TRIP REPORT - Sweihan Roller Coaster 16.11.2018

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TRIP REPORT - Sweihan Roller Coaster 16.11.2018

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Lead Marshal: PHARAOH

Awesome Intermediates:
kareemkhalaf
cabf
dsalas

Me, dsalas & kareemkhalaf met at the deflation point on time, however cabf joined a bit later as he though we were meeting at Sweihan Wedding Hall. After deflation and a detailed briefing (as this was cabf first intermediate trip) we were all set and ready to hit the dunes.

Convoy was set with me in the lead, kareemkhalaf my second lead, then cabf & dsalas was ower official sweeper. We started warming up cruising in a roller coaster style within the beautiful dunes in this side of the farm, as everyone was confident and in good control of their vehicles I started raising the level, throwing some spices here & there and hitting higher dunes.

We had our coffee break around 9:15 am, were we had our chat & feedback on the drive. Everyone was excited and ready for some more action, we aimed for higher dunes and went playing around. Then it was time to learn some new stuff, so I gave the guys a demonstration stuck (for learning purpose :P) in a steep bowel, however dsalas attempting to recover me got stuck too :lol:. So kareemkhalaf came for the rescue and recovered both of use in one pull as we were tied up together. During this Advance recovery, dsalas got a pop-out where it was a bit of a fun as now we had three cars in the bowel, however in a team spirit we managed to get his car to a flat area fixed the pop-out and went back to our roller coaster game.

On our way out to the inflation point we met the Newbie convoy (trip organized by our dear Marshal Scotchyl), so we stopped to say Hi and have a brief chitchat.

cabf, you did great!! Being your first intermediate trip I was a bit worried, but after the first 15 mins you prove me wrong with your outstanding performance, and taking the right decision whenever required. Keep it up.

kareemkhalaf, well done. Thank you for being a solid second lead.

dsalas, thanks for looking after the convoy and keeping me always informed.

Thank you all for joining the trip; it was an amazing morning with a wonderful group.

You can check out the trip pictures though the following link:
http://www.ad4x4.com/jomsocial/7717-pharaoh/photos

See you soon on the dunes :ad4x4:
Last edited by PHARAOH on Mon Nov 19, 2018 3:12 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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Re: TRIP REPORT - Sweihan Roller Coaster 16.11.2018

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It was definitely a very fun and interesting morning with a great group.

Marshal Khaled showed great way of leading by first testing our capabilities and experiences and then increasing the level to eventually having a really higher level at the end of the trip after we all got used to each others.

i enjoyed having the chance to try the higher dunes and know my car capabilities more. again thanks to Marshal Khaled.

As for the recovery , i probably felt that i had a tight chance to recover both the cars taking into account that we were only 4 cars , hence , the strong pull. i apologize to dsalas again for the popout :D

looking forward to drive with you all again.

until next time :)

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Re: TRIP REPORT - Sweihan Roller Coaster 16.11.2018

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Thanks for a very challenging, interesting and fun drive Pharaoh. It was a big step up from newbie and it took me a while to get more comfortable but after a few early nerves I got more comfortable and really enjoyed the rest of the drive. Lots of repeated large side sloping on some medium sized dunes was challenging and fun. Also I started really pushing the limits of the car a bit more and learning what it would do and being encouraged that it has more power than I thought.

Watching the experts recovering and fixing the popout was a great learning experience. Then we had a really nice flowing exit drive over about 25 minutes which was really fun. I did turn down a few times when the nerves kicked in but also I pushed a bit harder than I ever have before.

Overall Pharoah led a fantastic drive with some challenging and really interesting lines. Lots of fun and thanks to the team for a great morning out in the beautiful Sweihan desert.

cheers

Charlie

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Re: TRIP REPORT - Sweihan Roller Coaster 16.11.2018

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Thanks Kareem & Charlie for your feedback, really appreciated.
I'm glad you enjoyed the trip & hope to see you soon on the dunes ;)
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