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Hi @Gaurav I used to underestimate self recovery, but after the session I learned that about 90% of it can be accomplished by self recovery. All of the points raised today regarding safety and discipline are highly praiseworthy, as you and the other marshals have proven in each and every drive @Frederic thank you for the sharing your experience it is always pleasure having you around Thank you @ASAD.for the snacks,it was great catching up with rest of the support team,looking forward to be driving with you guyz in the sand soon.

Thanks @Frederic for joining and supporting a great mission to restart the old training session. Thanks, everyone for your wholehearted participation and I love it when I have been bombarded with tons of questions at every step. It tells me clearly that you all have seen enough and reciprocating with real-life scenarios than just textbook responses. Off-roading is like an ocean and none of us can ever finish learning, it's an ongoing process, and that's what excites all of us. The core idea of support team training is to really show you all the tip of the iceberg, and let each one of you explore beneath the surface by applying these skillsets on regular basis. So more you apply, the more you will learn and practice these skills to be a more confident off-roader than just a pedal-pusher. In true off-roading spirit, I would rate the skill of self-recovery much higher than scaling daredevil heights (often misunderstood). Simply because when you have the capability to save yourself from any/all stuck scenario it opens a new chapter in off-roading that enables you to really start exploring without any fears, doubts or boundaries.

@Gaurav This was an excellent afternoon's learning, we really do not know what we do not know and sharing of tips and tricks like this not only helps us learn but enables us to be better at supporting the leads, ensuring the safety of others in the convoy and lastly gives us the confidence to apply what we have learnt. Thanks for the fantastic lead @Frederic, I do think you need to practice getting stuck more To the rest of the support group @Simon D @ASAD. @Rob S @Waqas Parvez @Dodi Syahdar @Varun Mehndiratta @Lawrence_Chehimi @DP1011 , Deepak wrangler @Looper as always was a pleasure getting together, chatting, sharing experiences and getting to know you all better - invaluable experience. a special thanks to @Waqas Parvez& @ASAD. for the snacks they were very welcome and enjoyable @Rob S lets not mention the football hope you had a great night anyway.. And a special shout out to @Lawrence_Chehimi for allowing us to practice our newfound skillset See you all in the sand very soon

Thanks @Gaurav and @Frederic for this super informative "course" session! My key takeaways were break the resistance, types of tugs, and right technic of shovelling, apart from many others you shared yday:) And as u rightly said, with this we should be able to help self and others on recovering with minimal efforts🤞Then intensity of interest was clearly reflected with the extended session and none of us realised it was 8pm:) it was great to catch up all and thanks @Waqas Parvez for the snacks🙌🏼.

Dear Friends Jaro Tuzinsky @Jaro Tuzinsky Gregory @Gregory Glenn W @Glenn W Daniel Rodas @Daniel Rodas Mohamad Anwer @Mohamad Anwer Pranjal Varsani1 @Pranjal Varsani1 Udit S @Udit S Ignacio Quindós @Ignacio Quindós Bjoern @Bjoern Yaseen87 @Yaseen87 and will be supporting this drive in the middle and the tail @Fabien Monleau and @Davie Chase please make sure to check on your required gear as per rank . your radios are fully charged and set to carnity channel 1 ( no gear or radio = no drive ) see you all this afternoon sharp at 13:30 Inshallah or bit earlier the better Drive RSVP is closed now .please find below the convoy order

Thanks @Gaurav and @Frederic for the lovely highly informative session today - Thrill is not in just letting the things flow, it’s about enjoying the nature while respecting the challenges it brings with it and managing those challenges with open eyes. Thanks all for actively participating and making it an immersive experience. Special thanks to @DP1011 , Deepak wrangler for letting me hop in and providing me with my first off road experience as a passenger.

Some images from today. Thank you @M.Seidamfor the amazing experience.

Thanks again @Gaurav and @Frederic for organizing this training. @Gaurav u Cleared so many misconceptions for me personally and im sure for others as well. I had first hand experience of applying those learnings this morning when i got crested right from the centre horizontally, bt like u guys said shovel is the best friend and breaking the resistance always works. Good to see all the supports, was great fun learning, shoveling and joking together.

