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LEGAL STUFF - Liabilities, Obligations and Responsibilities
We are a group composed of volunteers. We are NOT a professional organization or pro trail guides and/or pro event organizers. However, as a group of friends and acquaintances, we will look out for each other. The organizer and any/all assistant organizers and other attendees are in no way responsible and liable for your personal safety and health state, before, during and at anytime after this event. By RSVPing "Yes", for this event, you acknowledge that you fully understand and accept the aforementioned conditions and following event attendance conditions and, you are solely responsible for your own health, safety and well-being before, during and at anytime after the event as stated previously. All attendees shall forever hold harmless the organizers and other attendees and unconditionally waive any liabilities resulting from attending and/or participating in this event.
If it's raining, I'll do a short hike in the same area.
We'll be heading up to the lookout ten minutes past Alder Flats, about 400 m elevation gain up Golden Ears Mountain. It should take under 2 hours each way at a medium pace.
Please bring the following (if you show up without food, water, or proper footwear, you will not be welcome to attend, as you could become a safety issue).
Food
Water (2 litres is best)
jacket/sweater
band-aids for blisters
appropriate footwear (no sandals)
We'll meet at the Fern Crescent parking lot of Maple Ridge Park. From Dewdney Trunk Road, take 232nd Street to the roundabout and turn up Fern. Go only about 5 seconds, then turn into the parking lot on the right. Those who wish can carpool from here to the trailhead (10 minutes away).
Please read the following rules carefully:
• Only RSVP for hikes of an elevation gain you have recently climbed. Group hikes are not a place to test your endurance; if you are not capable you will hold up the group or someone will have to turn back with you, and this is not fair to other group members.
• We will only wait 5 minutes after the meeting time before departing for the hike, so please be on time.
• Dogs are NOT allowed on the group hikes unless otherwise stated.
• Spaces are limited, so if you RSVP for a hike and do not show up, you may be removed from this group.
• Spaces are limited, so if you are bringing someone else, make sure they are added in the RSVP, and the previous rule will again apply.
• The organizer does not arrange carpooling, but messages can be left on the event page enquiring about carpooling from other attendees.
• The organizer has the right to decline to hike with you if you show up unprepared. Prepared means not just physical ability but adequate footwear and supplies (never wear sandals for a hike).
