Ron Janowitz/Rebecca Budaj
Trekking Patagonia - Chile and Argentina
SUMMARY OF TRIP INFORMATION
Trekking Patagonia - Chile and Argentina
Leader Ron Janowitz
Co-leader Rebecca Budaj
El Calafate, El Chalten & Los Glaciares NP in Argentina; Torres del Paine NP and
Puerto Natales in Chile
February 23 to Match 10, 2013
Total # of days 16
Backpacking
Bicycling-Mountain
Bicycling-Road
Title of trip
Leadership
Location(s)
Dates
Type of trip
check all that apply
Camping
Cultural
Family
Hiking
Paddling-Canoeing
Paddling-Sea-Kayaking
Skiing-CrossCountry (Nordic)
Walks
Number of participants
(excluding leaders)
Advertised cost
Airfare range if not included
Do you wish to have your trip
listed online before it is
published in The Outdoors?
Smaller trips and leader
subsidization
Minimum 10
Skiing-Downhill
Snorkeling
(Alpine)
Other – please describe Cultural and natural history
tour
Maximum 10
$ 2825
Does it include airfare? Yes
No
$ 1800
Yes
No If yes, please list the approximate month and year when it should
be posted on line. May 15, 2012
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
Trip two
Trip three
Other related trip experience
Ron Janowitz
88 West Haven Road, Manchester, NH 03104
ron@ronjanowitz.com
Home 603 625-9848
Work 603 361-3072 - cell
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: May 2013
CPR
BLS
Expiration: April 2012
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.
Utah Hiking, September 2011, 13 participants
Death Valley Hiking, April 2011, 14 participants
Utah Hiking, September 2010, 14 participants
Upcoming Trips to Tatra Mountain (#1218); Olympic National Park (#1230); Sedona

To lead an Adventure Travel trip you must have current CPR and WFA certifications at the time of your trip (or AWFA
for all backcountry trips). If you do not have the required level of certification at the time you submit your proposal or it
will expire before the date of your trip, you will need to make arrangements to recertify in a timely manner and you
should describe your plans to do so in a note.
Form Revised July 2011
Adventure Travel Trip Proposal Form, page 1 of 5
Ron Janowitz/Rebecca Budaj
Trekking Patagonia - Chile and Argentina
(#1231); August Camp hike 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
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?
Rebecca Budaj
68 Rondeau Street, Palmer, MA 01069
rbudaj@comcast.net
Home 413-289-0114
Work 413-427-5072
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: January 2015
CPR
BLS
Expiration: January 2014
If you are a new co-leader you must submit an application to be a major excursions
leader or co-leader prior to submitting this application. 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.
St John Cinnamon Bay, March 2012, CL with Pam Madigan, 26 participants
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below:
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
Executive summary
Please provide a brief
description of the trip and the
activities planned.
Accommodations
Please describe your plans for
accommodation(s)
Meals
Please describe your plans for
providing meals
Local Transportation
Please describe your plans for
local transportation
Permits or permissions
Does the trip require special
permits or permissions?
(required on many U.S.
federal lands and national
parks)
Special equipment
Form Revised July 2011
Fly to Buenos Aires to El Calafate. Glacier tour. Travel to El Chalten for 2 day hikes in
Los Glacieres NP (Fitzroy & Cerro Torre). 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; Lodges average about $80 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, taxis to be aranged by Mistana Travels Chile
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will need to do to obtain them:
If no, please describe the process you went through to find out that they were not
required:
There is a one time entry fee for visitors to Argentina, which individuals must pay (about
$150 US).
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of equipment and how you
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Ron Janowitz/Rebecca Budaj
Trekking Patagonia - Chile and Argentina
Does the trip require special
equipment?
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 major excursion
meet the mission of the AMC?
www.outdoors.org/about/
mission.cfm
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
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
common; there are a few stretches of trail in TDP with difficult stream crossings and
rough terrain.
Response
Due caution and proper footwear is 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
Form Revised July 2011
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Ron Janowitz/Rebecca Budaj
Trekking Patagonia - Chile and Argentina
Potential hazards
Response
Participants
Potential hazards
Response
Other
Potential hazards
Response
We will be using public transportation.
Level of fitness, screening concerns, experience with equipment or activity
Injury, lack of proper gear
Screening to ensure fitness, experience and gear
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.
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 kit. 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; this is high season in the Park and there will be
many hikers.
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)
COST AND BUDGET DETAILS
As of 23 April 2013:
Foreign currencies
For int’l trips list each foreign currency, the
Chilean peso - $1 USD = 486 CLP
current $US dollar exchange rate and what
Argentine peso - $1 USD = 4.41 ARS
contingencies you have if that rate changes. If
www.xe.com
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
Deposits
What deposits will be required
Travels Chile to book accommodations
by airlines, hotels, tour
operators, etc., and when?
TBD
Refunds
What is the latest date you can
cancel and still receive a full
refund of any deposits?
Form Revised July 2011
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Trekking Patagonia - Chile and Argentina
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, 2012.
Participant deposit
What are the initial deposit and
your schedule of payments by
participants to you?
Cancellation policy
What will your cancellation
policy be 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 July 2011
Ron Janowitz/Rebecca Budaj
Published minimum penalty schedule: Zero before July 2012, $400 from July through
September 2012, $800 after September 2012. 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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