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Slickrock Adventures has been an adventure sports tour operator in Belize for 13 years. The nine-day excursion described is one of eight guided trips the company offers. For the past four years, the Utah-based company has been providing detailed itineraries for intrepid souls online. It's no accident that the self-starters who use the Internet to plan and learn are the type of adventurers who go on Slickrock's trips, says Lucy Wallingford, co-owner of Slickrock. "Our customers are people who like to participate. They're less likely to expect to be waited on and shown what to do." About 16 percent of Slickrock's bookings come through the Web. Quite simply, it's more convenient to find and research adventure vacations with the Internet. Before the Web, you might see an ad in a magazine, call the number, and then have to wait for the information to come in the mail. Now you can get the information much faster.