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Dale Geslien/Sarah Keats
SUMMARY OF TRIP INFORMATION
Title of trip
Leadership
Location(s)
Dates
Type of trip
check all that apply
Leader Dale Geslien
Moab, Utah
8/28/15-9/6/15
Backpacking
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
Co-leader Sarah Keats
Total # of days 10
Bicycling-Mountain
Bicycling-Road
Camping
Cultural
Family
Hiking
Paddling-Canoeing
Paddling-Sea-Kayaking
Skiing-CrossCountry (Nordic)
Trekking (e.g., hutto-hut)
Other
Minimum 9
Skiing-Downhill
Snorkeling
(Alpine)
Walking
Other – please describe RaftingKayaking
Select one of those checked above.
Maximum 14
$ $2998.95
Does it include airfare? Yes
No
$ $600-$800
Will leaders assist participants with flights? Yes
No
First Appearance: Month Jan.
Year 2015
Last Appearance: Month May
Year 2015
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. November, 2014
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? Cost
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 February 2014
Dale Geslien
1 Phillips Farm Rd., East Hartford, CT 06118
dalegeslien@sbcglobal.net
Home 860-568-5349
Work
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: 4/2015
Cell 203-512-7752
CPR
BLS
Expiration: 4/2015
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.
Zion, Bryce, Escalante, September 2013, Hiking, 16 participants. Co-leader
Maine Wilderness Lodges, February 2013, XC Skiing, 6 participants. Leader
Rangelely, ME, August 2009, hiking and flatwater kayaking, 4 participants. Leader
Annual winter weekend hut trips for 8 years with 10 participants. Alternating Leader and
Adventure Travel Trip Proposal Form, page 1 of 5
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experience
Dale Geslien/Sarah Keats
Co-leader
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
Sarah Keats
9B Bowdoin St.
Yarmouth, ME 04096
slkski@gmail.com
Home 207-847-3571
Work
Cell 207-756-4226
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: May 2015
CPR
BLS
Expiration: May 2014
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.
Co-leader application submitted and approved in January 2014;August 30th-Sept. 2nd
2013: Young Members Weekend at Gorman Chairback Lodge, Maine, hiking day trips,
13 participants, leader.
August 29- Sept 1st 2014: Young Members Adirondack High Peaks Weekend,
Adirondack Loj Wilderness Campground, group camping trip, day hiking, 8
participants, leader.
5/30/14-6/1/14: Inter-Chapter Young Members Mizpah Spring Hut Weekend, in NH,
staying in the hut, day hikes, 19 participants, leader.
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:
Dale co-led a trip to Zion, Bryce and Escalante in September 2013 which is further
south but in the general vacinity with similar terrain.
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.
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 February 2014
The trip includes a day of hiking at Arches National Park and a 5 night, 6 day, fully
supported rafting trip on the Colorado River, returning for two nights in Moab, providing
an opportunity to explore Moab for a day. See prospectus with itinerary.
2 nights at primitive cabins in a Moab Campground, 5 nights camping on the river, 2
nights in a local Moab motel.
Pizza night of arrival, group prepared BBQ night 2, meals on the river supplied by
O.A.R.S., group prepared continental breakfasts, 2 group dinners at local restaurants,
lunch on your own.
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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)
11 passenger shuttle from and to airport; one day car rental in Moab, plane shuttle from
rafting take-out to Moab
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:
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:
Land pass required for access to Arches National Park
If no, please describe the process you went through to find out that they were not
required:
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of experience? Also describe
how you will ensure that the participant has this experience?
Participants should have intermediate hiking experience and be comfortable on moving
water and camping in a wilderness setting. Screening conversations with prospective
participants and their references will confirm required experience.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will do:
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
This trip will provide participants with a unique wilderness experience visiting,
not only amazing geological formations, but physical evidence of Native
American habitats that few get to witness which will lead to further cultural
exploration. This recreational experience will reinforce the need to preserve
these special places for future generations. The sensitivity of this region will
provide an opportunity to teach land and river Leave No Trace ethics.
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:
O.A.R.S. is a highly experienced outfitter that provides a fully supported rafting trip,
entire trip?
camping in designated sites with options for hiking from the campsites to known cultural
and geological features. They also have the appropriate equipment for water filtration
and human waste.
