Sierra Club Coyote Buttes North Section trip application and information

 Please fill out this personal information form and mail it back with the $10 fee to:
Jeffrey Wong
400 Mc Arthur Way
las vegas, NV 89107

Your Name________________________________________ Address__________________________________________ City_____________________State_______Zip___________
home Phone #____________________________
work phone #____________________________
fax phone #____________________________________ e-mail:__________________________________
Persons to notify in case of emergency______________________________Phone:___________________
Please list any significant medical illnesses?  Examples:  breathing problems, heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure.

Please list any medications you take on a regular basis

Please list your allergies____________________________________ You must be physically fit--I don't intend this as any kind of endurance event, but we cannot afford to lose anyone in terrain with little water or trails.  Do you exercise weekly, monthly, yearly, at all?__________What activity (-ies) and what duration?

Any recent experience Hiking?:____________________________________
Camping?:____________________________________ You MUST prepay $10.00 to cover permits, which you may send to me above, preferably more than 4 days before the trip.  Payment does not guarantee placement--a self addressed stamped envelope will ensure return of any fees for those persons that don't make the short list.  I have permits for a party of six.  The BLM policy towards pets continues to evolve and I did not purchase any permits for pets.  Bringing a pet without a permit may expose you to a fine.  If you decide to take the risk, please, no animals in excess of 8 pounds.  That means only Yorkshire or Jack Russell terriers may fit the bill.  You'll know if you're going by the Tuesday preceding the trip date.  If you cancel after Wednesday, you forfeit the $10 if I don't find another person to take your place on the short list.  I may need to interview you either in person or by telephone.  All participants will sign a standard Sierra Club liability release.

You will need at least:  Pack, food, 4+ liters of water/day, flashlight, extra batteries, hat, sunscreen, bug repellent for gnats, medium or lightweight boots, toilet paper, camera, Car-camping equipment.  I expect to take 5 or 6 liters of water per day, caching one or two liters for the return trip.  

OPTIONAL:  camera, tripod, film, binoculars, wildflower guide, umbrella, hiking sticks, a plastic bag for your boots to keep sand out of your car.
Not needed:  Power or fitness hikers.  You must want to see things along the way and there really is no given endpoint.  I plan to depart Las Vegas about 2-3 p.m. Friday.  You can go separately if you have instructions.   Driving time: 4.5 hr/240 miles.  Return to LV by 9 p.m. Sunday June 27, again no guarantees.  (hoped for) Trail start time as early as possible, predawn.  (prayed for, but highly doubtful with a party greater than 2)
Camp:  primitive, no water, has pit toilet.  Still wanna go?  Think, "yes."
OTHER Information:     Photographers can be very crazy people, we may hang around an area waiting for the right light, holding everyone else up.  We may elect to begin a hike 2 hours before sunrise and return to camp 2 hours after sunset, just to be at the "right place at the right time."  Some of us may take 5 seconds to take an image; others like myself may take 20 minutes.  I may compose, set up my camera turn on the lightmeter and put everything away without taking the picture.  If you use a good tripod, you will have extremely sharp photos.

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