Carl Rosenthal/
Hiking in the Tatras of Poland & Slovakia
SUMMARY OF TRIP INFORMATION
Hiking in the Tatras of Poland & Slovakia
Leader Carl Rosenthal
Co-leader
Poland, Slovakia
June 17-30, 2017
Total # of days 14
Backpacking
Bicycling-Mountain
Bicycling-Road
Title of trip
Leadership
Location(s)
Dates
Type of trip
check all that apply
Primary type of trip
Number of participants
(excluding leaders)
Advertised cost
Airfare range if not included
When should the trip notice be
published in AMC Outdoors?
Do you wish to have your trip
listed online before it is
published in AMC Outdoors?
Smaller trips and leader
subsidization
Camping
Cultural
Family
Hiking
Paddling-Canoeing
Paddling-Sea-Kayaking
Skiing-CrossCountry (Nordic)
Trekking (e.g., hutto-hut)
Hiking
Minimum 9
Skiing-Downhill
Snorkeling
(Alpine)
Walking
Other – please describe
Select one of those checked above.
Maximum 13
$ 2170
Does it include airfare? Yes
No
$ 1400
Will leaders assist participants with flights? Yes
No
First Appearance: Month May
Year 2016
Last Appearance: Month May
Year 2017
Note: AMC Outdoors is only published in Jan., March, May, July, Sept., Nov.
Yes
No If yes, please list the approximate month and year when it should
be posted on line. April 1, 2016
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
Leader name
Leader address
Leader email
Leader phone
Wilderness first aid
training
CPR training
Prior leading experience
Trip one
Trip two
Trip three
Other related trip
Form Revised September 2015
Carl Rosenthal
58 Overlook Drive, Center Conway, NH 03813
crosenthal789@msn.com
Home
Work
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: 11/2016
Cell 603-447-1858
CPR
BLS
Expiration: 5-17-2016
If this is your first Adventure Travel trip as a Leader you must be present at the AMCATC meeting at which the trip proposal is considered.
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.
Eastern Pyrenees, hiking, October, 2015, 14 participants
Colorado, hiking, July, 2015, 14 participants
Canadian Rockies, hiking, July, 2014, 14 participants
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Hiking in the Tatras of Poland & Slovakia
experience
Co-leader name
Co-leader address
Co-leader email
Co-leader phone
Wilderness first aid training
CPR training*
Prior leading experience
No Co-leader Stephen Cohen has agreed to be my backup for this trip
Home
Work
Cell
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration:
CPR
BLS
Expiration:
If you are a new co-leader you must submit an application to be an Adventure Travel
leader or co-leader prior to submitting this application. Also, it is strongly
recommended that you be present at the AMC-ATC meeting at which the trip proposal
is considered.
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. Please indicate if you were
the leader or co-leader.
Trip one
Trip two
Trip three
Other related trip experience
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:
Went on a similar trip in June, 2015
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 materials
you send out.
LOGISTICAL DETAILS OF TRIP
Summary
Please provide a description
of the trip and the activities
planned. If available, please
include or attach an itinerary.
Krakow is a cultural and artistic center, with one of the oldest universities in Europe, a
historic castle, and scenic old city. The entire old town is a UNESCO World Heritage
Site. While in Krakow, we will make a day trip to the Wieliczka Salt Mine, and you will
have the option of going to Auschwitz. Both are also UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
We will also spend nights in the resort town of Zakopane, gateway to the Polish High
Tatras and the “winter capital of Poland”.
Of course, most of the trip will be spent hiking in the beautiful Tatra Mountains which
form a natural border between Poland and Slovakia. Their landscape is quite similar to
the Alps. We will have the opportunity to climb to Rysy, the highest point in Poland.
Accommodations
Please describe your plans for
accommodation(s)
Meals: Please describe your
plans for providing meals. If
the budget includes any funds
for leader meals not shared
with the group please justify.
Form Revised September 2015
3 nights at a hotel in Krakow, 3 nights at a hotel in Zakopane, 5 nights at different hotels
in Slovakia, 1 night at a hut in Slovakia
All meals are included except for 3 lunches and 3 dinners in Krakow
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Hiking in the Tatras of Poland & Slovakia
Local Transportation
Please describe your plans for
local transportation
Will leaders or participants be
drivers of motor vehicles?
Permits or permissions
Does the trip require special
permits or permissions?
(required on many U.S.
federal lands and national
parks)
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Hiring a bus & driver for transportation from Krakow to Zakopane and around
Zakopane. Hiring cars & drivers for some transportation within Slovakia.
Will leaders be drivers?
Will volunteer participants be drivers?
If so, MVR checks will be needed. See Appendix S1.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will need to do to obtain them:
Guide will obtain permits for Tatra National Park
If no, please describe the process you went through to find out that they were not
required:
Special equipment
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of equipment and how you
Does the trip require special
will ensure that people know how to use it:
equipment?
Will recommend MicroSpikes or similar, but they are not necessary
Special experience
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of experience? Also describe
Does the trip require special
how you will ensure that the participant has this experience?
skills on the part of the
Mouintain hiking experience
participant?
Pre-trip activities
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will do:
Do you plan to get your group
together before the trip for an
activity or social event?
Our guide is very knowledgable about the flora, fauna and history of the Tatras.
Conservation, education and
He will also take us on a tour of Zakopane. We will tour museums and other
recreation
How will this AMC-AT trip meet the
tourist attractions in Krakow, learning the history of this beautiful city.
mission of the AMC?
www.outdoors.org/about/mission.cfm
TOUR OPERATOR AND GUIDE SERVICE INFORMATION
This section should be completed if the trip will be using a tour operator, outfitter, guide service, travel agency or
other such company or person(s) for a significant part of the trip or for the entire trip. Any person(s) or companies
that are handling a significant portion of trip funds or arrangements need to be vetted. If there is more than one
tour operator please provide this information about each such entity.
