The drive stared a bit late as the initial meeting point was overcrowded due to a cycle race. We took a loop to go to usual meeting point of Bab Al Shams and from there we started towards the long range dunes of Al Qudra. After a few minutes of fast driving on those dunes we stated towards Ghantoot and…
It started where my previous drive ended, at Nahil, Abu Dhabi. I was centre froward in this drive. While the drive stated a bit slowly in the morning soon we passed though an interesting technical patch. Soon the lead was crested and I had to pull him out. We then reached the Gafteen Bowl and had a few rounds. we…
This was an exciting drive from start to finish and tested the drivers for their technical skills in the deserts of Sweihan. I was at the end of the convoy and was like now I am going to be stuck now I am going to stuck, all the while. I did get stuck at one time when I tried to…
It was slightly foggy morning on that Sunday and after a few long-range dunes we ventured into an extremely technical area and obviously it quickly followed by a stuck situation. We recovered from it and played a little more in the long-range dunes of Faqa again and ventured towards Little Sweihan in the Sabkha, briefly touching triple digit speeds. When…
Thanks to the Lead for a truly Intermediate drive. It was an Excellent terrain and tested the skills of everyone at this level. Some minor refusals here and there but everyone drove with commendable spirit. A small convoy helped me a lot on my puny Jeep at the back, but sad to see all the dropouts. The technical terrain in the…
Previously I was on the fence about buying an action-cam for recording drives. I already had a Sony FDR 3000 4K, but I rarely used it. Dashcam footage from my 70mai seemed good enough. However, dashcam footage just accumulated, having stored 100+ drives footage on my NAS and I did nothing except edit a couple of drives which involved removing…
Some new faces, some old. Since there were some Absolute Newbies in the drive the lead mixed the drive to cater to freshers as well as others who had some more experience. Till the first half of the drive it seemed to me that it was a Newbie- and during the break I said so much as well. I guess…
In a support role for a newbie drive at Al Qudra. These days there is no more Absolute Newbie Drives and first time drivers seems to be being added to the newbie drives directly. It went from one a week to once every two weeks to none at all. I was at the center forward, and realized I have a…