Event Sponsor
| Last Updated | Feb 22, 2024 |
| Event | Zero Breast Cancer Dipsea Hike |
| Date | TBD |
| Time | MEDIUM LENGTH EVENT 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM Various shifts available |
| Sponsoring Organization Website | https://www.zerobreastcancer.org/ |
| Activity Description | Communications support for Dipsea Hike For Zero Breast Cancer, a six mile fundraising trail hike on trails on Mt. Tamalpais. The event begins and ends at Old Mill Park in Mill Valley. There are two checkpoints on the hike: the Tourist Club and the Mountain Home Inn. |
| What Will Be Expected | You will arrive at your assigned location at your assigned time. See duty assignments for your time. You will check in with net control and report your status. You will identify yourself to the event personnel at your site. You may expect to relay messages between the event personnel and the start. You may be asked to render assistance to the event personnel. Some operators may be asked to sweep participants from the course or be asked to ride with event personnel while they are sweeping. You will be released by net control depending on your location. Please supply your t-shirt size, when signing up.Please use and respond to your tactical designator. If we utilize trackers, Net Control will monitor their progress. Sweeps will close the course, staying behind the last runners. EMERGENCY TRAFFIC ALWAYS HAS PRIORITY. PLEASE STAND BY UNTIL THE EMERGENCY HAS BEEN HANDLED |
| MARS Organizer | Rob Rowlands NZ6J rowlands47@gmail.com |
| Pre-event Briefing | Thursday before event at 19:30 on 146.700 MHz |
| Volunteers Required | 10 are required, and the number could vary, depending on the need for shorter shifts. |
| Send Debriefs To | debrief@w6sg.net |
ZBC has decided to virtualize their event, which means their members are urged to go out on the course in small groups on their own without support. That means no radio support will be needed this year.
