Marianne Page/Anna Panszczyk
Morocco Trek in the High Atlas Mountains
SUMMARY OF TRIP INFORMATION
Morocco Trek in the High Atlas Mountains
Leader Marianne Page
Co-leader Anna Panszczyk
Morocco – Marrakech, Essouira, High Atlas Mountains
May 4 - May 18, 2013
Total # of days 15
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
Skiing-Downhill
(Alpine)
Other – please describe
Minimum 10
Snorkeling
Maximum 12
$ 1550
Does it include airfare? Yes
No
$ 1350
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?
If a participant fee increase of more than 15% is proposed, please explain
why?
LEADER AND CO-LEADER INFORMATION
Trip one
Trip two
Trip three
Other related trip experience
Marianne Page
29 Bedard Ave - Derry - NH 03038
Marianne4nh@yahoo.com mpage45@gmail.com
Home 603-432-9249
Work
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: Exp 11/12 - will renew 7/2014
CPR
BLS
Expiration:
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.
Glacier N.P.
Sawtooth Mountains
New Zealand in 2010; Wyoming in 2011
NH Class ! leader
Co-leader name
Co-leader address
Anna Panszczyk
22 Alfred Road Arlington, MA 02474
Leader name
Leader address
Leader email
Leader phone
Wilderness first aid training
CPR training
Prior leading experience

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
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Morocco Trek in the High Atlas Mountains
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?
Marianne Page/Anna Panszczyk
Annatp13@Verizon.net
Home 781-648-2492
Work
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: May/2012 next training scheduled for
May/4-6 2012
CPR
BLS
Expiration: Expired - plan to take May 4-6, 2012
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.
new co-leader
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below:
co-leader has been twice to Morocco
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
Does the trip require special
equipment?
Special experience
Form Revised July 2011
Fly into Marrakech, explore the city. Outfitter will take us around as well as on the trek
to climb Ighhil M'Goun (4068m), explore fossils on summit, visit village Agouti where
some of the guides are from and visit with families to see local culture, present gifts.
Take trip to Atlantic seashore for 2 days, return to Marrakech to tour spice market and
souk! Fly home on day 15.
Hotel in Marrakech and Essaouira – campsites on trek. All handled by reputable
outfitter, know to fellow leader Pete Faunholz
One dinner included for group in budget in Marrakech, the trek and days with Outfitter
included in budget
We will rely on our Outfitter Angela for all transports from the airport and back, as well
as all our days in Morocco
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:
Using Outfitter
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of equipment and how you
will ensure that people know how to use it:
Only good hiking ability, high altitude hiking and camping.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of experience? Also describe
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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
how you will ensure that the participant has this experience?
We will thouroughly assess abilities when accepting participants onto this trip
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will do:
Hiking in the White Mountains and possibly an overnight trip
We will be experiencing Berber culture both in the city as well as in the countryside, as
on summit in exploration, and the valley of the High Atlas region. Working/observing
water gathering, rug making, farming, cooking or animal herding with families is
planned for us to get a local impression of Berber life.
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:
It is a distant, foreign country, in which neither of us speaks the native language. We
feel very confident with the outfitter and their experience as well as their safety record.
M. Trek and Tour SARL au. Fully registered travel agent in Morocco with the
government in Rabat. IF number – 40447768
www.moroccotrek.co.uk
They had no claims of any type against them in 7 years of operation, including a 100%
safety record.
Liability? Yes
No
Maximum amt: $ Morocco does
not have public liability , but can
forward as insurance documents
become available in next few months
Yes
No
Are they willing to list AMC as an
additional insured?
Minor injuries & illness- trek guide will authorize a muleteer to take ithe injured person
to Tabant if deemed necessary. 1-1.5 hours mule trek away.
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
High altitude sickness
Response
Medications, take the participant to a lower elavation
Political concerns, crime, language translation, terrorism
Foreign Country
Potential hazards
Language
Response
Use guides to translate and mediate between the natives. Be respectfull.
