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  Rocky mountain high
In order to grow corn they had to carry soil up from the valleys to fill hollows in the rocks, and after each harvest the soil was washed away by the rains, leaving the same toil ahead for the next crop.
It was an extremely difficult job because the road had to cut through high hills and deep ravines, boring through rocks and mountains at a time when road workers only had picks, shovels, crowbars and hard labour at their disposal.
Newly built houses on either side of the roads belonged to Mong from the high altitude communes of Sung Tra and San Tung, and are the outcome of a 1997 Government policy of giving poor households a fresh start by providing a house, water tank and a cow.
vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn /2004-03/20/Stories/27.htm   (1573 words)

  
 Pocatello Idaho State Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado is teeming with beautiful mountain landscapes as well as enjoyable fishing opportunities along its pristine creeks and streams.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. - The bugle of the massive bull elk was only a couple hundred yards away, and given the frisky nature of the big beast as it wandered through the trees, I opted not to make much of an effort to lay eyes on it.
Rocky Mountain National Park is situated just west of the community of Estes Park, Colo., about 90 minutes from Denver.
www.journalnet.com /articles/2005/10/07/features/outdoors01.txt   (1946 words)

  
 travel tips: rocky mountain high...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
tucked deep in the midst of the rockies, a little town somewhere between vail and aspen.
she's not pleased with me. the combination of 7 hours of driving already, the high altitudes, and the crappy gas they have out here was deadly.
and then, out of nowhere come these enormous mountains, and right outside of denver there were little houses dotting the mountainside, but after exiting that valley there was a tiny town in each following valley, and of course the ski slopes in vail, but other than that, it was all untouched.
untamed.sanguinolence.com /muse/archives/000038.html   (812 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain High
If the cleanup of Rocky Flats continues apace, the facility, long seen by employees as a place of cradle-to-grave employment, will cease to exist in less than two years.
Although the dismantling of Rocky Flats is vastly more complex and dangerous than, say, launching a new flavor of popcorn or chasing the next consulting gig, Kaiser-Hill's goals are something ambitious, innovative companies try to achieve every day: to capitalize on an opportunity in a new market by doing something they've never done before.
And with the success of Rocky Flats, one of Kaiser-Hill's parents, CH2M Hill, is poised to compete for remaining nuclear-cleanup contracts in the United States and the UK.
www.fastcompany.com /magazine/84/rocky.html   (2517 words)

  
 Salt Lake Itineraries - Rocky Mountain High Tour
There is nowhere else in the world where a major metropolitan area is as close to mountain recreation as Salt Lake.
Hiking and mountain biking are the warm-weather activities of choice at Brighton Resort.
Solitude Mountain Resort, Brighton's neighbor to the west, offers a full range of summer activities on the weekends, including 18 holes of disc golf, lift-served mountain biking and hiking, and pond fishing for kids.
www.visitsaltlake.com /tour/itineraries/sl_rkymtnhigh.shtml   (606 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain Shangri-La: Telluride Colorado
She married into the name and with it has experienced trials and tribulations, achievements, a sensationalized divorce trial— Pulitzer versus Pulitzer —and the ever-lasting love she has for her sons, Mac and Zach; twins she had when married to Peter Pulitzer, grandson to the newspaper mogul.
For many years, Roxanne lived in high society, but that was not where she came from—quite the contrary.
They find mountain living refreshing, particularly on the days they are on the slopes skiing or taking a hikes into Telluride's splendid countryside.
www.kathleenbush.com /story_changinglanes.html   (1038 words)

