Intro to summer desert drive newbie

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Intro to summer desert drive newbie

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The weather was amazing around 24degree and we all met at the deflation point except one with no show up.

Almost all members were new to the club so we had a detailed briefing about the safety, the club culture and how we drive with AD4x4.

We set the convoy order as:

Ahmed (lead)
Sabjeed (2nd lead)
Nicholas Jr
Mikael
Mokhless
Samir
Jens (sweeper)

We started playing at the big dunes near gate 12 and everyone was doing really well and gaining more confidence with time.
We went to practice straight cresting and some members had few stucks and realised what mistakes they did and later successfully, they did the crest after few attempts.
We continued practicing and increased the level little bit and everyone did really good with few second tries.
After playing around Mohamed Ali dune, we had a long break below a tree and the weather was really nice.
We continued the trip and some of the members got stuck at the technical area of sweihan and it was explained to them how they got stuck and what they should do to avoid it.
All members were fast learners and showed good progress.
I got myself stuck on a crest and did a self recovery with help of everyone which was really fun :mrgreen:

We exited the desert and went under the bridge for inflation after a wonderful morning spent with amazing people.

Thanks everyone for joining this trip. I enjoyed it alot.
Thanks to Sabjeed for being a strong 2nd lead and special thanks to Jens for being excellent sweeper.
Jens was the recovery man of the trip which he handled many recoveries smoothly and always updated me with what’s happening behind.

Hope to see you all soon
Stay safe
Ahmed.
You can shake the desert sand from my shoes, but not from my soul

Just Ahmedo

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