Intermediate Drive in Nahil on 17/2/24
Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2024 7:47 pm
A total of 16 people finally registered for the drive, after few cancellations. Everyone arrived on time, which was great. I had the privilege of having The Chief and Marshal Khaled Hassan in my convoy. Marshal Khaled Hassan kindly agreed to support me in my first intermediate lead. Paolo agreed to take second convoy along with Chief who supported him during the drive, but Paolo had to leave in the start due to sickness of his child passenger. Chief kindly took the lead of his convoy till the end of drive.
Order of my Convoy:
Umar myself (lead)
Marshal Khaled (second lead- 45 mins)
Ryan second lead (rest of the trip)
Denys
Ghayas
Adil
Feroze
Khardaly (sweeper)
We started at around 2.40pm after our briefing. Moved towards the right side dunes from the deflation point, which is mainly the intermediate and Advance track. After warmup, started with a couple of large bowls in the beginning and gradually picked up the pace as drivers got comfortable. We had few breaks on the way. Also we stopped at some nice dunes to practice side sloping.
All the drivers did very well, a few second tries were there and no stuck at all. After various practice tries when every one had enough wet appetite from side slopes, we started our drive to the other side of the gravel road to hit the technical area before ending the trip.
Overall everyone did very well, and finally we headed back to our bbq point from where some members left for home, while some of us stayed back for bbq.
Thank you Marshal Khaled for your guidance and being solid second lead. Thanks Ryan and Khardaly for being solid second lead and sweeper. Thank you Chief for joining our trip and also leading the convoy and thanks to Paolo for willing to take second convoy.
Wish you all a safe and pleasant week ahead. Take care and hope to see you soon on sand!
Regards
Umar
Drive video link:
https://youtu.be/ZiE9vmdsoig?feature=shared
Order of my Convoy:
Umar myself (lead)
Marshal Khaled (second lead- 45 mins)
Ryan second lead (rest of the trip)
Denys
Ghayas
Adil
Feroze
Khardaly (sweeper)
We started at around 2.40pm after our briefing. Moved towards the right side dunes from the deflation point, which is mainly the intermediate and Advance track. After warmup, started with a couple of large bowls in the beginning and gradually picked up the pace as drivers got comfortable. We had few breaks on the way. Also we stopped at some nice dunes to practice side sloping.
All the drivers did very well, a few second tries were there and no stuck at all. After various practice tries when every one had enough wet appetite from side slopes, we started our drive to the other side of the gravel road to hit the technical area before ending the trip.
Overall everyone did very well, and finally we headed back to our bbq point from where some members left for home, while some of us stayed back for bbq.
Thank you Marshal Khaled for your guidance and being solid second lead. Thanks Ryan and Khardaly for being solid second lead and sweeper. Thank you Chief for joining our trip and also leading the convoy and thanks to Paolo for willing to take second convoy.
Wish you all a safe and pleasant week ahead. Take care and hope to see you soon on sand!
Regards
Umar
Drive video link:
https://youtu.be/ZiE9vmdsoig?feature=shared