SOLO BATS 8.0
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2020 7:17 pm
Hi All,
“SOLO BATS” One of the most hyped drive’s in our club and why shouldn’t it be!
Into the darkness, it’s just you, your driving skills, off-road lights & the GPS.
@Scorpio took the attendance and explained the rules of the game & the sequence of the drivers.
Once the drivers lined up, I checked the coordinates one last time in order to make sure that I have saved them rightly. The points were SB1 to SB6. Where SB1 & SB6 were the highest.
The sand storm, made the drive more challenging. It was very tricky to judge the nature of the crest but since we had signed up for the challenge so let it be. Everyone of us had the kind of attitude “come on! bring it on”
It was my first solo bat drive, I decided to take go easy mode until I reached SB2. After this I started to feel more confident and switched on the pedal to metal mode until SB3. The drive from SB3 to SB4 , there was also an easy long route behind the dunes but I decided to overcome few dunes side cresting over them, I crossed the first one easily, and while crossing over the 2nd one, I couldn’t get much space to maneuver and got bogged down due to very soft sand, thanks to the FJ magic buttons, I managed to self-recover and reached SB4. From here until SB5, I went full on sports mode, attacking those sand stormy dunes with a combination of straight and side cresting techniques. After reaching SB5, I stopped for some time, got down, took some fresh air, had some refreshments then headed towards SB6.
After reaching the final point, it brought that confident smile to my face. I enjoyed the adrenaline yet completed the route safely. I completed the route in around 45 minutes.
I would like to thank @Scorpio for organizing the drive.
& ofcourse a big thank you to all the marshals for your time, energy & training. You guys are awesome!
Its only because of you we are able to overcome such challenges.
until next time!
“SOLO BATS” One of the most hyped drive’s in our club and why shouldn’t it be!
Into the darkness, it’s just you, your driving skills, off-road lights & the GPS.
@Scorpio took the attendance and explained the rules of the game & the sequence of the drivers.
Once the drivers lined up, I checked the coordinates one last time in order to make sure that I have saved them rightly. The points were SB1 to SB6. Where SB1 & SB6 were the highest.
The sand storm, made the drive more challenging. It was very tricky to judge the nature of the crest but since we had signed up for the challenge so let it be. Everyone of us had the kind of attitude “come on! bring it on”
It was my first solo bat drive, I decided to take go easy mode until I reached SB2. After this I started to feel more confident and switched on the pedal to metal mode until SB3. The drive from SB3 to SB4 , there was also an easy long route behind the dunes but I decided to overcome few dunes side cresting over them, I crossed the first one easily, and while crossing over the 2nd one, I couldn’t get much space to maneuver and got bogged down due to very soft sand, thanks to the FJ magic buttons, I managed to self-recover and reached SB4. From here until SB5, I went full on sports mode, attacking those sand stormy dunes with a combination of straight and side cresting techniques. After reaching SB5, I stopped for some time, got down, took some fresh air, had some refreshments then headed towards SB6.
After reaching the final point, it brought that confident smile to my face. I enjoyed the adrenaline yet completed the route safely. I completed the route in around 45 minutes.
I would like to thank @Scorpio for organizing the drive.
& ofcourse a big thank you to all the marshals for your time, energy & training. You guys are awesome!
Its only because of you we are able to overcome such challenges.
until next time!