Dick Cable/Rami Haddad
Bicycle Seattle & Around: Tour of Lakes & Islands
SUMMARY OF TRIP INFORMATION
Bicycle Seattle & Around: Tour of Lakes & Islands
Leader Dick Cable
Co-leader Rami Haddad
Seattle, WA, the Islands, Vancouver, Canada
July 5-12, 2014
Total # of days 9
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)
Bicycling-Road
Minimum 12
Skiing-Downhill
Snorkeling
(Alpine)
Walking
Other – please describe
Select one of those checked above.
Maximum 14
$ 1950
Does it include airfare? Yes
No
$ 450
Will leaders assist participants with flights? Yes
No
First Appearance: Month ASAP
Year
Last Appearance: Month
Year
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. immediately after AT approval
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
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 July 2013
Dick Cable
8 Heather Lane, Burlington, CT 06013
r.cable@sbcglobal.net
Home 860-673-1940
Work
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: 4/2014
Cell 860-944-0594
CPR
BLS
Expiration:
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.
Provence Biking
Camino de Santiago Biking
Mantova to Venice Biking
Yosemite Hiking, two Mongolia Trips, Nepal Hiking, Sicily Biking. Upcoming: Machu
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Bicycle Seattle & Around: Tour of Lakes & Islands
experience
Picchu/Easter Island, Berlin to Prague Biking, Puglia Biking, Loire Valley Biking,
Finland Biking.
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 425-922-0454
Work
Cell
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: Planned for January 2014 training
CPR
BLS
Expiration: Planned for January 2014 training
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.
Submitted separate application for AT leadership
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below:
Rami lived in Seattle for a number of years and knows the biking opportunities
of which we will avail ourselves
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!
n/a
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.
This is a road-biking trip offering particpants two option on most if not all day: Option 1
will be to ride approximately 30 miles; option 2 is longer ride of approximately 50
miles. Seattle will be home base for all but one night. On Day 6, we will ferry to Friday
Harbor where we will bike and stay overnight. The folloiwnt day we will take the ferry
to Victoria, BC, bike there, and then return to Seattle. This is the itinerary:
Day 1, Sat. 5 Jul: travel to Seattle.
Day 2, Sun 6 Jul: Seattle local tour
Day 3, Mon 7 Jul: Seattle Lake Washington tour
Day 4, Tue 8 Jul: Seattle Vashon Island tour
Day 5, Wed 9 Jul: Seattle Bainbridgte tour.
Day 6, Thu 10 Jul: Travel by ferry to Friday Harbor and tour. Overnight at Orca
Inn.
Day 7, Fri 11 Jul: ferry to Victoria, BC and tour. return to Seattle
Day 8, Sat 12 Jul: Seattle Mercer Island tour in the a.m. Seattle attractions in the
p.m.
Day 9, Sun 13 Jul: travel home
Travel overnight to Friday Harbor & Victoria would be with bicycle and small
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backpack for change of clothes.
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
Does the trip require special
permits or permissions?
(required on many U.S.
federal lands and national
parks)
In Seattle we will stay at Homewood Suites. On Friday Island will be at Orca Inn.
Breakfast is included in our accomodations each day. Dinner is included on days 3,4,5.
An allowance of $30 is included on Days 2,6,7,8. Dinner on own Day 1. Lunch/snack
options will be a group decision/on own with direction from the leaders.
light rail,and ferries will be the modes of transportaiton. All cost are calculated
included in base price.
Will leaders be drivers?
Will volunteer participants be drivers?
If so, MVR checks will be needed. See Appendix S1.
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:
Planning for all rides to be on open public roads.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of equipment and how you
will ensure that people know how to use it:
a bike suitable for road biking. Bike rental available for $180.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of experience? Also describe
how you will ensure that the participant has this experience?
The ability to ride a bike for 30 and/or 50 miles for several days in a row.
Special equipment
Does the trip require special
equipment?
Special experience
Does the trip require special
skills on the part of the
participant?
Pre-trip activities
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will do:
Do you plan to get your group a day group ride. location TBD
together before the trip for an
activity or social event?
