Eggs in Basket Game 6.0
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Miss D
- Intermediate
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[quote=Solmaz;39604]Thanks to all marshals, participants and audience for this fun and challenging event. @Agalon has already said most of what i have in my mind a few posts back.
I used Oruxmaps to navigate since we don't have a dedicated GPS device yet. It worked well until the third point. After that i had to manually select the next checkpoint. That cost me some time. My last two points were around the tricky part with higher and steep dunes. I had few near stucks in the bowls while searching for the infamous point 5. (Thanks @Miss D for the last minute tip which helped me a lot :P) One time i've noticed i wasn't fast enough to past a crest and i stopped just a second before i got stuck at the top. I backed up, gained some speed and voila!! I finished 5th with the 4th rank.
Congrats to all winners and participants!!!! Thanks to @Duli family for yummy BBQ. Special thanks to @Abu Tareq for sharing his extra t-shirt with Duru. I was so busy preparing for the challenge, i totally forgot about bringing something warm for her.
@alshamsi_m, once you mentioned that we had to earn the orange t-shirt, does this counts :P
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aaawww thats sweet of u to mention me.... ur an FJ girl and so was i! Glad my tips could help you... see you soon... take care :want !:
I used Oruxmaps to navigate since we don't have a dedicated GPS device yet. It worked well until the third point. After that i had to manually select the next checkpoint. That cost me some time. My last two points were around the tricky part with higher and steep dunes. I had few near stucks in the bowls while searching for the infamous point 5. (Thanks @Miss D for the last minute tip which helped me a lot :P) One time i've noticed i wasn't fast enough to past a crest and i stopped just a second before i got stuck at the top. I backed up, gained some speed and voila!! I finished 5th with the 4th rank.
Congrats to all winners and participants!!!! Thanks to @Duli family for yummy BBQ. Special thanks to @Abu Tareq for sharing his extra t-shirt with Duru. I was so busy preparing for the challenge, i totally forgot about bringing something warm for her.
@alshamsi_m, once you mentioned that we had to earn the orange t-shirt, does this counts :P
[IMG]http://www.almost4x4.com/vb/attachment. ... 2222&stc=1[/IMG]
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aaawww thats sweet of u to mention me.... ur an FJ girl and so was i! Glad my tips could help you... see you soon... take care :want !:
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Miss D
- Intermediate
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- Joined: Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:02 am
Hello Almosters....
Well what can i say.... its just amazing to see this family grow and get bigger and bigger day by day.... i feel so proud that im part of this beautiful big family :)
Was glad to meet my old buddies and met some lovely new people too :)
Thanks to Duli and family for the yummy food :)
For all that you dont know me... i was the girl in the small nissan sweeping your convoy after Khatib from eppco to the start point ;)
Inshallah soon once i get an FJ back in hands... you shall see more of me in sand...
Big thanks to Shamsi, Khatib, Abu Jimmy, Bu Tariq, Rashid Jazz & Hanai.... was a pleasure catching up wid u after a long time....
Love you all :in love:
Well what can i say.... its just amazing to see this family grow and get bigger and bigger day by day.... i feel so proud that im part of this beautiful big family :)
Was glad to meet my old buddies and met some lovely new people too :)
Thanks to Duli and family for the yummy food :)
For all that you dont know me... i was the girl in the small nissan sweeping your convoy after Khatib from eppco to the start point ;)
Inshallah soon once i get an FJ back in hands... you shall see more of me in sand...
Big thanks to Shamsi, Khatib, Abu Jimmy, Bu Tariq, Rashid Jazz & Hanai.... was a pleasure catching up wid u after a long time....
Love you all :in love:
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caprihorse
- Golden Member
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- Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
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[quote=surf;39610]Dear All ,
It was a pleasure meeting each one of u during d event :)
I started off at position no10 and was nervous as i had lost touch with d dunes fo sumtime .. i kept saying to myself slow n steady .. started off good in the start , couple of check points and then the tricky dunes began .. at one point i had everything in d car elevated and so was d egg lol .. hard landings n a few self recovery stucks gt me more anxious to reach the next check point .. i was on my last check point and i kinda lost my way from the gps and unfortunately had a pop out ! tht was the end of it .. one step closer and i would have been hme but nevertheless it was an awesum experience .. I thank the marshals and ever brilliant Bu Salem who have been very patient with me and supportive since 2010 .. i promise i will try to be more regular with the club henceforth :)
well , here is a drivers point of view of the experience i had :) enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MQJA9ykaBE[/quote]
Well done, nice video. I think that you learned a lot. Do you have still all wheels and bumpers in place?
It was a pleasure meeting each one of u during d event :)
I started off at position no10 and was nervous as i had lost touch with d dunes fo sumtime .. i kept saying to myself slow n steady .. started off good in the start , couple of check points and then the tricky dunes began .. at one point i had everything in d car elevated and so was d egg lol .. hard landings n a few self recovery stucks gt me more anxious to reach the next check point .. i was on my last check point and i kinda lost my way from the gps and unfortunately had a pop out ! tht was the end of it .. one step closer and i would have been hme but nevertheless it was an awesum experience .. I thank the marshals and ever brilliant Bu Salem who have been very patient with me and supportive since 2010 .. i promise i will try to be more regular with the club henceforth :)
well , here is a drivers point of view of the experience i had :) enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MQJA9ykaBE[/quote]
Well done, nice video. I think that you learned a lot. Do you have still all wheels and bumpers in place?
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Mark B
- Golden Member
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- Joined: Sun Mar 23, 2014 10:50 am
Eggs in Basket Game 6.0.
It was scary, it was exhilarating.
It was exhausting, it was satisfying.
It was testing. It was educational.
