Trip Report

Basic Training 1

A near perfect morning with the sunrise to greet us and the sound of deflating tires we could feel that todays was going to be the start of something exciting.

For offroad enthusiasts living in Dubai and the Northern Emirates, driving in Abu Dhabi is always a treat. The thrill of “where eagles dare” was heightened by the fact that none of the Juniors on this trip had ever driven in this area before.

OFFROAD DISCOVERY

As the sun was rising on what be an exceptional day of learning, expending knowledge and fun driving this new discovery group arrived and made them selves comfortable.

Sand hopper

Sand hopper got off to a slightly delayed start due to our GPS apps not recognizing the meeting point as being off the main road. This led to most of the drivers having to travel an additional 10 km to make a loop around.

Vida loca

Vida loca even though it started at noon, the temperature was nice and sunny. After our sweeper did the safety briefing, we started to move to warmup.

Blitzkrieg Bop

Blitzkrieg Bop started with 16 degrees of temperature. I was a nice and cold morning. After our safety briefing, we started to move towards our warmup area.

Basic Training 6

Earlier in the week the weather had lashed the dunes with rain and high winds which would give our trainees on Basic Training 6 drive a different feel in familiar sands.

Danger zone

The dunes around Nahel looked deceptively dry and soft considering that the area had receive a fair amount of rainfall prior to our arrival and during tire deflation.

Road Ranger

Road Ranger started as a nice gloomy morning, the rain showers started when we were deflating. We performed our safety briefing and we started moving towards our entry point.