dune jockey

Thanks @Warren Flay for your feedback. You were never a rookie , but in fact when I discussed with Hisham I was sure about your driving skills . Of course I remember how beautifully you did a self recovery from a nasty side stuck in a pocket situation- if I am not wrong at Yahar. From there , to how you drove yesterday in almost a super tight technical challenge - awesome 👏. Yea the Baja racing on the sabkhas was something to do to make up for the extra long technical route I took 🤪

Trip Report TEAM SALUKI @Srikumar after a quick analysis and discussion with the whole team Saluki and especially with @Hisham Masaad we decided a route which was waypoints 4-5-4-3-2-1 . personally I felt a bit super challenged driving through to waypoint 5 as I had to caution some of my team members to be extremely careful. I humbly apologize if was a bit too vocal about it. As we were enroute to 4, I realized 5 was just beside and we all circled it and the went ahead to 4. Not to boast of ourselves but till we reached waypoint 4 , we had only one refusal if I remember correctly, this instilled huge confidence in me with my team that I can make the toughest technical from waypoint 4 to 3 ( although we had discussed we will backtrack to 4 and then go to 3). Honestly I made a silly mistake that I over shot waypoint 5 by about 100 to 200 m because my Gaia zoom was set at 500 m, only to realize when @Hisham Masaad told me I went past. We looped back there to make a circle and then proceeded to 3 . I chose a longer route compared to the champs ( @Wrangeld , mentioned R in the screenshot below ) as in the screen shot of the tracks below I believe this was the clincher for the champions lead by @Wrangeld, @Mario Cornejo, @Ruan van den Heever, @Bernard Kalaani and @M.Seidam. They chose a well planned shorter track from waypoint 4 to 3. But I would feel absolutely proud of my team Saluki - @Anoop Nair for being a perfect 2nd lead in a super tight split second decisions making area. @Warren Flay for being flawless - no refusal and no stuck , simply awesome. @Matt.T For great enthusiasm in the only one rope recovery we had to make it faster. @Hisham Masaad for being a perfect co-navigator to remind me of the areas I was entering and the waypoints. Of course reminding me to forget side sloping, ridge riding and cross crossing which came naturally to me once team Saluki came out of tight suffocating technical dunes. Really proud we came runners up , with 2 or 3 refusals (mainly by me) and one tug . Special thanks to whole @Carnityteam, crew ( @Gaurav @Srikumar @Frederic), all leads ( @Kailas @Ale Vallecchi @Wrangeld @Lorenzo Candelpergher @Jeepie) and support ( @Tbone @Asif Hussain @Anish S @Rizwanm2 & others if I missed any) 🙏

Whatever @varunmehndiratta; as a convoy routine we were bundled up betweeen @Wrangeldas lead and @Jeepieas sweep. Great to see everyone’s enthusiasm, in a area which is a test of your tolerance, maneuverability, communication, compliance and improvisation. Awesome 👏

@Wrangeldlead team 6 with @Mario Cornejo , @Bernard Kalaani, @Ruan van den Heever and @M.Seidam. congratulations 🎊

Dear team saluki @Anoop Nair, @Warren Flay, @Matt.T and @Hisham Masaad we will arrange our convoy on the spot. We will use channel 3 for coms and Radio channel 5 will be our back up if there is a lot of interference. See you all tomorrow @Gaurav can you update the meeting point in the drive thread first post and calendar. Easy for morning starters . Thanks

Thank you so much @Hisham Masaad

Absolutely love your humor and attitude @Zed. Daijobu: Ogenkides 🤣

Congratulations @Salim Akhtar

Well done @JeromeFJ. Wonderful how you have progressed in no time

Bring on your A game @Ben84. Welcome to the nest level and congratulations

I see you leading very soon dear @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil. Wonderful journey you are enjoying. Well done and now is the time to pass on all the experiences

Great to see you here @varunmehndiratta. Well done buddy

Vow @Karthikeyan Govindarajan, FB+ for AD guys is almost equivalent to IM. Well done, remember once upon a time you used to get crested 🤣. Those are all happy memories now. Well done

Well done @Ruan van den Heever, time to supercharge your Jeep 🤣

Does it work well when the refrigerant is filled and then the cooling reduced over few days?

@Batuhan Kulac thanks for the appreciation and welcome back after a gap. With the G , you are bringing your best skills (great to see how you have progressed)with it which makes it even more envious for all in the convoy. As @Zed mentioned I tried my best to get you into a situation to make use of the three lockers , but probably another time 😜🤣 @Zed your enthusiasm and energy to come all the way from Abu Dhabi for a weekday drive and enjoy is commendable. From my Newbie days, and the time we drove together it has been a pleasure to have you. Well done

@Matt.T hopefully will plan more weekday drives , to make the best out of the cool weather @Hisham Masaad your initial part leading the drive into the sunset was awesome. Not a single hesitation which was beautiful. Well done dear @M.Seidam thanks for letting me drive your X. Even though same car as I drive, yours is much well maintained and smooth. That’s why the drive was smoooooth