Sam Jamke/Ron Janowitz
Trekking Patagonia - Chile and Argentina
SUMMARY OF TRIP INFORMATION
Trekking Patagonia - Chile and Argentina
Leader Sam Jamke
Co-leader Ron Janowitz
El Calafate, El Chalten and Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina; Torres del Paine
and Puerto Natales in Chile
Feb 28, 2015 to March 14, 2015
Total # of days 15
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 8
Skiing-Downhill
Snorkeling
(Alpine)
Walking
Other – please describe Natural
History Tour
Select one of those checked above.
Maximum 10
$ 2850
Does it include airfare? Yes
No
$ 1900-2000
Will leaders assist participants with flights? Yes
No
First Appearance: Month July
Year 2014
Last Appearance: Month January
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. As soon as possible
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 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
Trip two
Form Revised February 2014
Sam Jamke
96 Jenkins Road, Bedford, NH 03110
samjamke@myfairpoint.net
Home 603-472-25364
Work
Cell 603-867-5591
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: November 2014, will re-cert
CPR
BLS
Expiration: April 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.
Patagonia 2014, 10 p[articipants
Scotland 2014, 14 Partcipants
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Trekking Patagonia - Chile and Argentina
Trip three
Other related trip
experience
New Zealand 2013, 10 Participants
Hike leader for NH Chapter and August Camp; climbed NE 100 Highest in winter; led
Presidential Range Hike in 2007, 21 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?
Ron Janowitz
88 West Haven Road, Manchester, NH 03104
Rom@ronjanowitz.com
Home 603-625-9848
Work
Cell 603 361-3072
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: 5/15
CPR
BLS
Expiration: 4/16
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.
Machu Picchu 2014, 14 participants
Scotland 2014, 14 Participants
Patagonia, hiking, Feb./Mar. 2013, 10 participants
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below:
Sam was leader of 2014 and 2012 trips to Patagonia and did service trip to TDP in
2008; Ron led this trip in 2013.
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.
Local Transportation
Please describe your plans for
local transportation
Will leaders or participants be
Form Revised February 2014
Fly to Buenos Aires to El Calafate. Glacier tour. Travel to El Chalten for 2 day hikes in
Los Glacieres NP (Laguna Torre, Laguna de los Tres) & ice trekking on Viedma
Glacier). Travel to Chile to hike the W in TDP, staying three nights in refugios, one night
in hotel in Park. There will be two nights in Natales before the W and one night after.
Return flight from Punta Arenas via Santiago to U.S.
Hotels, hostels and lodges; W Lodges average about $100 per person with all meals;
hotels/hostels about $50 or less per person, with breakfast.
All meals in TDP included; all breakfasts will be provided when outside the park. Other
meals on own in restaurants, box lunhes available at hostels. Farewell meal included.
Buses, taxi cars/vans to be aranged by Mitsana Travels Chile.
Will leaders be drivers?
Will volunteer participants be drivers?
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drivers of motor vehicles?
If so, MVR checks will be needed. See Appendix S1.
Permits or permissions
Does the trip require special
permits or permissions?
(required on many U.S.
federal lands and national
parks)
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will need to do to obtain them:
All park permits aranged by Mitsana Travels Chile. There is a one time entry fee for
visitors to enter Argentina, which individuals must pay in advance (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, and huemul (a threatened species of
Andean deer).
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:
We will have a naturalist/guide on the Perito Moreno tour, one we have used three times
entire trip?
before, a local college professor.
Name of tour operator/guide
service
Tour operator website
Safety record
Please provide information
about their safety record.
Insurance
Liability? Yes
No
Maximum amt: $
Do they have liability
Are they willing to list AMC as an
Yes
No
insurance?
additional insured?
Emergency response
Please describe the outfitters’
response plan in the case of an
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.
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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
common; there are a few stretches of trail in TDP with stream crossings and rough
terrain.
Response
Due caution and proper footwear are essential.
Political concerns, crime, language translation, terrorism
Foreign Country
Potential hazards
No problems currently in either country for US travelers.
