A large number of organizations have mushroomed recently, offering training in various outdoor activities through Camps held by them in a variety of locations.

             These activities include hiking, trekking, rapelling, Mountain climbing, skiing, etc.

             However, some of the organizations do not take adequate steps to ensure the safety of the participants. Moreover, many of them insure the participants only within the vicinity of the camps.

             Some organizations do not have an adequate "trainer to participant ratio", which occasionally results in accidents.

             Going by the experience of a child, who had participated in a camp in Switzerland organized by a Company with a French name, the child participant was left nursing a huge medical bill in addition to his injured knee. The injury took place in a skiing training session conducted by the camp.

             In this Swiss camp, the injured participant had to walk nearly half a kilometer on an injured knee. The local Doctor expressed his inability to get an MRI scan done, because such equipment was not available in Verbier, as a result of which the participant decided to fly back to his country for further treatment. Subsequently he submitted his medical bill to the camp, who refused the claim stating that, their insurance was only valid in Switzerland. They neither gave a proportionate refund of the participants fees nor did they give any voucher for use in future camps.

             Participant should evaluate all aspects of the organizer thoroughly before they send their child for such camps.