I posted to twitter last night that I had heard from the Lincoln Woods crew and they were working with a student with a bruised foot. This is a great example of how great instructor teams following well written protocols results in a safe, high quality experience for students.
Here is what happened. The student bruised his foot so the professional instructor on the course gave it an examination and found no swelling but some tenderness. It was understandably difficult to hike with a bruised foot so the instructor team reduced the student's pack weight and decided to hike a shorter distance yesterday. The student reported decreasing amounts of pain but continued tenderness.
That evening they called in to let me know what was going on. We discussed a treatment plan for the student and several alternate route options for today and tomorrow.
We decided that if I don't hear from the group that means they are able to adequately treat the bruise in the field, and they will continue with their route as planned to their original pick up tomorrow. This means they will need to make up some miles today and tomorrow that they lost yesterday. But that is quite doable - in fact the last time I hiked this route with students we were able to combine the last two days into one long hike.
On the other hand if things don't improve they will call back. In that case they will either bring me in to help the student return to campus, or request a new pick up location tomorrow.
Either way it is a great example of solid instructors following our written safety guidelines to create a very safe and high quality experience in the field. Nice job, folks!
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