This past weekend, a group from Sin City Jeeps ( not to be confused with Sin City Wranglers), destroyed a structure near Goldmine Trail. These geniuses, including some club leaders, created a video along the lines of "Winch Testing." Do the math.
When the video was found last evening, the issue blew up overnight and through the morning. The RJeeps group took the lead and identified the criminals, and is continuing dialogue with them and apparently the BLM. One of the leaders did apologize immediately, although he did not participate in the destruction, he was nearby and at least partially aware and might have been able to intervene, but did not. Another leader posted the video, a friggin Boy Scout Camp Counselor actually operated the winch on his Jeep to destroy the structure (I believe it was a tower). Fun times by all. The video was pulled early this morning when the criminals started feeling some pushback.
Interestingly, as this developed over the morning and early afternoon, a third group, "It's a Jeep Nation, Nevada" started booting members when they started discussing the destruction, and booted one person who stated if they cannot discuss trail protection and vandalism, please kick him out. They did.
So, while we might think every club is united to protect our hobby and the trails, clearly some less desirable people still wander the off road trails in their Jeeps, mindless of their impact.
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