dune jockey

Extreme fish tailing and fighting gravity - one of the common causes for roll over

@Nabil Bishara and @Mukundan Nair I will add you to the drive (stretch to 12 considering some late drop outs ) as I suppose you dont have RSVP on any drives for weekend. Kindly confirm , if you have any other drive then I will not add. @Tero Vallas and @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ you are on waitlist still (considering 2nd drive request) , but I will let you know as soon as there are any drop outs. Thanks

@Francois Germishuys and @Ahab Shamaa thanks for informing. Would have been great to ride with you as I was excited too considering it was the first time we would drive together at IM ( great to see how you both have been driving and progressing with cheers), but I am happy you both have a confirmed full day drive on Friday. Have fun, see you soon Waitlist - First drive 1. Nabil 2. Mukundan Wait List - 2nd drive 1. Muhammad Kashaf razaq 2. Tero

Waitlist - First drive 1. Nabil 2. Mukundan 3. Francois ( But I think you got a confirmed drive with Ale) Wait List - 2nd drive 1. Ahab Shamaa 2. Muhammad Kashaf Razaq 3. Tero

Trip Report I would try my best to match the fantastic description by @Mohamed Seidam. We did arrive in time and prepped, with a short-ish convoy things looked much simpler and after a quick brief we started at Murquab Driving through the terrain from Murquab to Faqa via some tight dunes at start later on through a dirt track for few min , we made it to the Northern side of unknown road in Faqa where we generally start our drives. This terrain tested our ability to get in and out of smaller bowls with soft sand, but you all did extremely well. Especially at the back as sand was getting churned up. We drove across the tarmac avoiding the fence and had a break under a tree. Quite impressive how you all were very aware of not leaving any trash - even a cigarette bud which is technically non biodegradable. Thanks to @Alexander Alcala for reminding this. Then we headed across another tight patch of dunes , taking a slightly straight route crossing up and down baby dunes, which looked simpler at this level, but as you all remember these were the dunes where we crested as newbie and fewbie. Once on to the long range "honeymoon" dunes which Faqa ( and Lisaili) offers we did every thing at fast pace - slope, climbs, ridge riding, and criss crossing. Some of the ridges we rode were as close to almost a Km long, and it was great sight to watch you all enjoy it. We played here , doing multiple long ridge rides and then headed towards Little Sweihan. Such was the intensity here that we all wished we could ride more in these dunes - some of which were untouched and pristine considering the offroad season. We reached Little sweihan on time as planned and played into and out of the white sand bowls which this area has to offer. As we were heading towards south Qudra , Alex car had some mechanical issue causing clunking and hence exited through a straight route towards solar park. Thank you @Alexander Alcala for a perfect second lead, as always your presence with the experience you bring along is amazing. Hope your car issue is sorted soon. @Mukundan Nair, @Tero Vallas, @Mohamed Seidam, @Kailas thank you for joining and driving wonderfully well. @Anand Nataraj you missed a wonderful drive, but hope your issue is sorted. @Yousef Alimadadi appreciate you sweeping the convoy and congratulation on being an advance member now, eager to be on your leads soon. In all we did 100 + Km of off roading , which included all aspects of desert driving - at a faster pace with a "spunk". This is indeed a testament to how well you all drove, with very few refusals and stucks. We all like this kind of off roading once in a while but bear in mind it takes a toll on your cars, so please keep them maintained. Well done everyone of you!

@Tero Vallas and @Nabil Bishara is this your 2nd drive for waitlist , please specify as the first drive waitlisters will get preference. This is our best possible way to accommodate as many friends on atleast one drive in a weekend ,if not as much when there are spaces available . Appreciate your understanding. @Ahab Shamaa, @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ, @Mukundan Nair @Francois Germishuys please check by Wednesday. I will try my best to accommodate as much from waitlist depending on the drop outs and update you all.

There is @Tero Vallas. Probably 7.10 pm rush 🤔

@Ahab Shamaa please post now, as officially waitlist starts after drive announcement at 7.10 pm

Agree the previous model had almost similar approach angles, but the black bumper especially on the sides in older model ,where it is not covered by bash plate is super malleable. Even if it hits something it kind of bends and snaps back in shape - blessing in disguise. Not sure if it's the same with new one which looks painted

Thanks for you nice words and I feel humbled you took my name among them there. It was indeed my first newbie drive after becoming a Marshal ( by hook or crook 🤣🤣) whereas all my previous leads have been at fewbie it intermediate. But it's great to hear you learning proper and safe off roading

It should be 255 mm I suppose. 255 cm is even higher than a bull dozer may be 🤣. New x terra main draw back supposedly has been the non availability of a V6 engine option. Probably will perform similar to a V4 fortuner once one is seen on sands 😔

@Goutam congratulations, well done

Congratulations, well done

Congratulations @Salarios, well done and well deserved

Great to see your enthusiasm when we met first time this friday@Thomas Varghese. Congratulations and well done

Congratulations @Abdul Rahman Abdul Kader, well done

Well done @Danish Mohammad. Congratulations

Well done new leads, cant wait to drive behind you 👍

Congratulations @Brette, with the Black stallion. Look forward to drive with you

Trip Report: At the outset I would like to thank every one ( @AlexPol, @rajeshkumar rathod, @Danish Mohammad, @frederic demolder, @Anish S, @Dodi Syahdar, @Thomas Varghese, @Abdul Rahman Abdul Kader and @Mahmoud Hamzawy).You all will be etched in my memory for being members of my first newbie lead with Carnity(independent). It was indeed a pleasant experience , though I had some butterflies at the beginning as I have regularly done fast paced drives more often than not with more experienced drivers. I was up for the challenge and how you all drove made my job simpler and easier though. I will slightly differ in my trip reports emphasizing more on what we learnt , as this is what is important at this level so that you learn and improvise to get to next level. Situation 1 - Stuck in a soft pocket One car got stuck in a soft pocket, apparently due to a refusal and when reversed. I would like to advised you all to follow the car in front of you and repeat the same path , approach and gas .While reversing out of refusals please make sure you don't reverse into pockets, if difficult in rear mirrors you can get out of our cars and assess the situation. Situation 2 - Side stuck on a slope Again when you are doing side sloping try to get the right approach and momentum. When losing momentum safest is to exit with gravity. This stuck is very crooked in a way because when you are on slip side you can build sand walls on the wheels towards the slope and ending in a nasty situation. Best is to shovel, clear the sand building on the side of tires, make channels in front or back for the car to use gravity and exit out. Yesterday the car was back heavy and we shovelled on the sides and made channels on rear wheels which got the car out easily. Situation 3 - Safe distance Always keep safe distance from the car in front of you. in tight technical dunes one has to keep a closer watch on the track as you might lose sight of the car in front. Well I hope I have given some information for you all to keep in mind , so that you all come prepared in a better way next time for the next challenge. All in all you all did wonderfully well even for some very new drivers like @rajeshkumar rathod. @AlexPol was wonderful as 2nd lead in his off-road supeready wrangler, @Anish S was as usual fantastic as center forward. I would like to congratulate you for your recent promotion to advance, definitely look forward for your leads. @Mahmoud Hamzawy was sweeping perfectly, Shukran Habibi. If anyone has completed required number of drives please apply for your promotion to next level, but remember it gets more involving and we appreciate you to learn and help others learn too as you progress. See you all soon, for another adventure in a safe manner.

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Well done @Ashok chaturvedi, glad to see you here. Get ready for more shovelling, tugging and supporting.

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