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Ashok chaturvedi

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  1. @Foxtrot Oscar thanks as always for an awesome drive today.. I am been in the near same area before but the wind swept dunes keep changing and some sections become a bit of challenge. We reached the pink rock and I for the first time saw an ancient almost man made stone wall near 500 mts long protruding in the sand and could be longer below. Would love to go back and take some fotos of this wall.. there were plenty of volcanic rocks and fossilised magma scattered around. The area appeared a fotographer paradise in the ignorance of Covid scare and foto shoots were happening and plenty of tourist on dune buggies.. we did have some stucks and retrieval. I enjoyed watching the white pajero @asifk near perched on a crest retrieve itself thanks to Angela talking him through.. what best lesson for all of us is never to panic and be calm rather not digging oneself @asifk we'll done. @Ahab Shamaa my dear friend always comes in play when needed. @Islam Soliman was doing the sweep and couple of times missed the tracks but a great comfort to have him behind us. My FJ actual floats and has from the day I brought it into the desert has never let me down. We did have some sort of radio trouble and the frequency was changed from 3 to 4 by Angela, my radio also behaved strangling. It was like holding a baby put it down and the squelch screams but hold it in hand it will stop. I am off on a 3 weeks break to India and shall miss the drives very much.. specially the anxious wait every Sunday for 7pm to press the button. Final here I do find myself under used by some trip leads.... regardless I enjoy all/any position in the convoy.
  2. @Foxtrot Oscar Saturday drive will be near last one this season as I am leaving for 3 weeks to India from coming Wednesday.
  3. @Foxtrot Oscar some rumours are there there were two mysterious outsiders who came to watch Vidooshi retrieval.. one was caught on my camera in red jeep... anyone else noticed.
  4. @Foxtrot Oscar many thanks for the last Tuesday drive it was planned to be short afternoon drive but turned out to afternoon to night time drive as everyone consented to the idea of extending the drive time. We have two early exits @Thomas Varghese had an engine heat up and @Gaurav Soni detected some vibration sound from the power steering and both for precautionary reason decided to exit the drive. I hope they did not have much of damage and can resume the drives ASAP. The desert becomes very scenic with the sunset and pleasant cool winds we saw very few Gazelles but no other animal life. This area to me is a perfect picnic spot and must be visited for it there some chatter between us on having a BBQ one night there (surely post Covid). Near the end we had one bad stuck and equally tough retrieval. Thanks @Ahab Shamaa mighty lights and with other we illuminated the area. @Islam Solimanas our consistent sweep and the rest drivers contributed as usual to the success of the drive under lead of our own superwoman. 60039807-64bb-474c-a6ff-8920c0094f48.MP4-1.mp4
  5. 16 hours after the first jab, I was on a IM convoy..... depends.... as prescribed by @Mohamed Seidam. I have completed my 2nd Jab a couple of weeks back with no symptoms... thankfully.
  6. Once again I wish to thank @Ale Vallecchi take us yet through another picturesque drive yesterday from Qudra to Ghantoot and return. We once again saw herds of Oryx and saw the alpha male always standing still and majesticalll watching our convoy pass through. I was in 2nd last position (11th) and the irony of this position is that any trip lead terrain alerts good or bad took a few minutes drive to reach me such was the length of the convoy. Also some sharp crest or bumps get iron out before reaching it @Ilya Golubinsky a very good driver otherwise had a mishap and the recovery took over an hour to get us back into drive, coming out of this there was plenty of learning for us all. Also a treat to watch how Ale directed the recovery operations and made it a superb team efforts overall. Naming few contributors @Foxtrot Oscar @Islam Soliman @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ @Mohamed Seidam and not to miss out @Ahab Shamaa not only succeeded in uprighting the car but fixed its pop put as well. What was the highlight as well was the self recovery of Dr Seidam and Islam (who came in to tug out the Dr's car stuck on the very soft tricky patch.
  7. Amazing @Wrangeld just loved your voice commands.
  8. @Thomas Varghese thank you so much for the foto please send t on my WhatsApp 0506442921
  9. @Thomas Varghese @Melenany please can you email or whataspp my pics in the Yellow FJ. My email is [email protected] and mobile 0506442921. Also thanks @Ale Vallecchi for choosing the new route safari.. for a change from seeing Gazelles and Camels we saw mostly Goats as free range wanderer. Also some sort of yellow squash/lemon fruits from shrubs wonder what they were. Surpringly we hardly had any stucks very few refusals in the early part of drive but later there were few mostly on ridges. @Gaurav There seem to some sort of phenomena (my view) in most drives that stucks and refusals happen mainly when driver reach the end of drive.. is it possible complacent or driver gets tired or in hurry to exit. Final comment Lower level drives I mean below IM have the same fun and thrills and are very good practice oppertunity to be 2nd lead, CF and sweep and must be given to all IM who participate in such drives.
  10. @Carnity my question is what is better to use flat fixed rope between three cars rather then any soft. So no tugs but pulling recovery as one may cascade (hit) into each other. Also what is best technique for a car in a ditch/hole to recover where the rope may have a hilly bend to come out if pulled and the towing car is on a downhill and cannot come to the edge.
  11. Thanks @Luca Palanca Falsini it was a great drive "Luca Safari" I prefer to call it.. what a treat to see heards of Gazelles so closely..There were some usual incidences to test our skills and few today haopened nothing serious at all. The morning did start with a minor channel issue as the channel 5 on 442 frequency is a reserve for Carnity and rarely used and my type of Motorola does not have it. My solution now is to buy a set of Baofeng UV5R for aed 70 as recommend by Frederic dear and keep it as my reserve. Again many thanks for resolving the channel issue. @Gaurav Soni @Junaid120120 @Jack Thomas @Tero Vallas @Anand Nataraj appreciate guys for a superb team work. Hope Anand dear has fixed his leaky tyre. See you soon..
  12. @Gaurav Soni thanks for the pic and for being a good drive buddy. @Foxtrot Oscar Angela you continue to amaze me with your leadership great stamina and knowledge of the desert. Except for the 2 popouts which were fixed in no time and one tug the drive was perfect combination of power and experience by all drivers. My yellow FJ colour was standing out amongst near all black cars. @Islam Soliman you always do well in your sweep position. The desert became so beautiful at the sun down....landscape looked well as... ocean waves frozen in time. The occasional gazelle sprinting around and camels herd added to the value for being in the desert.
  13. I quite agree that we should never venture out alone. I can narrate my personal experience yesterday opposite to Global Villege towards Emirates Road I took my dogs in my Pajero which had nothing on board as everything has been shifted to my FJ. The sandy and shrub area looked appealing and I ventured put only to be stuck in a sandy trail. Tried to deflate tyres with car key and used my hand amd a piece of wood to spade out nothing happened. Had to later call my wife from work to bring my loaded FJ to tug out the pajero. So learned my lesson not to venture out alone and never without gear and tools on board. These desert area look innocent and appealing but can become difficult and embarrassing to call for help.
  14. Dear sir/s I am looking for advice on using the GAIA app... I am ok using Android version but stuck how to launch a drive on my IPAD (Apple) can you help me by sharing some training clips... thanks Thanks @Ashok chaturvedi
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