All our gear may be rented and returned during gear room hours (TBA) or by contacting the gear manager (ismail.beg@gmail.com). You must be a Yale Outdoors member to rent gear; you can join when you make your first rental.

Renting: We will take a check or credit card info as a deposit. This is to cover the cost of replacing gear if you lose or damage it. We will destroy your deposit check or credit card info once you return the gear.

Returning: Gear must be returned at Office Hours within one week of the rental date. To rent for longer you must make special arrangements with the gear manager.

Rental fees are calculated by the number of days you use the gear.

Rentals not returned within a week — unless special arrangements are made — are considered late. We assess late fines at the rate of one day’s rental for every gear room hour the gear is overdue. If gear (or payment) is very late, we will send you a reminder e-mail. In the worst case, we reserve the right to cover the cost of replacing gear using your deposit check or credit card info.

Members renting gear are responsible for any loss, theft, breakage or other damage to equipment. You should inspect gear before rental so that you are not charged for existing damage. We will do our best to keep track of such damage so that no one is caught by surprise. Gear must be returned clean and dry. We do not accept returned gear that is dirty or wet.

It is the member's responsibility, not the clubs’, to understand how to use rented gear properly, as well as to understand the limitations of the gear. You should only rent gear that you are qualified to use. Outdoor recreation involves an inherent degree of risk. Renters should be aware that gear may fail, even when used properly. It is the individual’s responsibility to be safe and to use proper judgment with rental gear. Please be safe!