Moab this spring was a blast! Aside from parking lot destruction of Spence's rear axle on the Zuk, I had a ton of fun!! What I am trying to say is that there is a huge opportunity for everyone to have fun out there. Drunks, rednecks, hillbillies and all of us regular folk who frequent these places. I might be pushing an altruistic point, but if we get past the regulations, if we get past the bureaucracy, if we get past all the folks who treat the area with reckless abandon, then we need to take it a step further. We need to lead by example.
My example is when myself, Spencurai, WankerDeluxe, and a few others that went down to run Dump Bump and Hell’s Revenge, we made sure TO PAY before we entered. I say that because there was a thought of not paying as it was late and no one was looking and funds were running low. Not paying for a trail like this is like ducking the lines at a ski resort. It just makes it harder for everyone else who has to pay ever-higher ticket prices in subsequent years. However, we won’t have the luxury of a trail to pay to run after it is taken away from us.
My Grandfather told me that character is what you do when others are not looking. It is especially valid in our sport. Often we are alone or in a really small group and we will not chastise our good friends for ducking a use fee, tearing it up, dumping some fluid, or leaving a rut the size of Rhode Island. But I think it speaks volumes about many of the people in our sport that we even attempt to get to the bottom of why these things are important and lash out against the same kind of fanaticism that brings down buildings.
James Wilson