PERU: ANCIENT CULTURES AND ANDEAN ADVENTURES
Jan Taylor - 1 leader trip / Jeanne Kangas - backup leader
Title of trip
Leadership
Location(s)
Dates
Type of trip check all that apply
PERU: ANCIENT CULTURES AND ANDEAN ADVENTURES
Leader Jan Taylor - 1 leader trip
Peru
May 14-31, 2010
Hiking
Co-leader Jeanne Kangas - backup leader
Total # of days 18
Downhill skiing Kayaking
Backpacking Cultural Road biking
Nordic ski Mountain biking Snorkeling
Other – please describe walking more than hiking
Number of participants
(excluding leaders)
Advertised cost
Airfare range if not included
Do you wish to have your trip listed online before it is published in The Outdoors?
Smaller trips and leader subsidization
Max 17 Min 11
$ 3795 Does it include airfare? Yes No
$ 1000 - $1100 (includes 2 internal flights)
Yes No If yes, please list the approximate month (max is one year in advance of trip)
November
Is this proposal for a small group trip – i.e., less than 14 participants and 2 leaders or 7 participants and 1 leader?
Yes No
If yes, why is a small group proposed?
If a participant fee increase of more than 15% is proposed, please explain why?
Leader name
Leader address
Jan Taylor
4 Trotting Horse Drive, Lexington, MA 02421
Leader email jliztaylor@rcn.com
Leader phone Home 781-862-1897 Work
Wilderness first aid training
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WFA AWFA WFR Expiration: 05/11
CPR training
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CPR BLS Expiration: will check and renew if needed
Prior leading experience Please list the last three longer (5+ day) trips you have led for the AMC including destination, type of trip, dates and number of participants. Feel free to list additional trips you have led, particularly if they demonstrate experience related to the trip you
Trip one
Trip two
Trip three
are proposing.
Cotswold walking - May, 2009
Galapagos and Ecuador - January, 2009
Sicily hiking and culture - May, 2008
Other related trip experience
Co-leader name
Co-leader address
Co-leader email
Jeanne Kangas - backup leader
959 Hill Rd, Boxboro, MA 01719 jkangas@verizon.net
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To lead a major excursion you must have current CPR and WFA at the time of your trip (or AWFA for all backcountry trips). If you do not have the required level of certification at the time you submit your proposal or it will expire before the date of your trip, you will need to make arrangements to recertify in a timely manner.
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PERU: ANCIENT CULTURES AND ANDEAN ADVENTURES
Jan Taylor - 1 leader trip / Jeanne Kangas - backup leader
Co-leader phone
Wilderness first aid training* WFA AWFA WFR Expiration: will get renewal
CPR training*
Prior leading experience
Home 978-263-8594 Work 978-369-0001
CPR BLS Expiration: will get renewal
If you are a new co-leader you must submit an application to be a major excursions leader or co-leader prior to submitting this application.
Yes No If yes, please describe below: Scouting
Have either of you led this trip before or traveled to this
area?
Languages
Does either the co-leader or leader speak the local
language?
Couples
Do the leader and co-leader have a significant personal
relationship?
Private trips
Do either of you lead trips that are private - not sponsored by
the AMC?
Co-leader: Yes
Not applicable:
Yes
No
Leader: Yes No both of you need to drop out. This is required for approval!
Yes
No
No
If yes, please list who has agreed to be your back-up in case one or
If yes, please note that you cannot advertise AMC and private trips together unless there is a clear distinction between the two in any marketing materials you send out.
Executive summary
Please provide a brief description of the trip and the activities planned.
Accommodations
Please describe your plan for accommodation(s)
Meals
Please describe your plan for providing meals
Permits or permissions
Does the trip require special permits or permissions?
(required on many U.S. federal lands and national parks)
Day in Lima; fly to Arequipa; explore Colca Canyon; Puno and Lake Titicaca - Uros
Islands; Raqchi homestay; Cusco area, Pisac - various ruins: Aguas Calientes and
Machu Picchu small hotels, one home stay - arranged by Ric Finch all breakfasts provided; some lunches and dinners provided; some paid by trip, some paid by participants. See budget for more details
Yes No
If yes, please describe below what you will need to do to obtain them:
If no, please describe the process you went through to find out that they were not required:
Special equipment
Does the trip require special equipment?
Special experience
Does the trip require special skills on the part of the participant?
Yes No If yes, please describe below what type of equipment and how you will ensure that people know how to use it:
Yes No If yes, please describe below what type of experience? Also describe how you will ensure that the participant has this experience?
Pre-trip activities
Do you plan to get your group together before the trip for an activity or social event?
Yes No If yes, please describe below what you will do:
Conservation, education and Education and recreation are obvious - info from guide who accompanies us as well as
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Jan Taylor - 1 leader trip / Jeanne Kangas - backup leader
recreation
How will this major excursion meet the mission of the AMC?
www.outdoors.org/about/ mission.cfm specialized guides at important locations; will have lecture on conservation issues at
Machu Picchu as this area is being overrun by tourists
Will this trip require a tour operator or guide service during part, or the entire trip?
