Infinity & Beyond Liwa
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 11:39 am
Hello All,
We had the wind storm,
We had the rain,
We had those flying dunes from one place to another,
We had 2 tyre cuts,
We had one pop-out with valve damage,
We had 2 crested cars,
We had 2 cars stuck in soft sand,
But…...we had 2 FOUNDERS AND 2 MARSHALS with us and there was nothing to worry about yuush
Me, [mention]Rashidjass[/mention] and [mention]Shahs[/mention] (joined as a passenger) reached to the last fuel station together where we met with 8 other almosters. From there, we drove to the meeting point as a road convoy and then [mention]alshamsi_m[/mention] conducted the briefing and told the convoy sequence. We had a total of 16 cars in the convoy and Bu Salem was leading, [mention]Issa[/mention] was the 2nd lead, [mention]Johanna[/mention] was placed in the middle of the convoy for reinforcement and I was to sweep the convoy. Rashidjass, [mention]Booy[/mention] and [mention]alshamsi[/mention] were floating around the convoy.
Even though the weather was challenging but we stick to the original plan to cover 120km of distance. The drive started off in a warm up style and gradually picked up the pace. Liwa, even in normal circumstances, is already unpredictable and in such a weather it was double the usual challenge on fire . Bu Salem had the plan and determination to challenge those dunes and he crafted the terrain accordingly. We enjoyed more than 6 hours of Liwa experience and the package included visiting the Yellow Truck (last night when I slept I had a dream that the yellow truck is actually drivable and someone drove it out after we left from there :lol: :lol: ).
As I was sweeping therefore, had the chance to play a little at the back of the convoy; making bigger arches, side sloping on dunes and doing some other fun was possible. During the drive, we reached to a nice high climb and Bu Salem made the track and allowed Inters and above to try it. I never like to miss out on such opportunities to enjoy the adrenaline and to test the learnt skills so far. On reaching to the top there was a crest and it was a sharp one with a ditch on the other side. We had to avoid the ditch, take a loop and had to come back to the crest and park the car nose down. It was fun thumbsup
We had some really soft areas that we went through during the drive and Bu Salem advised to make the distance bigger. I believe it was a good experience for all. I think during this drive the radio communication was good but could have been better. At the newbie level, my humble advise is that you learn and apply those basics principles as much as possible as this is the time when you build your base. Learn the proper technique and learn your car attitude, and the extra car power and all those different car mods that you fantasize about should be secondary. Trust on your abilities, challenge your limits and don’t stop to learn from your experiences. On couple of occasions, I saw people fighting the gravity in rush of crossing a dune or going to the other side of the dune; please don’t do that. There is no hurry; there is no issue trying to attempt multiple times but do it properly as you learn from it and will improve gradually.
There was a nice big wall that we came across and it looked like a usual wall with one bump at the start up. When I went towards it, my car took the bump a little too seriously I think ORLY , as after the bump when the car landed I got my left rear tyre side wall cut from inside wtfsmilie . I was approaching the side wall from right to left and just felt that the left rear tire has lost the traction after that bump. Bu Salem radioed me instantaneously that may be I have a pop-out or tire cut and hence I came down immediately. After reaching the flat ground, I saw that the tire did not have a pop-out and is still on the rim but it’s completely flat and I thought that it leaked the air due to some valve issue but after inspection it was found out that the inner side wall is having a big tear you're kidding, right . I had cut the tyre but fortunately, the spare one was in perfect condition so, everyone just jumped in to replace the tyre.
You won’t believe that I did not remove even a single nut and the job was done; imagine there was so much support available. I would like to sincerely thank each and every one for their assistance and highly appreciate their concern in love . Having a tire cut and replacing it with the spare one is an experience that does not come very easily :lol: ; we had some lucky batch of newbies with us who got that experience that day thumbsup .
This was the second tire that was lost in this drive. Before this, Rashidjass also got his tire cut and me, Shahs, [mention]Yankee doodle[/mention] got it replaced. MEGATRON loves LAVA… thumbsup :lol: :lol:
It was past 1600 hours on the clock and we had completed nearly 110km playingsmiley when Bu Salem called it a day and took us out to the exit safe and sound. We could have continued further as the sun sets after 1830 nowadays but, the next day was a regular working day for most of us so, I think it was a wise decision by the Founder. It was a memorable drive and although I lost a tyre but went back happy and satisfied.
Hope to see you soon in the sand….Until then take care!