Agree with @Gaurav this is the session when we learn this . Nice and smooth 👇

Waw breath taking snaps . Please put the in the gallery. Yeah it was a very enjoyable afternoon today . Thanks for the amazing photos and the stuck clip 😉 I wished my friend but next time inshallah

What a wonderful drive this morning @GauravSoni faced pace full of adrenaline, cant think of many who would make a pajero scream that much 😅. @Waqas Parvez thank you being the SL, had to be someone special to keep up with Gaurav's pace, fantastic job. @Mario Cornejo thank you for making sure the convoy remained intact. @Ashutosh Garg @Haitham Khattab @Amr Aydin @Imteeaz @Senthil Kumar @Anoop Nair @Zed great driving guys was an absolute pleasure, we had a near perfect drive until the very end when we had a couple of pop-outs. @Ashutosh Garg you did great especially for your first intermediate drive, im sure you will get used to the pace as you drive more at this level. @Zed good to see you back in the sands my friend. PS: @GauravSoni like mario said, we definitely need Part-2 of this series.

@GauravSoni there must be a part 2 of this drive! Thanks for hosting a drive in Sweihan, overall we had a great drive, good pace, clean lines, challenges, and then there is the Nagra dune, which we enjoyed so much. @ASAD. and @Waqas Parvez thank you for your support throughout the drive. @Haitham Khattab @Imteeaz @Amr Aydin @Ashutosh Garg @Senthil Kumar @Anoop Nair @Zed, it was a pleasure driving with all of you! I've left some pictures in the gallery, hope you enjoy them! Have a great week and hope we meet soon.

Thanks @M.Seidam and @Brette for organizing this drive. It was nice and enjoyable with ur help and guidance. I have really enjoyed the drive and got the chance to meet old fellas @Nathan, @Nadeem Ansari, @MikeSpillane, and the rst of the other drivers. Looking forward to see u all again on sand with more drive challenges. BR, Ahmad

Ahmad Nerat @Ahmad Nerat Theo09 @Theo09 MohamedSherif @MohamedSherif Juan R @Juan R MikeSpillane @MikeSpillane Nathan @Nathan Nadeem Ansari @Nadeem Ansari Olly Bones @Olly Bones Brett Eicher @Brett Eicher Tharun Kumar V @Tharun Kumar V waw what a wonderful ride today we did . It has been for a while since I came to visit pink rock 🪨. Every one did more than great and it was a pleasure meeting you guys for the first time. Special thanks to @Brette for allowing me to take the lead today and for him watching our back at the tail of the convoy. I have added some pictures in gallery and below a relive of our journey hope you enjoy. cheers

Hej all, this was another great drive! Thank you @M.Seidam for choosing and lading of this trip. @Fabien Monleau and @Davie Chase without your support of our convoy we would not feel comfortable. @Mohamad Anwer @Glenn W @Udit S @Pranjal Varsani1 @Bjoern @Yaseen87@Gregory@Daniel Rodas @Ignacio Quindós all you drove fantastically. It was relaxing and dynamic driving due to your perfect skills. Enjoy the end of this year and welcome the new one.

Great Clip!

Thank you for leading us and squeezing in this ride at the last minute to compensate for Friday. Very much enjoyed the ride and the company. Hope to see you all soon again great video !

cause is simple, downshifting from 2nd 4k rpm without reducing speech will reach above 7k rpm on 1st gear I dont know the max rpm 3.8 engine can handle, but that is definitely beyond red line and not safe for the engine, and gear box doesnt allow it to happen. This applies to all AT cars I suppose, at least on AT pathfinder prado FJ that I know The reason why you asking is to know how to climb higher, I am sure @GauravSoni can give you good answer on this. Seen he doing some wonders in Quaa with 3.8 What I do is I pull maximum speed on 2nd gear that the terrain and suspension allow me to before climbing, and this speed must be well beyongd 4k rpm (maximum torque on engine) and floor the pedal to climb. Otherwise floor the hell out of 1st from start,