2019 Trip Coordinator Workshop Sun, Feb 10, 2019
Safety – Responsibility –
S: CCA Instruction – Safety Workouts R: for ourselves, then the Swimmer L: Common Adventure, CCA Waiver
Kinds of Trips: Weekends (our focus here), incl. Family, Releases, Campers, Attains, Safety Workouts
ALSO: Thursdays, Wednesdays, Sundays at Violettes, Pick-Up trips
A - Choose a Stream
1 – Set up USGS Water Alerts (optional – internet)
2 - Use Am Whitewater & the Stream-Finder (S-F) to choose
3 – Predict weather & water levels (CCA website, S-F) – Have Plan B
4 - Figure travel times, Meet-up places, return home times
5 - Ron Canter's 42 Maps - print or fwd to your trip members (opt)
6 – Ron Knipling’s 68 Ranked Streams – MCCs 140 Streams
7 - Consult old trip reports for that destination (opt)
8 - Trips Ctee* will assist, incl. to arrange co-coordinator, post trips, Learning new streams
B – Advertise It & Collect Your Group
8 – Post your trip on the CCA Calendar - Susan will send members weekly broadsides of upcoming trip
Insist people notify you – in case of sudden U-turn – email or phone – lunch – river-wear – Telephone interview for
skill level – decide if someone should not come, non-CCA members welcome Post on FB or Paddle Prattle (opt)
9 – Choose a Meeting Point (S-F) – Equipment check there as cars get left off
C – On the River
10 - Riverside pre-paddle discussion of route, hazards, signals. set probe & sweep, accidents
11 - Equipment check, bring extra equipment (opt) - Recruit members for the Club (bring CCA cards)
D - After Action:
12 - Post a trip report - a river hazard report - report problems for the Trips Ctee. And let us know about good eateries.
If time allows (two hours), we'll discuss problems encountered ("war stories") - Call out a short-notice Pick-Up Trip
*Trips Committee is - Alf Cooley, Barb Brown, Susan Sherrod, Miki Komlosh
Trips are Cross-Listed with the BRV and MCC