Intro to desert drive - Newbie – Sunday, Convoy#2
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 2:00 pm
Convoy
***** Mytommi
* tcross (Tom)
* Omarelayyan
* Naderabumanneh
* qurat
** Anasrft
** shiroy
**** Ayfas (Shaju)
**** CANTALOUBE (Jean)
As Ahmed had attracted more Newbies to his trip than he could reasonably handle I volunteered to take over a second convoy.
The weather was quite diverse with a mix of sunshine, rain, heavy wind with lots of dust and sand in the air.
Arriving at the deflation point there was lots of activity as obviously a film crew accompanied by a police car tried to film something.
The start of the trip was delayed but eventually we took off at 15:00 h after trip and safety briefing.
We practiced driving and safe descending from small and medium dunes. All drivers handled there cars reasonably well. We took some breaks to rest and provide feedback.
After the first hour Jean took over to lead the convoy, which gave me the opportunity to have a better look at the individual drivers.
We had a number of second tries, a pop-out but no stuck.
After the last rainshower we could also admire the rainbow that Ahmed mentioned.
We finished the trip slightly before 17:30 h and just when I was about to leave the other convoy arrived from the desert.
I would like to thank Shaju and Jean for their professional support and Shiroy and Qurat for Second lead and Sweeping respectively.
See you soon in the sand
Thomas
***** Mytommi
* tcross (Tom)
* Omarelayyan
* Naderabumanneh
* qurat
** Anasrft
** shiroy
**** Ayfas (Shaju)
**** CANTALOUBE (Jean)
As Ahmed had attracted more Newbies to his trip than he could reasonably handle I volunteered to take over a second convoy.
The weather was quite diverse with a mix of sunshine, rain, heavy wind with lots of dust and sand in the air.
Arriving at the deflation point there was lots of activity as obviously a film crew accompanied by a police car tried to film something.
The start of the trip was delayed but eventually we took off at 15:00 h after trip and safety briefing.
We practiced driving and safe descending from small and medium dunes. All drivers handled there cars reasonably well. We took some breaks to rest and provide feedback.
After the first hour Jean took over to lead the convoy, which gave me the opportunity to have a better look at the individual drivers.
We had a number of second tries, a pop-out but no stuck.
After the last rainshower we could also admire the rainbow that Ahmed mentioned.
We finished the trip slightly before 17:30 h and just when I was about to leave the other convoy arrived from the desert.
I would like to thank Shaju and Jean for their professional support and Shiroy and Qurat for Second lead and Sweeping respectively.
See you soon in the sand
Thomas