WAIVER AND RELEASE OF LIABILITY
In consideration of the Baxley-Appling County Board of Tourism (BACBT) furnishing services and/or equipment to enable me to participate in the Altamaha River Canoe Paddle event, I agree as follows:
I fully understand and acknowledge that outdoor recreational activities have (a) inherent risks, dangers and hazards and such exists in my participation of BACBT activities; (b) my participation in such activities and/or use of such equipment may result in injury or illness including but not limited to bodily injury, disease, sprains, fractures, partial and/or total paralysis, or other ailments that could cause serious disability or death; (c) these risks and dangers may be caused by the negligence of the BACBT employees, officers, agents or volunteers of BACBT; the negligence of the participants, the negligence of others, accidents, breaches of contract, the forces of nature or other causes. Risks and dangers may arise from foreseeable or unforeseeable causes including, but not limited to, guide decision making, including that a guide may misjudge terrain, weather, trail or river route location and water level, risks of falling out of or drowning while in a canoe or kayak and such other risks, hazards and dangers that are integral to recreational activities and/or use of equipment, I hereby assume all risks and dangers and all responsibility for any losses and/or damages, whether caused in whole or in part by the negligence or other conduct of the BACBT, employees, officers, agents or volunteers of the BACBT, or by any other person.
I, on behalf of my personal representatives, my heirs, and myself hereby voluntarily agree to release, waive, discharge, hold harmless, defend and indemnify BACBT and its employees, officers, agents or volunteers from any and all claims which may arise out of my participation in BACBT activities. I specifically understand that I am releasing, discharging and waiving any claims or actions that I may have presently or in the future for the negligent acts or other conduct by the BACBT, employees officers, agents or volunteers of the Baxley-Appling County Board of Tourism.
The venue of any dispute that may arise out of this agreement otherwise between the parties to which the Baxley-Appling County Board of Tourism or its agents is a party shall be either the Appling County Courthouse in the City of Baxley, Appling County, Georgia, or State Supreme Court in Atlanta, Ga.