COVID19 Compliant - Morning Intermediate Desert Drive - Area 53: the 1km ascent quest - 26 Jun 2021

[Dodi Syahdar]

Thank you very much for a very challenging and amazing drive lead by @Lorenzo Candelpergher and support from @Hisham Masaad@Alexander Alcala@Ahab Shamaa @Shaz Shah @Shehab Alawadhi. 
Please find moment of recovery from today trip. 

[Lorenzo Candelpergher]

15 minutes ago, Mario Cornejo said:

...and here is the video I took and it is a bit long, but again, was a great drive.  At 13'20" I got crested, lesson learnt for most of the drive: stay on ridge, control throttle 😎

Cheers!

 

 

Beautiful video @Mario Cornejo, it is so intense that when you start watching it, it's difficult not to continue until the end.

And your crested stuck, it was really spectacular: a stuck with a view! 

[Lorenzo Candelpergher]

When I wrote "we literally climbed whatever could be climbed in every way possible" I meant this 😂😂😂... 

[Abu Muhammad]

Indeed unforgettable drive by @Lorenzo Candelpergher Thank you as always pleasure to be part of your convoy. 
Thanks everyone

See you soon guys on the sand. 

[M.Seidam]

1 hour ago, Lorenzo Candelpergher said:

When I wrote "we literally climbed whatever could be climbed in every way possible" I meant this 😂😂😂... 

Ohh boy that is ain’t spaghetti, it’s different kind of pasta, elegantly done on the Italian way my friend .. truth is I like pasta 😎

[Shehab Alawadhi]

Great drive @Lorenzo Candelpergher finally after my 3rd attempt at area 53 i finally completed a drive and I may be addicted to these dunes 😍. Great job everyone very well driven the only time we really were stopped for a while was when @Abu Muhammad got crested and when the convoy split up other than that everything was so smooth i could have went on for hours.

Thank you to everyone that supported @Hisham Masaad @Shaz Shah @Alexander Alcala @Javier Lucero awesome job!

See you all in the next area 53 drive 😂

Edited June 27, 2021 by Shehab Alawadhi

[Hisham Masaad]

Fantastic drive, thank you very much for that @Lorenzo Candelpergher, we have really enjoyed the "Lorenzo" drive. I think drives should be given leads names instead of levels. By all means, yesterday drive was "Lorenzo Drive". Many thanks for convoy joined and each member, who did vey well. @Alexander Alcala @Shaz Shahand @Javier Lucero thank you for the support. Glad to meet @Abu Muhammad @Shehab Alawadhi @Gok Krish @Mario Cornejo @Goutam @Rizwanm2 @varunmehndiratta  @Dodi Syahdar.  Happy to meet you @Ahab Shamaa, and thanks for having a midium-costly meeting...... just depending on the cost of what we discussed 😂 , BTW dont forget to send me the link 😉

[Looper]

On the way to achieving the quest of reaching 1 km in ascent, recording of the drive on my car said we did it and then did some more. 1.644 km to be precise.

Thanks a lot @Lorenzo Candelpergher for the drive.  It was an unrelenting drive, and towards the end the heat affecting the car and I getting a bit tired caused a couple of refusals. A big thanks to @Alexander Alcala for guiding me out of them. 

@Alexander Alcala you mentioned I fishtail a lot. I explained to you that due to the lower clearance of my stock car coupled with stock tires cause me to scoop sand and I loose momentum. That is my assessment, but could there be any other reasons?

Also a big thanks to @Shaaz Sha and @Hisham Masaad for the support roles. @Javier Lucero,  you did well as the second lead.

[Varun Mehndiratta]

24 minutes ago, Goutam said:

 

@Alexander Alcala you mentioned I fishtail a lot. I explained to you that due to the lower clearance of my stock car coupled with stock tires cause me to scoop sand and I loose momentum. That is my assessment, but could there be any other reasons?

 

Interesting observation...would be good to know feedback/advice from @Lorenzo Candelpergher @Alexander Alcala...in general don't think yesterday drive tested the clearance of JL... stock wheel as a concern, would like to know how much would that have helped... 

[Srikumar]

@Goutam what is your tire width? Also is it AT? Both these parameter can play a role in providing better grip