HKMA Trailwalker 2006 Support and Logistics

Dr Stella ChimDeputy Chairman

Trailwalker Subcommitee

• 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

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)

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

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

What do you need for support?

• Medication and care for injury• Physiotherapy• Photos taking

•Good spirit !!!

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)

During your practice sessions…..

Note individual needs for support on the race

day!

Who should be your support team?

• Relatives and friends

• Drivers and cars• Good hikers• With trailwalker

experience

• Confirm them early

1 hero and 5 backpacks

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!

Trailwalker team

Group 1Group

2Group

3

Support team

leader

Good communications between hikers and support team leader

Good communications among support team leader and groups

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 !!!

Usual supporting points

Pak Tam Au

Kei Ling Ha(Shui Long Wo/ Sai Sha Road)

Tsz Wan ShanShing Mun

Tai Mo Shan

Supporting schedule – sample 1

PeterMary

中國茶紅荳沙水

鷄絲米粉皮蛋鹹瘦肉粥雪梨

慈雲山

JohnGrace

礶裝雀巢咖啡水

肉醬意粉香蕉、雪梨

企嶺下CP3

PeterMary

羅宋湯水

吞拿魚三文治甜麵包香蕉、雪梨

北潭凹CP2

支援隊友飲料食物地點

Trailwalker 2003港西聯巾幗團支援隊供應

Supporting schedule – sample 2Support position

Support point Time of arrival

(start 9:00 07-Nov-03)

Requirement (Units)

hr min name Coffee Powerade Water Bread Torch/battery

7 Kei Ling Ha (CP3) 5 00 Ho 1 1

HKMA 07-Nov-03 Au 1

14 00 Chow 1

KL 1 1

8 Ngong Ping 6 16 Ho 1 1 1 1

Ray 07-Nov-03 Au 2 1 1 1

15 16 Chow 1 1 1

KL 1 1 1 1

9 Gilwell Campsite (CP4) 7 20 Ho 2 1

Oxfam 07-Nov-03 Au 1 1

16 20 Chow 1 1 1

KL 1 1 1

10 Tsz Wan Shan 7 49 Ho 2

Ngai 07-Nov-03 Au 2

16 49 Chow 1

KL 1

Comfort for the hikers

• Folding tables/chairs• Floor mat• Curtains for car windows ->

mobile changing room!• Large umbrellas for rain• Warm jackets during rest

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

4 in 1Light + Fan + Radio +

Mosquito repellent

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

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

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

MUST thank your support team after the race!

Acknowledgement

• Oxfam Hong Kong