Morning Fewbie Desert Drive - Planet Arrakis: The Way of the Fremen (Faya to Sweihan) - Abu Dhabi - 11 Jan 2025

[_luke_]

Just now, Benje_Junior said:

Dear @Yurybel this is a different user that goes by the name “Yuri” your in the convoy list above. See you tomorrow! 

lol u beat me to it 😅

@Benje_Junior

[Mohit Gurnani]

Need to drop out for tomorrow sorry- have a great one 

[_luke_]

Thanks for a really fun morning @Ale Vallecchi and @Benje_Junior... What a way to start the weekend!

 

First off, great job on the lead, drive felt like we were following a seasoned veteran.

Everyone drove really well and in control today. The sand was somewhat challenging with hard layer then soft sand underneath,. Really had to keep that momentum going and follow the lines carefully.

Quite a collection of bone specimens at the fox den and surprised to see an intact lamb head!?

We covered nearly 65km in 3 hours 40... With quite a few breaks. Really fast pace from the convoy with AVG speed of 28kph!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend

[Amr J]

Luke summed it up nicely. Expertly led and well driven by everyone, in fantastic terrain.  

 

[Amr J]

 

[Benje_Junior]

Dear Desert Dwellers @Luke K P, @Bjoern, @Abhishek Chikara, @Jessica Lambert, @Amr J, @Aser. @Andreas Riis, @Alexanderrr, @Michael asir, @Yurybel I just want to thank you for joining my 2nd lead; I hope you all enjoyed the drive as much as I did. Everyone drove absolutely incredibly which was fantastic to see considering damp conditions we encountered, even considering this by the end of the drive we brought up the pace and everyone could match the speeds required so well done to everyone especially the Fewbies that got a different taste of speed and environmental conditions during this drive. 

@Ale Vallecchi much appreciated lad thank you for allowing me to lead your drive and for the tips, as well as you're amazing second lead I knew I could feel reassured that you would take the smoother line when needed. 

My support team @Bjoern and @Luke K P Brilliant support guys I was glad you guys were in the back sorting any refusals which could allow me to concentrate on leading, unfortunately @Bjoern we couldn't witness your winch fixing a popout 😄

 

Till next time guys, hope you all enjoyed the rest of your weekend see you all on the next one 💪 

Edited January 13, 2025 by Benje_Junior

[Abhishek Chikara]

Thanks very much for the drive @Benje_Junior, @Ale Vallecchi, @Bjoern and @Luke K P.

Enjoyed every bit of it - the lead, route, pace, time (8 am is great :)) and the last part with higher speeds was simply fantastic!!

Thanks again @Luke K P for your guidance during the refusals – the one with the slope was scary to me but you made it very easy.

Have a good week!

Edited January 13, 2025 by Abhishek Chikara