siddharth maheshwari Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Wrangeld said: @Lorenzo Candelpergher, @Magellan, @Chaitanya D, @AKR, @Foxtrot Oscar, @siddharth maheshwari, @Brette MUST READ BEFORE THE DRIVE It has been brought to my attention that you did not yet confirm with Totally Agree to the post below. Please make sure you have agreed to this before tomorrow morning. No icon in the right place, no drive (and an early start, all for nothing!) Dear @Wrangeld firstly thank you for considering me in the drive. I have agreed to the COVID clause. Hope it is well received 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxtrot Oscar Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 Unfortunately due to car issues I won’t be able to join tomorrow’s drive 😢 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangeld Posted July 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 8 minutes ago, Foxtrot Oscar said: Unfortunately due to car issues I won’t be able to join tomorrow’s drive 😢 OK Angela. Noted. That's a shame, but we all have car issues from time to time. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Anish S Posted July 10, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 Thank you everybody for the nice and fun drive. I was glad to be part of this challenge, it was a great opportunity for me to learn more. Today, i had the absolute privilege to drive behind the Legend and i did not lose any chance to observe how @Gaurav was manoeuvering. I kept a close eye on his move, how he was tackling, negotiating and re-routing and i was also trying to understand the reasons behind his decisions made. @Gaurav worked really hard since there was difficult stucks to recover especially the last one before we exit. We also had a tire popped out, which was successfully and swiftly handled by our management team @Wrangeld, @Jeepie, @Gaurav, @Brette...We had some technical issues as well with our Pajeros, the usual transmission over-heating which was solved quickly. Bravo to my co-pilot @Veedooshee for using her investigative skills to find the most probable spot where the number plate of @Rajeevan Vickneswaran got lost, and luckily Rajeevan found his number plate and was spared from the hassle of reporting it to the police and spending money in getting a new plate. I highly appreciate the collaboration and understanding of @Lorenzo Candelpergher for giving space on few occasion where i needed to reroute and to reverse to get more momentum. 5 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wrangeld Posted July 10, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 (edited) Solar Park, Soft Sand and So Much Vegetation This morning could have started better, as I had managed to confuse Ms. Google a little with the start point. Well done everyone, because in spite of this, we were under way by around 5.15am. It had been a while since I had driven Solar Park and I was surprised by the amount of vegetation. Cloud seeding is all well and good ... but it seems they forget that cloud seeding begets plant seeding and the whole terrain is far greener than we would like. With @AKR as second lead we headed cross couuyerntry to the technical dunes that we needed to cross to get onto the wider, higher dunes. @Gaurav deserves a medal for rescuing just about everyone in the convoy, including me at one point or another. @Mehmet Volga you did great after that first crest, I just wish we had known that would be the start of a series of problems for @Chaitanya D, and eventually even @Brette. Once moving again and with a few more refusals, we got going until a pop out for @Lorenzo Candelpergher needed attention. I really commend everyone for the patience of the first hour of the drive where we covered around 1.5 km and we were waiting around for multiple recoveries. And then, the dunes opened out a little and we were able to start moving through, up and down, side sloping where safe and possible and enjoying some uninterrupted cruising through the desert. Amazingly, it was the Pajero club that started overheating so we stoped to take a look at cars from @Anish S @RohanH and @Mehmet Volga to get them cooled down enough to continue. By that stage it was time to turn back in the direction of the amazing architecture of the beautiful Solar Park headquarters 😉 to find an exit. The stand out moment (as we will ignore the stucks as we navigated back) was that @Rajeevan Vickneswaran found his lost rear number plate [chocolates should be delivered 😂 to you know who. Clue @Veedooshee] in the desert after it fell off. For @Magellan and @siddharth maheshwari at the back of this convoy, you did a great job navigating heavily churned up sand. The technical dunes were less tricky on the way out, but still had their claws into us, even though we could not only smell, but see the flat ground. However, we all made it out deflated and made our way home. Big thanks to @Jeepiefor your calm input throughout the drive (and your redirects ...) and helping out as ever with the recoveries. As a learning leader, it was a great experience and I thank everyone for their support and patience. See you soon in the sand. Edited July 10, 2020 by Wrangeld 4 2 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anish S Posted July 10, 2020 Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 Guys, did anybody had interference and noise with your walkie talkie today? This is the second time when i used Channel 2, i got lots of static noise...I feel the noise is present when my engine is on when i go away from the vehicle or turn off the engine, it stops. I am using a Crony CN-888. Your input will be appreciated. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veedooshee Posted July 10, 2020 Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 Thank you @Anish S for praising my investigative skills... at least I could help in a way as a co-pilot😉 @Wrangeld thank you for suggesting chocolates, the appreciation was already received in this nice drive...I really enjoyed it😊... Getting ready for my drive nw...😳 3 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaitanya D Posted July 10, 2020 Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Anish S said: Guys, did anybody had interference and noise with your walkie talkie today? This is the second time when i used Channel 2, i got lots of static noise...I feel the noise is present when my engine is on when i go away from the vehicle or turn off the engine, it stops. I am using a Crony CN-888. Your input will be appreciated. @Anish SI did not have any interference, I am using Baofeng uv5. Thank you for @Wrangeld, @Jeepie and @Brette for a nice drive. Special thanks to @Gaurav for tugging almost everyone except a few today. Some pictures uploaded in gallery Edited July 10, 2020 by Chaitanya D 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikumar Posted July 10, 2020 Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 18 minutes ago, Anish S said: Guys, did anybody had interference and noise with your walkie talkie today? This is the second time when i used Channel 2, i got lots of static noise...I feel the noise is present when my engine is on when i go away from the vehicle or turn off the engine, it stops. I am using a Crony CN-888. Your input will be appreciated. Maybe your Pajero is trying to tell you something? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magellan Posted July 10, 2020 Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 Thank you @Wrangeld, @Jeepie and @Brette for such a great fewbie drive. It was definitely a step up from newbie in every respect - great fun and good learning! Thank you @Gaurav for saving everyone. Your Pajero was kept busy and did not even get a chance to overheat - what a machine! See you all again soon! 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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