Explore Honduras, Yesterday And Today
Elizabeth Goeke/T.Walley Williams III
Jan. 20-29, 2007
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:
Explore Honduras, Yesterday And Today
B)
C)
D)
E)
Elizabeth Goeke
T.Walley Williams III
Jan. 20-29, 2007
Total # of days:
Day hikes, exploring ruins and absorbing culture
Leader:
Co-Leader(s):
Dates:
Type of Trip:
F) Participants: (not counting leaders) Minimum: 14
Advertised Cost: $1945 including airfare
10
Maximum: 18
2. TRIP DETAILS
A) Executive Summary: Brief outline of trip and trip activities.
Travel a circulat route in the north west part of Hounduras by chartered small bus. Visit the
capital and three small cities. One city has a mountain to climb. One has Mayan ruins. The third
has a lake and waterfalls.
B) Accommodations: Please describe your plans for accommodation(s).
The trip will stay in hotels which the coleader has selected for price and availability at the
time frame of this trip. Double occupancy will be expected and rooms may not include baths.
C) Meals: Please describe your plans for meals.
All meals will be arranged because of the danger of unclean water and contamined food.
D) Permits: Does the trip require special permits (required on all U.S. federal lands
<If YES, explain what is needed, and how & when they will be acquired>
No
E) Equipment: Does the trip require special/technical equipment?
No
<If YES explain what equipment is needed and will any of it be provided by the trip>
F) Pre-trip activities: Do you plan to get your group together before the major excursion for
an activity or social event?
Yes
For those in driving distance an afternoon hike and supper at the leader's house will be held.
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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/>
Traveling by bus through the country side will show the problems of the landscape. As we
visit the cities we will come to understand some of the culture and economy. We will walk and
hike to visit the points of interest. Visiting Copan will give an opportunity to discuss the collapse
of the Mayan civilization allowing us to draw comparisons with what we see going on in modern
Honduras. We will also visit a cloud forest allowing us to introduce oeople to what goes on in
this unique environment.
H) Outfitters: Will this trip require an outfitter?
No
Name: <If YES provide outfitter's name>
Safety record: <Provide information about their safety record>
Liability insurance: <Provide information about the oufitter's liability insurance>
Emergency response: <Describe the outfitters SOP in case of emergencies>
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3. LEADER INFORMATION
A) Contact Information:
Leader:
<Name>Elizabeth Goeke
<Street Address>22 Grove Place Unit 29
<City, State, Zip>Winchester, MA 01890
(home) <home telephone>781-729-8484
(e-mail) <e-mail address>betsyg@space.mit.edu
(work)
Co-Leader:
<T.Walley Williams III
71 Orchard St
Belmont, MA 02478-3509
(home) 617-484-1877
(work) 508-893-6363 X13
(e-mail) twalley.williamsiii@verizon.net
twalley.williams@liberatingtech.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: <June 2006>
WFA: To be redone during fall 2006
Other: <Describe course; expiration date>
Co-Leader:
CPR: to be done prior to China trip fall 2006
WFA: to be done prior to China trip fall 2006
Other: <Describe course; expiration date>
If CPR and/or WFA certifications will expire before your trip starts, describe your plans
for re-certification:
A course for re-certification will be chosen as soon as the trip is approved.
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. Hawaii 2004 - cancelled for lack of participants
2. Wyoning horsepacking 1988 or 89 - only leaders' family went
3. Canadian Rockies backpack - about 18 participants
Others: <Trip description>
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D) Scouting:
Have you or your co-leader led this trip before or traveled in the area?
Yes
The leader visited Honduras on a mission trip in 2006. The coleader has visited the Mayan
ruins and those in nearby countries.
E) Special Experience:
Are any special skills or experience on the part of the participants required?
<If "Yes" please describe>
No
F) Couples:
Do the Leader and Co-leader have a significant personal relationship?
<If "Yes" please detail plans if one party cannot go>
No
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: <Trrail conditions, weather, etc.>
Response:
Plans will be modified as indicated by inclement weather.
B) Foreign Countries
Potential Hazards: <Political concerns, crime, language translation.>
Response:
Honduras is politically calm and crime should not be a problem. The
coleader ' s Spanish will provide adequate ability to communicate with locals
C) Transportation
Potential Hazards: Only in the capital are highways up to America standards.
Response:
A twenty passenger bus with a driver will be engaged. The leader will be
part of a mission prior to the trip. The mission coordinator lives in the capital and hires such
buses more than once a year. He will provide the bus reference.
D) Participants
Potential Hazards: Varying skills and personalities can degrade the trip experience.
Response:
Participants will be screened for compatibilty and acceptance of conditions
in the country. This is part of the reason for the pretrip get- together.
E) Other
Potential Hazards: Clean food and drinking water must be provided. Malaria prevention is
necessary.
Response:
Leaders will communicate CDC recommendations on health before the
trip. Leaders will provide bottled water and caution against eating food other than that provided.
Malaria and dystentry medication will be required.
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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.
A) Emergency Communication
Group will have a cell phone usable in Honduras, Coleader speaks Spanish. Group will be
accompanied by a local bus driver who can drive the group to a place where any problem can
be resolved
B) Evacuation
There is only one away from road day hike. It is in a national park with rangers and so on.
C) Medical Care
The capital has three hospitals.
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):
No early deposits will be required for this trip.
B) What is the latest date for you to cancel and get a full refund? :
NA
C) What is the value of the deposit you will require of the participants?
$ 1000
D) What will be your cancellation policy for the participants?
Return of all but $50 if participant is replaced. Same if cancellation is prior to November 1.
After November 1, funds will be returned except for fixed costs such that remaining
participants do not pay more.
E) Will trip run if minimum participant count not met?
<If "Yes" describe conditions>
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
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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)
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)
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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.
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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