Cheers 8-)
We had the wind storm,
We had the rain,
We had those flying dunes from one place to another,
We had 2 tyre cuts,
We had one pop-out with valve damage,
We had 2 crested cars,
We had 2 cars stuck in soft sand,
But…...we had 2 FOUNDERS AND 2 MARSHALS with us and there was nothing to worry about yuush
Me, [mention]Rashidjass[/mention] and [mention]Shahs[/mention] (joined as a passenger) reached to the last fuel station together where we met with 8 other almosters. From there, we drove to the meeting point as a road convoy and then [mention]alshamsi_m[/mention] conducted the briefing and told the convoy sequence. We had a total of 16 cars in the convoy and Bu Salem was leading, [mention]Issa[/mention] was the 2nd lead, [mention]Johanna[/mention] was placed in the middle of the convoy for reinforcement and I was to sweep the convoy. Rashidjass, [mention]Booy[/mention] and [mention]alshamsi[/mention] were floating around the convoy.
Even though the weather was challenging but we stick to the original plan to cover 120km of distance. The drive started off in a warm up style and gradually picked up the pace. Liwa, even in normal circumstances, is already unpredictable and in such a weather it was double the usual challenge on fire . Bu Salem had the plan and determination to challenge those dunes and he crafted the terrain accordingly. We enjoyed more than 6 hours of Liwa experience and the package included visiting the Yellow Truck (last night when I slept I had a dream that the yellow truck is actually drivable and someone drove it out after we left from there :lol: :lol: ).
As I was sweeping therefore, had the chance to play a little at the back of the convoy; making bigger arches, side sloping on dunes and doing some other fun was possible. During the drive, we reached to a nice high climb and Bu Salem made the track and allowed Inters and above to try it. I never like to miss out on such opportunities to enjoy the adrenaline and to test the learnt skills so far. On reaching to the top there was a crest and it was a sharp one with a ditch on the other side. We had to avoid the ditch, take a loop and had to come back to the crest and park the car nose down. It was fun thumbsup
We had some really soft areas that we went through during the drive and Bu Salem advised to make the distance bigger. I believe it was a good experience for all. I think during this drive the radio communication was good but could have been better. At the newbie level, my humble advise is that you learn and apply those basics principles as much as possible as this is the time when you build your base. Learn the proper technique and learn your car attitude, and the extra car power and all those different car mods that you fantasize about should be secondary. Trust on your abilities, challenge your limits and don’t stop to learn from your experiences. On couple of occasions, I saw people fighting the gravity in rush of crossing a dune or going to the other side of the dune; please don’t do that. There is no hurry; there is no issue trying to attempt multiple times but do it properly as you learn from it and will improve gradually.
There was a nice big wall that we came across and it looked like a usual wall with one bump at the start up. When I went towards it, my car took the bump a little too seriously I think ORLY , as after the bump when the car landed I got my left rear tyre side wall cut from inside wtfsmilie . I was approaching the side wall from right to left and just felt that the left rear tire has lost the traction after that bump. Bu Salem radioed me instantaneously that may be I have a pop-out or tire cut and hence I came down immediately. After reaching the flat ground, I saw that the tire did not have a pop-out and is still on the rim but it’s completely flat and I thought that it leaked the air due to some valve issue but after inspection it was found out that the inner side wall is having a big tear you're kidding, right . I had cut the tyre but fortunately, the spare one was in perfect condition so, everyone just jumped in to replace the tyre.
You won’t believe that I did not remove even a single nut and the job was done; imagine there was so much support available. I would like to sincerely thank each and every one for their assistance and highly appreciate their concern in love . Having a tire cut and replacing it with the spare one is an experience that does not come very easily :lol: ; we had some lucky batch of newbies with us who got that experience that day thumbsup .
This was the second tire that was lost in this drive. Before this, Rashidjass also got his tire cut and me, Shahs, [mention]Yankee doodle[/mention] got it replaced. MEGATRON loves LAVA… thumbsup :lol: :lol:
It was past 1600 hours on the clock and we had completed nearly 110km playingsmiley when Bu Salem called it a day and took us out to the exit safe and sound. We could have continued further as the sun sets after 1830 nowadays but, the next day was a regular working day for most of us so, I think it was a wise decision by the Founder. It was a memorable drive and although I lost a tyre but went back happy and satisfied.
Hope to see you soon in the sand….Until then take care!
Cheers 8-)
