Joan Chambers/Cliff Chambers
Trekking Patagonia - Chile and Argentina
SUMMARY OF TRIP INFORMATION
Trekking Patagonia - Chile and Argentina
Leader Joan Chambers
Co-leader Cliff Chambers
El Calafate, El Chalten & Los Glaciares NP in Argentina; Torres del Paine NP and
Puerto Natales in Chile
February 22 to Match 9, 2014
Total # of days 16
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)
Select from list
Minimum 10
Skiing-Downhill
Snorkeling
(Alpine)
Walking
Other – please describe Natural
history tour
Select one of those checked above.
Maximum 10
$ 2825
Does it include airfare? Yes
No
$ 1800
Will leaders assist participants with flights? Yes
No
First Appearance: Month July
Year 2013
Last Appearance: Month Jan.
Year 2014
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. June 15, 2013
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? This is a technical trip because of the
backpacking component; additionally, getting accommodations in lodges in TDP
during high season for a larger group would be difficult.
If a participant fee increase of more than 15% is proposed, please explain why?
Portion of the trip in TDP is backpacking.
LEADER AND CO-LEADER INFORMATION
Leader name
Leader address
Leader email
Leader phone
Wilderness first aid
training
CPR training
Prior leading experience
Trip one
Form Revised Arpil 2013
Joan Chambers
16 Harcourt St., #5H, Boston, MA 02116
wu.chambers@gmail.com
Home 617-680-6717
Work 617-680-6717
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: 5/2015
Cell 617-680-6717
CPR
BLS
Expiration: 2/2015
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.
L. 2011_07_15-30 Tour du Mont Blanc Backpack 10 participants
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Trekking Patagonia - Chile and Argentina
Trip two
Trip three
Other related trip
experience
Joan Chambers/Cliff Chambers
L. 2011_02_05-21 New Zealand Backpack 10 participants
L. 2010_08_19-27 Glacier National Park Day hikes 11 participants
Co-leader name
Co-leader address
Co-leader email
Co-leader phone
Wilderness first aid training
CPR training*
Prior leading experience
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?
Cliff Chambers
16 Harcourt St., #5H, Boston, MA 02116
wu.chambers@gmail.com
Home 617-680-3735
Work 617-680-3735
Cell 617-680-3735
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: 5/2015
CPR
BLS
Expiration: Expired and will take again soon prior to the trip
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.
CL 2011_07_15-30 Tour du Mont Blanc Backpack 10 participants
CL 2011_02_05-21 New Zealand Backpack 10 participants
CL 2010_08_19-27 Glacier National Park Day hikes 11 participants
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below:
As a participant in February 23 to Match 10, 2013 AMC Patagonia trip led by Ron
Janowitz and Rebecca Budaj.
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!
Stephen Cohen
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.
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.
Local Transportation
Please describe your plans for
local transportation
Form Revised Arpil 2013
Fly to Buenos Aires to El Calafate. Glacier tour. Travel to El Chalten for 3 day hikes in
Los Glacieres NP (Fitzroy, Cerro Torre, & the third hike TBD). Travel to Chile to hike
the W in TDP, staying four nights in refugios. Return flight from Punta Arenas via
Santiago to U.S.
Hotels, hostels and lodges; W Lodges average about $90 pppn with all meals; hotels
about $50 or less pppn, some with breakfast.
All meals in TDP included; all breakfasts will be provided when outside the park. First
and last night's dinners included. Other meals on own in restaurants.
Busses, taxi cars/vans to be aranged by Mistana Travels Chile
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Trekking Patagonia - Chile and Argentina
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)
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:
All park permits aranged by Mistana Travels Chile. There is a one time entry fee for
visitors to enter Argentina, which individuals must pay (about $160 US).
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?
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of equipment and how you
will ensure that people know how to use it:
Backpacks for gear, clothing and sleeping bags. Careful phone interviews will be
conducted if participants are not known to the leaders.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of experience? Also describe
how you will ensure that the participant has this experience?
