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Latest Legal Case: Your Duty of Care—Where Does it Begin and End?

Duty of Care is the legal duty to protect another from harm. It is the first element that must be established to proceed with an action in negligence. When you bring a client into your program, you almost always establish some duty of care to that client. But where does this duty begin and where does it end? A recent sexual assault case in Maine where the assualt happened after the program explores this delicate legal issue and raises some critical questions for things that happen outside your program. Now that many programs are using social networking like Facebook pages, discussion forums, and Twitter as follow-up tools after a program, everyone should understand this legal issue. Reb Gregg and Catherine Hansen-Stamp, the legal authorities at the Adventure & Recreation Law Center, review the details of this Maine case. Subscribe now and gain access to the complete library of Legal Cases.

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FIRST ASCENT: Backcountry Skiing in Jackson Hole

Take a journey to Jackson Hole, Wyoming with Reggie and Zach Crist, Lynsey Dyer and Kent McBride as they...
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Ganesh [5.14a] First ascent by Gérôme Pouvreau

The movie relates the first ascent by Gêrome Pouvreau of "Ganesh" 8B+ in Badami, India...
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Sea Kayak Self Rescue

This video from Paul Kuthe of Alder Creek Kayak & Canoe on sea kayak self rescue covers one of the...
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How To Fit Your Road Bike

Dan, an REI Outdoor School instructor, shows how to fit your road bike properly in this video. To check...
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Colorado Program uses Adventure to Allows Wounded Vets to Recover One Step at a Time

This PBS News piece describes the incredible impact of LifeQuest Transitions a program bringing wounded...
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