In a word: GOX. I was on the Yahoo board as were many of the people who have been around since the beginning of the X. Then Ian proposed GOX, I had never been off-raoding and thought that it would be interesting so I signed up. A month later, I finalized the purchase of my Xterra and 3 months after that I was off-roading for my first time ever and in the mountains. There were many people that helped me along with instruction and many new friends that were meet. I became one of the original members of HXOC and have helped, along with the other members, develope it into the club that it is now.