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CARLOSS
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Hi Everyone,
Another masterpiece drive performed by @Rashidjass fully supported by a strong combination of 1 Founder, 4 Marshals, 2 Explorers and 1 Advance. I don’t believe that our interm colleagues have ever driven with such magnificent supporting team. Good for them!
We got started in Sweihan and finished in Al Ain (Old Lady dune) so we did two amazing chains with minor interruptions and good flow with two major challenges:
- Temperature, which put the engines up to the limit with 1 or 2 cars overheating
and most, if not all drivers, to insane sweating.
- Lack of proper visibility driving with the sun in our backs and a sort of foggy air due to high humidity
. I tried with both sun and normal glasses and still I could not see anything clear…Rashid has Terminator’s eyes 
, I guess.
Still, our master managed to deliver a seamless lines with beautiful switches and a couple of big dunes challenges with many second tries.
Playground was good considering current situation of most of them with decent amount of bushes and ditches. Clearly, this track is in my agenda for future drives.
A piece of advice for our interm colleagues
: Don’t be shy and pls call for second tries on the radio, it is for your own and convoy’s sake and there is no same on it.
For finalizing, just to point out that we started on time and finished on time too so excellent time management, and we all hit the road sound & safe and with a smile in our faces.
I cannot wait for the next adventure…
See you then
Carlos
Another masterpiece drive performed by @Rashidjass fully supported by a strong combination of 1 Founder, 4 Marshals, 2 Explorers and 1 Advance. I don’t believe that our interm colleagues have ever driven with such magnificent supporting team. Good for them!
We got started in Sweihan and finished in Al Ain (Old Lady dune) so we did two amazing chains with minor interruptions and good flow with two major challenges:
- Temperature, which put the engines up to the limit with 1 or 2 cars overheating
and most, if not all drivers, to insane sweating. - Lack of proper visibility driving with the sun in our backs and a sort of foggy air due to high humidity
. I tried with both sun and normal glasses and still I could not see anything clear…Rashid has Terminator’s eyes , I guess.Still, our master managed to deliver a seamless lines with beautiful switches and a couple of big dunes challenges with many second tries.
Playground was good considering current situation of most of them with decent amount of bushes and ditches. Clearly, this track is in my agenda for future drives.
A piece of advice for our interm colleagues
: Don’t be shy and pls call for second tries on the radio, it is for your own and convoy’s sake and there is no same on it.For finalizing, just to point out that we started on time and finished on time too so excellent time management, and we all hit the road sound & safe and with a smile in our faces.
I cannot wait for the next adventure…
See you then
Carlos
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orlantsev
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Hello all,
it was a heat inferno...i think those with luxury cars and dashboard thermometers reported 49 degrees. As all drivers were on time the start was prompt. During the briefing @Rashidjass highlighted that the last applications of last man standing rule were not very successful, and, therefore, drivers were asked to wait for clear from the car in front.
My temperature gauge was exploding already in the 1st chain of dunes. If you cannot find momentum to stay in higher gears the game over. I knew I just needed to survive 1st hour and hope for temperature to drop. And it did... during the the second half of the drive the focus was more on the dunes than the dashboard.
Luckily, there was not pop-outs or stucks which could have been very difficult to handle in this weather.
I have been driving for too long to need to bring an extra pair of "brown" pants, but this got a totally new meaning - my tshirt and shorts were wet from sweat from just sitting in the car and occasionally getting out for tire check or small break.
it was a heat inferno...i think those with luxury cars and dashboard thermometers reported 49 degrees. As all drivers were on time the start was prompt. During the briefing @Rashidjass highlighted that the last applications of last man standing rule were not very successful, and, therefore, drivers were asked to wait for clear from the car in front.
My temperature gauge was exploding already in the 1st chain of dunes. If you cannot find momentum to stay in higher gears the game over. I knew I just needed to survive 1st hour and hope for temperature to drop. And it did... during the the second half of the drive the focus was more on the dunes than the dashboard.
Luckily, there was not pop-outs or stucks which could have been very difficult to handle in this weather.
I have been driving for too long to need to bring an extra pair of "brown" pants, but this got a totally new meaning - my tshirt and shorts were wet from sweat from just sitting in the car and occasionally getting out for tire check or small break.
