Desert Wild
Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 9:56 am
Dear all,
This is gonna be my first Trip Report and its high time that I do one. So, here it goes this way:
The trip started with Greetings :047: to/from the members who were present at the meeting point while I reached at 3:20pm. The whole fun went upto 8:30pm in the evening, was still not enough and didn’t want to leave the sweet people out there.
Firstly, at the meeting point, members were split into 3 convoys as Club members, Newbies and Intermediates respectively. We newbies being 7 cars + 2 marshals proceeded towards the deflation point. At the deflation point we were delayed by 15 mins as the Marshals had to rescue a Non-Club member who was kinda stuck and had to deflate the tires. This was really kind of our Marshals, after which, we straight away took off our toys into the desert, swinging away the dunes off like no one could stop us…for about an hour. Then we stop at Pink Rock for a smoke break, where the Intermediate driver cum Crew-Geni comes up to us to share Pizzas and garlic breads. It was really nice of her..Thanks Geni…from there on, we again start driving-away the dunes in opposite direction heading towards the starting point. The whole experience was far-fetched. Once we reached the starting point, we turned back and entered the desert for second round of drive.
The second round started off happily but after a kilometer or so…Two of our members cars were kinda stuck…but not really..however, had to pull it off to continue further. So, Shamsi comes to rescue a member and was successful after a lil hick ups out there…mean while, from no where, a non-club member shows up with his Prado and he gets stuck too in the bowl.. by claiming he wanted to help our 2nd member who was stuck. Now, since he was claiming this way and was with his family.. the Big hearted and sweet Father Mr. Shamsi proceeds to rescue them first, but happened to park it in 30 degree angle :011:where the front part of the Prado was at the edge of dune facing upward direction peeping at the desert:038:. Then, Abu Jimmy joins with his Goldy to pull the prado off but somehow was not happening. Then, tried out with Armin’s Silverado and were still unsuccessful. So, leaving the prado there for a while Shamsi proceeds to rescue our 2nd member and now, guess what,,,,,,he happened to park this car in 45degree angle:011: where, just the nose of the car is at the edge of dune facing upward direction looking at the blue sky and counting stars:054:.
Further, Shamsi goes back to rescue prado which took some time to sort it. However, this was one of knowledgable experience to all of us as Newbies. Anyways, meanwhile our dude Arminjune proceeds to pull our 2nd member’s car and stop that car from counting stars. He was successful in doing it and did an amazing job out there with his powerhorse. It was worth-a-watch scene..... now coming back to Mr. Shamsi, he thought it might take some more time in rescuing the prado and realizing the fact that we have no enough time to proceed further with the drive, he tells Abu Jimmy to take us to the dropoff zone/starting point and all of a sudden tells me “BOB..YOU WILL SWEEP”…. For a moment, I was all boggled and thought may be he said it by mistake but he actually meant it. This opportunity was for quite a small distance only, however, realizing the fact that this is just my 4th drive and being given a oppurtunity is a good sign:045:. So, I walk up to my Jeep with happiness and confidence but still w/o believing the instance completely,,,while..Abu Jimmy walks up to me and says, Bob- we have 7 cars in the convoy..so.take care and then I was like…..WOW…adding a feather to my cap I walked up to my car and all pepped up to do the given job.. but my unfortunate was that, Shamsi just amazingly rescued the prado which supposedly he guessed it would take more time. Then, he says on radio that,all of us are good to go now…lets move. So, I missed my given oppurtunity:012:.
Finally, we head to the drop off zone. Upon reaching this spot, Shamsi invites us to the Chit chat campaign:031:…which was supposedly the BBQ place as decided before.. So, we all proceed to meet our older drivers at the chit chat zone which was just opposite the Big Red dune.
Everyone is chatting and some of them sharing few experiences and some of them selling Tire Valve stems in the desert:011:…went uptill 8:30, after which, some of us left and some of them were still there talking. On the whole, this was a great experience and looking forward for much more.
Thank you all the Marshals, Organizers and founders. Truly Happy to be with the club and all of you.
Finally, would like to share a few words to the person who is always kind and calm, treats every almoster with soo much of respect and making us all understand / realize that…..first as an Human Being and then as an Offroader-by teaching effective offroading skills.….Its none other than Mr. Shamsi…not the chinese one..please stay away…lolz:027:.
