Dick Cable/Janis Stahlhut
Biking Northern Italy-Switzerland Lakes Region
SUMMARY OF TRIP INFORMATION
Biking Northern Italy-Switzerland Lakes Region
Leader Dick Cable
Co-leader Janis Stahlhut
Lakes Region on Northern Italy
June 23-July 1, 2011
Total # of days 9
Hiking
Downhill skiing
Kayaking
Title of trip
Leadership
Location(s)
Dates
Type of trip
check all that apply
Backpacking
Cultural
Road biking
Nordic ski
Mountain biking
Snorkeling
Other – please describe
Cooking school
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 14
Min 10
$ 2990
Does it include airfare? Yes
No
$ 750-1000
Yes
No If yes, please list the approximate month (max is one year in
advance of trip)
immediately
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 AND CO-LEADER INFORMATION
Trip one
Trip two
Trip three
Other related trip experience
Dick Cable
8 Heather Lane, Burlington, CT 06013
r.cable@sbcglobal.net
Home 860-673-1940
Work 860-778-6414
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: 5-2012
CPR
BLS
Expiration: 1-2011
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
are proposing.
Yosemite Day Hiking: June 2008-coleader with Sue Lach
Mongolia: Land of the Darhat Mongols: August 2009-coleader with Sue Lach
Sicily 2010
Multiple three day trips to the White Mountains
Co-leader name
Janis Stahlhut
Leader name
Leader address
Leader email
Leader phone
Wilderness first aid training
CPR training
Prior leading experience

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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Co-leader address
Co-leader email
Co-leader phone
Wilderness first aid training*
CPR training*
Prior leading experience
1465 E. Putnam Avenue 323, Old Greenwich, CT 06870
jstahlhut1@aol.com
Home 203-820-9275
Work same
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: 5-2012
CPR
BLS
Expiration: 1-1-11
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.
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?
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below:
travelled to the area
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)
This trip will commence and end in Milan, Italy. This is primarily an easy to
intermediate road biking trip with van support. The biking will begin and end in Varese,
Italy with biking from location to location each day. Additionally a half-day cooking
school embracing the Northern Italian cuisine will be a mid-point biking highlight.
3 star hotels
Co-leader: Yes
No
Leader: Yes
No
Not applicable:
Yes
No
If yes, please list who has agreed to be your back-up in case one or
both of you need to drop out. This is required for approval!
Yes
No
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.
LOGISTICAL DETAILS OF TRIP
Special equipment
Does the trip require special
equipment?
Special experience
Does the trip require special
skills on the part of the
participant?
Pre-trip activities
Do you plan to get your group
together before the trip for an
activity or social event?
Conservation, education and
recreation
How will this major excursion
meet the mission of the AMC?
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Breakfast and dinner will be provided by the hotels. We will buy food for our lunches on
the road while biking.
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:
Our outfitter gave us this information
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?
It will require lower intermediate biking ability. We will ascertain this through our
screening process
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will do:
We will attempt to have a pre-trip gathering that will include a bike ride and dinner, at
participants expense.
The very nature of this trip focuses on conservation, education, and recreation. We will
be learning about the history, culture, and archaeology of Northern Italy. Our daiy
guide holds degrees in Archeology and Geology and our experience in Sicily was that he,
in addition to our Mt. Atena guides, provided an enormous amount of knowledge and
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insight to the history, culture and natural resources of our surroundings.
TOUR OPERATOR AND GUIDE SERVICE INFORMATION
Will this trip require a tour
operator or guide service
during part, or the entire
trip?
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.
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:
We will have guide services for our day to day biking routes and the history of the
villages and towns we will pass through and stay in. There will also be van support.
Girolibero Tour operator by Cooperative Zeppelin
info@zeppelin.it www.qeppelin.it www.girolibero.it
Girolibero Tours was used for the 2010 AMC trip to Sicily. In that outing, the company
performed in a way that ensured maximum safety and security of the participants. To the
best of our knowledge, Girolibero Tours has never had an incident to indicate they are
not fully capable of operating a safe excursion or of handling any emergency that may
arise.