  
 Colorado - Rocky Mountain High Anxiety Tour
This Rocky Mountain duality manifests itself in it's approach to the arts, history and tourism.
Cody was a premier showman who brought the Wild West, complete with "plains savages", warpaint and guns ablazin' to the genteel cities of the east and the European world stages in the waning years of the West.
As the Zeusians enjoy the mountains with mountains of money, the Plebians can enjoy Colorado's natural bounty as well, for free, or at least on the cheap.
www.the-vu.com /Rocky_Mountain.htm   (1487 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain High
Rocky Mountain High is an outdoor adventure program that focuses on Jesus as the example for leadership.
This program is high-energy and includes morning devotions and evening instruction, while the days are devoted to outdoor activities such as climbing, rappelling, mountain biking, whitewater rafting, and a 4-day wilderness trek.
Taking place in Colorado's spectacular Collegiate Peaks Range, Rocky Mountain High is a unique program designed to impart to future officers the desire and leadership ability to exalt Jesus Christ within the military community.
www.springcanyon.org /rmh/rmh.htm   (219 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Rocky Mountain high temperatures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The average high temperature in 1934 was 77.8.
Denver had eight record highs this month and tied the ultimate high of 105 degrees.
In 2003 the average high temperature in Pueblo was 101 degrees, making it the hottest month in that city's history.
www.usatoday.com /weather/climate/2005-07-31-denver-hot-july_x.htm?csp=34   (363 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain High: The John Denver Internet Fan Club
The club is dedicated to his Rocky Mountain highness, JOHN DENVER, and we've been online since April of 1995.
Rocky Mountain High was the first John Denver WWW Page on the internet.
RMH was awarded the Virtual Dolphin Project's Award for Web Excellence
www.shellworld.net /~emily   (544 words)

  
 The New York Times > Travel > Escapes > Journeys: Rocky Mountain High Life
Eighty years later, it became a hippie hangout and a magnet for drunken bikers, wannabe poets and singer-songwriters who came to find their muses while camping for the summer in ramshackle cabins, which they rented for a buck or two a week.
These days, it's an Architectural Digest rendition of a miner's camp, a luxury spa hidden in the San Juan Mountains, where the 19th-century log cabins are filled with hundreds of thousands of dollars of exotic artifacts and artwork collected from all over the world by the owner's wife, a former art dealer from Munich.
At $600 to $800 a night for a couple, the museum-quality cabins are occupied by the sort of people who recognize the unsigned William Eggleston photographs in the former dance hall and appreciate the period antiques in the guest quarters.
www.nytimes.com /2005/01/14/travel/escapes/14DUNT.html?ex=1263445200&en=ef337eb3935e7a6d&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland   (751 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain High- Memories of the Rocky Mountain 1200
Rocky Mountain High- Memories of the Rocky Mountain 1200
Since this was my first time riding through the mountains, I decided to play "cyclo-tourist" and ride a more relaxed pace to enjoy the sights.
We had a long gradual descent toward Mt. Robson and past the Provincial Park of the same name, and the view of the mighty mountain got even better as the road moved passed the base of this mighty peak.
www.pathcom.com /~ppiltch/rm1200.html   (5248 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Rocky Mountain High: Music: John Denver   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
John Denver's sixth album contained the song for which he is best known, the album's title song "Rocky Mountain High." This song went top 10 and secured John Denver a place as Colorado's musical hero, and became an unofficial anthem for the state.
Acoustic guitars dominated the classic "Rocky Mountain High." John Denver's voice is modified with a reverberating effect that creates a more expansive musical piece than a description would imply.
The song itself is a song of loss and discovery in the mountains of Colorado.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000666QX8?v=glance   (919 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain high   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
West Newbury's Colin Young, who was an all-league player for Fordham University this spring, relaxes in his living room yesterday after being drafted in the ninth round by the Colorado Rockies as the 280th pick overall.
The Rockies took pitchers with five of their first nine picks with Young being the second southpaw.
The Rockies have a reputation for signing their high draft picks and paying them well.
www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/19990603/SP_001.htm   (635 words)

