Urban And Rural China Past And Present
T. Walley Williams, III/Judith Dortz
October 7-28, 2006
APPLICATION TO LEAD AN AMC MAJOR EXCURSION
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(Forms and General Information: http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/ )
1. SUMMARY INFORMATION
A) Trip Title:
Urban And Rural China Past And Present
B)
C)
D)
E)
T. Walley Williams, III
Judith Dortz
October 7-28, 2006
Site see and hike
Leader:
Co-Leader(s):
Dates:
Type of Trip:
F) Participants: (not counting leaders) Minimum: 14
Advertised Cost: 3975 including airfare
Total # of days:
22
Maximum: 20
2. TRIP DETAILS
A) Executive Summary: Brief outline of trip and trip activities.
Visit eight cities and surrounding areas. One or two hikes to remote locations with stays over
night. Hiking or siteseeing with major walking every day unless travelling. Emphasis on seeing
more countryside and rural China than typical siteseeing trip.
B) Accommodations: Please describe your plans for accommodation(s).
Four star hotels arranged by guide and similar to 2004 trip except during trek overnights.
C) Meals: Please describe your plans for meals.
All meals are provided at approved restaurants or places personally selected by the guide to fit
the unique needs of an AMC trip.
D) Permits: Does the trip require special permits (required on all U.S. federal lands
No
E) Equipment: Does the trip require special/technical equipment?
No
F) Pre-trip activities: Do you plan to get your group together before the major excursion for
an activity or social event?
No
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G) Conservation/Education/Recreation:: Given that the AMC Mission Statement is as follows
Founded in 1876, the Appalachian Mountain Club is America's oldest conservation and recreation
organization. We promote the protection, enjoyment, and wise use of the mountains, rivers, and trails
of the Appalachian region. We believe that the mountains and rivers have an intrinsic worth and also
provide recreational opportunity, spiritual renewal, and ecological and economic health for the
region. We encourage people to enjoy and appreciate the natural world because we believe that
successful conservation depends on this experience. We fulfill our mission through the three
interconnecting pillars of the AMC: conservation, education, and recreation
How will this major excursion meet this mission of conservation, education, and recreation?
For examples, please see <http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/mission/>
The trip will visit a school, rural villages, a Nature Conservancy project, and similar places;
and the main guide will lecture on the economics of the various classes in modern China. We will
experience first hand such environmental problems as the loss of forest due to collection of fuel
wood. Some time will be spent on foot in every city to see how people really live. Will eat with
a farm family and learn about problems of rural economy.
H) Outfitters: Will this trip require an outfitter?
No
Name: No, but because of language issues and the considerable travel arrangements needed
within China, Richard Wang will accompany us for the entire trip. Richard Wang's company
is "Xi'an High-Tech Internatinal Travel Service". Mail address: Unit 1-1-803 Weifeng
Garden,# 3 Zhuque Dajie,Xi'an,China 710065. Phone is 0086 29 85401536; Wang's cell
phone is: 0086 0 13909268393 which is on 24 hours a day.
Safety record: Richard Wang, General Manager of Xi’an Hi-Tech Travel Service, Xi’an,
China has a strong recommendation from Anne Watt, Sr. Program Director, Primary Source;
Director, New England China Network, of Watertown, Ma. More important he did an
outstanding of organizing and accompanying the 2004 AMC trip.
Liability insurance: Do they have liability insurance? Yes, for all persons traveling with
them. $40,000 is highest compensation per person. They have a license from the China
Tourism Adm. to do international travel business, and Richard is a licensed English speaking
tour guide of advanced class.
Emergency response: Clinics and doctors are available in all the hotels and at the sights we
are to see. First aid services are readily available
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3. LEADER INFORMATION
A) Contact Information:
Leader:
T. Walley Williams, III
71 Orchard Street
Belmont, MA 02478-3509
(home) phone: 617-484-1877 fax: 617-484-1877
phone:508-893-6363 X13 Fax: 508-893-9966
(e-mail) Home email: twalley.williamsiii@verizon.net
>Work email: twalley.williams@liberatingtech.com
Co-Leader:
(work)
Judith Dortz
36 Ash Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
(home) 617-876-8516
(work)
(e-mail) Judith Dortz (Jdortz@aol.com)
B) First Aid Training
To lead a Major Excursion, you must have current CPR and Wilderness First Aid (WFA) or
its equivalent at the time of your trip.
Leader:
CPR: Renew before trip
WFA: Renew before trip
Other: Previous Solo twice CPR over 15 times
Co-Leader:
CPR: Renew before trip
WFA: Renew before trip
Other:
If CPR and/or WFA certifications will expire before your trip starts, describe your plans
for re-certification:
<TWW will attend K Didier Upgrade in April
C) Leader Experience and Training
New Leaders: If you are a new leader or co-leader, you must have submitted the form
“Application to Become a Major Excursions Leader”.
Experienced Major Excursions Leaders: Please list below the last three trips you have led for
the AMC including destination, type of trip (backpacking, skiing, etc.), dates, and number of
participants. Feel free to list additional trips you have led, particularly if they demonstrate
experience related to the trip you are proposing.
1. Peru- colead with Kathy Didier
2. Guatemala- colead with Kathy Didier
3. 2000 Land of the Maya Leader
Others: Have lead more than 15 trips to Alaska and central America
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D) Scouting:
Have you or your co-leader led this trip before or traveled in the area?
