In consideration of the services of Outdoor Outreach, their agents, owners, officers, volunteers, participants, and employees, as well as the organizations, schools, school districts sponsoring participation, and all other persons or entities acting in any capacity on their behalf in the delivery of the services (hereinafter collectively referred to as "OO"). I hereby agree to release, indemnify, and discharge OO, on behalf of myself, my spouse, my children, my parents, my heirs, assigns, personal representatives and estate as follows:
I acknowledge that my/my child’s/ward’s participation in hiking, walking, biking, rock climbing, paddle boarding, swimming, surfing, snorkeling and other adventure based activities entails known and unanticipated risks that could result in physical or emotional injury, paralysis, death, or damage to myself, to property, or to third parties. I understand that such risks simply cannot be eliminated without jeopardizing the essential qualities of the activity. The risks include, among other things: Slips and falls; accidents involving other bicycles or vehicles; collision with fixed or movable objects; injuries or accidents involving contact with the bicycle; falls from the bicycle; the negligence of other operators of motor vehicles or myself; cuts, bruises, abrasions, and concussions; the use of climbing ropes and equipment; rope burns; weather conditions; falling objects; water hazards; falling into the water, and accidental drowning; exhaustion; exposure to temperature and weather extremes which could cause hypothermia, hyperthermia (heat related illnesses), heat exhaustion, sunburn, dehydration; and exposure to potentially dangerous wild animals, insect bites, aggressive and/or poisonous marine life and hazardous plant life; equipment failure; and improper lifting or carrying; hidden obstacles by snow including crevasses, ice and snow cornices, tree wells, tree stumps, creeks rocks and boulders, below the snow surface; loss or damage to equipment being used; being lost or separated from their guides or companions by traveling in forested areas, rugged terrain, or bad weather; exposure to altitude and cold including hypothermia, frostbite, acute mountain sickness, exhaustion, cerebral and pulmonary edema; my own physical condition, and the physical exertion associated with this activity; the condition of roads, terrain, or highways and accidents connected with their use. Communication in this mountain terrain is always difficult and in the event of an accident, rescue and medical treatment may not be immediately available.
Furthermore, OO employees have difficult jobs to perform. They seek safety, but they are not infallible. They might be unaware of a participant's fitness or abilities. They might misjudge the weather or other environmental conditions. They may give incomplete warnings or instructions, and the equipment being used might malfunction.
I expressly agree and promise to accept and assume all of the risks existing in this activity. My/my child’s/ward’s participation in this activity is purely voluntary, and I elect to/ to allow them to participate in spite of the risks.
I hereby voluntarily release, forever discharge, and agree to indemnify and hold harmless OO from any and all claims, demands, or causes of action, which are in any way connected with my/my child’s/ward’s participation in this activity or my/my child’s/ward’s use of OO 's equipment or facilities, including any such claims which allege negligent acts or omissions of OO.
Should OO or anyone acting on their behalf, be required to incur attorney's fees and costs to enforce this agreement, I agree to indemnify and hold them harmless for all such fees and costs.
I certify that I have adequate insurance to cover any injury or damage I/my child/ward may cause or suffer while participating, or else I agree to bear the costs of such injury or damage myself. I further certify that I am willing to assume the risk of any medical or physical condition I may have.
In the event that I file a lawsuit against OO, I agree to do so solely in the state of California, and I further agree that the substantive law of that state shall apply in that action without regard to the conflict of law rules of that state. I agree that if any portion of this agreement is found to be void or unenforceable, the remaining document shall remain in full force and effect.
By signing this document, I acknowledge that if anyone is hurt or property is damaged during my child’s/ward’s participation in this activity, I may be found by a court of law to have waived my right to maintain a lawsuit against OO on the basis of any claim from which I have released them herein. I have had sufficient opportunity to read this entire document. I have read and understood it, and I agree to be bound by its terms.