Emergency Protocol

Medical emergency

• Do not remove the helmet unless the airway is blocked.
• Altitude sickness that stops a rider sleeping or walking = descend tonight. Do not wait for morning.
• The guide carries the group medical kit and the evacuation numbers. Your job is stabilisation and information, not diagnosis.

Mechanical failure

• Stop at a safe wide point, well off the traffic line. Signal the riders behind.
• Small problem: fix with the tool roll. Do not improvise repairs you are not sure of — a bodge that fails at 5,000 m becomes an emergency.
• Bike immobile: the guide and the support vehicle carry spares. Wait with the bike if it is safe; the sweep rider will reach you.

Accident

• Secure the scene first — oncoming traffic is the second accident. Post a rider upstream of the incident.
• Casualty assessment before bike recovery. Machines can be replaced.
• Photograph the scene only once people are safe — for insurance and the incident report.

Lost / off route

• Rule one: STOP. Riding further on a wrong track is how a wrong turn becomes a missing rider.
• Check the offline pack GPX and the day stage map. Backtrack to the last confirmed point.
• If the track is uncertain and the day is late: stay put, shelter, make yourself visible. The convoy will trace the route from the last checkpoint.

Road blocked

• Landslide, water crossing, or army closure: do not cross moving water above ankle depth and never cross a fresh landslide alone.
• Report the blockage to the guide with your position. RIE re-routes the convoy — the route is a plan, not a contract.
• Wait at the last safe point where the support vehicle can still reach you.

Guide phone, hotel contacts and checkpoint numbers change per departure and live in your Offline Expedition Pack. Download it before Day 1 — it is the single most important thing on your phone.