Mehmet Volga

It was really fun; continuous high-tempo driving with only a few stucks and refusals. Thanks to leads @Jeepie @Ale Vallecchi @Brette @J J for excellent coordination and to all others ensuring such a smooth speedy drive! My tire pressure whooshed out; it was a new lesson for me with logical explanations and directions for recovery by @Brette and @Ale Vallecchi; Thank you both!

@Wrangeld please put me also on the wait list

That crested wrangler looks happy in being stuck there... Angle was wrong here but it would not a big problem if power was less... Same angle with a bit less power could do a safe crossing I think (not too less as that wrangler). Also, just before reaching to the top (see sec 0:19) it slightly turned steering to right and broke the balance of landing (did it to avoid from wrangler I think) After watching all these videos, I will more focus to "decrease" power. As seen here, soft sand can suddenly stop any momentum if approaching angle is high, so it shouldn't be underestimated...

This drive was a challenging start of my Fewbie, but I think difficult starts teaches more and quicker... The first shock for me was the sand; at the beginning I couldn't see high dunes like the ones in Pink Rock or Fossil Rock but it was like driving in the deep water! I experienced that even maximum power & speed doesn't work in such a soft ground so I felt my pajero much weaker than ever. Other than the drive, it is also strange to me how the desert is different in its each parcel. Pink rock, fossil rock, al qudra, solar park, ... they are all close to each other but very different in many aspects like plants, dune topography, geology, ... It is because wind regime maybe... Many thanks to leaders @Wrangeld @AKR @Jeepie @Brette ; this was very instructive drive for me to enter Fewbie under your great coordination. And of course @Gaurav, I believe you should also have a "superman" t-shirt like @Rahimdad ; Front towing, back towing, pop-out solution, cooling down pajeros, self-recovery directions, rerouting, face-mask warnings and desert jokes - this is too much for a natural person doing all at the same time! ... and I hope this is more enjoyable than gym saloons to lose calories. I am sure you have lost 2-3 kg in a couple of hours and are much more "fit" now...

@Wrangeld thank you for such a beneficial briefing. This one will be my first Fewbie drive and I'll try to keep all in my mind...

... and this is the distinguishing benefit of a drive with @Yousef Alimadadi

I had missed to join any fewbie drives this week but today's drive was like a fewbie already! Thanks to everybody for such a great time; of course to our leaders @Frederic @Jorge Stepniak Felippe @Wrangeld It is equally fun to read @Wrangeld's drive reports; always look forward to see it after each drive! Photos uploaded to gallery

@Ale Vallecchi can you put my name on the wait list for this drive please?

😀this is what I mean... so no more to say "slope-down" - it is "slope-landing" 😁

the issue is to fly with pajero so I look for wing modification 😁

So happy to have such a great news! I cannot wait to join new drives with you all! Thank you!

congrats @Yousef Alimadadi

congrats @Leo Francis

@Rahimdad leading drives are always full of fun, becomes easier and enjoyable to everyone with excellent guiding and help by @Vanessa8580 @Brette @Wrangeld. Thank you to you all! @Brette 's first stuck was because of me rather than his bad luck maybe. I tried "not to fly" this time and pushed it less but that part was definitely needing more momentum indeed. The rest of the trip was good to me because I was driving behind @Gregory Perkin this time! He was excellent in all and I always followed his track and copied his movements - made it all problem-free! So impressed with @Yousef Alimadadi's self-recoveries with rear-lock shows! At the slope, I thought it was a huge "stuck" and no way to take off even with shoveling - absolutely be towed! It was amazing to learn many tricks of such self-recoveries! See you next week!

lucky to have you on the drive @Yousef Alimadadi thank you!

@Yousef Alimadadi do you still have my "jumping" video? can you post it or send me via whatsapp no +90 538 246 95 59 ?

@Rahimdad @Brette thank you for your leading and efforts under 40 degree! ...and thank you to all for such a smooth and excited drive! See you all next drive!

thank you all for such a smooth drive. some scenes from the drive...

My pajero is "dark-gray" or "ash" indeed. But doesn't matter, it is close to black...