you know,..i cant just sit here and read this without commenting.
i geocache.
i hike.
i am an atv rider.
i am involved with the off road world.
i fix trucks.
i sell parts
i wheel my 4runner hard.
i DO NOT destroy the environment.
i DO NOT disrespect other hikers etc.
i have and will continue when called upon, assist in hauling out injured or lost hikers
through the local atv club myself and other members have assisted with missing persons off the main roads.
i have helped record and report poachers.
i have participated in organised off road cleanups.
i personally can reasonably suggest i am responsible for removing tons (not figuratively, literally) tons of waste left by irresponsible people in the back country. a lot of it not left by trucks or quads.
i have volunteered to be able to assist emergency preparedness, and search and rescue
who exactly do you think has the skills and capabilities to assist you if you fall and seriously injure yourself in the back country?
trucks were in harbourview before you were even thought of, much less born.
harbourview is not only a very beautiful area, it is also resilient, and regrows very quickly, and it would have to as it has been logged, clearcut many times.
seriously, do your research.
simracs is not asking for people to be able to cut new trails.
simracs is asking for the ability to drive on already existing trails and roads to enable access to further back country that would not be easy to access otherwise.
i am more than happy to be the first guy on the trail to harass and confront someone whom is performing unethical stunts or harming the beauty that is our back country.
i pay taxes.
a lot of taxes.
i also cater to a client base whom pays many many thousands of dollars in taxes.
like us or lump us, your tax contribution does not outwiegh my tax contribution.
we have EQUAL rights in canada.
why cant we start to try to co-operate instead of being a bunch of whiners trying to dictate to one user group or another who should or should not be allowed access?
young or old, people need to realise that trucks have been hauling hurt people out, and enabling cleanups etc longer than you can imagine
yes there are people whom have drivers licence's whom are ignorant.
but ignorance is not a label rightly worn by those whom offroad alone,...how many ignorant people do you find in town?
kids who grow up with a steady hand on the tiller, who hunt, fish, 4x4, geocache, hike and camp do NOT grow up throwing their trash in the bush
it is usually the kids who havent had their parents take them out, hiking, riding, wheeling etc,...and have zero respect for the greatness we have in this country who do the damage, steal the cars, burn them in the woods, and drink to much alcohol and leave their messes out there
i guarantee my son does none of these activities. and he loves getting out in my 4runner.
grow a pair and realize who is actually doing the damage. then deal with your kids.
next generation, i hope, will realize that if we respect the back country, and all try to respectfully co-exist, it will be for a greater good.
segregation does not work, in our schools or in our woods.
