I should probably not open this up again on a board/list, but in short:
I made a few rookie mistakes on the trail coupled with some social stumbles last summer/fall. That stacked things against me. It all came to a head and I was ousted after I cut down a tree to get out of a situation I got myself in on an outing with a couple of members.

If MAXC had given me feedback about the stuff (other than the tree) at the time the things happened, it probably wouldn't have gotten so ugly. Meanwhile I went along thinking things were OK while they stewed and things ultimately came to a head with the tree incident. I only learned about the other stuff (and how pissed they were about it) then.

That's the condensed, as-neutral-as-I-can-be
version of it.

If you're not the club type but want to run trails now and then, I seem to be gathering a small group of people who manage to tolerate me I'm planning a trail scouting trip in WV sometime in May/June if you're interested.

Brent

[This message has been edited by OffroadX (edited 04-02-2001).]