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Good communication can make or break a trip. It's crucial that the message is understood as intended. The more individuals involved in a trip and the more often you change plans, the more opportunity for confusion. As trail leader, you should establish routine procedures to ensure your guests understand what you are trying to communicate. This applies whether you are discussing matters face-to-face, over the radio, or by hand signals. At a minimum, being misunderstood can be annoying or an inconvenience. At worst, it can have deadly consequences. Even though written communication is great, an in-person meeting is a necessary follow up. Participants have a chance to ask questions, and you receive important feedback. These take place during a drivers’ meeting. Held at the beginning of your trip and whenever needed during the trip, a drivers’ meeting covers all the important aspects, including:
A checklist is very useful for your drivers’ meeting. You can create your own from the points above and modify it to suit your particular trip. Don’t short change your drivers meeting and your trip will flow much smoother! |
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Got Desert ID?Last year Russ Rogers lost a good friend, Mike Roack. Mike had his ID on him, but no one knew where he was camped, or who to call. This scary situation prompted Russ and his wife Valerie to come up with a new program called: Got Desert I.D.? As the desert season starts up again, it is worth a reminder of this valuable program. The Desert IDs are in heavy vinyl pouches that can be simply zip tied in plain sight to any vehicle. In addition to the usual stuff (name, age, medical alert info and contact person) the form has a place to write your camp site location or GPS.You can find order information and cost at this URL: http://www.gotdesertid.com/about.html |
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Let Someone Know Where You are GoingWhile we are on the subject, check out Trailnote.com. This is a digital version of the post it note, you leave with a friend to say where you are going and when to expect you back.Here is the URL but for future reference notice that it is trailnote (no s in note) and not trailnotes: http://trailnote.com/ |
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S&S MagazineI meet Sherri Kukla the editor of S&S Magazine quite Serendipitously less than a year ago and have been receiving the magazine ever since. The magazine is packed full with off-road events of every type in Southern California. It has interesting articles of course, but my favorite part is the ads from local companies you never heard of before with great stuff. The annual subscription is only $16.Send Sherri an email at editor@ss-offroadmagazine.com. If you tell her you, in the email, you hear about the magazine from Badlands Off-Road Adventures, she will start a free 3 month subscription for you. Make sure you include your mailing address and name. You can also subscribe on line at: www.ss-offroadmagazine.com P.O. Box 845 - Borrego Springs CA 92004 S&S Off Road Magazine has been published BY off roaders, FOR off roaders since 1982! |
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Basic to Advanced Winching DVDOrder a copy of our winching DVD and save yourself!http://www.4x4training.com/Products/WinchDVD.html BTW, we are looking for dealers and have a sweet margin available for stocking dealers. |
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Wilderness First Aid Course Jan 29 & 30, 2011
I feel that Wilderness First Aid is very important and have scheduled a Class for January next year. But, we need at least 12 people to sign up by December 12th to make it a go! A number of people sent me an email indicating they would be interested. We need everyone to send in their registration now and we need about 6 additional. So if you are interested follow these links. More Details... You can register directly at http://www.4x4training.com/calendar/calendar.php#WFA |
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NEW: T&T Rail Road Adventure in November
Be the first to go on this trip with me and debug it for the next group! Our goal is to cross through Johnson Valley, enjoying what it has to offer, and making our way North along the old Tonopah & Tidewater (T&T) Rail Road bed to the Rasor OHV, Afton Canyon and the western edge of the Mojave Preserve. On the way we will skirt the Rodman Mountain Wilderness and cross I-40. This adventure is 2 days of scenic, historical, light wheeling and a night (2 if you prefer) of primitive camping under the stars. We can plan a Dutch Oven pot luck for our evening meal. Check out the details and sign up on the website: http://www.4x4training.com/Adventures/TTRailroad.html You can register directly at http://www.4x4training.com/calendar/calendar.php#TTRailroad |
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Winch Clinic December 12, 2010
This one day clinic starts with the basics but goes way beyond. By the end of the day you will be safely rigging some complex recoveries. The course covers: safety related issues, basic operation of the winch, simple and complex riggings, stuck assessment, winch capability, and minimizing environmental impact. This is a hands on class. More Details... You can register directly at http://www.4x4training.com/calendar/calendar.php#Winch |
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2011 Schedule
The event schedule for 2011 is now on the web site. Thank you to those who brought a few date errors to my attention. |
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