Trip Report Newbie Night Drive Sweihan 29 Nov
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 11:13 am
The trip was supported by Marshal: PearlyGates59 and Advance: RogueOne
Myself, RogueOne (Martin) and Newbies Keri (Ceri), Sifri77 (Haitham), Talal80 (Talal) met at Sweihan wedding hall at 7:15 PM. We waited until 7:40PM for additional 3 drivers that had signed up, but they never showed up
At Sweihan BBQ point we met up with Marshal PearlyGates59 (Matt). After deflation and safety brief, convoy was set up with RogueOne as 2nd lead, then Sifri77, Talal80, Keri and PearlyGates59 in back as sweepers. After radio check convoy headed in the lower dunes towards the gatch road with the big power lines. The pace started out low as it was first time night drive for some of drivers. We reached the gatch successfully around 9:30 PM after some technical parts and few stucks which were recovered successfully. After short break we continued towards Nagra area, the lower dunes where the pace got a little higher. One “light” popup occurred but could be fixed right away. At around 10PM we turned around and 10:35 PM we were back at BBQ inflation point. Well done all drivers and thanks Martin for 2nd lead, changing the track few time as I got into difficult terrain, and also for good recoveries. Thank you, Marshal Matt, for supporting this trip.
After the drive some of us stayed for chit chat and made a fire.
/Thomas (tompa-bjorka)
Myself, RogueOne (Martin) and Newbies Keri (Ceri), Sifri77 (Haitham), Talal80 (Talal) met at Sweihan wedding hall at 7:15 PM. We waited until 7:40PM for additional 3 drivers that had signed up, but they never showed up
At Sweihan BBQ point we met up with Marshal PearlyGates59 (Matt). After deflation and safety brief, convoy was set up with RogueOne as 2nd lead, then Sifri77, Talal80, Keri and PearlyGates59 in back as sweepers. After radio check convoy headed in the lower dunes towards the gatch road with the big power lines. The pace started out low as it was first time night drive for some of drivers. We reached the gatch successfully around 9:30 PM after some technical parts and few stucks which were recovered successfully. After short break we continued towards Nagra area, the lower dunes where the pace got a little higher. One “light” popup occurred but could be fixed right away. At around 10PM we turned around and 10:35 PM we were back at BBQ inflation point. Well done all drivers and thanks Martin for 2nd lead, changing the track few time as I got into difficult terrain, and also for good recoveries. Thank you, Marshal Matt, for supporting this trip.
After the drive some of us stayed for chit chat and made a fire.
/Thomas (tompa-bjorka)