Yes No
Please describe their services. If you are using a tour operator for the entire trip, please describe why you will be using them rather than doing this trip on your own:
Tour organizer, Ric Finch, owner of Rutahsa, has led this trip many times and will make all reservations needed and provide a guide he has trained to accompany us on the trip.
Pepe guided a trip led by Kathy Didier in June, 2009. She and participants were very satisfied with his services, as were participants on a trip he led last year.
Rutahsa Name of tour operator/guide service
Tour operator website
Safety record
Please provide information about their safety record.
Insurance
Do they have liability insurance?
Emergency response
Please describe the outfitters’ response plan in the case of an emergency.
www.rutahsa.com/peru
In 10 years of operation no accidents other than cuts and bruises from a fall.
Liability? Yes No Maximum amt: $
Are they willing to list AMC as an additional insured?
Yes No
Have had 2 medical problems in 10 years. In both cases leader and local providers have gotten transport and medical treatment for individuals. Response is dependent on location and type of problem. Participant and insurance totally responsible for costs.
Please assess the risks and hazards of your trip. Carefully consider each area of risk and how it may affect your trip.
Devise a plan to prevent each hazard and to respond to it if it becomes necessary. Please be very specific for each section if applicable.
Climate/terrain
Potential hazards
Trail conditions, river crossings, weather, wildlife (bears, snakes, etc.)
Rainy season has ended - normally - but with climate change, who knows. If rainy,
Response
Foreign Country
Potential hazards
Response
Transportation
Potential hazards
Response mountain roads could be a problem reroute trip
Political concerns, crime, language translation, terrorism groups unhappy with gov't decisions could set up road blocks - as they did this year re: taking oil from rainforest areas and disrupting lives of indigenous peoples. bus can take other routes to avoid roadblocks or delay travel
Road conditions, drivers, insurance
We will travel by bus with driver.
If road conditions deteriorate, seek alternative roads
Participants
Potential hazards
Response
Other
Potential hazards
Response
Level of fitness, screening concerns, experience with equipment or activity
Only issue could be high altitude bring medications; check with personal doctor prior to trip
Conditions unique to this type of trip
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Please describe your plans for dealing with emergencies. Use as much detail as possible, and list any special communications equipment you may need to ensure the safety of your participants. DO NOT LEAVE THIS SECTION
BLANK
Emergency communication
Phone contacts, language, documentation, distance from emergency services
Guide will have cell phone and info on emergency services. Will provide phone numbers for all hotels for US contacts. Have evac insurance from AMC
Will carry normal first aid supplies. We will always be close to roads and not in back country.
Emergency equipment
What sort of emergency first aid or communication equipment (satellite phone, two-way radios) do you plan to use, if any?
NA Evacuation
Please describe your plan for evacuation from the backcountry location if applicable?
Medical care
Please describe the medical care available in the area(s) where you will be traveling and list names and telephone numbers for these facilities.
Will have to get this from guide. Lima, Cusco, Arequipa and Aguas Calientes will have hospitals/clinics.
Will pay Rutahsa and airlines in dollars for all hotels, transport, some food. Will exchange relatively small amount of dollars into local currency. Contingency should cover any changes in valuation.
$1US = 2.94PEN (Peru Nuovos Soles)
1 PEN = $.34US
Foreign currencies
For int’l trips list each foreign currency, the current $US dollar exchange rate and what contingencies you have if that rate changes. If a tour operator or agent is being used, what currency is the agent to be paid in?
Deposits
What deposits will be required by airlines, hotels, tour operators, etc., and when?
Refunds
What is the latest date you can cancel and still receive a full refund?
Participant deposit
What are the initial deposit and your schedule of payments?
Cancellation policy
What will your cancellation policy be for the participants?
$100 refundable for group flights. No monies due Rutahsa at this time. mid Feb for flights; Ric is willing to book without deposits based on prior trips with
Walley and Kathy Didier
$1000 deposit; Feb 1 - $2000; remainder April 1
After acceptance $100 non-refundable. After Feb 1, 2010, minimally $300 is nonrefundable, if (and only if) there is a replacement from the waiting list. However, cancellation shall not raise the cost of the trip to other participants or the leader. If not replaced, person will forfeit the $300, plus per capita expenses already incurred and on any other unpaid expenses for which the trip cannot obtain a refund.
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Jan Taylor - 1 leader trip / Jeanne Kangas - backup leader
Minimum numbers
Will you still run the trip if you do not get the minimum number?
Reference web links:
MEC Home Page:
Forms:
Deadlines:
E-Mail Addresses:
Club House:
MEC Chair:
Yes No If yes, please describe conditions:
Possibly will run it if number comes close to 11. http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/ http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/application/ http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/listings cyout@outdoors.org
mecchair@amcboston.org
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