New year Newbie afternoon
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2022 10:13 am
Convoy
****Mytommi
****Ayfas (Shaju)
*1eyejack (John)
*Tomtom (Thomas)
*Tcross (Tom)
**Currywurst (Deborah)
**abdullah1234
**Dirtdiver (Tim)
***Eagle (Umar)
*****Fido Dido (Amr)
When planning this trip I didn’t expect such high demand, the waiting list would soon be 20+ long.
Kindly, Marshals Petro (Kevin) and Mark volunteered to take over a convoy so everybody could be accepted to the trip. Thanks Marshals Mark and Kevin for that.
On location we split the convoy in two and I will report the trip for the convoy under my lead and let Mark comment on his trip.
After organising the convoys we held a safety and trip briefing and went straight into the dunes. Sand conditions were completely different to normal as it had rained heavily the night before. The sand was wet and dark and the surface firm and smooth. Driving was on one hand much easier as the cars did not have to overcome the resistance of the soft sand but on the other hand could be more treacherous and less forgiving.
We started at a slow pace and increased the level substantially after the drivers had warmed up. We straight-crested a number of medium and even higher dunes where we also had a few cars stuck on the crest. Recovery was efficiently done by Umar the Sweeper.
We finished the trip around 16:45 h at the deflation point.
I would like to thank in particular Marshal Fido-Dido for supporting this trip and providing invaluable support and advice. But also many thanks to Shaju as my capable second lead, Umar for being an excellent sweeper and Deborah, Abdallah and Tim for intermediate support.
Hope all enjoyed the trip and see you all in the sand
Thomas
****Mytommi
****Ayfas (Shaju)
*1eyejack (John)
*Tomtom (Thomas)
*Tcross (Tom)
**Currywurst (Deborah)
**abdullah1234
**Dirtdiver (Tim)
***Eagle (Umar)
*****Fido Dido (Amr)
When planning this trip I didn’t expect such high demand, the waiting list would soon be 20+ long.
Kindly, Marshals Petro (Kevin) and Mark volunteered to take over a convoy so everybody could be accepted to the trip. Thanks Marshals Mark and Kevin for that.
On location we split the convoy in two and I will report the trip for the convoy under my lead and let Mark comment on his trip.
After organising the convoys we held a safety and trip briefing and went straight into the dunes. Sand conditions were completely different to normal as it had rained heavily the night before. The sand was wet and dark and the surface firm and smooth. Driving was on one hand much easier as the cars did not have to overcome the resistance of the soft sand but on the other hand could be more treacherous and less forgiving.
We started at a slow pace and increased the level substantially after the drivers had warmed up. We straight-crested a number of medium and even higher dunes where we also had a few cars stuck on the crest. Recovery was efficiently done by Umar the Sweeper.
We finished the trip around 16:45 h at the deflation point.
I would like to thank in particular Marshal Fido-Dido for supporting this trip and providing invaluable support and advice. But also many thanks to Shaju as my capable second lead, Umar for being an excellent sweeper and Deborah, Abdallah and Tim for intermediate support.
Hope all enjoyed the trip and see you all in the sand
Thomas