'23-24 Season Opening Trip - Adv Convoy 2

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'23-24 Season Opening Trip - Adv Convoy 2

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We had 1 cancellation and a few late arrivals, but managed to get the convoy together among the hundred+ other cars grouping up at Sweihan BBQ point. We departed from deflation around 15:10.

Convoy order:
**** Mikkel (Redbeard) - FJ
*** Gerhard (Dingo) - JK - Second lead
*** Deborah (Currywurst) - FJ
*** Andrei (dreamerEts) - FJ
*** Glenn (glennyphilip) - FJ
*** Mohamed (ameekvs) - FJ
*** Rick (RickSpeight) - F150 - Sweeper
***** Carlo - JKU - Supporting marshal

We warmed up in the smaller dunes heading east from BBQ point toward the gatch, riding crests and doing side slopes.
Crossing over the gatch, we headed a bit further east in direction toward Nagra, upping the difficulty level slightly. We had a quick break to discuss how everyone was finding the pace/track. Everyone was doing well so far and the difficulty appeared to be suitable.

We made our way back toward the gatch then headed south a few KM before again entering the dunes heading east toward Ronin hill.
Had some nice descents with beautiful view across the desert as we came up to Ronin hill. We did the usual crest on Ronin hill a few times, approaching from south. Then had an extended break / free play session.

We crossed over to the east side of Ronin hill and tried the crest there a few times, before finally heading back toward gatch, which we took heading north. As we came up to the left turn toward BBQ point, we again entered the dunes and had an easy cool-down track heading west, enjoying the last few minutes before scheduled arrival at BBQ point 17:30.
No more than a few KM from BBQ point, we had a pop-out in the convoy.
The weather was not hot at this point, and we were close to our exit, so this was a nice stress-free pop-out fix :D.

Once pop-out was sorted we made our way back to camp, arriving around 17:50.

Thank you Marshal Carlo for your invaluable support, thank you Gerhard and Rick for good job second leading and sweeping.
Finally thank you to all the drivers, everyone did very well and communication in the convoy was excellent. Everyone was following instructions, driving safely and using their radio. Hope to see you all again soon.

Descending to foot of Ronin Hill
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Carlo and Mohamed dealing with pop-out
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Gaia track:
https://www.gaiagps.com/public/zQJTLai8 ... =Satellite
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Re: '23-24 Season Opening Trip - Adv Convoy 2

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Thank you, Mikkel, for the perfect leading. It was fun to follow and very smooth trip.

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