Morning Fewbie Desert Drive - Tawi Nizwa - Sharjah - 06 Jan 2024

[JeromeFJ]

Thank you @Simon D for a great drive yesterday morning. The drive was well prepared, and nicely executed.the first portion from Tawi Nizwa, out of the beaten tracks was really enjoyable for a start, and the pace was perfect for a warm up for the whole convoy. Higher dunes were tempting, but the soft sand made it difficult for the back of the convoy and you reasonably decided to turn back in direction to Pink Rock.

Despite the cross tracks we could enjoy a few high climbs, well executed by everyone in the convoy, according to the capabilities of their cars. 
During the break we noticed one man waving at us close to his car. We reached him with @Simon D. It was a lonely unexperimented driver, who tried to follow our convoy for a few dunes…. And got crested. After a quick pull, and some recommendations, we put him back on an easy track and could continue the drive.

Simon took us across the Pink Rock and we were going up and down on the back side when the second incident occurred. A motorised paraglider came quite low over us and was intending to cross the mountain when it missed the summit ridge by a few meters and hit the ground. Simon took @Mahmut as passenger and could reach him first. @Robk was already halfway and courageously continued to climb by foot. I reached them immediately after. We checked on the guy who appeared to be globally ok, apart from a pain in the knee and ankle on one leg. He could stand so carefully we helped him to Simon's car to bring him down. Mahmut helped folding the wing and put it in my car, and we were left with the propeller, big thing weighting 30 kg, to be kept upwards to avoid leaking fuel. Luckily Rob's Gladiator was already half way in the slope. We carried the propeller down to the truck and strapped it at the back. The guy was still doing ok, and wanted to reach his car parked in Badayer, so we decided to keep him with us, and Simon adjusted his planned route accordingly.

The rest of the drive was a nice stroll through the dunes, quietly reaching the big dune behind Big Red where we started to climb until the convoy got scattered between two soft bowls with other convoys crossing around. @Simon D skilfully put the convoy back in order, and we reached the exit close to Big Red.

Excellent lead and management of the convoy from @Simon D, congratulations! 

@Mahmut well done through the drive. You struggled crossing some slip faces but it will improve as you get sync with your car.

@Feras_Sh well managed also. The Pajero was under powered compared to the rest of the convoy and you had 2 passengers, but you did your best, and went through most challenges.

@Robk well done with the Gladiator. You have good control of your car, continue to enjoy !

@Ben Lee no issue at all, the Jeep went easily through the dunes and climbs. Unfortunately considering the different situations, you did not have the opportunity to take all the challenges, it will be for next time.

@Ranjan Das, great support in guiding other cars when need, alway a pleasure to have you in the convoy.

Thank you all for the great support and participation in the different recoveries of this eventful drive !

[Robk]

20 hours ago, JeromeFJ said:

Thank you @Simon D for a great drive yesterday morning. The drive was well prepared, and nicely executed.the first portion from Tawi Nizwa, out of the beaten tracks was really enjoyable for a start, and the pace was perfect for a warm up for the whole convoy. Higher dunes were tempting, but the soft sand made it difficult for the back of the convoy and you reasonably decided to turn back in direction to Pink Rock.

Despite the cross tracks we could enjoy a few high climbs, well executed by everyone in the convoy, according to the capabilities of their cars. 
During the break we noticed one man waving at us close to his car. We reached him with @Simon D. It was a lonely unexperimented driver, who tried to follow our convoy for a few dunes…. And got crested. After a quick pull, and some recommendations, we put him back on an easy track and could continue the drive.

Simon took us across the Pink Rock and we were going up and down on the back side when the second incident occurred. A motorised paraglider came quite low over us and was intending to cross the mountain when it missed the summit ridge by a few meters and hit the ground. Simon took @Mahmut as passenger and could reach him first. @Robk was already halfway and courageously continued to climb by foot. I reached them immediately after. We checked on the guy who appeared to be globally ok, apart from a pain in the knee and ankle on one leg. He could stand so carefully we helped him to Simon's car to bring him down. Mahmut helped folding the wing and put it in my car, and we were left with the propeller, big thing weighting 30 kg, to be kept upwards to avoid leaking fuel. Luckily Rob's Gladiator was already half way in the slope. We carried the propeller down to the truck and strapped it at the back. The guy was still doing ok, and wanted to reach his car parked in Badayer, so we decided to keep him with us, and Simon adjusted his planned route accordingly.

The rest of the drive was a nice stroll through the dunes, quietly reaching the big dune behind Big Red where we started to climb until the convoy got scattered between two soft bowls with other convoys crossing around. @Simon D skilfully put the convoy back in order, and we reached the exit close to Big Red.

Excellent lead and management of the convoy from @Simon D, congratulations! 

@Mahmut well done through the drive. You struggled crossing some slip faces but it will improve as you get sync with your car.

@Feras_Sh well managed also. The Pajero was under powered compared to the rest of the convoy and you had 2 passengers, but you did your best, and went through most challenges.

@Robk well done with the Gladiator. You have good control of your car, continue to enjoy !

@Ben Lee no issue at all, the Jeep went easily through the dunes and climbs. Unfortunately considering the different situations, you did not have the opportunity to take all the challenges, it will be for next time.

@Ranjan Das, great support in guiding other cars when need, alway a pleasure to have you in the convoy.

Thank you all for the great support and participation in the different recoveries of this eventful drive !

Thanks all yes was a great drive, albeit the incident with the paraglider. 

@Simon D any update from your end on the health of Louay?

[Ahmed Farouk]

It seams I missed an interesting drive , hope all enjoyed and exited safely, please share your captures