I-SeaCanoe ka-John Gray yathola i-Skal Club International Ecotourism Award for Transportation ku-2008 Skal World Congress e-Taipei, e-Taiwan. Ngo-1983, uJohn wakhetha ama-kayak aphethwe ngumuntu ukuze ahlole imigede yolwandle enamanzi amaningi kanye nogu olukude lwezindawo ezishisayo, ekhuthaza enye indlela yokuhamba olwandle engangcolisi.
“Indondo ye-Skal ikhethekile ngoba asizange sifake izicelo,” kusho uGrey, “kodwa siqokwe ngu-Andrew Wood, oyikhansela le-Skal Int'l – eThailand, ngenxa yempendulo yamalungu amaningi akwa-Skal abone kahle ohambweni lwethu kusukela kwasungulwa i-John Gray’s. I-SeaCanoe ngo-2001."
“Abaqondisi bethu, abaningi abaneminyaka engu-12 noma ngaphezulu, bangabanqobi bangempela. Bathwebula izinhliziyo nemicabango yezivakashi zethu usuku nosuku. Ukuphawula kwezivakashi ezincoma abaqondisi bethu kugcwalise ibhokisi lami lokungenayo,” kusho uCaveman. “Umklomelo we-SKAL ugqamisa ubuhlakani babo obuqhubekayo, okuhlanganisa nemiklomelo yenkampani yethu endala, eyasungulwa eminyakeni engu-13 edlule.”
U-Grey usebenza ngokuzibophezela okubanzi kwezemvelo. Inyuvesi yaseLeeds isanda kushicilela ucwaningo lwayo mayelana nePuerto Princesa, Palawan, The Philippines. UJohn ufundisa eNkosana yaseNyuvesi yaseSongkla - uPhuket, ubhala izindaba/izithombe ezifakiwe, akhuthaze ukongiwa kokuvela kwamavidiyo aqhubekayo, ubhala ikholomu yezemvelo yePhuket Gazette - futhi ehlala eqoqa udoti wasolwandle ku-kayak yakhe.
Ngo-1976, isazi sezemvelo sasungula futhi saqamba ngokuthi “Keep The Country COUNTRY”, i-NGO yase-Honolulu, yaseHawaii ekhuthaza ukuhlelwa okusekelwe kwisakhamuzi e-Oahu's North Shore.
Ngo-1983, wasungula i-Natural History By Sea Kayak, eHawaii, ukuze akhuthaze ukongiwa kwemvelo ngokugunyazwa kwendawo. Eminyakeni emihlanu eyalandela, uGrey wahlola iFiji, iTahiti, iSamoa, iRarotonga, iVanuatu, neNew Caledonia ngokusebenzisa i-sea kayak. Wabe esebheka e-Asia. Umugqa wesikhathi osemthethweni waseThailand ubhala “ngo-1989 – uJohn Gray wenza i-SeaCanoe, ibhizinisi le-ecotourism, ukuze abonise izivakashi imigede ye-limestone eseningizimu-ntshonalanga eyaziwa ngokuthi ama-hongs.” UGrey wahlola iHalong Bay yaseVietnam ngo-1992 nasePalawan, ePhilippines ngo-1995.
Ngonyaka wakhe wokugubha iminyaka engama-25, u-waterman wempilo yakhe yonke uhlela uhambo oluya emazweni amaningi lapho aphayona khona nge-kayaking yokuhweba olwandle nabantu bendawo. Uhlelo luqala ngohambo lwe-Phang Nga Bay Clean-up ngosuku lokuzalwa luka-Caveman lweminyaka engama-64 - Januwari 14, 2009. I-Reunion Island "ikhadi lasendle" elisha. UGrey wathi, “Sekuyisikhathi soLwandlekazi i-Indian.
Imiklomelo ayiyona into entsha kuCaveman. I-1961 ilethe uMongameli Wonyaka Wempumelelo Yezingane kanye nemiklomelo ye-New York Stock Exchange Annual Report. UCaveman wakhulelwa futhi waphatha idokhumentari ethi “Molokai's Forgotten Frontier” ekhiqizwe umsakazi wezindaba wakwa-Honolulu uGary Sprinkle nomthwebuli wevidiyo uMike May. Lo mbukiso uzuze i-EMMY yesiFunda yango-1985 kanye ne-TEDDY evela kuMkhandlu Kazwelonke Wababhali Bangaphandle Wase-US Wokukhiqiza Okungcono Kakhulu Kwezemvelo. E-Thailand, inkampani kaGrey eyayihlola i-ecotourism yawina izindondo ezinkulu eziyisithupha eminyakeni emihlanu.
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