GuidedCanoeTours.Com

 

PARTICIPANT AGREEMENT, RELEASE, AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RISK

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In consideration of the services of GuidedCanoeTours.Com their agents, owners, officers, volunteers, participants, employees, and all other persons or entities acting in any capacity on their behalf (hereinafter collectively referred to as “GCTC”), I hereby agree to release, indemnify and discharge GCTC and Brian Daniel Markey on behalf of myself, my children, my parents, my heirs, assigns, personal representative and estate as follows:

 

1. I acknowledge that canoeing and camping entail 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: boat capsize; tidal conditions and currents; travel in remote areas; collision with objects or other watercraft; prolonged exposure to cold water, hypothermia, accidental drowning; mental anguish or trauma, illness in remote areas; adverse weather conditions, exposure to sun, strong wind, cold storms, large waves, eddies and whirlpools, and lightning; aggressive and/or poisonous terrestrial and aquatic life; wrist, arm, shoulder, and/or back injuries; slips and falls while hiking; and rapidly changing weather and water conditions. Furthermore, GCTC guides 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, the elements, or the terrain. They may give inadequate warnings or instructions, and the equipment being used might malfunction.

 

2. I expressly agree and promise to accept and assume all of the risks existing in this activity. My participation in this activity is purely voluntary, and I elect to participate in spite of the risks.

 

3. I hereby voluntarily release, forever discharge, and agree to indemnify and hold harmless GCTC from any and all claims, demands, or causes of action, which are in any way connected with my participation in this activity or my use of GCTC’s equipment or facilities, including any such claims which allege negligent acts or omissions of GCTC.

 

4. Should GCTC Brian Daniel Markey 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.

 

5. I certify that I have adequate insurance to cover any injury or damage I 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.

 

6. In the event that I file a lawsuit against GCTC and Brian Daniel Markey I agree to do so solely in the state of Louisiana, 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 portions shall remain in full force and effect.

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