The State of Washington and Seattle have been on the forefront of
Conservation, education and
conservation and recreation. Both leaders will be sharing important
recreation
information about these historic and ongoing efforts. We will be visiting
How will this AMC-AT trip meet the
websites and become informed before the trip. Such an example is
mission of the AMC?
www.iloveseattle.org.
www.outdoors.org/about/mission.cfm
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: $
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Do they have liability
insurance?
Emergency response
Please describe the outfitters’
response plan in the case of an
emergency.
Are they willing to list AMC as an
additional insured?
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
the usual perils that exist with road biking
Response
Road biking carries an inherent risk of injury due to falls or collision. The roads
we will be using are paved and often shared with car traffic as well as bike trails
that are free of cars and traffic The trip leaders are WFA and CPR certified and
will be carrying basic first aid kits and communications gear (cell phones, 2-way
radios). Safety talks will precede each day’s ride, with the outfitters describing
fully the road conditions that can be anticipated for the day and a review of rules
of the road in the State of Washingon as well as our time in Canada.l
Political concerns, crime, language translation, terrorism
Foreign Country
Potential hazards
n/a
Response
Road conditions, drivers, insurance
Transportation
Potential hazards
n/a
Response
We will be using local transportation to get to and from some cycling start points.
Level of fitness, screening concerns, experience with equipment or activity
Participants
Potential hazards
Response
The level of riding is intermediate to advanced intermediate and through trip
description and screening, we should be able to ascertain that the level of fitness
is appropriate. It is more important for us to ascertain that our applicants are
experienced with riding on roadways shared by motorists. We have the unique
opportuniity to offer two rides each day: one will be +/- 30 miles and the other
will be +/- 50 miles. There will be the opportunity to make day to day decisions
on which ride to be on. While in Seattle there is the option not to ride if
appropriate and necessary.
Conditions unique to this type of trip
Other
Potential hazards
Response
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
Both leaders will carry cell phones. At all locations we are close to emergency
Emergency communication
services
Phone contacts, language,
documentation, distance from
emergency services
We will carry cell phones which will be adequate for the location in which we will
Emergency equipment
What sort of emergency first
be biking/travelling.
aid or communication
equipment (satellite phone,
two-way radios) do you plan
to use, if any?
Evacuation
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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.
Victoria General Hospital
1 Hospital Way
Victoria
+1 250-727-4212
Peace Island Medical Center
1117 Spring Street
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
(360) 378-2141
Group Health Downtown Seattle Medical Center
1420 5th Ave #375
Seattle
(206) 223-2611
COST AND BUDGET DETAILS
n/a
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?
all hotel reservations are able to be cancelled.
Group Trip Deposits
What deposits will be required
from you by airlines, hotels, tour
operators, etc., and when?
two weeks prior to start date
Group Trip Refunds
What is the latest date you can
cancel and still receive a full
refund of any deposits?
$1000 with application. Balance due June 1, 2014.
Participant deposits
What are the initial deposit and
your schedule of payments by
participants to you?
Full refund if the trip does not run. Once a trip has been confirmed to run with a
Cancellation policy
What will be your cancellation
sufficient number of partcipants, no refund will be available unless another suitable
policy for the participants?
participant can be confirmed. Once that participant is confirmed and monies
deposited, a refund will be issued. Refunds will only be refunded to the extent that the
cost of the trip for other participants is not affected. Participants are responsible for
their own airline tickets. Most domestic airlines no longer give refunds for
cancellations; instead, they issue coupons for a future trip with an administrative
charge of $100.00 and an expiration date. Trip cancellation insurance is advised and
policy information is supplied to all participants.
.
Minimum numbers
Will you still run the trip if you
do not get the minimum number?
Yes
No
If yes, please describe conditions:
Reference web links:
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AMC-ATC Home Page:
Forms:
Deadlines:
E-Mail Addresses:
Club House:
AMC-ATC Chair:
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http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/application/
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/committee/proposals/
nholland@outdoors.org
amcatchair@comcast.net
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