Participants must have at least intermediate backpacking experience and be in good
physical condition. The trip screening process will involve e-mail and telephone
communications, augmented with personal reference checks (i.e. speaking with leaders
of past trips that included participants) as necessary.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will do:
Day hike and/or social event, depending on group's background and home city.
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 AMC-AT trip meet the
mission of the AMC?
www.outdoors.org/about/mission.cfm
We will be seeing and learning about an entirely different ecology than that of
the Whites and New England; there will be the opportunity to see glaciers,
animals such as guanaco, flamingos, rhea, huemul (a threatened species) and
Magellenic penguins.
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:
Liability? Yes
No
Are they willing to list AMC as an
additional insured?
Maximum amt: $
Yes
No
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
Weather in the regions of Chile and Argentina can be quite variable. High winds are
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Response
Foreign Country
Potential hazards
Response
Transportation
Potential hazards
Response
Participants
Potential hazards
Response
Other
Potential hazards
Response
Joan Chambers/Cliff Chambers
common; there are a few stretches of trail in TDP with difficult stream crossings and
rough terrain.
Due caution and proper footwear is essential
Political concerns, crime, language translation, terrorism
No problems currently in either country for US travelers
Will check State Dept web site in advance of travel
Road conditions, drivers, insurance
We will be using taxi-car/van and public transportation.
Level of fitness, screening concerns, experience with equipment or activity
Conditions unique to this type of trip
Medical facilities are far from TDP
There is communication to the outside world at the various refugios we will use. In
Argentina and Chile, we will be staying in towns and hotels with phone service and local
police and fire departments.
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
CONAF: Chilean Park Service (56-61) 247845
Emergency communication
Phone contacts, language,
All the refugios have radios
documentation, distance from
All the refugios have caretakers
emergency services
Police - dial 133 from any phone in Chile; medical emergency numbers in Argentina are
4923-1051, 1052 nd 1053; US Embassy in Argentina, 5777-4533/4; in Chile, (56-2) 3303000.
Group first aid kit. International cell phone (coverage likely to be spotty). AMC satellite
Emergency equipment
What sort of emergency first
phone if available.
aid or communication
equipment (satellite phone,
two-way radios) do you plan
to use, if any?
All refugios in TDP have comunication with outside world and we will never be more
Evacuation
Please describe your plan for
than a several hours from one of them; this is high season in the Park and there will be
evacuation from the
many hikers.
backcountry location if
applicable?
El Calafate and El Chalten are pretty small places. The nearest real medical facility
Medical care
Please describe the medical
appears to be in Rio Gallegos, about 450km. Medical facilities are three to six hours
care available in the area(s)
away from TDP (in Puerto Natales and Punta Arenas)
where you will be traveling
and list names and telephone
numbers for these facilities.
COST AND BUDGET DETAILS
As of 23 May 2013:
Foreign currencies
For int’l trips list each foreign currency, the
Chilean peso: $1 USD = 488 CLP
current $US dollar exchange rate and what
Argentine peso: $1 USD = 5.25 ARS
contingencies you have if that rate changes. If
http://www.oanda.com/currency/converter/
a tour operator or agent is being used, what
currency is the agent to be paid in?
We cannot book lodging until late summer or early fall 2013. We will use Mitsana
Group Trip Deposits
What deposits will be required
Travels Chile to book accommodations
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from you by airlines, hotels, tour
operators, etc., and when?
Group Trip Refunds
What is the latest date you can
cancel and still receive a full
refund of any deposits?
Participant deposits
What are the initial deposit and
your schedule of payments by
participants to you?
Cancellation policy
What will be your cancellation
policy for the participants?
Minimum numbers
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:
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TBD
Registration deposit of $500 due with application. A second payment of $1,000 is due
two weeks after acceptance. The final balance of $1325 is due November 1, 2013.
Published minimum penalty schedule: Zero before July 2013, $400 from July through
September 2013, $800 after September 2013. If actual costs (expenses already incurred
on your behalf and any unavoidable future expenses that will be incurred as a result of
your registration and cancellation) are higher, they will be assessed instead, unless
they can be applied toward another acceptable participant.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe conditions:
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http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/committee/proposals/
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