This is a release -- please read it carefully.
At Vermont Wilderness School, the safety of each person is our highest priority. We take all reasonable precautions to ensure you and/or your child's physical and emotional safety and to provide a quality experience that focuses on fun, safety and character development. However, as in any other experience, we cannot eliminate all risk from our programs.
The risks include, but are not limited to insect and animal bites and stings, forces of nature such as but not limited to lightning, illness, disease, and unexpected extreme weather conditions, and any hazard present in the wilderness, such as but not limited to low lying branches, sharp objects, and slippery surfaces.
I, the undersigned, acknowledge that I have been advised and fully understand that certain elements of danger are inherent in the activities sponsored by the Vermont Wilderness School, which are beyond the control of the instructors, agents, officers, students, and employees of the Vermont Wilderness School, and that participation in any program activities may entail unavoidable risk of personal injury, death, and loss or damage to property.
Knowing there are risks, I assume all risks of injury, illness and disease, and death to me or my child and loss of, or damage to property arising out of my child's or my own participation in such activity and I agree to indemnify, hold harmless the Vermont Wilderness School, its officers, instructors, agents and employees from and against all claims arising from any occurrence causing damage or injury to my child, myself, or any party participating in said event or any third parties injured as a result of my child's or my own actions. I further agree to repair or reimburse the Vermont Wilderness school for any and all damages that my child or I cause to Vermont Wilderness School property or the property at which a specific activity is held.
I have read, understand, and agree to the terms and conditions of this Release, Indemnification, and Waiver.
I affirm that my agreement, consent, acknowledgement, and understanding to or of any and all the above statements may be applied to all Vermont Wilderness School programs, workshops, events, and gatherings that my child or I participate in for the 9 months following the first day of the program I selected in this form.