Why the military? Because many of the off-roaders in Ka'ena are military personnel - in fact there is a local 4-wheel club in which most members are employees of the military. According to an article in JP Magazine titled, Vacation to Oahu - Hawaii Fine-O: Hanging with the Oahu Jeepers, "The Oahu Jeepers are made up of local Jeep enthusiasts, so that is to say almost every member is an active military, retired military, or civilian military contractor. We wondered why so many military guys owned Jeeps and found out that while stationed in Iraq, Afghanistan, or other nasty places for an extended time period, a vast majority of their pay is withheld because their living expenses are covered by Uncle Sam. Once back home, they get their withheld pay in a lump sum that usually gets spent on whatever they were dreaming about while overseas. In most cases, that's a shiny, modified Jeep."
Be it military or not, the next step in the process of educating off-road enthusiasts about the harm their hobby causes will be to contact JP Magazine, and any other publications that have been promoting off-road activity in Ka'ena, as well as local 4-wheel clubs who are posting videos about off-roading at Ka'ena online (see JP Magazine article link below).
All of the images are from JP Magazine's website
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I'm not from Hawaii and have never been there, but I do enjoy the outdoors. I typically do not participate in blogs but I could not resist to comment on this one because we all have the same rights. It does not matter if I'm a hiker, bird watcher, trout fisherman, Indian or whatever, we all enjoy the outdoors and everything that mother nature has to offer. It is flat out wrong when one group tries to destroy the other group just to satisfy themselves.
You will not find a 4-wheel drive club that goes out and tries to shut another enthusiast group down. That's not what we are about. We go way over and beyond to educate people about what we do. We help clean up trials that otherwise would be impassable in some cases. We promote enjoying the outdoors with everyone.
This blog "Working to put a Stop to Destructive Activities at Ka'ena" is just another example of a one sided mentality. This is nothing more than destructive thinking, criticism and an outright attack. The off-road enthusiast do not need education about their hobby, you are the one that needs to be educated my friend.
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