Legal
Indemnity Statement
The activities described within the Australian Climbing Accident Register (ACAR) carry a significant risk of personal injury or death. These include but are not limited to indoor climbing, bouldering, sport climbing, traditional climbing, ice climbing, mountaineering, abseiling and canyoning.
The editors, contributors and sponsors of ACAR recommend that you DO NOT participate in these activities unless you have adequate experience. Acquisition of such experience means that you have sought qualified professional instruction or guidance, that you are knowledgeable about the risks involved, and that you are willing and able to assume personal responsibility for all risks associated with these activities.
The editors, contributors and sponsors of ACAR make NO WARRANTIES, expressed or implied, of any kind regarding the contents of this publication, and expressly disclaim any warranty regarding the accuracy or reliability of information contained herein.
The editors, contributors and sponsors of ACAR further disclaim any responsibility for injuries or death incurred by any person engaging in these activities. Use the information contained in this publication at your own risk, and do not depend on the information contained herein for personal safety or for determining whether to attempt any climb, route, or activity described herein.
Privacy Statement
When submitting a report to ACAR, you agree to allow ACAR to publish the information on the ACAR website and on ACAR social media profiles and pages. You understand that ACAR will make all reasonable efforts to de-identify your information prior to publishing it on the ACAR website and on ACAR social media profiles and pages.
De-identification means that your name, sex/gender identity, race/ethnicity, nationality, age, disability status, health/mental health diagnoses, physical characteristics, address, phone number, email address, and social media handles will not be included in any ACAR publications. If any of the above information is requested in the report form, it is for the purpose of report verification and/or interpretation of broad data trends, and is not for publication in individual case studies. Such information is embedded in the database where it is unavailable for public access.
ACAR reserves the right to publish information about you that it deems relevant to the reported accident, including details such as climbing experience level, any relevant qualifications (e.g. IFMGA certification), familiarity with the route or area, physical state including fatigue/intoxication, or other information that might help other climbers to avoid similar accidents in the future.
In submitting a report to ACAR and signing the attached consent form, you agree to the terms and conditions as stated above.
Third Party Content Statement
Any views expressed on the ACAR website, or on social media profiles and pages linked to ACAR are solely the opinions of the authors. ACAR does not endorse these views unless specifically stated otherwise, and ACAR makes no warranties, express or implied, about the accuracy of any information published by any third parties on the ACAR website or social media profiles and pages.
ACAR further disclaims any responsibility for verifying the legal status of information published by third parties on the ACAR website or social media profiles and pages. ACAR is not liable for any infringement of intellectual property rights or violation of confidentiality obligations that may occur when third parties publish information on the ACAR website or social media profiles and pages.
Accuracy Statement
All reports submitted to the ACAR are vetted by our team of editors with due care taken to ensure the data contained within is accurate, factual and relevant. However, due to the intense nature of climbing accidents and the imperfect nature of the human memory, it must be accepted that errors in reporting will occur.
ACAR again states that the editors, contributors and sponsors of this publication make NO WARRANTIES, expressed or implied, of any kind regarding the contents of this publication, and expressly disclaim any warranty regarding the accuracy or reliability of information contained herein. Should you find an error in the reporting, please get in touch with our team in order to rectify it.