Will this trip require a tour
Yes
No
operator or guide service
Please describe their services. If you are using a tour operator for the entire trip,
during part of or for the
please describe why you will be using them rather than doing this trip on your own:
Professional Guides are required for groups in Tatra National Park. Our guide will make
entire trip?
all reservations. I do not speak or read Polish or Slovak.
Name of tour operator/guide Piotr Konopka
service
www.mountain-guide.pl
Tour operator website
For over 10 years he has been the president of the Polish Mountain Guides Association.
Safety record
Please provide information
about their safety record.
Since 1991 he has been working as professional mountain guide, working mostly in the
Tatras & the Alps.
Insurance
Do they have liability
insurance?
Emergency response
Please describe the outfitters’
response plan in the case of an
Form Revised September 2015
30 years experience with the Tatras Rescue Service. Medical training every 3 years.
During the winter, he works for the Tatra Mountain Rescue Service (TOPR).
Liability? Yes
No
Maximum amt: $ not known
Are they willing to list AMC as an
Yes
No
additional insured?
Piotr carries a mobile phone which can be used in most parts of the High Tatras to call
the mountain rescue service in case of emergency. Rescues are provided by whatever
means are appropriate for the location: helicopter, land vehicle or rescue personnel.
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Hiking in the Tatras of Poland & Slovakia
emergency.
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
Typical mountain terrain, with steep rocky sections and possible snow field crossings.
Usual mountain weather hazards. No significant wildlife dangers.
Response
Particpants will be cautioned to exercise usual mountain safety practices regarding
attention to footing, use of poles, appropriate clothing, electric storm precautions,.
Political concerns, crime, language translation, terrorism
Foreign Country
Potential hazards
No concerns about terrorism at this time. Petty crime, such as pickpocketing, possible in
Krakow and Zakopane
Response
Participants will be alerted to the possibility
Road conditions, drivers, insurance
Transportation
Potential hazards
Excellent roads
Response
Professional drivers will be used
Level of fitness, screening concerns, experience with equipment or activity
Participants
Potential hazards
Moutain hiking experience
Response
Screening
Conditions unique to this type of trip
Other
Potential hazards
None
Response
EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN
Please describe your plans for dealing with emergencies. Give 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 BLANK
Websites of the rescue services of the two countries are /www.topr.pl/ ; /www.hzs.sk/.
Emergency communication
Phone contacts, language,
Communication with them will be by our guide in local language. The Tatras do not
documentation, distance from
cover a wide area, and most locations are less than a day's hike to a mountain road.
emergency services
Our mountain guide will carry a local mobile phone to contact the emergency rescue
Emergency equipment
What sort of emergency first
service if needed. According to his experience, satellite phones are not needed in this
aid or communication
area.
equipment (satellite phone,
two-way radios) do you plan
to use, if any?
Evacuation if needed will be provided by the Tatra Rescue Service, which is staffed by
Evacuation
Please describe your plan for
highly trained moutain rescuers, who have many decades of experience in these
evacuation from the
mountains. Means of transport are determined by the location and needs.
backcountry location if
applicable?
There are hospitals experienced with mountaineering accident victims in Zakopane on
Medical care
Please describe the medical
the Polish side, and in Poprad on the Slovak side.
care available in the area(s)
where you will be traveling
and list names and telephone
numbers for these facilities.
COST AND BUDGET DETAILS
Foreign currencies
For int’l trips list each foreign currency, the
Form Revised September 2015
In Poland, the currency is the Zloty. On Dec. 26, 2015, one Zloty was
worth $.26. Will budget for one Zloty to be worth $.30
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current $US dollar exchange rate and what
In Slovakia, the currency is the Euro. On Dec. 26, 2015, one Euro was
contingencies you have if that rate changes. If
worth $1.10. Will budget for one Euro to be worth $1.27
a tour operator or agent is being used, what
currency is the agent to be paid in?
Deposits range from 25% to 50%, some are required by Feb. 2017, others by Mar.
Group Trip Deposits
What deposits will be required
2017
from you by airlines, hotels, tour
operators, etc., and when?
Mar. 2017
Group Trip Refunds
What is the latest date you can
cancel and still receive a full
refund of any deposits?
$800 initial deposit, $1,370 final payment due by Mar. 17, 2017
Participant deposits
What are the initial deposit and
your schedule of payments by
participants to you?
The AMC cancellation policy is based on the simple precept that your cancellation
Cancellation policy
What will be your cancellation
shall not raise the cost of the trip to any of the participants or the leaders. Therefore, if
policy for the participants?
you cancel, your refund will be all that you have paid, less expenses already incurred
and future expenses which can not be avoided. You may forfeit the amount budgeted
for your lodging, car rental and trip overhead, which is most of the trip fee. If you
cancel and the trip still fully books, then your fees will be refunded in full with the
exception that, after airline tickets have been purchased, you own the tickets and that
part of the fee cannot be refunded.
Minimum numbers
Yes
No
If yes, please describe conditions:
Will you still run the trip if you
do not get the minimum number?
Reference web links:
AMC-ATC Home Page:
Forms:
Deadlines:
E-Mail Addresses:
Club House:
AMC-ATC Chair:
Form Revised September 2015
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/application/
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/committee/proposals/
nholland@outdoors.org
scohen1234@gmail.com
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