Both were on 2004 trip with Jan Taylor
E) Special Experience:
Are any special skills or experience on the part of the participants required?
Yes
No
F) Couples:
Do the Leader and Co-leader have a significant personal relationship?
Yes
Will recruit an MEC leader to go on this trip or to serve as a backup. In addition the guide is
so competent that the trip could run if either leader or both were temporatorily laid up.
4. RISK ASSESSMENT
Please assess the risks/hazards of your trip. Carefully consider each area of risk and how it
may affect your trip with specific potential hazards. Then, devise a plan to attempt to prevent
each hazard and to respond to it if it becomes necessary.
A) Climate/Terrain
Potential Hazards: Treks are only two day but in rugged areas
Response:
Guide will arrange for animals to carry packs and people as required.
Bottled water is distributed as often as needed. People can avoid local water.
B) Foreign Countries
Potential Hazards: People do not know Chinese.
Response:
Card with hotel info is given to each person at every stop. People will stay
with group except when in approved areas of cities
C) Transportation
Potential Hazards: <Vehicles, dirvers, insurance>
Response:
Large bus with professional driver always used.
D) Participants
Potential Hazards: <Skill level, health, group dynamics>
Response:
Previous trip proved to be suitable for people of varying levels of fitness.
Some may not want to do treks and that can be arranged.
E) Other
Potential Hazards: <Conditions unique to this trip>
Response:
<Prevention or response to identified risks>
5. EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN
Please describe your plans for dealing with emergencies. Please use as much detail as
possible and attach additional sheets if necessary.
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A) Emergency Communication
Local leader has cellphone at all times. Leader and coleader will also have international
cellphones
B) Evacuation
MEC insurance covers cost. The overnight hikes will have support animals
C) Medical Care
All approved tourist hotels have ready links to local medical support
Before you leave for you trip, you will need to provide a list of participants and their
emergency contacts in case something happens to someone in the field as well as an itinerary
with phone numbers (where available) in case something happens at home.
6. COST INFORMATION
A) What deposits are will be required from airlines, hotels, outfitters, etc. (and when):
10% of hotel component; Trippers own air tickets when bought on their behalf
B) What is the latest date for you to cancel and get a full refund? :
45 daysv before trip
C) What is the value of the deposit you will require of the participants?
$ 1300
D) What will be your cancellation policy for the participants?
If a tripper cancels, there is a $100 minimum charge. If no replacement is available, the trip
will reimburse as much as possible without raising the cost for the remaining trippers. Will
spell out further in prospectus.
E) Will trip run if minimum participant count not met?
No
7. PRIVATE TRIPS
Are you currently (up to and including the time frame of this proposed trip) leading trips that
are “private,” i.e. not sponsored by the AMC?
No
8. AMC OUTDOORS INFORMATION
Please see <http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/info/Trip_Notice_Rules.html> for the current rules
and schedule for submitting notices for AMC Outdoors. E-mail both the long (150 words
maximum) and short form (50 word maximum) trip announcements to goeke@space.mit.edu ,
preferably in plain text format, at the same time you submit the trip application. Although the trip
notices travel a different route to the Committee, it helps to have the notices on the web site when
the trip is reviewed.
It your trip notice is somewhat preliminary at this time, that’s OK. You have plenty of
opportunity to change it before the publication deadline. If you don’t want to have the first (long)
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notice appear at the normal time – see the above referenced rules – include your special request
in the body of the e-mail containing the trip notices.
After you trip is approved, please check your trip announcements as posted on the Major
Excursions web site: http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/ ; we cut-and-paste directly from this site
to AMC Outdoors !
9. TRIP PROPOSAL AND APPROVAL PROCESS
Trips cannot come before the Major Excursions Committee for approval unless the application is
completed and received two weeks prior to MEC meetings for review. The ME Leader’s web site
has the Handbook and all required forms: http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/handbook/ . As a
minimum we need:
 This application form
 A detailed trip budget/costing form
In addition the following are helpful during the review process, but need only be submitted after
your proposal is accepted:
 50 and 150 word notices for AMC Outdoors
 Trip prospectus – without application forms
Finally, we need to have on file at Joy Street (again, after proposal acceptance)
 A filled out Confidential Medical Form for leader and co-leader
 Copies of first aid certifications for leader and co-leader
We will accept snail mail applications, but electronic forms are preferred. Please save and
forward your electronic documents with the following naming convention:
Leader’s Last Name, Trip destination, Trip Activity (if applicable), Trip Start date.
For example: Zukroff-New-Zealand-Hiking-12-03-Application.doc
Email should be sent to both of the following two addresses:
Stacia Zukroff, Major Excursions Committee Chair at mecchair@amcboston.org
Heidi Reilly, AMC Travel Programs Coordinator at hreilly@outdoors.org
Or, if you unable to send electronically, please mail a single hard copy to:
Heidi Reilly, Appalachian Mountain Club
Five Joy Street, Boston, MA 02108
617-523-0655, x356 (voice) 617-367-8878 (FAX)
10. CONCLUSION
By turning in this proposal, you are agreeing to the following:
I have read the Major Excursions Leader Handbook and I agree to follow all policies and
procedures of the Major Excursions Committee and the Appalachian Mountain Club in
preparing for and conducting my major excursion.
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Questions? Contact Stacia Zukroff at mecchair@amcboston.org or 781-648-5503. She can put
you in touch with an experienced MEC mentor who can help you with trip planning.
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