1. Local Hike Leader Orientation How to Lead Local Hikes BT Rev 3 09/17/2007 SCA Hiking Club

2. Thank You for being a hike leader

3. The Parking Lot We always meet at the same location: Independence center We always Meet here

4. Responsibilities at the Parking lot Leader –Know the hike & how to get there (sometimes a driver map is good) –Announce $ for car pool ($5 Red Rocks, $10 Charleston) –Arrange car pools (be sensitive to hiker levels in the same car) –Know Hike level, distance, elevation –Check for Water, Boots, Hat etc –Know number of hikers & # of cars –Sign in sheet

5. Stay on top of weather conditions –Cancel if snow or rain/lightning Introduce yourself by name New hikers? –(introduce them, assess level) Take Bathroom / Water stops

6. On our web site http://www.sunhikers.homestead.com Club forms, for hike leaders http://www.sunhikers.homestead.com Sign in sheet

7. On our web site http://www.sunhikers.homestead.com Club forms, for hike leaders http://www.sunhikers.homestead.com Hike Leader Check List

9. Hike Leader Check list continued

10. On our web site http://www.sunhikers.homestead.com Club forms, for hike leaders http://www.sunhikers.homestead.com Hike Leader Guidelines

14. On our web site http://www.sunhikers.homestead.com Club forms, for hike leaders http://www.sunhikers.homestead.com Health Card

15. On our web site http://www.sunhikers.homestead.com Club forms, for hike leaders http://www.sunhikers.homestead.com Emergency list Use with flexibility, as these numbers change often

16. Communications & How to use

17. Radios Push to talk, delay, then talk Un official Chnl 1 informal emergency WX = weather Lock button Test with your sweeper Channel 4 and Sub Channel 4

18. Radio’s 2 types FRS (.5w) & GMRS(5w), (sub chnls) 1-7 = FRS & GMRS GMRS Hi & Lo 8-14 = FRS & GMRS Lo 15-22 = GMRS Hi FRS can hear GMRS W/sub but GMRS can not hear FRS w/o sub Good features = switches vs menu buttons, rechargable, GMRS >7 miles, You get what you pay for(Repeater capable)

19. Cell Phones Before you call, know where you are Who are you going to call? Dispatchers can not tell location like Land Lines Hoax = 112 diverts to Sat Phone via repeaters (Henderson Emerg)

20. Clubs Satellite Phone 911 eff 02/05 GPS Long/Lat location Dial 1 before prefex Charge the battery Free minutes each month (254) 381-5833 How to use (Instructions) Lets Utilize our Satellite Phone

21. Can a GPS Communicate 2 ways ? They are starting to (Loc to Loc, Go To)

22. Whistle 3 blasts (Lost)

23. Navigation North? Compass, Moss on a tree

24. Navigation Topo map

25. Navigation Look back from time to time & at intersections Three Object Sighting:

26. Navigation Blazing: This technique uses markers that are created along your route. Markers can either be the breaking of small branches, making a little pile of rocks, placing a branch on the ground, tying a little string to a branch, marking the branch or any little marking method that you can created that indicates that this is the way back to the beginning. Be careful to always point the marker that you created towards the direction that you should return. Be careful of the small branches that you are breaking so as not to endanger the plant or tree.

27. Navigation Carin Blaze

28. Lets assume you are hiking along as a leader And……………………Then…………….

29. The Unexpected Happens You determine you are lost, or are not confident of where you are You look back & no one is following Someone gets hurt or gets sick (or you) Your flock scatters Mutiny, some folks want to go another way Weather changes Out of water One or more Hikers are over exerted

30. You are at the ¼ way point & someone wants to go back Its getting dark & you still have hours to return

31. What is the 1 st thing you should do? IN ALL CASES exercise leadership 101 Do Not make a snap judgment –Stop, and think, assess the situation & your surrounding & options –Take a water break, stop the group so you can think & maybe consult with capable others –Maintain leadership or you will have 20 leaders, and your flock can scatter –Decide how much you want to think outloud

32. Guidelines If Someone goes back to the car –2 or more go + communications –Sign out If someone is in over his/her head –Assign a partner and/or decide on going back with a partner, + communications If you loose someone –Develop a plan, do not allow everyone to search on their own

33. Discussion: People qualified or capable of a hike? How far should the club go? Should we set rules, or delegate to the leader?

34. Weather Issues, Cancel Always keep an eye on weather

35. Always have an official sweeper & Large hikes have multiple leaders Discussion:

36. Proper Equipment for a hike Discussion Leader or follower, might be different Reading glasses, communications, medical card, 1 st aid kit, Hiking Boots, Hat, sun glasses, Water, Salt, Snacks, Knowledge of where, Layers, sign in sheet on car is complete (why?) What else ?

37. What should a hike leader have in his/her pack? First aid kit Communications (Whistle / Radio/ Cell Phone/ Sat Phone) Extra bottle of water for those who run out Phone numbers of emergency help Reading glasses, pencil/paper Compass

38. Open Discussion Thoughts to add /update this presentation