PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE DOCUMENT (hereafter 'Document') CAREFULLY BEFORE SIGNING. All participants must sign this Document. For

participants under 18 yrs. of age (hereafter sometimes ‘minor’ or ‘child’), parent/s or legal guardian/s (hereafter collectively ‘parent/s’) must also

sign. In consideration of the services of the Appalachian Mountain Club, Inc., a charitable, not-for-profit corporation, organized and existing under the laws

of Massachusetts, and its chapters, including all officers, directors, employees, representatives, agents, independent contractors, volunteers (including

leaders and co-leaders), members and all other persons or entities associated with it (collectively referred to in this Document as 'AMC'), I (participant and

parent/s of a minor participant) acknowledge and agree as follows:

AMC volunteer-led educational and/or adventure activities may include, but are not limited to hiking, backpacking, camping, biking, skiing, maintenance

of trails and facilities, mountaineering, rock and ice climbing, canoeing, kayaking, sailing, use of AMC huts or other facilities and transportation or travel to

and from activities (referred to in this Document as 'activities' or 'these activities'). The leaders of these activities are volunteers. They are not paid

professional guides or leaders. In all activities, all participants share in the responsibility for their own safety and the safety of the group.

act carelessly or recklessly. I understand that AMC cannot assure participant's safety or eliminate any of these risks. Participant is voluntarily

participating with knowledge of the risks. Therefore, participant (and parent/s of minors) assume and accept full responsibility for the inherent

and other risks (both known and unknown) of these activities, and for any injury, damage, death or other loss suffered by participant,

resulting from those risks, and/or resulting from participant’s negligence or other misconduct.

I (adult participant, and/or Parent/s for themselves and for and on behalf of their participating minor child) agree to release and not to sue AMC

(as AMC is defined above) in regard to any and all claims, liabilities, suits, or expenses (including reasonable costs and attorneys’ fees) (hereafter

collectively ‘claim’ or 'claim/s'), including claim/s resulting from AMC’s negligence (but not its gross negligence or intentional or reckless

misconduct), for any injury, damage, death or other loss to me or my child, in any way connected with my or my child’s enrollment or participation in these

activities, or my use of AMC equipment, facilities or premises. I understand I agree here to waive all claim/s I or my child may have against AMC, and

agree that neither I, my child, or anyone acting on my or my child’s behalf, will make a claim against AMC.

MEMBERS, AND MY HEIRS, EXECUTORS, REPRESENTATIVES AND ESTATE. Parent/s must sign below, both in their capacity as a participant,

and as Parent/s of any minor child identified below.