Essential Eligibility Criteria (EEC):

These criteria, if not met, will disqualify a person from participating in a rafting trip with Blazing Adventures. The criteria exist for your safety and that of all trip participants. None of the criteria are meant to discriminate on the basis of any physical or mental disability, and they are applied uniformly to all potential trip participants, irrespective of the presence or absence of any disability. Blazing Adventures is committed to making reasonable modifications to any trip for individuals with a disability, as long as these modifications do not fundamentally alter the nature of the trip.

1.      Breathe independently (i.e., not require medical devices to sustain breathing)

2.      Independently maintain sealed airway passages while under water

3.      Independently hold head upright without neck/head support

4.      Manage personal care independently or with assistance of a companion

5.      Manage personal mobility independently or with a reasonable amount of assistance

6.      Follow instructions and effectively communicate independently or with assistance of a companion

7.      Independently turn from face-down to face-up and remain floating face up while wearing a properly fitted life jacket *

8.      Get in/out or on/off a paddle craft independently or with a reasonable amount of assistance*

9.      Independently get out and from under a capsized paddle craft*

10.  Re-enter or remount the paddle craft following deep water capsize independently or with a reasonable amount of assistance*

11.  Maintain a safe body position while attempting skills, activities, and rescues and have ability to recognize and identify to others when such efforts would be unsafe given your personal situation*

*To participate in adaptive programs, participants must acknowledge only the first six EEC listed above. Entry-level adaptive programs will involve variations to EEC #s 7-11.