Popular Post Frederic Posted July 31, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 DRIVE REPORT Lisaili is and shall remain my favorite desert area, mostly because it can gently caress but it can also fiercefully sting. We met up at 05:00 at the Camel track, where some camels were already doing their tracks. It remains a magnificent thing to see how the camel-riders are able to stay on top and to which speed the camel can be enticed. The first technical area, which is one that can sting quite a bit, was gentle on us and we made it through to reach the long dunes in a matter of 10mins and only one mini-crest that was easily resolved. Everyone did great and listened to my advice of "driving like you are sneaking up to your enemy" We had the most fantastic dunes to play on, but also a lot more vegetation than before, which is quite remarkable. Except for some crests where @Brette was again very helpful in doing recoveries, the whole convoy surfed through the sand very well. At one point @Nizam Deen had a pop-out, but with the help of @Wrangeld it popped back in place in record time. @Yousef Alimadadi you did great with the Pajero, i know these cars are not the easiest ones, but every time you manage so well, keep a cool head and smile, and many times easily recovered yourself with 4Lo and Rear Diff lock. @Nivin and @Janarthan looks like you were both maybe a little bit too gentle on the Xterras today, hence a few crests. Nothing to worry about and all part of the learning process. @J J was excellent as center forward and never struggled. Same as @Rajeevan Vickneswaran @Adam Marston @Magellan who were very silent on the radio, which is good ! Because @tjsingh his Pajero was slightly overheating and he had to open the bonnet every time we had a refusal, i chose to head out towards the dirt track. Even before we reached that dirt track, the engine was overheating even on small flat terrain, so we chose to tow it back to the road over the dirt track, so the engine could cool down. Tj exited at the road but unfortunately had to call the recovery truck as even driving on road was not an option. Hope you can get it sorted buddy. We took the rest of the convoy across the street to top off the drive with some technical terrain and spotting some gazelles. Finally exited at the trees nearby the Hamari well. We covered 56.4 km in 3 hours and 40 mins, of which 2 hours and 40 mins was moving time. All in all a busy day but proud of how everyone did today. See you soon in the sands again ! https://www.relive.cc/view/vPOpNJ9RJEq 3 8 "Go as far as you can see; once you get there, you'll be able to see further." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J J Posted August 2, 2020 Report Share Posted August 2, 2020 Great drive route from @Frederic and support from @Brette. Everyone did great on this drive I initially thought Lisaili was going to be challenging based on what I heard from last week .. but yeah Lisaili conquered ! Posted some pics already and below video timelapse . Enjoy ! 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederic Posted August 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2020 1 hour ago, J J said: Great drive route from @Frederic and support from @Brette. Everyone did great on this drive I initially thought Lisaili was going to be challenging based on what I heard from last week .. but yeah Lisaili conquered ! Posted some pics already and below video timelapse . Enjoy ! Another amazing video production! I saw us even driving backwards at one point 🤣 2 3 "Go as far as you can see; once you get there, you'll be able to see further." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wrangeld Posted August 2, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 2, 2020 Return Match At Lisali - Lisali 1: Carnity 1 What a difference a week makes ... and finding the entry point that is 1km further up the track where the technical dunes are a little bit less treacherous. @Frederic had found the entry point that cleared the technical dunes in 4 minutes rather than 4 hours and we were all able to enjoy the sweeping dunes and vistas of Lisali, all the way up to Al Qudra where @tjsingh started to have overheating problems and had to be left by the roadside waiting a pick up. Highlights of the day? @J J showing his skills of centre forward, @Nizam Deen woking hard to get his own pop out sorted, @Adam Marston getting through without any issues at all the whole day and @Brette finding out that the chip in the mighty beast is now under control. As second lead I enjoyed a nice relaxing drive following Freddie's excellent (as always) lead - so goo infact we had time for a little Qudra bonus before closing out the drive. See you soon in the sand. 4 1 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yousef Alimadadi Posted August 2, 2020 Report Share Posted August 2, 2020 @FredericThank you so much for leading the team, it was full of joy and pleasant being member of the the team last week. and thank you everyone being on-time 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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