Al Faya changed to Khatim Newbie 11/11 - First Lead as Marshal

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Al Faya changed to Khatim Newbie 11/11 - First Lead as Marshal

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It is my first lead as Marshal and I decided to make it Newbie

Initially I planned to drive in Al Faya and since I had not many cars and we had two drives planned in Al Khatim, I changed to location to Al Khatim

I communicated the change to all drivers after updating the meeting point in the website and all confirmed.

We arrived at the meeting point on time , only one driver was a bit late since coming from Dubai

We deflated, put on our flags and took a group picture with the other two convoys and started the briefing

The briefing focused on the below:

1- The number 1 rule in the desert : Never fight gravity
2- My number 2 rule : Always have fun
3- Safe straight cresting

After we set the convoy order as below:

1- Lead : Raul
2- 2nd Lead : Francois
3- Mithun
4- Toni
5- Zahid
6- Sarfaz Ali
7- Sweeper : Adam

After that we started our trip and cruised through the nice dunes in Al Khatim area.

All drivers did very very well and we had a couple of second tries.

We did some small decends and some nice straight crests

After that we met the other two convoys , had a nice chat and another session about car control and gravity and then we headed out.

We took another sunset picture and we planned for some activities for next time for the kids 🙂

We reached deflation point at sunset and all cars were on the road in no time

Thank you wonderful drivers:

- Francois : amazing second lead
- Mithun : great courage bringing your mother in law and driving very well
- Toni: amazing control and stable performance
- Zahid : great decending with those low bumpers, glad we managed to go out in one piece
- Sarfaz : very good performance despite reaching late ;)
- Adam: amazing sweeper today , no issues at all and 2 beautiful recoveries specially the last one 😃

Thank you and see you next time!

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Re: Al Faya changed to Khatim Newbie 11/11 - First Lead as Marshal

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Marshal Rahul, thank you for a great start to the weekend. The location was perfect, and your enthusiasm, skill, and communication were on point. Most importantly, we remained focused and safe, and we all had fun! Thank you, and see you on the sand soon. Have a wonderful weekend!

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Re: Al Faya changed to Khatim Newbie 11/11 - First Lead as Marshal

Post by Ruttan »

First lead as marshal? I had no idea until I read that here. Flawless lead, track was perfectly suited for the experience of the new drivers. None of my children vomited, so they're happy as well.

Recently, every trip I've done there's been a nice demonstration by the marshal of how to get recovered properly , glad to see the tradition continue ;)

Great times, Raul. Looking forward to the next one.

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