WOW, SOOUNDS SO GREAT, HOW ABOUT RENTING MY HOUSE
ON THE INTERCOASTAL WALK TO LAS OLAS SHOPS AND WATCH BEAUTIFUL SUNRISES AND SUNSETS AND LOVELY HOT TUB AFTER A WALK OVER THE INTERCOASTAL BEACH
BRIDGE TO SEE A LOVELY OCEAN, IT MAY NOT BE HERE FOREVER YOU KNOW, ANNE

Wow....all of the gain..but none of the pain. Having led trips into the wilderness for over 30 years, I can't think of a better way to take away the total experience. Why not just give the people a photo book, and let them look at it in a tanning booth or their local coffee shop? Why impact some of the best areas on the planet with a bunch of non-trail-savvy yahoos?

My mother is in her 70s and still likes to camp. Last trip she made was this June she went "helicopter" camping in the Canadian Rockies. It was a commercial trip in which the group was ferried to pre-set camps above timberline along the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia.

Growing up in Utah, we camped alot as a family. Our favorite trips were running the rivers in Utah and Idaho. We had several rafts that we would take down the Colorado, Grean, Main Salmon, Middle Fork of the Salmon....river camping is very pleasant and you can take alot of gear.

I see nothing wrong with Glamping all the more power to them to be able to indulge with Nature. It doesn't make any difference, as the saying goes different strokes for different folks. I salute everyone who enjoys the outdoors, I been camping many times just to get my kids into camping years ago. Never the luxuries, just was always rough and ready, and ruff it like it used to be. As long as you get outdoors, to all, Enjoy, Bruce

I'm sorry, but, to me, it just isn't backpacking without the challenge of cooking over a camp stove or fire, finding the right spot to pitch your tent or carrying your gear from last night's camp to tonight's. To me it's the challenge of facing the backcountry with just what you can carry, testing what you are made of to see if you can cut it. Camping is a little broader word and can include an established campground with running water. I guess glammer camping to me is camping at one of those in an RV! What you describe is a more like a luxury vacation!

My family thought I was nutts when I told them I wanted to rent a cabin on our last camping trip. neadless to say I did not get my cabin, and we had a blast tent camping. I think its good that there atleast trying to camp, and since there paying people for these services, it has created jobs that wernt there before.

After living in Alaska most of Adult life really have learned to camp and rather quite comfortable with very little equipment but now in Kamchatka Russia opeating Fly Fishing float trips, now this is really camping seeing wild life catching large fish and really away from it all come join us this September for half price and really see Russia.

I used to be a computer snob, shunning anyone who used AOL, then a gym snob, thinking anyone who felt sweating to music was a dud. Now, I see, we have backbacking snobs who think anyone who doesn't entirely rough it by "their" standards shouldn't be allowed out into the woods. Sorry guys, but I am a doc with a bad hip, bad back etc, and if i decided to have someone else carry my gear so I can hike a trail, your not liking it is snobbbery and doesn't bother me in the least. If it strikes you as similar to camping in an RV, well, go ahead and think that. Your opinion doesn't coun't woth a tinkers dam.

Please...first off a "Sherpa" is a term used for nepalise high altitude porters from Nepal. As far as I know no Sherpas live in S America. In S america they would be local porters. But if you want to pay someone to carry your pack so you can carry a bunch of extra crap, more power to you. Just make sure your porters pack out all your trash !

Regarding Comment #3 - Martin, how does one go about setting up one of those Canadian Rockies helicopter camping trips. The Candian Rockies are fabulous and I would love to do that.

I say - to each his own!

Give me a fishing pole and I'm good! Primitive camping, pitch tent, catch fish with REAL worms, off with their heads! gut and fry 'em. Sure wish there were more real men around for us back to nature type sophisticated tomgirls who look scrumptious in an evening gown on other occasions. Camping is romantic, sexy, BONDING and a great way to communicate in the solace. 'glamping' reminds me of The Parent Trap remake-Ms. Priss couldn't grasp it!!

Sounds like the way to go! Life is rough enough without adding the wilderness to the mix. For more on my idea of camping check out my lens on Squidoo:
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Paula

Camping isnt just about sleeping under the stars. It is also about the journey there and the lessons of nature learned along the way.

The journey to me is the most imporntant part of ny trip

my 2 pyreals

Right on. More power to them. I know some people want to invalidate anyone who doesn't do it their way (ie: it ain't campin' unless you're slaying mammals and sleeping in ice packed snow and living off beetles... etc..) These people have never had to stay home while everyone else went camping or suffer through a crappy vacation because they had small children who couldn't "rough it". The Glampers may be taking it to another level, but anything that makes camping available and doable has my support! There's more than one way to enjoy nature.

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I can see a little of both sides. Being a mother of 3 and a house wife, It would be nice to go and have everything done for me, It would give me time to relax and really enjoy everything. But I also like the feeling of accomplishment too when getting things done. Either way I would be happy.

Wow "Glamping". My partner and I provide "Camptelling" (hotel + camping). We sell out of our tent set up with mattress/towel and chair on many tours. Wish I had thought of glamping, may have to use the term next year! We have older folks who just can't do it and and some people with extra money who just want to enjoy. It's all good.

Hahaha....From the hotlink in the original piece, driecting us to a high end river rafting service, to the "Check out my(fill in the blank), this page shows the commercialization of the wilderness experience.

Who am I to miss out on such an opportunity to promote my crap!?! Look at it this way - at least I'm out and out stating the case, instead of trying to cloak the thing in uber-hip gorrilla marketing tech gear!

I have a small CafePress shop, called ClimbAddict. It has designs geared toward climbing. Some who would find "Glamping"(ugh - what a word! How about Power Trekking, or Rive Gauche Rafting, or High Attitude Mountaineering..... something with a little zing!? "Glamping?"....a word with a jarring sound, lacking in sophistication. Ick)....anyway, a die-hard glamper would probably find some of the ClimbAddict designs to be just the right touch for Singles Night at the local Rock Gym! And....if you actually are a dirtbag, there is a way to get free stickers out of the thing, too. (On the Home Page, click the link that takes you to the Discussion Forum" and run through that till you find the thread that says, in all caps - "Free Stickers!" Then, follow the directions. Sorry - only those with honed intraweb orienteering skills will be able to locate that page. If you are the net eqcuivelent of a glamper....you're out of luck on the freebies. But - don't depair! You can still buy larger versions of the stickers through the ClimbAddict site! Bigger + Costlier = Better, right?!

http://www.cafepress.com/ClimbAddict


hahhahaha....This moment has been borught to you by AOL!

I love camping, especially one without all of the roughing it! Roughing it with the right gears is a lot of fun too... Now, roughing it while treking with the gears would be close to impossible for some people... I have a bad back and left knee, so who's to say I can't go camping just because I can't trek with my own gears? We're planning a similar trip as the article, and we're hiring "porters" to trek our gears for us. The way I see it, we're contributing to the local economy while enjoying an injury free camping trip and connecting with mother nature and each other... and yes, we pack out our waste too. Peace! Christine

sounds like an old time cattle drive. Hell, the cook got up early to cook, cowboys would eat and push the cows until they met the cook again for supper. Not sure if they got dinner (lunch) though? They never had to cook, but did have to find a place with out rocks to sleep