Absolute newbie desert drive

[treks]

@Gaurav, did you manage to get the misfire on your Pajero sorted out? It would be kind of embarrassing if your Pajero started running rough in front of a lot of newbies, LOL.

[Gaurav]

19 hours ago, treks said:

@Gaurav, did you manage to get the misfire on your Pajero sorted out? It would be kind of embarrassing if your Pajero started running rough in front of a lot of newbies, LOL.

Thanks treks for rubbing on my face here, hate you indeed. lol.

I and barry are still under test run to see what we can actually do. We reduced the missing slightly by using fuel additive, engine flush and by putting some kms on this left out soul.

Btw, I had a nice desert drive today even with that slight missing and Pajero performed almost great.

[Gaurav]

Thanks @Rahimdad for leading a wonderful newbie drive yesterday. And it was even nice to see Saeed after so long. It was good to connect back to desert after a long break. Enjoyed every bit with all of your great friends company. Hope to see you guys more often as the cooler season starts.

[Derick]

OMG, looks like I missed really nice drive. Thanks for the support and suggesting, I am sure I'll be there for next drive positively.

[Rahimdad]

Thank you Gaurav Bhai for your encouraging words.

Just a brief report on the trip on Friday.

We all met on time at the Adnoc pump at 6 am, however none of us were aware of the surprise at hand. There seemed to be a stubborn Nissan Patrol with some mods and since some of the team was there since 5 am they were watching him go duf duf every once in a while and not leaving the petrol station, later we discovered it was because of a police vehicle waiting to confiscate it and any Nissan Patrols around. We had 2 in our group. So alternate plan put into practice, instead of the start at Mahafiz we jumped right into the desert behind the Adnoc pump and after a drivers briefing and positions handed in the convoy we were on the move. We were a total of 11 cars.

This little terrain is white sand and a bit difficult to read, but thanks to the early morning hours and not a very difficult section we decided to head to Fossil Rocks, on to Camel Rocks and than the Faya area to play for a while. However, with a couple of stucks early on and a pop-out the plan was changed to Big Fall instead of Fossil Rocks and cross over to Faya to play for a while. After about 7 kms into the desert some of the more capable off-roader became enticed by the dunes around and the opportunity to play. So we divided the group into 2 and while the more capable friends played around we continued into the wilderness. After some flat tracks we crossed over to the darker side of the dunes.

This darker side is slightly pinkish in colour so it is easier to read these dunes but there are tricky and more challenging dunes to tackle. Let me mention that everybody did amazingly well and we conquered dune after dune without any incidents, stucks or refusals. About 8 am we all got a bit hungry and after not finding a shade and the cloud cover and cool breeze just made it comfortable enough we stopped for a quick bite, a few drinks and a chit chat. It was good to know that everyone was having a good time, and it was time to change the plan again.

So we decided to follow Saeed this time with me in the Sweep, all this time and until the end Gaurav bhai remained as a number 2 lead and had a marvelous run. Saaed led us to some nice dunes and all of a sudden we were in an area with huge dunes which were absolutely marvelous to play in, specially side sloping. We all had a great time in those dunes and each one of us would have had two to three tries at letting the sand fly from our tires while using the gravity and challenging at the same time for some real fun moments.

Next part of our journey saw us climb the Fossil Rocks with is darker red and easy to read, but with some soft spots and even more challenging dunes. We all reached the top safely to find some of the mountain bikers on top, out of which one had fallen off his bike and sustained injuries in his ribs area. We agreed to help them bu taking hi down to the base of Fossil Rocks near the cable lines as it would be the most comfortable way. Saeed and myself took the injured biker and waited for his friends to take it fro there. Saeed did offer help to take him to the closest hospital but he declined saying that they have a friend in a 4x4 and he would help them out. Saeed and myself headed back up the Fossil Rocks with Gaurav Bhai documenting each moment with a picture to help us out if needed.

Coming down the Fossil Rocks on the front face is another challenge, after a short briefing one by one the cars came down with the excitement of decending one of the steepest declines in this area. We than headed out to the petrol station, inflated our tires and after a chat we were all headed back home, a trip that was supposed to conclude at 9 am went on till 11 am due to some nice weather, amazing company and an emergency which was handled successfully.

As a conclusion to this trip, it was an amazing drive due to excellent weather, amazing people and covered all different types of terrain and a rescue mission which was successfully handled. Special thanks goes out to Gaurav Bhai who woke up in the early morning hours to join us along with bhabhi and special thanks goes out to bhabhi for some wonderful clicks. She definitely captured the essence of the trip and I hope everyone will be able to enjoy the write up with some of the most beautiful pics and co-relate the experience and relive it any time they please.

[Derick]

I have become a big fan of your trip report writing skills, it is like making me feel that I was almost there with you guys.

[Rahimdad]

Thanks Derick for your kind words. Its worth every minute spent on writing the report.