COVID 19 Compliant - Training Recovery Champions - 04 Sep 2020

[Srikumar]

1 hour ago, Chaitanya D said:

One question was lingering in my mind , which I forgot to ask yesterday.  Can we recover a car which is crested front to back ( in the center from front end to back while ridge riding) without a tug  and only using a shovel. ?

Yes you can by digging from below the center of the car to create a similar V between front and rear wheels. I remember we did that once as a car was stuck on a ridge on an upward hill climb

[Foxtrot Oscar]

An excellent evening, which was a nice refresher and also taught some great new information too. It was so nice to be sitting around (socially distanced of course) and listening to the Professor @Gaurav impart his incredible knowledge. It reminded me of the old days when we would all gather and eat together to share our drive experiences, that was pre covid. Inhsallah it will return soon.

Special thanks to @Chaitanya D for getting crested in the prefect spot for us all to gather. Big boooos to @Desert Dweller who did crest earlier in the drive but then demonstrated the 'art' of self recovery and getting unstuck on a crest. Well done that girl, but we wanted you stuck.

More events like this in the future would be great. Where is the Guru @Rahimdad ? We miss you out there!


 

[Vanessa8580]

Thank you @Gaurav for the training, I am so happy I was able to make it.

I did quite some recoveries in the last few weeks when I was supporting the absolute newbie en newbie drives and I learned a lot already but I was extremely impressed with the crest recovery we did yesterday. I knew about the V-track but to see it being done was wonderful ! 

Also the drive before the training, I really enjoyed. I was a bit worried about it because everyone in the convoy did loads more intermediate drives than I did but I think I managed quite well and I had a lot of fun ! 

Thanks to @Chaitanya D for the perfect crest and I cannot wait for the next training.

See you all again soon 😊

[Gaurav]

@Chaitanya D @J J @Rinelle Sanaani @Febin Frederic @Matti Brockman @Mels Wolf @Najeeb Mohammed @Vanessa8580 @Foxtrot Oscar @Desert Dweller @Kalahari

Thanks everyone for welcoming these training session, yes indeed some of the stuff you intermediate boys/girl knew already but its good to refresh again to know everything in a proper structured manner. I have driven with few of you and notice that few recovery steps get skipped like a Chinese whisper loss of message.

For the first part, I was truly impressed with all of you and actually I wanted to get first 5 cars crested next to each other where chaitnaya got crested but as we were short on time, so I thought will live with one Xterra only.

As per new structure everyone will get

• Recovery training - Intermediate level
• Leading a drive - Advance level
• Extreme and Technical recoveries - Advance level
• Basic Firefight and First Aid - Expert level

Once you think you are ready or the next level, please apply for your promotion.

[Najeeb Mohammed]

Thank you @Gauravfor the training, It was a great evening. Perfect short drive and relaxing evening with the most important lessons. Was just missing some Barbeque. The best part was your announcement where you are expecting people to get stuck that gave some sort of adrenaline and drive become even more interesting. 

[Febin Frederic]

Thanks @Gaurav. I've leant something new.  Always impressed by carnity marshals about the level of knowledge in this sport, they possess.

Looking forward to more drives with you in future.

Ps: location was amazing, we should plan bbq there someday, may be post covid.

Edited September 6, 2020 by Febin Frederic
Typos

[Rahimdad]

@Foxtrot Oscar missing you too girl. I'm just around the corner and will surprise you all very soon.