It was above all, an amazing day!
So nervous leading up to the start time. So did not want to mess up. So….. I got stuck at the start line. For proof, contact Al Shamsi by PM for photos. Me, the Wrangler and Montana 600 rocketed over the start line (after being tugged off the crest), headed out to the first check point. It was challenging looking for a track and watching the GPS at the same time. The Wrangler picked up a front bumper blemish at the bottom of the second dune face (oh well, had to happen sometime), but got to the first check point. Got the sticker then travelling to the second check point I had to read the GPS backwards. It was like driving sitting backwards looking through a mirror. After getting the hang of it, made pretty good time with the next 4 check points, except for a quick tour of the fort (who put a fort in our challenge). No time for sightseeing so off up and over and back on the track. Collected my last sticker and then ran into my old nemesis THE CREST!!!! The dune reached up and grabbed onto my undercarriage and held me fast. After my battle with the dune crest monster, and having lost so much time, I took the lazy track back to the finish. Finished, dead tired, sand in every crook and cranny and relieved.
Thanks marshals for the day.
Thanks challengers, time keepers, observers and audience.
Congrats to Rita for a stunning victory. As you report in poetry, I will honour you with a short tribute in prose.
Of the line, Rita roared
Through the bowl with the JK floored
From way point to way point she shook each hand.
Then off again in a cloud of sand.
Five stickers on her sheet and her egg intact
The time keeper recorded her time exact.
Congratulations [MENTION=9136]margarita[/MENTION].
Mark
It was scary, it was exhilarating.
It was exhausting, it was satisfying.
It was testing. It was educational.
It was above all, an amazing day!
So nervous leading up to the start time. So did not want to mess up. So….. I got stuck at the start line. For proof, contact Al Shamsi by PM for photos. Me, the Wrangler and Montana 600 rocketed over the start line (after being tugged off the crest), headed out to the first check point. It was challenging looking for a track and watching the GPS at the same time. The Wrangler picked up a front bumper blemish at the bottom of the second dune face (oh well, had to happen sometime), but got to the first check point. Got the sticker then travelling to the second check point I had to read the GPS backwards. It was like driving sitting backwards looking through a mirror. After getting the hang of it, made pretty good time with the next 4 check points, except for a quick tour of the fort (who put a fort in our challenge). No time for sightseeing so off up and over and back on the track. Collected my last sticker and then ran into my old nemesis THE CREST!!!! The dune reached up and grabbed onto my undercarriage and held me fast. After my battle with the dune crest monster, and having lost so much time, I took the lazy track back to the finish. Finished, dead tired, sand in every crook and cranny and relieved.
Thanks marshals for the day.
Thanks challengers, time keepers, observers and audience.
Congrats to Rita for a stunning victory. As you report in poetry, I will honour you with a short tribute in prose.
Of the line, Rita roared
Through the bowl with the JK floored
From way point to way point she shook each hand.
Then off again in a cloud of sand.
Five stickers on her sheet and her egg intact
The time keeper recorded her time exact.
Congratulations [MENTION=9136]margarita[/MENTION].
Mark
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surf
- Newbie
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- Joined: Wed Nov 17, 2010 7:23 pm
[quote=caprihorse;39613]Well done, nice video. I think that you learned a lot. Do you have still all wheels and bumpers in place?[/quote]
Hello Capri
Thank u :)
Lol yes everything still fine :) . Did get a small Crack on d bumper but all is good ! It was a good experience and did learn a lot .. hopefully will do better in future drives :)
Hello Capri
Thank u :)
Lol yes everything still fine :) . Did get a small Crack on d bumper but all is good ! It was a good experience and did learn a lot .. hopefully will do better in future drives :)
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bijubs
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- Joined: Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:14 pm
[quote=surf;39610]Dear All ,
It was a pleasure meeting each one of u during d event :)
I started off at position no10 and was nervous as i had lost touch with d dunes fo sumtime .. i kept saying to myself slow n steady .. started off good in the start , couple of check points and then the tricky dunes began .. at one point i had everything in d car elevated and so was d egg lol .. hard landings n a few self recovery stucks gt me more anxious to reach the next check point .. i was on my last check point and i kinda lost my way from the gps and unfortunately had a pop out ! tht was the end of it .. one step closer and i would have been hme but nevertheless it was an awesum experience .. I thank the marshals and ever brilliant Bu Salem who have been very patient with me and supportive since 2010 .. i promise i will try to be more regular with the club henceforth :)
well , here is a drivers point of view of the experience i had :) enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MQJA9ykaBE[/quote]
[MENTION=982]surf[/MENTION] :- enjoyed your driving man ... , i watched as a movie ... unfortunately a tragedy pop out !!!! thrilled watching your driving.. nice catchup movie..
It was a pleasure meeting each one of u during d event :)
I started off at position no10 and was nervous as i had lost touch with d dunes fo sumtime .. i kept saying to myself slow n steady .. started off good in the start , couple of check points and then the tricky dunes began .. at one point i had everything in d car elevated and so was d egg lol .. hard landings n a few self recovery stucks gt me more anxious to reach the next check point .. i was on my last check point and i kinda lost my way from the gps and unfortunately had a pop out ! tht was the end of it .. one step closer and i would have been hme but nevertheless it was an awesum experience .. I thank the marshals and ever brilliant Bu Salem who have been very patient with me and supportive since 2010 .. i promise i will try to be more regular with the club henceforth :)
well , here is a drivers point of view of the experience i had :) enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MQJA9ykaBE[/quote]
[MENTION=982]surf[/MENTION] :- enjoyed your driving man ... , i watched as a movie ... unfortunately a tragedy pop out !!!! thrilled watching your driving.. nice catchup movie..
