Falcon X
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 9:30 pm
Falcon X, unfinished business in Al Quaa area with Optimus.
April 2023 we visited this area with Optimus leading, very hot and soft sand where we all struggled and second tries were the theme. Optimus brought us back to the same chain but a bit further and non of us wanted to go out
Arrived earlier than #oralntsiv and played a bit before i reached the camp location, fixed my tent and settled in the camp MP.
Drivers started arriving one after another, chit chatting and camp stories continued till 11 pm when we all started heading toward our tents. Very pleasant and quite night with clear skies and shiny morning.
8:30 sharp we have the briefing and off we go, bowl after bowl, crest after crest after crest, magnificent area and extraordinary lead, in many maneuvers, Optimus avoided doing an easy but very nice crest made me frustrated for few seconds to find out that he seen a better one in the other side so sacrifice that one, same with many bowls, he did not go to medium and small ones and took us to those massive starfish dunes, oh god, that was mind blowing.
I remember my early intermediate time where making a single crest was an achievement, now 4-5 crests together is the minimum thanks to the learning and training done by our marshals
Lucky me, Optimus built-in radio seems not working and he was using the handheld which has limited coverage, yeah i heard the guys reporting many second tries and requesting to hold the convoy many times which Optimus seems did not hear and i acted dumb sorry guys.
Optimus did not approach these large bowls from one angel only, he made sure each and every wall and crest in each bowl is stamped with our tracks not once but in many cases twice.
At the end, we approached Scorpio U Turn dune, that where the adrenaline rush reached its maximum level. Few minutes after that, Optimus burned all the fuel he has, lets go out guys; nah, one last crest please, and that 30 minutes was a trip by it self, massive dunes next to the gate which no one can resist not to climb, three times if not more, to the last drop in Optimus car tank
Its a working day tomorrow and i do not know if i will find enough time during the week to create the video but i am sure the footage is amazing, stay tuned.
April 2023 we visited this area with Optimus leading, very hot and soft sand where we all struggled and second tries were the theme. Optimus brought us back to the same chain but a bit further and non of us wanted to go out
Arrived earlier than #oralntsiv and played a bit before i reached the camp location, fixed my tent and settled in the camp MP.
Drivers started arriving one after another, chit chatting and camp stories continued till 11 pm when we all started heading toward our tents. Very pleasant and quite night with clear skies and shiny morning.
8:30 sharp we have the briefing and off we go, bowl after bowl, crest after crest after crest, magnificent area and extraordinary lead, in many maneuvers, Optimus avoided doing an easy but very nice crest made me frustrated for few seconds to find out that he seen a better one in the other side so sacrifice that one, same with many bowls, he did not go to medium and small ones and took us to those massive starfish dunes, oh god, that was mind blowing.
I remember my early intermediate time where making a single crest was an achievement, now 4-5 crests together is the minimum thanks to the learning and training done by our marshals
Lucky me, Optimus built-in radio seems not working and he was using the handheld which has limited coverage, yeah i heard the guys reporting many second tries and requesting to hold the convoy many times which Optimus seems did not hear and i acted dumb sorry guys.
Optimus did not approach these large bowls from one angel only, he made sure each and every wall and crest in each bowl is stamped with our tracks not once but in many cases twice.
At the end, we approached Scorpio U Turn dune, that where the adrenaline rush reached its maximum level. Few minutes after that, Optimus burned all the fuel he has, lets go out guys; nah, one last crest please, and that 30 minutes was a trip by it self, massive dunes next to the gate which no one can resist not to climb, three times if not more, to the last drop in Optimus car tank
Its a working day tomorrow and i do not know if i will find enough time during the week to create the video but i am sure the footage is amazing, stay tuned.