Sweihan-INT-Gate12 to Al Ain Airport

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Sweihan-INT-Gate12 to Al Ain Airport

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This trip was posted mainly for the Dubai team who have never driven outside of Badayer and Qudra. Ended up with 25 amazing drivers join the trip.

We split into 3 convoys led by Michael (EmDoc), Jitesh, and I.

My convoy:
Lead: Hadi
Marshal Support: Sai
Advance Support: Ramesh
2nd Lead: Davor
Sweep: Sunet
Drivers: Emre, Engin, Yaseen, Talha

An amazing drive, starting off with the big dunes at gate 12. Told the drivers to take them 1 by 1 so that I could see everyone’s level of driving before proceeding. We had a few second tries and practice for the drivers to make the whole loop. When I saw the drivers were more confident, we proceeded into bigger dunes and faster pace. The drivers made my job as leading much easier as everyone single one of them drove really well.

We crossed the gatch into some technical dunes to brush up our newbie skills. After that, we came across more big dunes where we stepped on the gas and climbed as much as we could. I instructed each driver to turn down as soon as they were losing momentum. The point of this wasn’t to see how far you could get but how you were controlling your car and knowing when to turn down. We ended our drive by playing on the slopes of the old lady dune and headed out at AL yahar.

I had Talha in my convoy and it was his first intermediate drive. Excellent driving man, we were all impressed to see that prado fly. Thank you Davor for changing the track as per needed and for the good communication. Thank you Sunet for sweeping and making sure everything was okay at the back. Ramesh, excellent driving and thank you for the support. Yaseen, you drove really well and I hope you enjoyed your bbq with family. The weather got better as we headed out.

Emre, Engin, I hope the PCR tests were worth coming to Sweihan and hopefully see you back here soon. You guys were excellent. Practicing in dubai paid off. I had a lot of fun leading you all. Thank you Marshal Sai for encouraging them to come and coming yourself. I had a good team of drivers which made it possible to reach the destination we had planned.

Thank you all for joining me yesterday, amazing company as per usual. See you again soon
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It was my first time on that track and i am impressed with diversity and smooth sand.

Big thanks for Dubai frends for paying us a visit. We will return the visit next time.

I also must admit that i was the only one that got stucked at the whole trip.
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I was a bit nervous at first looking at the massive dunes and being on my first intermediate drive but once we did a couple of side slopes I started to feel more comfortable.

There was strong communication between the pack and I thank everyone for constructive feedback and support (specially Hadi and SAI) it really helped boost my confidence for the rest of the track.

The track designed by Hadi was challenging and taught me a lot of new skills. It was by far my best drive with ad4x4. I hope everyone had a great weekend. Look forward to driving with you all again.

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Good job Hadi. Impressive . Good start for the friends new to Sweihan. Great track for Intermediates. Keep going.

Stay safe.. God bless..
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Koona wrote:
Sat May 22, 2021 2:09 pm
It was my first time on that track and i am impressed with diversity and smooth sand.

Big thanks for Dubai frends for paying us a visit. We will return the visit next time.

I also must admit that i was the only one that got stucked at the whole trip.
I gave you a tough job putting you as my second lead, but you done it well.
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This was my first time in Sweihan and I got amazed with the dunes. The terrain is very spectacular and unforgiving. Dunes are huge and intimidating. My biggest fun was the heat though as the summer made itself felt at 49C when we started.

Overall it was a very fun drive and a great learning experience. Thanks to Hadi and Sai for organizing it. I did one snatch recovery to the second lead when he got stuck on a straight cresting. I feel I am getting more experienced with the recoveries as I do each new one.

It was great to meet more members of our club during this drive.

Looking forward to go back to Sweihan after summer.

Thanks to all marshalls and fellow drivers for making this a safe drive.

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Koona wrote:
Sat May 22, 2021 2:09 pm
It was my first time on that track and i am impressed with diversity and smooth sand.

Big thanks for Dubai frends for paying us a visit. We will return the visit next time.

I also must admit that i was the only one that got stucked at the whole trip.
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Thank you hadi for the amazing trip. It was my first experience in Sweihan ,enjoyed the drive a lot.
Thank you sai ka for all the support..
Thank you all..the drivers it was a great pleasure to meet you all....
See you all..for more drives 🚗..

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First time driving in Sweihan and what a trip. Terrain, dunes, climbs, decends and also the heat! Just loved it...

Great combination of high climbs on massive dunes and side sloping, controlled looong decends as well as fast technical terrain. Definately a confidence builder trip from all aspects, great new experience and as the terrain was such enjoyable, it was even more fun. Good opprtunity to test decisions on when to turn down, trial and errors with AC and gear selection on long climbs.

Highlights also included fallowing Davors reaper (fun on its own) appreciating Sunets Jimny on every climb as well as watching what Talha’s Prado and Yaseen’s FJ can do!

Great lead Hadi, great track. Thanks for the encouragement Sai and it was assuring knowing you were roaming around. Thank you both and Isham for arranging this trip and hospitality, totally worth it and another high point in the overall experience.

It was as great to meet other members of the club, but missed many more in other convoys, so another reason to pay a visit to AD and Sweihan soon!

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