Namito Guides

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Namito Guides

• Summer 2009
• Maine

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Francestown

• LGT
• Orientation
• Team Building
• Review Basic Skills
• WFR Certification

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Maine
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Maine
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Umbagog/Andriscoggin

• Develop Flatwater/Whitewater SOP
• Develop Base Camp SOP
• Begin Hiking SOP

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Umbagog/AndriscogginMap
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Lakes Trip

• Umbagog Lake to Rangely Lake
• 3-4 days, two hard portages
• Base camp moves to Carrabassett side of Bigelow
  and does pickup at Rangely

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Base
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Flagstaff/Sugarloaf
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Flagstaff/Sugarloaf map
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CarrabassetBigelow Preserve Frontside

• Develop Hiking SOP
• Scout Area for Hiking and Canoeing Challenges for
  Basic School and do em
• Find the Bat Camp
• Familiarize with Carrabassett Front Side of
  Bigelow Preserve

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Bigelow Range
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Our Mountain
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Summit
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Very Top
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Sugarloaf
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Saddleback
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High Ridge
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Okso lets look at the timeline again.

• Phase1 We do LGT/Orientation at Francestown
• Phase2 WFR intensive course in
  Francestown(1week)
• Phase3 Flatwater/Basic Whitewater training in
  Errol area (4 days)
• Phase4 Lakes Trip
• Phase5 Carrabassett Valley/Bigelow Preserve I
• Phase6 Katahdin Area
• Phase7
• South on first 140 miles of AT (18)
• Quoddy Loop Canoe Route
• Phase7 Moose Bow Trip
• Phase8 Intermediate Whitewater Training on Moose
  River
• Phase9 Carrabassett Valley/Bigelow Preserve II
• Phase10 The Terminator
• Phase11 Breakdown
• Phase12 Debriefing/Planning for Next Year

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• 2009 Dead River Whitewater Releases Kennebec
  Water Power Company
• DayDate
• Release 
• Saturday2 May7000 cfs 
• Saturday9 May7000 cfs 
• Sunday24 May5500 cfs 
• Saturday30 May5500 cfs  
• Saturday6 June5500 cfs  
• Saturday13 June3500 cfs  
• Saturday27 June1800 cfs  
• Wednesday1 July1300 cfs National Canoe
  Championships 
• Thursday2 July1300 cfs National Canoe
  Championships 
• Friday3 July1300 cfs National Canoe
  Championships
•  Saturday4 July1300 cfs National Canoe
  Championships 
• Sunday 5 July1300 cfs National Canoe
  Championships 
• Saturday25 July1800 cfs  
• Sunday26 July2400 cfs  
• Saturday8 August3500 cfs  
• Sunday9 August5500 cfs  

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Katahdin

• Familiarize ourselves with BSP
• Alpine Travel and Skills SOP
• Maine Guides License(Millinocket)

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The Splitup!

• One group leaves Baxter on AT South working as
  wilderness medics
• One group does the Quoddy Loop in Washington
  County

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Quoddy Loop

• Full circle route in Downeast Maine
• Blue lines water travel, Black are car portages,
  Brown are foot portages.
• Full Loop is over 150 miles

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Quoddy Loop Part I

• Wilderness canoeing in large upland swamp
• Almost entirely flatwater
• Two tough portages with routefinding/traill
  cutting
• Baskehegan Lake is a wilderness lake
• Resupply in Danforth at small supermarket

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Quoddy Loop Part II

• There are five distinct parts of this section
• 1) Cross East Grand Lake
• 2) Run Forest City Rapids to Mud Pond
• 3) Portage from Mud Pond to Spednik Lake
• 4) Long Lake run down Spednik Lake to Vanceboro
• 5) Resupply in Vanceboro

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Quoddy Loop Part III

• 36 miles of mostly Grade II whitewater, some I
  and III
• Ample campsites on river
• After Kellyland Dam, travel is through a huge
  shallow swamp with ample wildlife
• Resupply in Princeton

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Quoddy Loop Part IV

• All lake travel
• Swampy lakes merge with older lake system, very
  clear water
• 2.5 mile uphill portage to West Grand Lake
• Resupply at Grand Lake Stream village
• Maine Folk and Crafts Festival will be in session
  when we pass through
• Finish trip with 20 miles of joined lakes with a
  final 1.25 mile portage to Pleasant Lake

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Wilderness Healer Program
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Goals

• Mastery of Service Leadership
• Mastery of Self
• Provide WFR/Medic Services on the 100 mile
  Wilderness section of the AT for 10 days while
  travelling through SW to NE holding sick call
  at all AT shelter and campsites
• Travel light and be independent of support unless
  you actually run into a situation
• In which case we scramble and help solve it
  together

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The 100 Mile Wilderness The Crux of the AT
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AT South
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Moose River Area

• Set up base camp on Attean Pond
• Pick up AT South crew!
• Do Moose River Bow Trip as overnight once or
  twice
• Work on GradeIII Whitewater skills on Lower Moose
  River
• Explore Moosehead Lake

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Moose to Flagstaff

• Move base camp back to Flagstaff Round Barn
• Set up Flagstaff Elven base camp for 2010
• Set up Bat Camp
• Work on hiking, flatwater, rockclimbing and
  whitewater routes in the area (there are tons)

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Da numbahs for WFR
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Da Numbahs for Feeder Program 2010
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Da Numbahs for WEMT
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ByLaws

• We need some!
• Up to you
• Need to be specific
• Need to be adhered to
• We need the first 10 bylaws by Monday

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Structure for 2009

• Director - Rick Welch
• ASST Director - Scott Semmens
• Director Adviser - Pat Parker-Roach
• Watermasters Dave Kurtz/EmilyHK?
• Trailmasters Shannon Mackenzie/Sam Schlepphorst
• Quartermasters Sam Davis/Alexandra Winzeler

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We need more Directors!

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• We aint picky
• Would like 3 more
• Will settle for one more
• Will take up to 5 more
• Would like them to visit at least once
• We want feedback and other opinions

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What about parents/family of HGC Members?

• Come visit us any time
• If it gets crazy we can have sign ups like a time
  share
• Help out, participate, or just relax
• Bring yer own gear(we have some stuff you can
  borrow boats, PFD, tents etc)
• Bring some food to share, but we can feed you!