Response
Will check State Dept web site in advance of travel.
Road conditions, drivers, insurance
Transportation
Potential hazards
Response
We will be using taxi-car/van and public transportation.
Level of fitness, screening concerns, experience with equipment or activity
Participants
Potential hazards
Response
Conditions unique to this type of trip
Other
Potential hazards
Medical facilities are far from TDP.
Response
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. Sam was able to deal with a medical evac from TDP in
2014, with great help from Mitsana and Park and refugio staff.
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.
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.
Group first aid kits. International cell phone (coverage likely to be spotty). AMC satellite
phone if available.
All refugios in TDP have comunication with outside world and we will never be more
than a several hours from one of them.
El Calafate and El Chalten are pretty small places. The nearest real medical facility
appears to be in Rio Gallegos, about 450km. Medical facilities are three to six hours
away from TDP (in Puerto Natales and Punta Arenas), both reachable by public bus.
COST AND BUDGET DETAILS
Foreign currencies
For int’l trips list each foreign currency, the
Form Revised February 2014
As of 30 March 2014:
Chilean peso: $1 USD = 549 CLP Argentine peso: $1 USD = 7.95 ARS
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current $US dollar exchange rate and what
http://www.oanda.com/currency/converter/
contingencies you have if that rate changes. If
USD to avoid paying the IVA (like the VAT in Europe)
a tour operator or agent is being used, what
currency is the agent to be paid in?
Will use Mitsana Travels Chile to book accommodations. Payment in full will be due
Group Trip Deposits
What deposits will be required
in December.
from you by airlines, hotels, tour
operators, etc., and when?
December 2014
Group Trip Refunds
What is the latest date you can
cancel and still receive a full
refund of any deposits?
Registration deposit of $1000 due with application. The final balance of $1850 is due
Participant deposits
What are the initial deposit and
November 1, 2014.
your schedule of payments by
participants to you?
Published minimum penalty schedule: $1,000 minimum after the trip has been
Cancellation policy
What will be your cancellation
declared a go. If actual costs (expenses already incurred on your behalf and any
policy for the participants?
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.
Minimum numbers
Yes
No
If yes, please describe conditions:
Will you still run the trip if you
8 participants
do not get the minimum number?
Reference web links:
AMC-ATC Home Page:
Forms:
Deadlines:
E-Mail Addresses:
Club House:
AMC-ATC Chair:
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
Summary of Itinerary:
• Saturday Day 1 (Feb 28) – depart US east coast
• Day 2 – arrive pm in FTE (new hostel, as suggested by Marcia)
• Day 3 – rest day; bird sanctuary visit
• Day 4 – Perito Moreno tour (with Monica Vaccaro) and transport to Chaltén (Albergue Patagonia)
• Day 5 – Hike Laguna Torre
• Day 6 - Hike Laguna de los Tres
• Day 7 – Viedma Glacier ice trek (or local hikes)
• Day 8 – travel to Puerto Natales (Hostal Amerindia)
• Day 9 – Visit Milodon Caves, attend seminar about TDP, do laundry, etc.
• Day 10 – public bus to Pudeto, catamaran to Paine Grande at noon; hike to R. Grey (Stay)
• Day 11 – Visit mirador past Grey/Hike back to Paine Grande (Stay there)
• Day 12 – hike to R Cuernos (side trip up French Valley for those interested and able) (stay)
• Day 13 – hike to Hosteria las Torres for some luxury…and to leave our heavy stuff there while we hike
to the mirador the next day)
• Day 14 – hike early to Torres mirador and hike out to Hosteria las Torres and arrange private transfer to
Puerto Natales (stored luggage will be at hostel) (stay at Amerindia);
• Saturday Day 15 (Mar 14) – public bus from Natales to PUQ, arriving by noon for afternoon flights.
Folks who want to go to Punta Arenas can stay on bus. Those who want to stay on in Natales can do so
and take the bus to the airport whenever they wish.
Form Revised February 2014
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