NEW YORK, August 3, 2000 - If you haven't taken advantage of GORP's monthly contest program yet, now is the perfect time to do so! For the month of August, GORP.com, the leading outdoor recreation and adventure travel web site, teams up with Amazon Eco-Adventures to offer an all-expense-paid eco-adventure to the Amazon Rainforest. What better way to end the summer than with a free trip!

One winner and a guest will enjoy a seven-day, six-night tropical eco-adventure, featuring everything from boating and hiking to canoeing, fishing and swimming, as well as the opportunity to explore the Amazon Rainforest. The Amazon, the largest of its kind, is filled with many exotic vistas, diverse attractions and hundreds of animal and plant species just waiting to be discovered.

The lucky winner will receive round-trip airfare for two to Iquitos, Peru, nightly accommodations at the award-winning Tahuayo Lodge located deep in the Peruvian jungle, all meals, equipment, daily personalized guided wildlife viewing, airport transfers, entrance fees and tourist taxes.

To enter, log onto www.gorp.com and click on the Amazon Rainforest contest icon or visit http://gorptools.gorp.com/gorpapps/contest/amazontrip.asp. All online entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. EST on August 31. Participants can also enter by mail by sending a postcard including name, address, date of birth, daytime telephone number, and email address to Peru Amazon, C/O GORP.com, Inc., 22 W. 19th St., 8th floor, NY, NY 10011. All mailed entries must be postmarked no later than August 31. The winner will be notified by September 11 and must complete travel by March 31, 2001. Certain travel restrictions and blackout dates apply. Details and official contest rules are available at the site.

GORP (a.k.a. Great Outdoor Recreation Pages) is the largest and most trafficked Web site dedicated to outdoor recreation and adventure travel. With more than 100,000 pages of content, GORP offers a complete package of authoritative, award-winning content; a large, active community of outdoor enthusiasts; and a full-range of e-commerce offerings drawing nearly 14 million page views per month. Started in 1995, GORP offers a full-service adventure travel booking feature with more than 4,000 trips, accessible via the Web or telephone, in addition to a gear store with 180 brands of clothing, footwear and equipment. GORP has been cited by Yahoo!, US News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and many others, as the leader in this category and a "Best of the Web" site.

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