Wilderness Class May 29 Friday

Hello Everyone,
Please confirm below on blog comments if you are still interested and then we can figure out how much money everyone needs to send to join the class. They charge $450 for 10 to 15 students. If you do comment you are attending, please consider that a commitment since others will be depending on you. Thank you for your understanding. I think this will be a great opportunity for our children!

Below is some additional information
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Outdoor Wilderness Living School, LLC (OWLS)

Stone Age Living Skills & Indian Education in the Schools

PO Box 697 - Pony, MT 59747

Home School Ancient Skills Day

Friday May 29th, 2015 – 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For this unique outing, home schoolers will meet at River Camp, between

Cardwell and Whitehall, for a day of outdoor skills and fun with Thomas J. Elpel

and the staff of Outdoor Wilderness Living School, LLC (OWLS). Adult

chaperones are welcome to join the fun.

What to Expect: Together we will engage in a wide range of wilderness

survival and pioneer skills, such as shelter construction, flint & steel fire starting,

plant identification and uses, grass ropes, campfire cooking, native crafts, and

stalking games.

Lunch: Please bring a sack lunch and something to drink. We will also

brew a wild tea and cook ashcakes on the fire.

Weather: Students must be dressed appropriately for the weather. Spring

weather can be turbulent, but generally warmer and drier along the Jefferson

River than elsewhere. We have shelters on site to get out of the rain and snow as

necessary. Expect students to get dirty and probably muddy. No cowboy boots

or sandals, please.

 

 

Please Print and Sign the Waiver

 

Outdoor Wilderness Living School (OWLS)

PO Box 697, Pony, MT 59747

406-285-1807 – info@owlschool.org – www.owlschool.org

Parental Consent / Waiver and Release Agreement

Please read carefully before signing.

This is a release of liability and waiver of certain rights.

In consideration for being allowed to participate in any Classroom in the Woods

program at Outdoor Wilderness Living School (OWLS), I ________________________,

parent or legal guardian of, _____________________, a minor participant, agree to the

following Waiver and Release:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HAZARDS

I acknowledge that there are inherent risks, hazards, and dangers to my child or

any person in camping outdoors and practicing primitive skills and wilderness living

techniques, including the possibility of significant injury, disability, paralysis, or death. I

UNDERSTAND THAT THESE RISKS, HAZARDS AND DANGERS INCLUDE WITHOUT

LIMITATION:

1. Water hazards in swimming or exploring along rivers, streams, and ponds.

2. Hiking hazards in walking cross-country during variable weather conditions, in

either daylight or darkness.

3. Health hazards from exposure to the natural elements, such as sunburn, sun

stroke, heat exhaustion, or hypothermia.

4. Fire hazards from building and using campfires as well as from wildfires of

natural or manmade origin.

5. Injuries to yourself or from others from the use of tools and equipment, such as,

but not limited to, possible injuries while handling knives or shovels.

6. Encounters with wildlife, including but not limited to: venomous spiders and

insects such as bees, wasps, and ticks, as well as rattlesnakes and other

reptiles, as well as bears, mountain lions and other potentially dangerous

mammals and birds.

7. Exposure to harmful viruses, bacteria and disease-carrying organisms, including,

but not limited to: West Nile virus, hantavirus, giardia, salmonella, hepatitis, and

Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

8. Complications from handling or ingesting, intentionally or accidentally, wild

edible, medicinal, poisonous, or allergenic plants and mushrooms.

9. Absence of immediate medical attention at the field site.

10. Transportation in any vehicle before, during, or after the event.

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I acknowledge that the above list is not inclusive of all possible risks associated with

camping and practicing primitive skills and wilderness living techniques. I have had the

opportunity to contact the staff at Outdoor Wilderness Living School (OWLS) to discuss

my concerns to my satisfaction. I understand and I have discussed these potential risks

with my child. Furthermore, I accept these potential risks to my child.

INDEMNIFICATION

I hereby release and discharge Outdoor Wilderness Living School (OWLS), its

owners, affiliates, agents, employees, and their successors and assigns, as well as any

landowners associated with the school, from any and all liabilities, suits, claims, and

demand actions or damages (including but not limited to attorneys fees and

disbursements) rising from my childʼs participation in activities associated with this camp,

including without limitation, all claims for property damage, personal injury, or wrongful

death, even to the extent that such loss or damage is caused by or results from the

negligence of any such party. This release is binding on my heirs, assigns and agents.

The term of this agreement shall continue in effect after completion of the program.

PUBLISHING RELEASE

Lastly, for good and valuable consideration received by this experience, I grant

Outdoor Wilderness Living School, LLC (OWLS) to use my childʼs first name, last initial,

and likeness, pictures, written comments or essays, narratives, and video recordings of

him/her from his/her experience Outdoor Wilderness Living School, LLC in publications,

promotions, and advertisements, including, but not limited to, books, videos and other

products produced for sale, from which I/we waive the right to any and all disbursements

or royalties. Furthermore, Outdoor Wilderness Living School, LLC shall have the

unrestricted right to assign the use and subsidiary rights of any such material to third

parties, and I/we waive the right to any and all disbursements or royalties from any such

use and assignments.

PARENTAL CONSENT

As a party of this contract I hereby acknowledge in my own handwriting “I have read

and agree by the terms of this legal document.”:

________________________________________________________________________

(Write above: “I have read and agree by the terms of this legal document.”)

Signature of Parent or Guardian: _________________________ Date:_______________

Name, clearly printed: ______________________________________________________

Address: ________________________________________________________________

City, State, Zip: ___________________________________________________________

Home Telephone: ___________________________ Work Telephone: ______________

Emergency Contact: ______________________________________________________

My child has medical insurance: Yes___ No___ Company: _______________________