We met at the deflation point at 130. There were a few cars ready and lots of them were late. Some were as late as 30 mins which delayed all the others as well. As there was sufficient support from lots of marshals and Explorers the group was split into 2 convoys.
Marshal Khalid, Amr & Explorer Paolo were in the second convoy with all the experienced newbie who had more than 7 Newbie drives.
All those with less than 6 newbie drives were with myself, Marshal Kamran, Irfan, Adiga & MegaMoe.
Briefing started at 230 PM. The drive finally started at 245 PM one hour later than the advertised/ scheduled time.
Convoy order was as follows:
**** Roy - FJ - Lead
** Rahul - Prado - 2nd Lead
* Ali - LC300
*Ashfaq - Pajero
* Canalp - Prado
* Raza - Xterra
* Ali Raza - Montero
*Sharpe - Wrangler
*** Nanda - Prado - Sweeper
***** Marshal Kamran - Xterra - Out of convoy
***** Marshal Irfan - Out of convoy
***** Marshal Adiga - Out of convoy
***** Marshal Hanadi - Out of convoy
***** Marshal Mega Moe - Out of convoy
We started after the flat gatch and headed towards Sweihan. We started relatively easy so that everyone could get a feel for their cars. After a while we increased the level and started to do some nice sharp straight crests. There we multiple stucks and recoveries. There were so many recoveries that we lost count after a while. But thankfully we had sufficient support and all of them played a vital role in assisting and mentoring the junior drivers in mastering this act of straight cresting. We took multiple breaks and enjoyed this amazing weather.
Towards the end we came back to the flat gatch area and met with the second convoy. From there some of us headed out back to the deflation points and some otehrs stayed back in for a chit chat and BBQ.
All in all it was a great day in the sand. We all had fun and learnt some new skills. Thank you to all the Marshals that joined and supported this drive.
See you all in the sand next time. Untill then.. Adios
NOTE: Please can all drivers arrive on time next time and for all drives. Its very rude to make the others wait for 1 hour especially for those that have come on time.
Newbie in nahil Sweihan - Saturday PM 06.01.2023 - Convoy 1
- shiroy
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- irfpk
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Re: Newbie in nahil Sweihan - Saturday PM 06.01.2023 - Convoy 1
Thanks Shiroy for a wonderful trip and enjoyable track.
- Raza110
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Re: Newbie in nahil Sweihan - Saturday PM 06.01.2023 - Convoy 1
Thanks for this well organized trip with lots of learning opportunities.
Looking forward joining the next trip.
Looking forward joining the next trip.