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Monday Intermediate Drive - Sweihan

Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2020 11:30 pm
by -V-
The minimum number of drivers was completed at 1:30 pm so we were able to go on with the trip.

Met ahead of time at the meeting time. It was Thomas' first trip after being promoted to advance (Congratulations), so we decided to change it to an advance drive since we had no intermediate drivers anyway.

We deflated and did the briefing about side cresting safety procedures, then we hit the dunes with Hadi as my second lead, and Thomas as the sweeper.

Started very slowly to shake the rust off after couple months away from the sand, then we took the first side crest for Thomas who crossed it very nicely, I led through more small crests, and I watched Thomas take all of them with confidence. Hadi was taking all the crests smoothly being a veteran advance driver, and he wisely changed the track when I was surprised with unpleasant bumps or such. And of course I had to get stuck once as a demonstration for Thomas :lol: Thank you Hadi for pulling me out.


We did not climb high dunes, to avoid over stressing our engines in that heat.

Drove for 2 hours, and covered 40 KMS.

I had so much fun with you guys, and it was a pleasure meeting you Thomas. As usual, it's always a pleasure driving with you Hadi.

See you again soon guys!

Re: Monday Intermediate Drive - Sweihan

Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2020 11:36 pm
by Hadi77
I joined very last minute for this trip and thank God I did. Had lots of fun. Great track by Ahmed and Thomas done excellent for his first official advance trip.

My first advance trip after ages as I had drive shaft issues, the jeeps running smoothly now and got to test it out on a big dune on the way out. Thank you once again Ahmed. See you both soon 👍🏼

Re: Monday Intermediate Drive - Sweihan

Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 10:56 am
by Mytommi
Thanks Ahmad, and also Hadi for this very hot but entertaining late afternoon.

This was my first advance trip and it went quite well I believe - even though I was in high gear most of the times.
Ahmad lead us very well with good pace through the Sweihan desert and even showed us places I have never seen before.
We shaved off a lot of smaller dunes with me having the advantage of seeing how Ahmad and Hadi didi it and to follow them.
Enjoyed you company very much.

Thanks again and hope to see you again soon.
Thomas