Abu Sallaf - Sweihan 11. Feb - Report

[Frank]

So now the late report. Thanks god I am online again after several weeks.

I send the coordinates for the meetingpoint every member. But it was in different formats.
One member I had to help a little and one complete. No problem at the end all members were on time.

Thabit called me Friday morning if he can join. Of course but his car decide at the meeting point not to go.
Thabit hope the car is fine again.

We hit the sand found nice tricky spots, soft areas, nice crests etc.

Urs and Tobias had the order not to help the intermediates if they have a stuck. Thank you both for that you didnt help them automatically.
Why they had the order not to help ? The intermediate should do it by there own. Of course when it was dangerous or the intermediates need help than both helped.
My experience was that a lot intermediates are waiting for the marshal to do the recovery. BS you have to learn it. You have also to learn to work as a team and use your radio when you need help.

Special thx to bluiser who showed us a popout. Here also the intermediate had to do it. They did well and they worked together but not every intermediate was interested to fix the popout. I dont know if he had a lot in the past and has the knowledge.

Amit: thx for second lead.
- v-, jp, bluiser, actros : nice to meet you.
dessert_hawk: thx to be my sweeper and that andrea could be your copilot.

urs, cypershot : thx for the cavalarie and I heard that your guests enjoyed the trip.

for me and my wife and my dog was it a very nice day with very nice people.

see you all next time

Frank, Andrea & Tequila

[thabit]

Thanks Frank to let join your trip but as you said my car wasn't happy, both manage to get to Abu Dhabi and fix the water pump


great to see you all and hope to see you soon out there

Thabit

[desert_hawk]

Lovely trip, interesting terrain, awesome copilot (thanks Andrea)
Thanks Frank for arranging this trip, well cooked as usual, and would be looking forward for more.
Hope i swept well as i did with fixing your shisha
Thanks Urs and Cybershot for the support.
Thanks everyone for the company.
Hope to see you soon on the sand.

[actros]

Thanks Frank for a good trip, it was a good experience - worked out how to use my new GPS, got to show my Danish visitor some nice UAE sand and met some very nice people.
The sand was chalenging in places and we had some stucks (not the Jeep of course ) everyone was working well together towards the end after a pop out and a few recoveries..

Look forward to more desert driving very soon!

Thanks again Actros (Daniel)

[Uristier]

Na Frak welcome back online.

At first I ended up somewhere in the Pacfic. Found it a bit weird for deflation.

Packed my eager pax in the LC and off to the deflation. Lesson one: Do not load any sand in my Land Cruiser! Must say it was only a dream and at the end I sat in the sand driving on sand.

I had to produce some nice stucks for my pax so they could feel the AD4x4 family spirit. And they were avid.

Nice trip in a good area with great people and three Gazelles.

See you all next time

[Cybershot]

Thank you Frank for this awesome trip!!

The route was very well chosen and very smooth with good combination from tip-surfing and cresting. Also beautiefull landscape.

I had nice recoveries and my first experience how it might feel to get ripped in 2 pieces. (Land Cruiser at the rear and Hyundai in the front hook)

See you soon again in the sand.

[Jo]

Hi Frank,

Urs and Tobias had the order not to help the intermediates if they have a stuck. Thank you both for that you didnt help them automatically.

That is a real good idea!!!! I will copy that...

... my first experience how it might feel to get ripped in 2 pieces. (Land Cruiser at the rear and Hyundai in the front hook)

Tell us more

[jayapriya]

Thank you Frank for lovely trip. I particularly like the way you chose the route through the dunes. Thanks for giving us intermediates a chance come forward with the recoveries. All in all great day out.
Hope to do more trips with you.

Ps: Nobody mentioned that we saved tree from destruction (This is to any Green Peace activists who might be reading)

[desert_hawk]

pics being uploaded as i write this, hope everyone does the same

[-V-]

It was a very nice trip..I learned so much..thank you frank and everyone else..
Ahmad

[Bluiser]

Hi Frank,

Thanks for a great trip last Friday. We thoroughly enjoyed it and appreciated the learning opportunities of popouts and recoveries. I have uploaded a few pics to the galley. Hope to see all again soon.

John H (Bluiser)

[desert_hawk]

I have uploaded a few pics to the galley. Hope to see all again soon.

John H (Bluiser)

hi John, thanks for the nice pics, nice ones u got

Frank, apparently someone hijacked the album with a jeep jamboree pic