Ua loaʻa iā John Gray's SeaCanoe ka makana Skal Club International Ecotourism no ka Transport ma ka 2008 Skal World Congress ma Taipei, Taiwan. I ka makahiki 1983, ua koho ʻo John i nā kayak kai hoʻohana ʻia e ke kanaka e ʻimi ai i nā ana o ke kai a me nā kahakai kahakai mamao, e hoʻolaha ana i nā locomotion moana ʻole haumia ʻē aʻe.
"He mea kūikawā ka makana Skal no ka mea ʻaʻole mākou i noi," wahi a Gray, "akā ua koho ʻia e Andrew Wood, Skal Int'l councilor - Thailand, mahalo i nā manaʻo mai nā lālā Skal he nui i ʻike maoli i kā mākou huakaʻi mai ka wā i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ʻo John Gray's. SeaCanoe i ka makahiki 2001.”
"ʻO kā mākou mau alakaʻi, he nui me 12 mau makahiki a ʻoi aʻe paha, ʻo ia ka poʻe lanakila maoli. Hoʻopaʻa lākou i ka naʻau a me ka noʻonoʻo o kā mākou mau malihini i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO nā ʻōlelo hoʻokipa e hoʻomaikaʻi ana i kā mākou alakaʻi e hoʻopiha i kaʻu pahu pahu, "wahi a Caveman. "Ke hōʻike nei ka makana SKAL i kā lākou ʻoihana e hoʻomau nei, me nā makana mai kā mākou hui kahiko, i hoʻomaka i nā makahiki 13."
Hana ʻo Gray mai kahi kūpaʻa ākea ākea. Ua hoʻopuka hou ke Kulanui o Leeds i kāna noiʻi hihia e pili ana iā Puerto Princesa, Palawan, The Philippines. Ua aʻo ʻo John ma ke Kulanui ʻo Prince of Songkla - Phuket, kākau i nā moʻolelo hiʻohiʻona/kiʻi, paipai i ka mālama ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona wikiō e hele mau nei, kākau i kahi kolamu kaiapuni ʻo Phuket Gazette - a ʻohi mau i ka ʻōpala moana mai kāna kayak.
I ka makahiki 1976, ua hoʻokumu a ua kapa ʻia ʻo “Keep The Country COUNTRY”, he NGO o Honolulu, Hawaiʻi e paipai ana i ka hoʻolālā kamaʻāina ma ka ʻĀkau o Oahu.
I ka makahiki 1983, ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i ka Natural History By Sea Kayak, ma Hawaiʻi, e hoʻoikaika i ka mālama ʻana i ke ʻano ma o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻāina. I nā makahiki ʻelima e hiki mai ana, ua mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Gray iā Fiji, Tahiti, Samoa, Rarotonga, Vanuatu, a me New Caledonia ma ka kayak moana. A laila nānā ʻo ia i Asia. ʻO ka papa inoa manawa kūpono o Thailand "1989 - Ua hoʻokumu ʻo John Gray i SeaCanoe, kahi ʻoihana ecotourism, e hōʻike i nā mākaʻikaʻi i nā ana limestone hema hema i kapa ʻia ʻo hongs." Ua ʻimi ʻo Gray i ka Halong Bay o Vietnam i ka makahiki 1992 a me Palawan, Philippines i ka makahiki 1995.
No kona makahiki he 25, ua hoʻolālā ke kanaka wai ola i nā huakaʻi i ka hapa nui o nā ʻāina kahi i hoʻomaka ai ʻo ia i ka holo kaʻa kai kalepa me nā kānaka kūloko. Hoʻomaka ka papahana me kahi huakaʻi hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻo Phang Nga Bay ma ka lā hānau 64th o Caveman - Ianuali 14, 2009. ʻO Reunion Island ka "kāleka hihiu" hou. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gray, "ʻO ka manawa kēia no ka moana ʻĀina."
ʻAʻole mea hou nā makana i ka Caveman. 1961 i lawe mai i ka Junior Achievement President of the Year a me New York Stock Exchange Annual Report Awards. Na Caveman i hāpai a hoʻokipa i ka moʻolelo “Molokai's Forgotten Frontier” i hana ʻia e ka mea hoʻolaha nūhou o Honolulu, ʻo Gary Sprinkle a me ka mea paʻi wikiō ʻo Mike May. Ua lanakila ka hōʻike i kahi EMMY Regional 1985 a me kahi TEDDY mai ka US National Outdoor Writers Council for Best Environmental Education Production. Ma Thailand, ua lanakila ka hui kaiaola hoʻokolohua mua o Gray i ʻeono mau makana nui i loko o ʻelima mau makahiki.
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