Magnifique! Trekking the GR5 from Geneva to the Meditarranean: Part I
Stephen Cohen/Rami Haddad
SUMMARY OF TRIP INFORMATION
Magnifique! Trekking the GR5 from Geneva to the Meditarranean: Part I
Leader Stephen Cohen
Co-leader Rami Haddad
Switzerland, France
8/12-8/28 2016
Total # of days 17
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-CrossSkiing-Downhill
Snorkeling
Country (Nordic)
(Alpine)
Trekking (e.g., hutWalking
Other – please describe
to-hut)
Trekking (e.g., hut-to-hut)
Select one of those checked above.
Minimum 8
Maximum 10
$ 2,300
Does it include airfare? Yes
No
$ 1,000-$1,500
Will leaders assist participants with flights? Yes
No
First Appearance: Month June
Year 2015
Last Appearance: Month March
Year 2016
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. ASAP
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? backcountry technical trip
If a participant fee increase of more than 15% is proposed, please explain why?
backcountry technical trip
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
Stephen Cohen
104 Manet Road Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
scohen1234@gmail.com
Home
Work
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: 12/2016
Cell 6179976861
CPR
BLS
Expiration: 7/2016 will update before the trip
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.
Austria 2014 10 participants
Patagonia 2014 10 participants
Jungfrau Region 2013 10 participants
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experience
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?
Rami Haddad
25 Wachusett Drive, Lexington, MA 02421
mdxix@me.com
Home
Work
Cell 425-922-0454
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: 1/2017
CPR
BLS
Expiration: 1/2016 will renew
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.
Approved as co-leader. Planned trip #1527 to Switzerland August 2015
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below:
Steve lived in Switzerland for three years and has led other hiking trips in the same
general alpine region
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
drivers of motor vehicles?
Permits or permissions
Form Revised February 2014
This trek will follow the GR5, one of the best known long distance alpine routes. We
utilized "The GR5 Trail" by Paddy Dillon and the TopoGuide GR5 series to develop the
trek. We start in Geneva and end in Modane, France. During an average day we will
traverse 15km (~10 miles) and climb/descend ~800m (2,800'). See attached prospectus
for a complete description
Small hotels and mountain lodges
Breakfast and dinners supplied by the hotel, lunches are purchased at grocery stores or at
the hotel/refuge
Mainly walking except for a boat ride from Lausanne to Evian-les-Bains and a private
bus transfer from Samoens to Peisey- Nancroix
Will leaders be drivers?
Will volunteer participants be drivers?
If so, MVR checks will be needed. See Appendix S1.
Yes
No
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Does the trip require special
If yes, please describe below what you will need to do to obtain them:
permits or permissions?
(required on many U.S.
If no, please describe the process you went through to find out that they were not
federal lands and national
required:
parks)
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?
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
strong, experienced hikers. We will screen for this.
participant?
Pre-trip activities
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will do:
Do you plan to get your group meet for a two day weekend in the Whites
together before the trip for an
activity or social event?
This trip will encompass two weeks of mountain travel, witnessing a spectacular
Conservation, education and
collection of 3-4000m peaks and visit spectacular valleys, delightful villages,
recreation
How will this AMC-AT trip meet the
remote alp hamlets, flower meadows, and fragrant forests. We will interact with
mission of the AMC?
locals throughout the trip, learning about their customs, natural resource
www.outdoors.org/about/mission.cfm
management and environmental stewardship.
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:
entire trip?
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.
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
Rugged trails, unpredictable mountain weather, altitude
Response
We will travel as a group and assess conditions as we meet them. There are lodging
options along the route if the itinerary needs to be changed due to unsafe conditions. The
route follows standard, well-marked trails.
Form Revised February 2014
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Foreign Country
Potential hazards
Response
Transportation
Potential hazards
Response
Participants
Potential hazards
Response
Other
Potential hazards
Response
Political concerns, crime, language translation, terrorism
None
France and Switzerland are economically and socially stable countries.
Road conditions, drivers, insurance
N/A
use public transportation only
Level of fitness, screening concerns, experience with equipment or activity
Experience level, health, social interactions
A full screening process will eliminate many potential problems. Those that arise will be
dealt with on an individual basis. Both leaders have extensive group leadership
experience and are practiced at handling uncomfortable situations. Potential health risks
will be aired during the screening process so leaders will be aware of participants’ health
situation. We will look for people with backcountry experience, tolerance for rustic
conditions and experience in foreign countries.
Conditions unique to this type of trip
None
None
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
Mountain huts/hotels all have wardens that have communication abilities (e.g. radios,
Emergency communication
Phone contacts, language,
telephones, etc.). The hiking trails we will be on have significant traffic in August.. Steve
documentation, distance from
can communicate in German and French and English is widely understood in most of the
emergency services
villages.
We will be carrying first aid kits. Steve and Rami will be carrying an international cell
Emergency equipment
What sort of emergency first
phones.
aid or communication
equipment (satellite phone,
two-way radios) do you plan
to use, if any?
As this is a popular trek and many people travel it, mountain safety is taken very
Evacuation
Please describe your plan for
seriously and there are numerous rescue options including helicopter rescue.
evacuation from the
backcountry location if
applicable?
France and Switzerland have excellent medical facilities. In France 112 is the universal
Medical care
Please describe the medical
emergency #. In Switzerland This area has mountain safety and rescue capabilities 112
care available in the area(s)
for general assistance, 144 for ambulance and 1414 for helicopter rescue.
where you will be traveling
and list names and telephone
numbers for these facilities.
COST AND BUDGET DETAILS
Euro and possibly Swiss Francs (most hotels in Switzerland take Euros
Foreign currencies
For int’l trips list each foreign currency, the
at the nominal bank rate as well) We assume a $1.30/E in our
current $US dollar exchange rate and what
budgeting.
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?
Refundable deposits will be made six months before departure and after the trip has
Group Trip Deposits
What deposits will be required
been declared a go. Final payment will be made not earlier than 90 days before trip
from you by airlines, hotels, tour time.
operators, etc., and when?
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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:
Form Revised February 2014
90 days before trip date
$1,000 with application and balance April 1, 2016
0 cost if cancellation before trip is declared a go. $200 minimum thereafter. Up to the
amount of deposit if a suitable replacement can not be found
Yes
No
If yes, please describe conditions:
would depend on the absolute number of participants. Leaders may be willing to
contribute towards the trip
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