II 11 11".■ PROVIDENCE MEDICAL CENTERS > and instructions from tour op- erators. "We try to give people a sense of what they need to do before they go," says Jim Tra- verso, director of field opera- tions, research and development for Overseas Adventure Travel. Preparations guidelines for the Moroccan trip, for example, recommended that participants follow a program of regular aer- obic exercise during the week and take a series of long hikes on the weekends — hikes of sev- en to nine miles a day that in- cluded steep terrain. That's not the kind of training Jessica P. did. But sometimes the blame for a bad trip lies with the tour op- erators. "You get a lot of com- panies that are guilty of making the trip seem easier than it is because they want to make the sale," says Mr. Wiggins of Amer- ican Wilderness Experience. In other instances, a tour op- erator may accept a participant who is not physically up to a trip. Participants should have a physical examination with a physician and discuss the de- mands of the trips. Overseas Adventure Travel prefers participants to sign up early — three months is optimal — for its trips. But if someone asks to join two weeks before a tour is scheduled to depart, the company usually won't refuse, even though the participant won't have had time to train properly for it. "It's out of our love for the travel, and our belief that it en- hances people's lives," says Jim Traverso. "It's not just a busi- ness decision." Similarly, Abercrombie & Kent, an Illinois-based tour op- erator that conducts adventure tours around the world, does not require trip participants to pass a fitness test. (For truly de- manding trips, it asks for a cer- tificate of release from a doctor stating that the patient is healthy, as well as a statement from the client that he or she understands what the trip en- tails.) "By and large, people are pretty well prepared for what they're getting into," says Per- ry Lungmus, a spokesman for the company. Tour operators do acknowl- edge that occasionally, a trav- eler can't keep up. He or she then has to be picked up by a van, if bicycling; or to stop climb- ing a mountain and wait for the group to return. Finding The Right Trip As a college graduation pre- sent, Marcia Pomerantz, a New York comic book dealer, biked through France and Switzer- land with an American Youth Hostel group. It is not a pleas- ant memory. Ms. Pomerantz Quality family healthcare is just around the corner. + Designates 24-hour emergency service + PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL 16001 W. Nine Mile Road P.O. Box 2043 Southfield 48037 424 3000 - 1. PROVIDENCE MEDICAL CENTER-FARMBROOK Farmbrook Medical Complex 29877 Telegraph Rd., Suite 401 Southfield 48034 354 3030 - 2. 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