Morning Intermediate Desert Drive - Nahel - Abu Dhabi - 18 Jan 2024

[GauravSoni]

Well done dune surfers! 
@Alexanderrr @Gautam Banka @Mahmut @Cristian @waqar @Brett Eicher @Beide Worku @Mario Cornejo @Ishak

it was a beautiful morning with amazing drivers.. you drove impeccably with no stuck and I can remember only one refusal! The radio remained super silent.. with only confirmation of the convoy movement through the beautiful terrain. 

With a focussed briefing on safety , drive plan , As we started around 7 am, we had a minor issue with the Gautam’s Jeep electronics during lineup. It seemed that everything was ok in the next couple of minutes( it wasn’t) as we moved to the clean enticing dunes near the pac man farms. We kept riding the ridges as long as possible and switching over as frequently as we could.
Around 2 hour mark, the electronic issue in the jeep resurfaced. It seems the car had the traction ON and was having difficulty climbing forcing us to quickly get to the long gatch / unpaved road towards sweihan. We tried a short incursion on the technical dunes to see if the problem resolved , however we found the jeep stuck on ledge of a tight bowl. We tried the old tested trick of cold reboot which worked well l and we had the car back to normal. 

with only about an hour left, we quickly moved towards Nagra dunes, hitting any and all ridges , slip faces, tall climbs , cross crossing our way as we reached a packed Nagra dune. After making a few climbs from the back, we moved over to the front steep face where everyone tried to scale the dune left right and center with all tricks and techniques they could. 
As we started to exit, it was a great to see end to end smile on everyone’s faces with the dose of adrenaline.

Thanks @Alexanderrr for a brilliant 2nd lead..i seldom looked at my mirror. 
@Mario Cornejo sweep is where you seem most comfortable… it was an absolute pleasure to see you my friend! @Ishak for anchoring in the center and keep the convoy together. 
 

Highlight: It was chill to share a few cups of hot coffee and teas with stories from the past with the morning sun overlooking the mesmerizing terrain

I throughly enjoyed leading you all and looking forward for many more!

 

[Mahmut]

On 1/19/2025 at 11:35 AM, GauravSoni said:

Well done dune surfers! 
@Alexanderrr @Gautam Banka @Mahmut @Cristian @waqar @Brett Eicher @Beide Worku @Mario Cornejo @Ishak

it was a beautiful morning with amazing drivers.. you drove impeccably with no stuck and I can remember only one refusal! The radio remained super silent.. with only confirmation of the convoy movement through the beautiful terrain. 

With a focussed briefing on safety , drive plan , As we started around 7 am, we had a minor issue with the Gautam’s Jeep electronics during lineup. It seemed that everything was ok in the next couple of minutes( it wasn’t) as we moved to the clean enticing dunes near the pac man farms. We kept riding the ridges as long as possible and switching over as frequently as we could.
Around 2 hour mark, the electronic issue in the jeep resurfaced. It seems the car had the traction ON and was having difficulty climbing forcing us to quickly get to the long gatch / unpaved road towards sweihan. We tried a short incursion on the technical dunes to see if the problem resolved , however we found the jeep stuck on ledge of a tight bowl. We tried the old tested trick of cold reboot which worked well l and we had the car back to normal. 

with only about an hour left, we quickly moved towards Nagra dunes, hitting any and all ridges , slip faces, tall climbs , cross crossing our way as we reached a packed Nagra dune. After making a few climbs from the back, we moved over to the front steep face where everyone tried to scale the dune left right and center with all tricks and techniques they could. 
As we started to exit, it was a great to see end to end smile on everyone’s faces with the dose of adrenaline.

Thanks @Alexanderrr for a brilliant 2nd lead..i seldom looked at my mirror. 
@Mario Cornejo sweep is where you seem most comfortable… it was an absolute pleasure to see you my friend! @Ishak for anchoring in the center and keep the convoy together. 
 

Highlight: It was chill to share a few cups of hot coffee and teas with stories from the past with the morning sun overlooking the mesmerizing terrain

I throughly enjoyed leading you all and looking forward for many more!

 

Gaurav, 

It was great drive thanks to you and support team. 

I added all pictures on google photo if any interested to download. Once video from camera uploaded google photo I will share that also. 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/ykSZsaK5eVujzJYZ7