk Ridge just a few hours outside of New York every year to climb. And, turns out, some other people go there to ride horses and drink whiskey...

• Who: Outdoor Bound, an "adventure company" that offers hiking, rafting, snow-shoeing, and other outdoor day and weekend trips in the New York City area. Plus their "lively but well-mannered horses."
• What: A two-hour horseback ride through the fields and woods around Shawangunk Ridge, followed by horse grooming, picnicking, and a visit to a whiskey distillery. 
• Where: Meet at 73rd and Broadway, transportation upstate provided from there.
• When: December 12, 7:45 A.M. - 5:30 P.M.
• Why: This tripped is billed "Singles Gunks Horseback Riding and Whiskey Tasting." We believe "singles" means the trip is for people without current sexual partners. So maybe you'll meet someone. Happy Holidays! But if "singles gunks" is some sort of rock-climbing term, that'll be an entertaining surprise as well. Riding horses is one of the world's great pleasures, and a surprisingly good workout. Hit the whiskey once safely out of the saddle.
  
• How Much: $139. Transportation and three whiskey samples included.
• Link: Singles Gunks Horeseback Riding and Whiskey Tasting
• Related: Yoga Retreats, Travel