Rules and Conditions

Generally we are not fan of making unnecessary rules, however since the group got quite big, we made some basic rules which makes the life for all of us (organizers and participants) a bit easier.

Rules and Conditions

For event participants

  1. You join by your own risk: That means you are not insured by us if an accident happens or something is stolen from you. We are a private group with the idea of sharing where we are going and you are joining us by your own risk.

  2. Please read the description of the events: Usually there are some points which should be taken care of. Specially if you are joining us for the first time, it is quite important

  3. Register for the event: Joining without registration is not accepted. We usually take a specific number of people and whoever registers first, joins first. If the number of registered people exceeds the limit, your name is shown on the website as "waiting list". We might increase the number of people we take with us if we find an extra help. So be patient and check the website regularly.

  4. Cancel if you cannot join: If you register and do not join, you take the chance from another person who can join. We do not ask for any personal data while registration, so please do not screw the trust.

  5. Be punctual: come to meeting point punctually. We usually wait 10-15 minutes for people who are late, but more than that is a bit annoying.

  6. Be flexible: The end of most of our events is flexible as we would like to follow the vibe rather than making a strict schedule. We mention a rough ending time for the events, but consider two hours of tolerance when you are joining us.

  7. Integrate and follow the group vibe: One of the aims of this group is to find new friends and integrate with many people in the nature. Unlike some events by other groups that you stay the whole time with your own friends, we would like to have people all together and integrate. We would like to ask you to avoid making small groups with your friends or people from your country. We will try to make introduction rounds and small games to make the integration easier.

  8. Mind the photos: For the group photos we take and use in our social media, we announce very loudly before making the photo to make sure everyone is fine with that. If you do not like to be in the photos we use in our website/YouTube/Facebook/Telegram/... feel free to step out of the photos. We as organizers do not take stealthy photos from participants, however we cannot control what photos other people are taking and uploading. If you find any photos from yourself which is inappropriate, just inform us and we will delete it.

  9. All events are for free: no one is allowed to charge you for the events in our group. However for some events we need to rent a place or a tool which we divide the cost as we do not have any financial support from anywhere. For those events, we mention it clearly in the description of the event. If any organizer wants to charge you other than that, let us know.

Additional Rules related to Corona (applied if necessary)

We want to take the corona pandemic seriously and stay safe. Nevertheless we wanna provide hikes because it is a way not to be alone and have an activity in a quite safe way since we only meet outside. So we have a short guideline:

  • It is important to register by the form for each event!

    • We will record the name and contact address of the participants due to corona reasons.

    • We limit the number of attendees according to the current rules or we split the group.

    • If you cannot attend, but you registered before, send us or the organizer a message for cancelling one day before. So you will not block a spot anymore.

  • Don’t share food and drinks

  • Always take a mouth and nose covering (mask) with you and wear it in public transport and all buildings. Follow the general rules of hygiene. Refrain from attending the event if there are recognizable symptoms of a COVID-19 disease.

    • More information by University Jena: by clicking here.

  • Try to keep distance, unless you are using a mask.

  • If we have a Co-Organizer, we would split the group to some smaller groups, to have less people together

  • the city's official announcements always take precedence

    • We usually like to keep things easy-going and not make unnecessary rules for our hikes. But this time it is serious. We would like to be able to organize our hiking trips during winter without any problems. And for that, we ask you kindly follow the mentioned guideline even if for your own personal reasons you don't like them. If we see someone intentionally breaks the rules (which are actually the rules of the country) and wants to make troubles for us, we will kindly ask him/her to not attend any trips anymore.