Name of tour operator/guide O.A.R.S.
service
http://www.oars.com/
Tour operator website
OARS has been operating for 45 years in at least 6 US states and many international
Safety record
Please provide information
destinations and has an excellent safety record. Over the years we have had a small
about their safety record.
number of evacuations related to shore injuries or medical issues such as twisted ankles
from hikes, chest pains, ectopic pregnancy.
Insurance
Liability? Yes
No
Maximum amt: $
Do they have liability
Are they willing to list AMC as an
Yes
No
insurance?
additional insured?
All trips have a satellite phone and each destination has a designated emergency
Emergency response
Please describe the outfitters’
plan/protocol. In the event of an emergency the O.A.R.S. trip leader calls the area
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response plan in the case of an
emergency.
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manager who then activates the emergency plan from a land base in accordance with the
governing agency for the specific destination e.g. National Park, US Forest Service,
Bureau of Land Management. The wilderness areas we operate in have various access
points by vehicle or helicopter.
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
Trail conditions and weather may impact day hikes at Arches National Park
Response
Will discuss trail conditions with rangers at Visitor's Center and make adjustments as
appropriate.
Political concerns, crime, language translation, terrorism
Foreign Country
Potential hazards
NA
Response
Road conditions, drivers, insurance
Transportation
Potential hazards
Volunteer drivers may not qualify
Response
Ensure sufficient number of back-up volunteer drivers
Level of fitness, screening concerns, experience with equipment or activity
Participants
Potential hazards
Participants may have difficulty participating in the activities.
Response
Require references and discuss participants' abilities and past experience with references.
Conditions unique to this type of trip
Other
Potential hazards
Unexpected reactions to rafting, movement on water, wilderness camping
Response
O.A.R.S. has a vast amount of experience in this arena; Leader and co-leader will use
their experience to engage group participation to mitigate any potential unexpected
anxiety of participants.
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
Moab Regional Hospital
Emergency communication
Phone contacts, language,
450 Williams Way
documentation, distance from
Moab, UT 84532
emergency services
435-719-3500
Standard First Aid Kit and Cell Phones, understanding that cell service may not be
Emergency equipment
What sort of emergency first
available supplemented by O.A.R.S. satellite phone while on the river.
aid or communication
equipment (satellite phone,
two-way radios) do you plan
to use, if any?
O.A.R.S trips have a satellite phone and each destination has a designated emergency
Evacuation
Please describe your plan for
plan/protocol. In the event of an emergency the OARS trip leader calls the area manager
evacuation from the
who then activates the emergency plan from a land base in accordance with the
backcountry location if
governing agency for the specific destination e.g. National Park, US Forest Service,
applicable?
Bureau of Land Management. The wilderness areas we operate in have various access
points by vehicle or helicopter.
Moab Regional Hospital
Medical care
Please describe the medical
450 Williams Way
care available in the area(s)
Moab, UT 84532
where you will be traveling
435-719-3500
and list names and telephone
numbers for these facilities.
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COST AND BUDGET DETAILS
NA
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?
Need to confirm with O.A.R.S. and hotel, however after April for O.A.R.S.
Group Trip Deposits
What deposits will be required
from you by airlines, hotels, tour
operators, etc., and when?
Need to confirm with O.A.R.S. and hotel.
Group Trip Refunds
What is the latest date you can
cancel and still receive a full
refund of any deposits?
A deposit of $500 is required with the application. The balance is due April 1, 2015.
Participant deposits
What are the initial deposit and
your schedule of payments by
participants to you?
If the trip is cancelled, you will receive a full refund of your deposit and payments. If
Cancellation policy
What will be your cancellation
the trip goes, and you cancel after the deposit is made, a $100 cancellation fee will
policy for the participants?
apply. A refund of amounts paid in excess of $100 will be given to the extent that it
does not raise the cost of the trip to the other participants. If your spot is filled from a
waiting list, then you may be entitled to a full refund, less the $100 cancellation fee. If
your spot cannot be filled, then you will receive a refund for any part of the trip that
can be cancelled by the leaders, less the $100 cancellation fee. There is a possibility
that you may not receive any refund.
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 February 2014
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/application/
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/committee/proposals/
nholland@outdoors.org
mikebarry657@mac.com
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