Trip Report - Afternoon Newbie trip in Al Khatim 18 Dec

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Trip Report - Afternoon Newbie trip in Al Khatim 18 Dec

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Trip was supported by:
Marshals Adiga and FidoDito
Explorer irfpk
Intermediates Eagle, Cantaloube and Lanzki

Everyone arrived pretty much on time. I had 4 Anits so I asked them to arrive 30 mins earlier than planned time so I can give them their separate Anit briefing before all the newbies arrived.

We were a total of 30 cars so I split everyone into 2 convoys with Marshal FidoDito leading the 2nd convoy and I took the 1st convoy.

After the safety briefing by myself and Adiga we proceeded into convoy order with kprocks as the 2nd lead and irfpk keeping an eye on the convoy from the back and Marshal Adiga doing the side sweep. I gave everyone enough challenges to help them get to know their car and to get used to using the engines power with a few climbs and with the assistance of Adiga to help them select the correct gear and instructing them they all performed the 1st climb very good with only a few 2nd tries. We then continued and performed many straight crest so they can get the practice coming over the crest and how to come down slowly learning how to manage engine power to get over the crest and learning to descend down the slope slowly .

We did have a few breaks where we can get feedback from the drivers and Marshal Adiga gave very good advice to all to help them and gave them things to practice thru out the drive. After the last break and we continued and this where we finally had our 1st stuck on top of a crest and I performed the recovery. We made our way to the water tower which was our finishing point there was a few challenges that everyone faced but everything was all handled properly with the support crew and everyone performed well.

We ended at the water tower with 1 final decent to where we met with FidoDito.

Every did very well and I had a great time leading you all. I hope you all learned a lot about gravity and not fighting it and learning and getting to know about how your car works in the sand. These drives are all about learning and that goes with all of us. We never stop learning there is always something new that we learn.

Thank you Marshal Adiga and Explorer irfpk for your dedicated support and assisting with all the drivers.
Thank you Marshal FidoDito for taking the 2nd convoy.
krpoks great 2nd lead thank you very much.
All the anits did a great job for this being your 1st drive.

Have a great week ahead and see you all again in the sand soon.

I will let FidoDito add his report for his convoy.
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Re: Trip Report - Afternoon Newbie trip in Al Khatim 18 Dec

Post by irfpk »

Thanks Tony for organizing and leading another great afternoon trip. The track; perfect ground for learning newbie level techniques. I hope everybody enjoyed.
Thanks Adiga for your Support as usual.

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