Robert White/Dale Geslien
National Parks and Slot Canyons in Southern Utah
SUMMARY OF TRIP INFORMATION
National Parks and Slot Canyons in Southern Utah
Leader Robert White
Co-leader Dale Geslien
Zion NP, Bryce NP, and Escalante National Monument
9/14/13-9/22/13
Total # of days 8
Hiking
Downhill skiing
Kayaking
Title of trip
Leadership
Location(s)
Dates
Type of trip
check all that apply
Backpacking
Cultural
Road biking
Nordic ski
Mountain biking
Snorkeling
Other – please describe
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
Max 14
Min 12
$ 1730
Does it include airfare? Yes
No
$ 400-500
Yes
No If yes, please list the approximate month (max is one year in
advance of trip)
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
Robert White
128 White Birch Dr., Guilford, CT, 06437
robertswhite@comcast.net
Home 203-453-3727
Work Cell 203-214-8768
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: 5/13 will renew
CPR
BLS
Expiration: 5/13 will renew
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.
Kayak and Whale Watch in Baja Sur, Mexico 2/12 (lead)
National Parks in Southern Utah 9/11 (co-lead)
Canadian canoe camping (interchapter)
Sea Kayak leader, Connecticut Chapter, numerous day and weekend trips
Co-leader name
Dale Geslien
Leader name
Leader address
Leader email
Leader phone
Wilderness first aid training
CPR training
Prior leading experience

To lead a major excursion you must have current CPR and WFA 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.
Revised October 2009
Major Excursions Trip Proposal Form, page 1 of 5
Robert White/Dale Geslien
National Parks and Slot Canyons in Southern Utah
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
1 Phillip Farm Rd., East Hartford, CT 06118
dalegeslien@sbcglobal.net
Home 860-568-5349
Work 203-512-7752
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: 4/13
CPR
BLS
Expiration: 4/13
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.
1/10 Franconia Snow-shoe (leader)
8/09 Rangely Lake Pack and Paddle (leader)
1/07 Winter backpack to Baxter State Park
August camp, flat-water leader
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:
Bob co-lead with Ron Janowitz a similar Utah trip in 2011. We will visit the same areas
but arrange different hikes.
Executive summary
Please provide a brief
description of the trip and the
activities planned.
Accommodations
Please describe your plan for
accommodation(s)
Meals
Please describe your plan for
providing meals
Permits or permissions
Does the trip require special
permits or permissions?
(required on many U.S.
federal lands and national
parks)
Fly to and from Las Vegas, rent 3 SUVs, Hike in various parks, with several hikes in slot
canyons
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 marketing
materials you send out.
LOGISTICAL DETAILS OF TRIP
Special equipment
Does the trip require special
equipment?
Special experience
Does the trip require special
skills on the part of the
participant?
Revised October 2009
Stay in motels
Breakfast - at restaurant (these motels do not provide breakfast); Lunch - Participants
will make trail lunches; Dinner - at restaurant.
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:
No permits were required in 2011, and we are going to the same places.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of equipment and how you
will ensure that people know how to use it:
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of experience? Also describe
how you will ensure that the participant has this experience?
Particpants must be experienced, fit hikers. Particpants will be screened.
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Robert White/Dale Geslien
National Parks and Slot Canyons in Southern Utah
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
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will do:
Pre-trip hike and social
Education - History and Geology. We will avail ourselves of any Ranger talks. Bob is a
"birder" and will identify birds we see on hikes.
Bob will provide instruction in digital photography for any interested.
Recreation - Hiking. Dale has much experience in leadership training and can teach
Leave No Trace principles.
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
Heat exhaustion, sunburn, river crossings
Response
Make sure particpants drink water, use sun screen and lip balm, wear wide brim hat.
Instruct on river crossings, use of poles, danger of flash floods. Check at ranger station
before slot canyon trips.
Political concerns, crime, language translation, terrorism
Foreign Country
Potential hazards
Response
Road conditions, drivers, insurance
Transportation
Potential hazards
accident, driving on dirt roads
Response
purchase LDW insurance, check road conditions
Level of fitness, screening concerns, experience with equipment or activity
Participants
Potential hazards
fatigue and group dynamics
Response
Applicants will be screened. Ask participants to contribute to group well being and
safety
Conditions unique to this type of trip
Other
Potential hazards
Response
Revised October 2009
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Robert White/Dale Geslien
National Parks and Slot Canyons in Southern Utah
EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN
Please describe your plans for dealing with emergencies. Use 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 SECTION
BLANK
We will be hiking in National Parks and State Parks, and will never be more than 5 miles
Emergency communication
Phone contacts, language,
from a trailhead and vehicle.
documentation, distance from
emergency services
L and CL will carry full first aid kits; L and CL will have cell phones, but coverge may
Emergency equipment
What sort of emergency first
not be available
aid or communication
equipment (satellite phone,
two-way radios) do you plan
to use, if any?
Leader ad Co-Leader have (a) current training in Wilderness First Aid, including injury
Evacuation
Please describe your plan for
specific protocols for victim evacuation and (b) many years of 4-season backcountry
evacuation from the
experience leading one-day and multi-day hiking trips. Appropriate evacuation measures
backcountry location if
will be taken depending on the nature of any such accident as well as (a) the possble
applicable?
medical qualifications and training of particpants and (b) access to park rangers and other
emeergency personnel.
In the event of an emergency, we will proceed to the Park Visitor Center, where
Medical care
Please describe the medical
emergency personnel can be summoned. For 24-hour emergency response, call 911. The
care available in the area(s)
Zion Canyon Medical Clinic is located in Springdale near the south entrance
where you will be traveling
to the park, call 435-772-3226. The nearest hospitals are in St. George, Cedar
and list names and telephone
City, and Kanab.
numbers for these facilities.
COST AND BUDGET DETAILS
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?
Deposits
What deposits will be required
by airlines, hotels, tour
operators, etc., and when?
Refunds
What is the latest date you can
cancel and still receive a full
refund?
Participant deposit
What are the initial deposit
and your schedule of
payments?
Cancellation policy
What will your cancellation
policy be for the participants?
Minimum numbers
Revised October 2009
N/A
Motel deposits made via credit card at Bumbleberry Inn (Zion) and Circle D Motel
(Escalante)
48 hours prior to arrival
$500, balance of $1230 due March 1, 2013. Air if booked by leaders is payable at time of
booking.
There is a non-refundable $100 cancellation fee once a particpant is accepted and the trip
is confirmed. Refund of any deposit, less $100, is based on policy that cancellation shall
not increase the cost to any other participant or leader.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe conditions:
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Robert White/Dale Geslien
National Parks and Slot Canyons in Southern Utah
Will you still run the trip if you
do not get the minimum
number?
Reference web links:
MEC Home Page:
Forms:
Deadlines:
E-Mail Addresses:
Club House:
MEC Chair:
Revised October 2009
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/application/
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/listings
cyout@outdoors.org
mecchair@amcboston.org
Major Excursions Trip Proposal Form, page 5 of 5