STAR House August 08

Report filled out by:  Jon Wurl  Trip start date:      23 August 2008      start time:      10:00 AM Trip end date:        24 August 2008      end time         3:00 PM       Total days on river:    ----------------------------------------------------------------------  Group name:    STAR House Group leader:  Roger Dettloff  Group address/phone/email:                 ----------------------------------------------------------------------  Fit to target population:   excellent Group camaraderie:          good Group behavior:             good Group's staff performance:  good Food:                       excellent  ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Trip leader(s):  Jon W ATL(s):          Vinny A Medic:           Jon W Rescue:          Darrell H  Guide name:  Jon W did 2 days. Guide name:  Vinny A did 2 days. Guide name:  Natasha A did 2 days. Guide name:  Danny Weinberg did 2 days. Guide name:  Chris T did 2 days. Guide name:  Ha did 2 days. Guide name:  Kelly K did 1 days. Guide name:  Darrel H did 1 days. Guide name:   did  days. Guide name:   did  days. Guide name:   did  days. Guide name:   did  days.  ----------------------------------------------------------------------  Insurance statistics:    ICOers over 18:        7   ICOers under 18:       1   Participants over 18:  15   Participants under 18: 14  ----------------------------------------------------------------------  Ethnicity statistics:                     ICO               African-American:         Asian or Asian-American:  3               American Indian:                          Latino:                           White:  5                         Other:                   Participants               African-American:  3       Asian or Asian-American:  4               American Indian:                          Latino:  6                         White:  16                         Other:    Special population statistics:                     ICO                           Deaf:                           Other:                   Participants                           Deaf:                           Other:    ----------------------------------------------------------------------  Was scholarship money used?  no     Amount:     ----------------------------------------------------------------------  Rivers and conditions:      On Saturday the flow was 1600 which was ideal.      We did SFA Marshall to Greenwood and took 6 boats.      Hazards:       Weather: sunny but pleasant       On Sunday the flow was 1700 which was ideal.      We did SFA Chili Bar and took  boats.      Hazards:       Weather: sunny but pleasant       On  the flow was  which was ideal.      We did  and took  boats.      Hazards:       Weather:   ----------------------------------------------------------------------  Comments:  This was a partnership trip with San Jose ICO  The group home kids always come in with a lot of defensiveness and displays of  bad attitude.  I know from experience that once they realize that all we're  trying to do is have a good time, that eventually they warm up to the task.  On Saturday we put in at Marshall Gold and took out at Greenwood.  I found out  we were not supposed to use this put-in without special permsision, but the  ranger allowed us to do it.  Using Greenwood as a take-out may also now be  "illegal" but it is ambiguous.  In any case, I did it due to group cohesion reasons,  which is related to safety -- we had a number of issues to work through that  would have potentially caused disasters in the Gorge.  On Sunday, we ran Chili Bar.  All the participants rafted, including the ones  who were afraid to go on Saturday.  This was a real accomplishment.  Everyone  had a really good time and everyone was very grateful for the experience.  Once  again we turned a hodgepodge collection of individuals into a family and a team  in 2 days.  Everyone had a perfect run at Troublemaker, the first time I've seen this is a  long time on an ICO trip.  Kelly sprained her knee there but is doing fine as  of this trip report.  We had an ATG/guest (Lisa Katzman) and a potential trainee/ATG (her son Jesse,  forgot his last name but it is no Katzman).  Two of the SJ-ICO folks are going  to join us for guide training in the spring (one is an ATG, actually).