Report: Newbie floating in Sweihan jully 24th

[Jo]

comming home at 23:30h, shower and bed.... stop, forgot to write the report

Here it is:

We floated from Abu Dhabi and Dubai through the traffic towards the defloation point. Defloated and got briefed how we float in the sand. And how we did! The long convoy pierced with newbies and marschals mad e good road. Starting with small sandheaps all the way to the sandy range higher and higher.
During the float we met heavy construction machines and one as frog trimmed (hani, your WT is with Frank). Finally we crossed the valley and at sunset settled for the BBQ.

Sandwich, steak, coffee, shisha and a chat under the open sky. The end of a perfect offroad day.

Thanks to Urs for this and to all participants, from Newbie to Boss-Marshal.

See you after the summer vacation
:hat:

P.S.: Album is created in Gallery

[Karkar]

Simply a great day , jeep was not feeling well so I came with my spoiled office ride, it's been a long time since I took the pajero to a drive and the old girl is still proving that she can do it :-p .

Great track Urs , I really enjoyed it , nice to meet some new faces along with some old faces as well , thanks for everybody and hope to see ya all soon .

Cheers

[Waleed]

It was great to see all new faces and old friends after a long relaxing time. Great day and nice chat. Thanks Urs for the nice trip and nice route. It was a plesure to see the cheif as well. Sand was veeeeeery soft and little tricky , and temprature was 40 but everyone did very well with very few stucks which is part of the fun


Thank you all and see you soon

[pseacraft]

Wow! Another great track lead by Urs. Your right Urs, listening to the dunes "talk" on the downslope is incredible. Absolutely fantastic mix of climbs and downslopes, the soft stuff was very challenging for me in 4H (I am not very comfortable with 4H yet) and a blast in 4L, The views were spectacular and prove what a wonderful country we are all in. A great mix for familiar and new faces. The BBQ/Shisha break was very nice in horsehair skies. I hope my work schedule will allow me more opportunities to join the fun.

Until we meet and ride again!

:cheers1:
Eric

[Uristier]

I enjoyed this "ADVANCED Newbie" trip despite scaring my "passenger" when climbing the dues 8O I alway felt safe as our chief kept an eye on us

Good to see "old faces" and "newborn newbies" floating the dunes in Sweihan.

Thanks to all the Marshals for the support.

[Frank]

Thanks Urs for this nice trip. It was one of the best I did.
Thx also for the other Marshals.

special Thanks to Bulldozer who helped me at the Popout. I recognized today that half swaihan was in my tyre
One of you forgott his radio. Its with me. Call me or send me a message.

See you all next time.

Frank & Andrea

[Tweety]

Really a fatastic day was a lot of fun and a wonderful route..thanks Urs
Now 3 weeks without sand it will be very hard...
Hope to see u all again soon

[Desert_Rat]

Came back at 22:40, shower, tv and slept at 01:00...now wake up at 16:30 and straight on the computer to read & write a comments:)...
it was a very awesome float in sweihan. i was not expecting this much height ..ofcourse scare the hell out of me but the confidence given by the marshals till now and other newbies trying n doing, provided courage . amazingly my vehicle did good n again i m proud of it..i enjoyed the trip very much n nice secenery..
Thanks Urs again for such a wonderful trip...jo, tweety, frank, woodpecker, pseacraft, nice to meet u again guys. nice chatting with Jo n chico in the end ..
happy to c some well recognized nicks suck as..Bulldozer(breaking chains), Antrax, Khiawi. Bulldozer, antrax nice to chat with u guys....Waleed and Ultramind i was very happy to c u guys after our JAnuary trip..my 1st ever with ad4x4 n were there...
Nice feeling of the offrad n family...end was wonderful with shisha, bbq relaxing....tc guys n wish to c u again on sand... :cheers: ..

[madaboutdune]

hey! hey! this trip was absolutely fantastic! we have had a great time! exploring the desert and realising that there are a lot of stuff a hummer can do... we felt a bit scared---my wife really when we were faced with difficult and high peaks of the dunes... but after that it was all laughter when we managed to get to each fun safely. special thanks to the marshalls-- their watchful eyes has helped me do my own thing in the sand, knowing that if they can do it, i know i can too!

thanks guys! looking forward to having another mad trip with y'all...

---madaboutdune--- 8O 8O 8O
(edmund)

[Bulldozer]

Thanks Urs for letting us joining u in this lovely nice trip, the most important thing was seeing all the old good friends & meeting new faces, Chief welcome back its been some time, u cannot stay long away from sand, as usual we came late but never the less we manage to catch up with the guys on the Hi dunes area, we played like never, and enjoyed every second, frank thanks for letting practice the PopCorn recovery, setting chatting sharing my Diesel coffee of course the recipe still confidential, madaboutdunes nice meeting & your friends (our filipino group is increasing), Carol nice talking to u, u driving improving just need to practicing more better knowledge of your car capability u gonna be great off-roader, C Ya guys very soon on the Dunes

[khaiwi]

Thank you Urs for the nice trip and great track for mewbies plus. One of the few trips i enjoy when am not leading.

It was a good warmup for me and my Liwa-Rubicon after almost two months of duneless life,,,, couldnt imagine I survived without sand .

Glad to see so many old faces in a newbie trip and pleasure to meet new faces too. Look forward to seeing you all soon.

Pics already uploaded. Enjoy-----------------------------

Cheers,

[stav]

Thanks Urs for this trip.

You put us on the top of the dune with an amazing view 8O

As usual, all the trip was done with safety and smiles, nice to see some new faces and very nice area for the barbecue with 'Sand age' the little beatle.

Thanks for the explanation of the origin of the tea Bulldozer, i will drink only coffee now!

See you all soon in the desert.

Jean Marc

[Carol]

A long time we did not see you Urs and it was so nice to follow you yesterday
Happy to have seen again ''old faces'' too and to meet smiley and kindly new people. I always enjoy the family ambiance of the bbq
The place of Sweihan, the point of view and the challenges dune after dune in the soft sand were really great... I well understood the name of the trip!!! that's said, thank you Waleed for your advices
It was also very nice for me to speak with you Bulldozer, I appreciate your support and, sure, I have a lot of things to learn from my lovely car, we need to spend more time together... sorry JM, you will keep the FJ
See you all with pleasure XXX
Carol

[Woodpecker]

Just a short report ... IT WAS A PERFECT DAY

Thanks Urs and all the other Marshals for this VERY nice trip.

Special thanks to Tweety ... showing me the right way to climb the dune

Hope to see you all SOON 8)

Detlef


PS: I added some photos in the Gallery

[pseacraft]

Wow, great pictures everyone! Thanks for sharing them in the gallery!

Got the video roughed out and hosted. Just over 3 and a half hours of footage edited down to 57 minutes. A little longish but I always want to try and capture the essence of the entire trip not just the highlights. Hope you all enjoy it.

:cheers1:

Eric

http://vimeo.com/5771445