Foxtrot Oscar Posted September 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 33 minutes ago, Abdul Rafay-S said: I am sorry @Foxtrot Oscar but it seems that I wont be joining you for the drive on Saturday 🥲. My school friends are leaving the country in pursuit of higher education, so gotta bid them farewell. See you next time 🙂 How very dare you !! 😜  have fun with your friends and see you soon 😊 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxtrot Oscar Posted September 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2021 Good evening fellow adventurers, Tomorrow we meet at 3pm sharp. We will stagger the departure of both convoys so as to avoid congestion on the dunes. I,  @Foxtrot Oscar , will lead Convoy 1 (one) will be using Radio ch. 2 My proposed convoy is as follows:  Driver Car Rank Posit  CONVOY 1 Radio Ch. 2   @Foxtrot Oscar Black Xterra Marshal Lead @PaoloMaraziti Beige FJ Fewbie + 2nd Lead @Bernard Kalaani Grey Wrangler Fewbie 3rd @Naim Aoun Grey Wrangler Fewbie 4th @Lawrence_Chehimi White Patrol Intermediate CF @JamesThorn Black Lexus Fewbie 6th @Kenneth Bollhardt White Prado Fewbie 7th @Stav Red Wrangler Fewbie 8th     @Desert Dweller Red Wrangler Advisor Sweep Marjyan, @Jeepie, will lead Convoy 2 (two) and will be using Radio ch. 4 Convoy 2 is as follows:  Driver Car Rank Position Convoy 2 RADIO Ch. 4   @Jeepie Green Wrangler Expert Lead @Pacific Wrangler Intermediate 2nd Lead @Enrico Biscaro White Pajero (SWB) Fewbie 3rd @Santoso Marjuki Blue Wrangler Fewbie 4th @Danish Mohammad White Pajero (SWB) Intermediate CF @munkybizness White Patrol Fewbie 6th     @Gilbert Khalil Black FJ Fewbie 7th @Rawad Blue Patrol Fewbie + 8th @Janarthan Grey Xterra Expert Sweep  See you all tomorrow 😎 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marwan Haddad Posted September 25, 2021 Report Share Posted September 25, 2021 I am really sorry , but I won’t be able to make it.. my apologies 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis mantecon Posted September 25, 2021 Report Share Posted September 25, 2021 Me neither, in the end today is impossible to me. Sorry about that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeepie Posted September 25, 2021 Report Share Posted September 25, 2021 @Pacific @Enrico Biscaro @Santoso Marjuki @Danish Mohammad @munkybizness @Rawad @Janarthan Beautiful hard sand today, and that made for good and relatively easy practicing of ridge riding and criss crossing. Especially in the virgin dunes we found before crossing Pink Rock and even climbing Pink Rock was a piece of cake. A nice small convoy also meant that we could start moving quickly again after the odd refusals and reattempts. It was nice to be able to see most of you most of the time, After Pink Rock we found some more fun, but there were quite a few tracks around making it a little softer and a bit more challenging. Lots of other vehicles also meant finding an alternative track sometimes, but we slowly made our way to the big dune next to Big Red. To my surprise it was really busy and after an overheating car and daylight slowly disappearing, I decided it was better to start making our way to Big Red and play there a little (close to the exit) So we could exit at any time. Great teamwork from everyone, good convoy discipline and great support from @Danish Mohammad and @Janarthanmeant that @munkybizness pop out was dealt with very quickly. @Pacific you were handling the second lead position perfectly and you redirected well whenever needed. @Enrico Biscaro I love that you keep trying and you must have learnt the most today. You were doing fine and it is perfectly normal to have a few refusals. (No digging or rope needed, in fact the only time a rope came out was for a senior😉) So you recovered yourself , and that means you got the most out of today. @Santoso Marjuki you were doing fine. The only thing I would like to ask you, is to acknowledge on the radio that you understood what the lead or support are saying to you. @munkybizness driving very nicely as far as I could see and apart from the pop out no other issues that I can think of. @Rawad keeping cool (finding shade in the desert😃) and very calm. You did a perfect (supervised) rope recovery. Well done! @Janarthan always good to know you are keeping us safe and together. I thoroughly enjoyed myself today and I hope you did too. Pictures posted in the gallery    @Gilbert Khalil we missed you  3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert Khalil Posted September 25, 2021 Report Share Posted September 25, 2021 @Jeepie we will always have next week! 