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HKMA Trailwalker 2006 Support and Logistics

Dr Stella Chim Deputy Chairman Trailwalker Subcommitee. HKMA Trailwalker 2006 Support and Logistics. Support Team. Essential part of your trailwalker team Treat them as your team members Select a support team leader Join the practice to get familiar with the trail

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HKMA Trailwalker 2006 Support and Logistics

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  1. Dr Stella Chim Deputy Chairman Trailwalker Subcommitee HKMA Trailwalker 2006 Support and Logistics

  2. Support Team • Essential part of your trailwalker team • Treat them as your team members • Select a support team leader • Join the practice to get familiar with the trail • Note resources from Oxfam and HKMA

  3. Oxfam Trailwalker Information Booklet • Please read as information may change • Read the notes for support team • Pay attention to • car pass for CP8 • parking arrangement at the finish point • shuttle bus service from Pak Tam Chung to Pak Tam Au (CP2)

  4. What hikers should carry?As few as possible!!! • HKID card, cash • Enough food and drinks before next support point, sweet and salty snacks • Essential equipments – warm clothes, towel, watch, cap, sunglasses, umbrella, windbreaker, hiking stick, tissue, knee/ankle braces, mobile phone, torch / headlamp • Essential medications and first aid kid

  5. What do you need for support? • Food and drinks • Clothing change, including socks and shoes • Equipments change and replacement (different for daytime and night time) • Cap, umbrella, sunglasses, walking stick, sunblock, mosquito repellent, torch / headlamp, batteries, mobile phone/battery, toiletries, tissue, spare glasses / contact lens

  6. What do you need for support? • Medication and care for injury • Physiotherapy • Photos taking • Good spirit !!!

  7. Suggested medical equipments • Bandaid, gauze, alcohol swab, hibitane packs, dressing set, micropore, tegaderm, crepe bandage, blister care, scissors • Personal medications, panadol/dologesic, NSAIDs, H2 blockers/PPI, buscopan, anti-emetic, anti-diarrheal medications • Ice pack • IV set, IV normal saline, IV glucose, (?glucagon for fast team)

  8. During your practice sessions….. Note individual needs for support on the race day!

  9. 1 hero and 5 backpacks Who should be your support team? • Relatives and friends • Drivers and cars • Good hikers • With trailwalker experience • Confirm them early

  10. Composition and arrangement • Friends and relative from each of the 4 trailwalkers • Group familiar ones together • 2 to 4 support cars and groups • 2 to 4 persons per group • Ample time to travel from one site to another (arrive at least 1 hr ahead) • Ample time for support team to rest • All gather at finishing point to celebrate!

  11. Trailwalker team Support team leader Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Good communications between hikers and support team leader Good communications among support team leader and groups

  12. Supporting points • Major sites by car • Sites along the trail by foot • On-trail support – walk with them • Well pre-planned schedule and supporting sites with hikers • More support  more delay? • More support  more support !!!

  13. Kei Ling Ha (Shui Long Wo/ Sai Sha Road) Pak Tam Au Shing Mun Tsz Wan Shan Tai Mo Shan Usual supporting points

  14. 地點 食物 飲料 支援隊友 北潭凹 CP2 吞拿魚三文治 甜麵包 香蕉、雪梨 羅宋湯 水 Peter Mary 企嶺下 CP3 肉醬意粉 香蕉、雪梨 礶裝雀巢咖啡 水 John Grace 慈雲山 鷄絲米粉 皮蛋鹹瘦肉粥 雪梨 中國茶 紅荳沙 水 Peter Mary Supporting schedule – sample 1 Trailwalker 2003港西聯巾幗團支援隊供應

  15. Supporting schedule – sample 2

  16. Comfort for the hikers • Folding tables/chairs • Floor mat • Curtains for car windows -> mobile changing room! • Large umbrellas for rain • Warm jackets during rest

  17. 4 in 1 Light + Fan + Radio + Mosquito repellent Support for the support team • Enough food and drinks • Enough warm clothes • Lighting, radio, fan, mosquito repellent, sunblock, umbrellas • Mobile phone, support members list, support schedule • Camera • Trailwalker carpass for CP8 and finishing

  18. Site visit • MUST have site visit at least once • Detailed driving route from one site to another and time management • Identify parking places and meeting areas with hikers • Arrange support team during practice • Please refer to HKMA trailwalker guide and support guide 2006 for details

  19. Pre-trip meeting (1) • Know each other • Telephone list • Everyone understand whole schedule • Understand role of each group • Distribution of Oxfam parking permits for Tai Mo Shan (CP8) and Finishing point

  20. Pre-trip meeting (2) • Preparation of food, drinks, equipment • Collection of well-labeled bags for each hiker at each supporting point (carrying clothes, caps, torches, personal medications, etc) • Spare food, drinks, torches, batteries, tissue in each support car • First aid equipment for each car

  21. Celebration Dinner MUST thank your support team after the race!

  22. Acknowledgement • Oxfam Hong Kong

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