  
 Travel: Rocky Mountain high's downside
The chambers are now located at Mountain Lodge Spa in the center of Vail.
A one-hour session is $200 in the fixed-location chambers, but you can have a portable chamber brought to your hotel room for $250.
For 90 percent of people with "mountain sickness," one treatment is usually enough to eliminate all symptoms for the duration of their stay at the higher elevation.
www.sptimes.com /2003/10/12/Travel/Rocky_Mountain_high_s.shtml   (1120 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain High
Boasting a team of five orthopedists, the cutting-edge Northern Rockies Orthopaedic Specialists facility is set in the recreational mountain community of Missoula, Montana.
The most common injuries tend to be to the knee, shoulder, and hand, reflecting the activities that bring the young people and workers to the region.
Northern Rockies Orthopaedic Specialists is sited on the campus of the local community hospital.
www.orthopedictechreview.com /issues/mayjun04/pg20.htm   (1858 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain High   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Rocky Mountain High is an intense 10 days for the soul and body.
Throughout the day, your team unifies and your limits are tested together in mountain biking, white water rafting, team building exercises, mountain climbing, and repelling.
RMH is a time surrounded by God's beauty and Christ's brothers and sisters.
www.nd.edu /~adeberry/afrotc/ocf/rmh.html   (276 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain spotted fever   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a tick-borne illness caused by a bacteria, resulting in a high fever and a characteristic rash.
The bacteria causing RMSF is passed to humans through the bite of an infected tick.
"Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: A Disease For All Seasons--and All Parts of the Country." Consultant 35 (Sept. 1995): 1318.
www.healthatoz.com /healthatoz/Atoz/ency/rocky_mountain_spotted_fever.jsp   (1272 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain High
You won't see Rocky Mountain anywhere near them, considering that a school needs at least five participants in the race to qualify as a team.
Only once did Rocky Mountain place enough runners in one field to garner a team qualification.
In the first meet of her high school career, freshman Brandy Bullinger earned a third-place finish and lost the ability to breathe in.
www.casperstartribune.net /articles/2005/08/27/sports/20cdd3a4c85cd32b8725706a000d015d.txt   (747 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain High - College Living
From the double fl diamonds signifying a course for advanced skiers to the green geometrical symbol for beginners, the 223 members who took the trip found what they needed in the mountains near Aspen.
Lee Dieckman, club treasurer, said that the tour company booking the trip provided three buses, which left UC on Dec. 11 and returned on Dec.19.
The group stayed in Snowmass, located five miles from Aspen, and skied on four different mountains: Aspen Highlands, Aspen Mountain, Buttermilk and Snowmass.
www.newsrecord.org /news/2005/01/05/CollegeLiving/Rocky.Mountain.High-830584.shtml   (469 words)

  
 Canadian Rocky Mountain high
It was those two perspectives that their son-in-law, Tom McArdle, took into consideration when planning a trip that would honor Debby and Tom's 40th wedding anniversary, Tom and Heather's 10th anniversary, and Tom's parents, Tom and Ann McArdle's, 40th anniversary as well.
Paul was particularly enamored with the quietness of their first mountain town.
The Hills were motivated to move by their daughter and son-in-law — although if they had known what they were in for, they might not have hiked to the tea house, especially in the drizzle — a good two miles up a steep mountain.
www.recordonline.com /archive/2005/10/09/travel09.htm   (1156 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain High :: Army Beats Air Force to End Long Drought in Colorado
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- So many of these trips to the base of the Rocky mountain range had ended poorly for Army's football program, so many dreams vanquished beneath a pile of poor execution and a bevy of bad breaks.
There were houses of horror for Army's football team over the years, enemy arenas that seemed to break the Black Knights' will simply by their appearance on the schedule.
And thanks to a well-placed off week nestled comfortably in front of his team's trip out west, Ross spent the better part of two weeks preaching the importance of belief and confidence to his young squad members, none of whom were alive to witness Army's last successful journey to Mountain Standard Time.
goarmysports.cstv.com /sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/111705aaa.html   (1555 words)

