Trip # Assigned: ___________
Leader Name: Wenig/Gordon
Destination: St. John VI
APPLICATION TO LEAD AN AMC MAJOR EXCURSION
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I. SUMMARY INFORMATION
A) Trip Title: Eco-Camping at Maho Bay
B) Leaders: Melissa Wenig and Joel Gordon
C) Back up Leader:: Marlene Schultz or Roy Loiselle
D) Dates: Trip I: Tuesday, Feb.20 –Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007 or
Trip II: Tuesday, Feb 20 –Saturday, March 3
Length of Trip 8 days, 7 nights or 12 days/11 nights
E) Type of Trip: Geared to families. Backpacking Day-hiking Cultural Skiing Other:
Camping, hiking, snorkeling and day hikes.
F) Participants: (not counting leaders) Minimum # 24 Maximum # 36 Cost $1375 for either
Pre-Trip Meeting; Always
ADVERTISED Cost per participant to be listed in AMC Outdoors: $1375
With Extension: $1700
(please make it consistent with how others advertise it-last year it looked like Cinnamon Bay trips were
much cheaper because they didn’t list airfare.)
TRIP DETAILS
A) Brief outline of trip and trip activities.
Based at Maho Bay Campground, activities include hiking, snorkeling, swimming and trips to other parts
of the island, cultural programs and special group activities such as get acquainted BBQ.This trip is
geared toward families and activities will be structured so that all members of the family can participate.
There will also be free time to enable people to schedule personal options such as sailing, scuba, trip to
BVI etc
B) Accommodations: In tent cottages with platform beds and excellent mattresses,sheets, blankets,
towels provided; electricity, cooking gear, and all utensils. Bath-house within a 5 minute walk.
Meals- One group meal. All rest individual
Permits: Does the trip require special permits (required on all U.S. federal lands)? No
Equipment: Does the trip require special technical equipment? No
C) Educational Aspect: What are the specific education, conservation, or recreation components of trip?
We will learn about the ways that Maho Bay camps has provided leadership to the National Parks in the
area of conservation, using recyclable materials and protecting the earth from impact of large number of
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travelers. On St. John, we will learn about coral reefs and the efforts made to protect and re-establish the
natural formation .We will learn about local flora and fauna while hiking through a tropical forest from a
naturalist. We will meet local people and learn local lore. We will hike, snorkel and create community.
D) Outfitters: Will this trip require an outfitter? No
II. LEADER INFORMATION
A) Contact Information
Leader: Melissa Wenig
Co-Leader: Joel Gordon
Address:44 Langdon St.
Address: 44 Langdon St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
Cambridge, MA 02138
Home Phone: 617 868 5296
Home Phone: 617 868 5296
Work Phone: 617 492 6395
Email:melisjoel@verizon.net
Email: melisjoel@verizon.net
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.
Course
CPR
WFA
AWFA
Other
Other cert.:
Leader
Exp. Date
Copy Attached
No
Yes
Yes No
Yes No
Course
CPR
WFA
AWFA
Other
Other cert.:
Co-Leader
Exp. Date
Copy Attached
No
Yes
Yes No
Yes No
If copies of CPR and WFA or equivalent are not attached, please detail your specific plan to obtain this
certification.
We will recertify in CPR this year.
C) Leader Experience and Training
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. Maho Bay 2006
32 participants
2. Maho Bay 2005
34 participants
3. Maho Bay 2004
40 participants
4: Maho Bay 2003
34 participants
D) Scouting: Have you or your co-leader led this trip before or traveled in the area? Yes, have been
doing this trip for the past 15 years.
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E) Special Experience: What special skills or experience are required to lead this trip and how do you or
your co-leader bring these skills and experience?
Ability to work with a large and very diverse group of people of all ages, capabilities, interests and
needs. Ability to work effectively with airlines and camp ground. Need to be attentive to details and have
good planning skills. Knowledge of island, residents and resources helpful.
F) Couples: If leader and co-leader are a couple or have some other close personal relationship, what are
your back up plans if one if you cannot go and the other must stay behind as well? Or if you are in
the field and both of you must return?
Marlene and Jerry Schultz are approved MEC leaders as is Roy Loiselle. One or the other of them will
either be back up or co-leaders depending on size of group.
G) Medical History: Both leader and co-leader need to have a recent copy of the AMC Confidential
Medical Form on file at 5 Joy St.
On file at 5 Joy St.
H)
III. RISK ASSESSMENT
A) 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.
Areas of Risk
Climate/Terrain:
trail conditions,
weather, etc.
Potential Hazards
HEAT
Prevention/Response
Constant reminders re heat exposure
including use of hat, suntan lotion and body
covering.
Foreign Countries:
political concerns,
crime, language
translation
Transportation:
vehicles, drivers,
insurance
NONE
NONE: We hire a driver
Use local driver
Participants:
skill level, health,
group dynamics
Ability to climb many stairs
Ability to be part of a group
Medical form and pre-screening
Pre-screening, but can't always tell
Other:
B) Emergency Action Plan
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Emergency Communication (phone contacts, language, documentation)
We keep cell phone with us at all times. The medical center is located 3 miles from the campground and
within any of our areas of travel. We can get helping using 911.
Medical Care (local medical facilities – location and quality)
St John has a reasonably good Health Center and Drs. are easily available. And for serious
emergencies St. Thomas is 20 minutes away by ferry..
IV. COST INFORMATION
Your application to lead a trip will not be accepted if a detailed cost analysis is not attached.
A) Estimated cost per participant with minimum $ 1375 with maximum $1375
Airfare
$625
Maho Bay Camps
$550
Transfers/Grd Trans
$80
AMC
$ 70
Misc.- phone, postage,
Pre-trip meeting
$ 38
Evacuation Ins.
$12
TOTAL:
$1375
ADVERTISED Cost per participant to be listed in AMC Outdoors: $1375
With Extension: $1700
B) What deposits are required in advance? $100 pp/ $200 per family We have to give campground a
$300.00 non refundable deposit in May and we put down $4200 to airlines.
C) What is the latest date for you to cancel and get a full refund? 120 days out from trip for full refund
and then 60 days to get refund of all monies not committed to campground, trip expenses and
airlines. We have to put so much down so early because this is Presidents Week.
D) What are your plans if you do not get the required number of people? We won't go
V. 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? We may be leading a religious study group in December
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VI. AMC OUTDOORS INFORMATION
A) Request month for trip to first appear in AMC Outdoors : August/September
Date to be pulled January
B)
This notice is part of the Caribbean Camping list. Please make sure that it heads with Maho Bay
Presidents Week. It often gets lost with the Cinnamon Bay trips. Only include cost of land and air,
in Cinnamon folks breaking it out.
Maho Bay Campground in St. John USVI
President’s Week Trip Tuesday, February 20 -Tuesday, Feb.27 2007
March Madness Add-On : Tuesday, February 20 -Sat. March 3, 2007
Swim, snorkel, hike and relax at beautiful Maho Bay. Great for the entire family as well as
couples/singles. Lovely tent-cottages with all basic amenities. Fee with air : $1375 pp/do.($750 land +625
air) Inquire for child rates. Includes Boston airfare, accommodations, transfers, transportation and all
scheduled activities. For extension add $325 to total. Act now! Trip fills quickly. Details on website:
www.joyfulservice.com/mahobay.html and/or email melisjoel@aol.com . or call leaders Melissa and Joel
Gordon at 617-868-5296.
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