🙃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Foxtrot Oscar Posted September 25, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted September 25, 2021 Drive Report Well that was a whole ball of fabulous! Fewbie? Really? As we arrived at the meet point we could see that the rains had visited the area. We started out in the nice playful dunes that allowed us to ready ourselves for what lay ahead. We meandered through without issues, finally arriving at Pink Rock. The entire convoy coped wonderfully. The sand was so forgiving, it was hard and compact from the rains, and having watched the convoy execute criss-crossing and handling the steep ascent to the top of Pink Rock it was clear that I could increase the level and the pace. The route from Pink Rock to Big Red is a dream area for a Fewbie level drive, those dunes allow us to practice manoeuvring around sweeping bowls and crossing into others, they’re low, and wide so they’re more  forgiving. But they didn’t need to be as for the first two hours of the drive we didn’t have a single refusal. We pushed on at a really good pace and entered the steeper dunes just before Big Red, we climbed and swept over and the refusals came, one by one. To be honest it was only to be expected as the sand churned at the back and we encountered the Kamikaze Tour Jeeps. These were the only other vehicles we saw until I saw the round lights of @jeepie winking at me from across the dune. We moved on to Big Red and attacked it from the back end, our ascent to the top halted by a ‘gram’ thirsty lady having a photo shoot. I think she distracted a couple in the convoy as we had another couple of refusals. I wanted to see the Sunset  from the top , so we descended and swept around to climb the beast from the ‘road side’. Again. the steep climb in the churned up sand proved too much for some but we all got there in the end and enjoyed the setting sun from the top of Big Red. I pointed out the end point and famously said that we wouldn’t have any difficulties getting back down, that was until I decided to drive into a deep , sticky pocket. It was a bit of a pickle but I was soon out. @Desert Dweller re routed the convoy to a more suitable descent and we all ended up on the tarmac at exactly 6:30pm. I can’t begin to say how impressed I was with everyone on the drive. I mentioned that the sand was forgiving, but the dunes still had to be navigated. @Bernard Kalaani – you had a great drive, kept with the pace and had zero issues. Likewise @Naim Aoun and when you consider you had only has 2 or 3 Fewbie drives prior to this then you did incredibly well. @JamesThorn @Kenneth Bollhardt@Stav, all had the task of climbing up dunes in the churned sand, you had one or two refusals but nothing major and to be expected on these dunes. Great drives, well done. Many thanks to my support team today, @PaoloMaraziti for a great 2nd lead, always leaving enough distance and communicating well. @Lawrence_Chehimi who anchored everything for me in the middle, and @Desert Dweller for sweeping up at the back, That we only had to get the shovel out once for the entire drive speaks volumes re the high standard of driving. Thank you all so much for listening to instructions and communicating well. It makes leading a convoy so much easier.  Lastly, thanks for indulging me, I asked you to step it up and by goodness did you deliver, Until our next adventure 7 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naim Aoun Posted September 26, 2021 Report Share Posted September 26, 2021 Fantastic drive indeed @Foxtrot Oscar. My poor guest got more than what he signed up for; but he truly enjoyed it.. The last climb took us by surprise; we thought we were done when we saw the tarmac and suddenly we found ourselves climbing like crazy; this is where we got a bucket load of sand go throw the windows as we were literally over a ridge, I had to maneuver it almost blindly. Thanks Miss @Lawrence_Chehimi for the water; needed for the eye rinse... I was one of the drivers distracted by the photo shoot; well how couldn't you? My co-pilot was saying, she is scantily dressed; so shy from being the pope, I had to look My fewbie drives are getting more and more exciting as if the organizer is stepping them up for me on purpose.. See you in 2 weekends inchallah.. Till then; keep bashing... 2 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naim Aoun Posted September 26, 2021 Report Share Posted September 26, 2021 (edited) Â Â Â @Bernard Kalaani Edited September 26, 2021 by Naim Aoun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danish Mohammad Posted September 26, 2021 Report Share Posted September 26, 2021 Dear @Jeepie thank you so much for this nice drive and we all really appreciate your support in accepting this second convoy from @Foxtrot Oscar  Our second lead @Pacific a good listener and well driving by keeping safe distance @Enrico Biscaro driving in sand is a fun and refusals are a part of learning and you did a good job man by doing all self recoveries @Santoso Marjuki a little to work on angle of approach to avoid fish tail and more active on radio. @munkybizness nicely keeping an eye on front car activity and taking correct action to do slight change if required @Rawad nice driving, good to see a great change. AND finally at our sweep @Janarthan its our pleasure to have you in our Convoy and keeping eye on all of us to be safe and enjoy. Appreciate the help, support and patience got from every member. Thanks to everyone for joining this Convoy. Stay Safe ... See you in next drive               4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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