  
 "Rocky Mountain High RMH - USA Bus Tours and Coach Tours - budget camping & lodging travel in Yellowstone, Grand Teton, ...
Rocky Mtn NP Rocky Mtn NP Arkansas River
With a week each in the Cascades/Northern Rockies area, the Colorado Rockies and the Desert Southwest, this is truly the complete Western experience - Rocky Mountain style!
Continue the adventure by rafting the raging waters of the Snake or Arkansas Rivers before travelling along America's spectacular mountain roads to old gold rush towns such as Ouray or Telluride.
www.trekamerica.com /tours/rmh.html   (504 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain High
Named after a Scottish range of hills by the explorer Thomas Mitchell in 1836, the 400-million-year-old mountains rise up dramatically from the surrounding Wimmera Plain like a giant natural fortress.
One of the most popular climbs is Hollow Mountain in the north-east of the park.
An adventure company will drive you to the top of the mountain and you can then cruise back down, with stops at cliff-top viewing points like Reed’s and Lakeview Lookouts.
www.openroad.com.au /onfoot_rockymountainhigh.asp   (1062 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain High
The air was cool and fragrant as my sister Elizabeth and I, seven and five, clad in yellow sunsuits, waded in the sparkling mountain stream.
In the meantime, my mother and grandmother were following that search party and at every evidence of a fresh landslide would get down on their knees to probe the rocky soil for life.
Rushing down the mountain, we could hear voices, and as if orchestrated, we met the search party at the base, preparing to make their next climb.
www.gpc.edu /~heritage/rockyhigh.htm   (1016 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain High, Canadian-Style - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
With no boundaries between park and hotel, guests can expect mountain sheep, coyotes, even the odd bear to range over the hotel's stunningly picturesque grounds at the foot of the Rocky Mountains.
Speaking of skiing, JPL is a thirty-minute ride from Marmot Basin, a fantastically beautiful ski mountain with nine lifts, a 3,000-foot vertical drop and superior snow conditions.
But Fairmont is trying to lure visitors with a new "Cruisin' the Canadian Rockies" package, which kicks off in Banff, an hour-and-a-half drive from the Calgary airport, and includes two nights each at their three luxury Alberta resorts: the JPL, the historic Chateau Lake Louise and the Fairmont Banff Springs.
www.forbes.com /travel/2005/03/10/cz_sa_0310dow.html   (930 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain High
The Area Mental Health Center believes that our Rocky Mountain High Camping Experience provides excellent opportunities for families and children to enhance problem-solving skills, develop closeness and increase self-esteem.
The Rocky Mountain High Camping Experience is conducted in the beautiful mountains of Colorado.
The youth programs are scheduled in the summer months, and the family camps are scheduled in the spring and fall.
www.areamhc.org /rmh.html   (232 words)

  
 Outdoor Research Rocky Mountain High Gaiter - Packcloth
The Outdoor Research Rocky Mountain High Gaiters will keep your feet dry as you walk through majestic mountains to contemplate your raison d'ĂȘtre.
The 1in-wide hook-and-loop front closure is enhanced with a strap-and-cam buckle at the top of the gaiter and an elastic cuff at the bottom to insure crud stays out.
Hike or ski through rock-choked ravines full of snow and brush; the boot-lace hooks and snaps keep the gaiters securely attached to your footwear, and nylon instep laces prevent the Rocky Mountain High Gaiters from riding up your hiking boots or Nordic ski boots.
www.backcountry.com /store/ODR0022.html?AID=10281785&PID=1827914   (217 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain High
We look out on the snow-capped front range of the Rockies; lesser mountains surround us.
By now we have the satellite dish setup and connected so that we can tune in to CNN and the weather channel as well as watch a favorite television show or one of the NBA playoff games.
We also have the mountain bikes down off the carrier rack on top of our towed-vehicle (toad).
eduscapes.com /mm/trips/rockymtn/rockymtn.htm   (499 words)

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