Mike M.

@Luke K P “Chance favors the prepared” and today we will be very lucky 😀

Congrats @Abhishek Chikara!! Well done!

Congrats @Suneedh Wrangler! Enjoy the new level with whatever it brings as growth.

@Davie Smooth_Operator Though we didn’t share many drives, it’s been a pleasure to be part of your convoys. Your off-roading spirit shines through brightly! All the best with the move and the road ahead—may it be smooth tracks and good company, wherever you land buddy. Hope our paths cross again!”

Thanks for a great drive @Emanuel! Great start of the weekend. At a personal level, I was very happy to be part of your drive partner, looking forward for many more!

Very interesting topic @Gaurav, I strongly believe, and you will hear me mention this everytime I get the chance, that this is a mental hobby before being a physical hobby. Every move, every attempt, every crossing is overcome mentally before even touching the gas pedal. In order to elaborate more pragmatically, I would divide it into outcomes and enablers. The outcome is the mental state of the driver that envisions a successful crossing of the obstacle(s), before the actual attempt. The enablers are the variables and the factors that impact the outcome. I’ll give some examples of the enablers that impact the outcome to elaborate: - A familiar terrain would reduce the heightened mental state and might cause the driver to be complacent due to familiarity - Solo driving on the other hand causes the driver to be in a “Do or Die” mindset because he has no safety net (mind you that solo driving usually means more conservative driving but the logic holds) - Fatigue, whether due to a sleepless night or long driving will impact the outcome and cause the driver not to achieve the expected outcome - Overconfidence, getting creative, or any action mid-maneuver will cause a stuck. The objective for all drivers is to be clear that you need to execute what you intended to do. Any changes to the plan, mid-execution, will cause a stuck and sometimes more dangerous outcomes as well. To summarize: the objective in off-roading is to constantly PLAN IT, ENVISION IT, EXECUTE IT. Every single thing in off-roading goes under those 3 phases, whether it is a single maneuver, a 4-hour drive or a 4-day trip. Once a variable hits any outcome of those 3 phases, you get the negative results of that phase, in the case of your topic, the scenario is a maneuver and it is impacting the EXECUTE IT phase, which results in a stuck. Hope this makes sense folks or else I can get a whiteboard to the desert next time

Congrats @Frans M! Enjoy your new level!

Hi doc, room for one more ? @M.Seidam

Well deserved @Luke K P! Congrats !

Thanks @J-P L. Appreciate the encouraging words and hope to see you on the sand !

Thanks @Emanuel. Definitely looking forward to pick your brains not only for the LL sessions but what lies ahead! We should make a drive in winter time that ends with a campfire at the end for these stories and then some! I appreciate your words of encouragement and I am looking forward to supporting you on your drives as i didnt get a chance to see you and the WR in the lead position yet. Hope to be seeing you and supporting you soon my friend!

Looking forward as well, I am sure it will be a fun ride no doubt!! Well deserved mate! Thanks @Emanuel, it has been a while my friend. Hope to see you sometime soon!