Popular Post Ale Vallecchi Posted August 1, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 1, 2020 QUDRA QUADRANGLE - DONE Very nice drive yesterday, exploring the whole Qudra basin above of Solar Park. Started punctually after a few minutes of deflation and briefing, from the mysterious "beehive" like structure on the border with the Qudra Lakes, and proceeded westward with a few side sloping opportunities, toward the large farm visible from the road to Bab al Shams. From here we turned south, entering the long range dunes, where side sloping was accompanied by criss-crossing and some ridge riding. After reaching the border with the Solar Park section, marked by the electricity pylons, we maneuvered along the southern border of the quadrangle, in a mix of longer range and technical dunes, interspersed with nice clay-rock formations. Almost at the tarmac road we then turned north to weave our way back to the starting point (the beehive structure that in the meantime had become super animated with people strolling and enjoing the sunset). Learning from other Leaders' reports, I'll briefly cite each great driver's performance, hoping to provide useful tips for future trips: @Nivin you did extremely well as Second Lead, especially considering his recent promotion to Fewbie. Kept good distance and redirected promptly when requested. Your greatest take-away from this drive should be about ridge riding and crossing. Approach the ridge more parallel, and less perpendicular to it. If the car starts to fishtail during the approach, do not attempt to still reach the ridge and cross it, but rather steer down the slope from, circle back and reattempt. @E.C. TAN well driven, smoothly following the tracks. One observations I made on one of your dune crossings was to use more finesse and control of the line, and a little less speed. @Anish S, as usual very calm and collected. Great at communicating and progressing well through the drive. Only had one moment of difficulty, due to a bit of hesitancy while riding a ridge (when you feel the car is being slowed down by the ridge itself, keep as much momentum as you can to exit the ridge on the safest side (where the car is being pulled toward, but do not break or stop, to avoid being crested). @Salarios managed your beast very well, with no stucks and perhaps some refusals (which may always happen). As your confidence in your car grows, without relying too much on its undeniable power, you will be able to cope perfectly in all kinds of terrain. Lastly, great thanks to @Wrangeld, who swept the convoy and guided all self-recoveries and the few stucks with his usual calm and clarity of instructions. I am sure all drivers learned the recovering process as best as they could during the drive. Thank you all again, for driving 52.7 Km in 3 h and 2 min., at an average speed of 17 Km/h (24 Km/h while driving). 4 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anish S Posted August 1, 2020 Report Share Posted August 1, 2020 (edited) 22 hours ago, Salarios said: Dear @Ale Vallecchi and @Wrangeld thank you for the exceptional management of today’s drive. Ale thank you for your laser focus on ensuring everyone stays safe. There were a few moments where this approach prevented some potential head aches. Richard thank you for your calm and patient demeanor, and constant guidance on encouraging everyone in the convoy to think and problem solve on their own, before you step in to resolve the issue. @Anish S it was incredible to witness your improvements in real time, from the beginning of the drive towards the end of the drive. Since you were in front of me I was closely following your every move, and so I could see how your skills are evolving and you’re becoming more comfortable as the drive went on. Everyone thank you for the great day. It was a lot of fun and very educational. By the way, I posted some pictures in the Gallery. And a couple of videos of the day: Highlights: Recoveries: Happy Eid everyone. Thank you @Salarios.....I really appreciated the support, help and patience from you and Richard @Wrangeld during the recovery and reattempt. It was very obvious to see how nicely you drive and manage the huge patrol, you did an amazing job. Other than your offroading skills, i can see you are very talented as well, i loved the videos you made. The Refusals and Recoveries Video is even more fascinating because it shows how stucks actually happened and how the recovery is managed... It is very beneficial to our community since we can review, reflect and also learn how different recoveries are executed. These types of videos matters a lot to us especially during this current situation of Covid 19 where not everybody have the opportunity to see all the recoveries... Keep it up @Salarios, well done. I would love to see more videos from you in future...Again thank you so much for your contribution. Edited August 1, 2020 by Anish S 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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