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Getaways and vacations are essential for our physical and emotional well-being. They are not just for fun and memories but also they provide remarkable health benefits lasting a lifetime. They recharge us, allowing us to be more efficient. Getaways are the best means to take a break from pressures of daily life and reduce stress. Whether you take a siesta in a beach chair or to the gentle rocking of a cruise ship, you will feel that you sleep better on a vacation. Your mind and body will return refreshed, promoting creativity and productivity at work. Vacations also increase the quality of time spent with family, friends, and loved ones. A getaway excursion may only last a weekend, but the personal benefits and memories derived from it have the possibility to last a lifetime. In addition, walking is one of the most effective exercises for weight loss because you can do it regularly for long periods. More than 77 million Americans walk for fitness. Walking reduces stress, and is the number one weight loss activity. Walking can provide total muscle conditioning when done properly. The following are the Top Ten Reasons you should walk as compiled by Appalachian GhostWalks and Ghost Tours...
- Walking increases feelings of well-being.
- Physicians recommend walking more often than any other fitness activity.
- Walking is one of the safest activities around.
- A walking program has positive effects on one's health. It can lower body weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, LDL, and body fat. It can also increase HDL, or good cholesterol, as well as bone mineral content.
- Walking is great for people with chronic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, obessity, arthritis, cancer, and is also good for people with special conditions such as pregnancy.
- Walking is a low-impact activity that you can do anytime, anyplace, and in any weather. However, doing it on a Ghost Tour with Appalachian GhostWalks is a great way to get that much needed exercise, including all of these benefits, and learn about the history, mystery, and legend of our region.
- Walking requires no special equipment, or club fees. All you need is a good pair of walking shoes.
- Walking improves fitness as much as running and step aerobics with a lot fewer injuries.
- Walking is an excellent fat-burning activity. A walker striding twelve minutes per mile will burn the same number of calories as a runner pounding along at nine minutes per mile.
- And the number one reason to walk would be... Almost anyone can do it!!!
- Each tour requires reservations with no minimum to operate.
- Tours are limited to a maximum number of twenty-five people for the safety and enjoyment of all participants.
- Most of our ghostwalks are handicapped accessible. As with any of our tours, please call to make prior arrangements and reservations for guests with special needs.
- Appalachian GhostWalks operates tours year-round regardless of the weather - rain, or shine, so be sure to bring your umbrella and arrive on time as the tour will depart promptly as scheduled when reserved.
- Average length of our GhostWalks are 2-3 hours in duration depending on the tour. Our tour guides are English speaking only.
- The cost for groups of four, or more people is just $17 per person plus tax, but we will also operate for smaller groups. Call (423) 743-WALK (9255) to obtain rates get couples and groups of three. Children 11 and under, ETSU students with ID and Senior Citizens 65 years and over receive $2 off on select tours. Sorry, no refunds.
- There is much to see and to hear about on all of our exciting tours so don't forget your camera as well as some comfortable walking shoes.
- For the comfort and enjoyment of all participants on the tour, smoking is allowed at only designated times and locations specified by the tour guide.
- Absolutely no alcohol or drugs are permitted on our tours. If anyone is deemed to be intoxicated or otherwise under the influence of drugs or alcohol by the tour guide, that person, or those persons will be removed from the tour with no refunds.
- Appalachian GhostWalks reserves the right to remove anyone from our tours who may pose a hazard to our other guests or to private property owners.
- Stay with the tour group at all times. Because tours are given at twilight and after dark, we want to keep you as safe as possible. Do not enter, or trespass on property the tour has not been invited to take you onto, or into. We respect the people and the property of the people of the towns and buildings we tour.
- By utilizing electronic equipment, The ARC ~ Alternate Realities Center investigations team were able to obtain scientific evidence to support claims of hauntings at each historic site. The photographs, electronic voice phenomena (EVPs), and infrared video recorded during our initial investigations of the interior and exterior of the properties along each tour route are available for purchase on DVD from your tour guide when attending any of our walking tours, or from The Appalachian GhostWalks' Ghost Hunter Store. Again, ten percent of profit from our tours as well as the sale of our DVDs and T-shirts go to support Saint Jude's Children's Research Hospital.
- Ghost Hunting 101 ~ In a partnership with Ghost Chasers International, The ARC will teaches a certification for those who wish to obtain their field certification in ghost investigations. Space is limited and classes tend to fill up quickly so register early if you would like to attend. The cost is just $249 for the two day weekend seminar which includes all materials and personal instruction inside and outside the classroom. Please call (423) 743-WALK (9255) for more information. To register for and to obtain detailed information about the class, please visit The Appalachian GhostWalks' Ghost Hunter Store.
- Disclaimer: Although all of our walking tours are only held in safe and very accessible areas, the voluntary participation by the participant in any tour offered by our company, as well as any heirs or assignees, agree to hold harmless and release, both now and in perpetuity, Appalachian GhostWalks and its agents, employees, contractors and or representatives from any and all liability, injury, accident, death, harm, financial loss or incidental damages, or any other circumstance arising from or that may occur during, immediately preceding or following or is in any way related to participation in said activity, whether or not due to omission, negligence, incompetence, failure or any other reason on the part of or by Appalachian GhostWalks. Participant understands that said activity may be physically strenuous and potentially hazardous, and agrees that they are in adequate physical and mental condition to participate as well as adequately outfitted and clothed.
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