Road conditions, drivers, insurance
Transportation
Potential hazards
will be transported by the outfitter
Response
Level of fitness, screening concerns, experience with equipment or activity
Participants
Potential hazards
Must have hiking skills and knowledge of AMC group dynamics
Response
Careful screeming
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Other
Potential hazards
Response
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Conditions unique to this type of trip
Wildlife, weather, dehydration
Stay a safe distance. Drink plenty of fluids. Watch weather carefully and be alert to
possible Tstorms. Be prepared at all times.
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
Outfitter has emergency procedures
Emergency communication
Phone contacts, language,
documentation, distance from
emergency services
We do not plan to use any
Emergency equipment
What sort of emergency first
aid or communication
equipment (satellite phone,
two-way radios) do you plan
to use, if any?
Minor injuries and illnesses:
Evacuation
Please describe your plan for
A) On the trek the guide will authorise a muleteer to take the injured person to Tabant if
evacuation from the
deemed necessary. It should not be more than 1 to 1.5 hrs mule trek to a road where
backcountry location if
transport can be obtained to Tabant .
applicable?
The doctor can be found by a local guide/ resident . (he does not have a permanent
practise). The Insurance company should be telephoned straight away, as all evacuations
however minor will incur costs. The MTT number should be phoned to alert the ground
handler and Far Frontiers.
B) In case of needing further attention , but still not of greatest urgence, the patient can
be taken to the general hospital in Azilal which is between 1.5 and 2 hrs away by road
transport.
C) In certain rare cases such as snake bite or burns, the Azilal hospital may refer the
patient to a specialized unit in Casablanca. Insurance companies have the details of
Ambulance businesses in case B) and C)
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.
Very Serious injury or Illness:
A) After immediate first aid, the insurance company should be called immediately to
arrange helicopter evacuation
B) Once this is done, the guide should then telephone the relevant Moroccan authorities
to alert the police and air traffic
C) The leader should phone MTT /client agency
D) The insurance company should be referred to at each point, and they have contacts
with the helicopter companies, 3 of which are based in Marrakech. The patient will be
taken either to Marrakech or Casablanca depending on the situation.
Please note that the Moroccan guide cannot authorise any evacuation, helicopter or
mule/road until the insurance has authorised the plan and MTT/client agency been
informed. Search and rescue, Medcor, and our leader's EMS WFA. Group will be
together at all times.
see above
COST AND BUDGET DETAILS
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The trip will be paid in US dollars to the Outfitter - budge is in US
Foreign currencies
For int’l trips list each foreign currency, the
dollars
current $US dollar exchange rate and what
$1 = 8.417 MAD (Moroccon Dirham)
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?
Once we have enough participants for the trip we can send a deposit. The amount of
Deposits
What deposits will be required
the deposit has not be firmed up yet.
by airlines, hotels, tour
operators, etc., and when?
only if it does not raise the cost for the rest of the group
Refunds
What is the latest date you can
cancel and still receive a full
refund of any deposits?
$550 deposit, $1000 by February, 2013
Participant deposit
What are the initial deposit and
your schedule of payments by
participants to you?
The AMC cancellation policy is based on the simple precept that your cancellation
Cancellation policy
What will your cancellation
shall not raise the cost of the trip to any of the participants or the leaders. Therefore, if
policy be for the participants?
you cancel, your refund will be all that you have paid, less expenses already incurred
and future expenses which can not be avoided. You may forfeit the amount budgeted
for your lodging, car rental and trip overhead, which is most of the trip fee. If you
cancel and the trip still fully books, then your fees will be refunded in full with the
exception that, after airline tickets have been purchased, you own the tickets and that
part of the fee cannot be refunded.
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 July 2011
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/application/
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/committee/proposals/
cyout@outdoors.org
amcatchair@comcast.net
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