Liability? Yes
No
Maximum amt: $
Are they willing to list AMC as an
Yes
No
additional insured?
Transportation to local hospitals in Varese, Lugano, Como, or Milan…whichever is
closer. Van support on all days. Guide will have a cell phone in case of emergencies.
RISK ASSESSMENT
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.
Trail conditions, river crossings, weather, wildlife (bears, snakes, etc.)
Climate/terrain
Potential hazards
The usual hazards ofbiking will exist.
Response
Use of proper foot gear, helmets, and biking protocol
Political concerns, crime, language translation, terrorism
Foreign Country
Potential hazards
petty theft can occur in most countries.
Response
Road conditions, drivers, insurance
Transportation
Potential hazards
We will not be driving.
Response
Level of fitness, screening concerns, experience with equipment or activity
Participants
Potential hazards
Appropriate level of fitness for day road biking
Response
Appropriate screening on the part of the leader and co-leader
Conditions unique to this type of trip
Other
Potential hazards
Response
EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN
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
The leader and co-leader will be carrying cell phones and two way radios; additionally,
Emergency communication
Phone contacts, language,
we will have phone contact at each hotel. Our guide will speak both English and Italian.
documentation, distance from
We are less than two hours to medical services of hospital status.
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emergency services
Emergency equipment
What sort of emergency first
aid or communication
equipment (satellite phone,
two-way radios) do you plan
to use, if any?
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.
Both the leader and co-leader will be carrying first aid kits and two way radios as well as
cell phones.
We will not be in a backcountry situation.
Hospital: Varese: La Quenti spa, Via Dante 20, Varese
Hospital: Luino: Ospedale Luini Confalonceri di Luino, Via Carlo Forloniari 6, Luino
Hospital: Lugano: Clinica Oppedale Regionali di Lugano, Via Tessereti 46, CH 6903,
Switzerland
Hospital: Como: Ospedale Generali di Zoni Valduci, Como
COST AND BUDGET DETAILS
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?
The cost of the trip from the outfitter is 1450 Euro. At an exchange rate of 1.38 that is
$2000. A 1.5% transfer rate by TD Bank is approximately $30 per participant. That total
is $480. I have also built a contingency of 4% to allow for the transfer rate and any other
minor fluctuations. The trip is all inclusive; there are no participant costs except for
lunches and incidentals on their own. The 2010 Sicily trip was built on this same
platform and we used virtually none of the contingency except for a group dinner on the
final night, which in this trip is provided by the outfitter. We do not want this trip to
advertise for more than $3,000 as we feel strongly that it will deter possible participants
from even looking at the prospectus Consequently, we will add into the prospectus a
paragraph stating that if the Euro exchange rate goes higher than the current estimate, a
surcharge will be assessed
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?
20% deposit 90 days prior
Minimum numbers
Will you still run the trip if you
Yes
Revised July 2008
30 days in advance of first night (to be confirmed with tour operator)
$1,000 with application, $1,000 on January 15, 2011; balance due February 15, 2011.
Cancellations prior to March 1, 2011 will receive full refund. Cancellations after March
1 may not jeopardize the trip’s ability to go, or affect the cost to other participants.
Cancellations after this date may result in forfeiture of all moneys paid.
Full refund will be made if the trip is cancelled by the AMC or the trip leaders due to
insufficient participation (minimum 12 trip participants in addition to leaders). Trip
cancellation due to natural disasters, acts of God, or any situation deemed too dangerous
to depart will result in refunds minus any forfeited deposits and payments made and
retained by vendors according to their stated terms.
No
If yes, please describe conditions:
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do not get the minimum
number?
Reference web links:
MEC Home Page:
Forms:
Deadlines:
E-Mail Addresses:
Club House:
MEC Chair:
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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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