Mr. Shamsi….you are one of a kind person that I have met and you are a truly respectable Individual. Your Down-to-earth quality, respect towards the Human Nature, Level of Patience is just tooo goood…You are a good Human being and God bless you.
Last but not Least, yes, I shouldn’t forget to thank Miss D for making me join such a wonderful club where words are just not enough to talk about and this is after all just in 4 drives of mine with almost4x4.
Thank you D.
p.s. - Also, heard about the mtalel’s Incident. We felt really sorry for you but were very Happy that you are safe. Take care & Drive safe dude.
Note: the words above might not say it all. And so, no disrespect towards any Individual. Please notify me, if my heart has spilt out any words or sentence in a wrong way ;)
This is gonna be my first Trip Report and its high time that I do one. So, here it goes this way:
The trip started with Greetings :047: to/from the members who were present at the meeting point while I reached at 3:20pm. The whole fun went upto 8:30pm in the evening, was still not enough and didn’t want to leave the sweet people out there.
Firstly, at the meeting point, members were split into 3 convoys as Club members, Newbies and Intermediates respectively. We newbies being 7 cars + 2 marshals proceeded towards the deflation point. At the deflation point we were delayed by 15 mins as the Marshals had to rescue a Non-Club member who was kinda stuck and had to deflate the tires. This was really kind of our Marshals, after which, we straight away took off our toys into the desert, swinging away the dunes off like no one could stop us…for about an hour. Then we stop at Pink Rock for a smoke break, where the Intermediate driver cum Crew-Geni comes up to us to share Pizzas and garlic breads. It was really nice of her..Thanks Geni…from there on, we again start driving-away the dunes in opposite direction heading towards the starting point. The whole experience was far-fetched. Once we reached the starting point, we turned back and entered the desert for second round of drive.
The second round started off happily but after a kilometer or so…Two of our members cars were kinda stuck…but not really..however, had to pull it off to continue further. So, Shamsi comes to rescue a member and was successful after a lil hick ups out there…mean while, from no where, a non-club member shows up with his Prado and he gets stuck too in the bowl.. by claiming he wanted to help our 2nd member who was stuck. Now, since he was claiming this way and was with his family.. the Big hearted and sweet Father Mr. Shamsi proceeds to rescue them first, but happened to park it in 30 degree angle :011:where the front part of the Prado was at the edge of dune facing upward direction peeping at the desert:038:. Then, Abu Jimmy joins with his Goldy to pull the prado off but somehow was not happening. Then, tried out with Armin’s Silverado and were still unsuccessful. So, leaving the prado there for a while Shamsi proceeds to rescue our 2nd member and now, guess what,,,,,,he happened to park this car in 45degree angle:011: where, just the nose of the car is at the edge of dune facing upward direction looking at the blue sky and counting stars:054:.
Further, Shamsi goes back to rescue prado which took some time to sort it. However, this was one of knowledgable experience to all of us as Newbies. Anyways, meanwhile our dude Arminjune proceeds to pull our 2nd member’s car and stop that car from counting stars. He was successful in doing it and did an amazing job out there with his powerhorse. It was worth-a-watch scene..... now coming back to Mr. Shamsi, he thought it might take some more time in rescuing the prado and realizing the fact that we have no enough time to proceed further with the drive, he tells Abu Jimmy to take us to the dropoff zone/starting point and all of a sudden tells me “BOB..YOU WILL SWEEP”…. For a moment, I was all boggled and thought may be he said it by mistake but he actually meant it. This opportunity was for quite a small distance only, however, realizing the fact that this is just my 4th drive and being given a oppurtunity is a good sign:045:. So, I walk up to my Jeep with happiness and confidence but still w/o believing the instance completely,,,while..Abu Jimmy walks up to me and says, Bob- we have 7 cars in the convoy..so.take care and then I was like…..WOW…adding a feather to my cap I walked up to my car and all pepped up to do the given job.. but my unfortunate was that, Shamsi just amazingly rescued the prado which supposedly he guessed it would take more time. Then, he says on radio that,all of us are good to go now…lets move. So, I missed my given oppurtunity:012:.
Finally, we head to the drop off zone. Upon reaching this spot, Shamsi invites us to the Chit chat campaign:031:…which was supposedly the BBQ place as decided before.. So, we all proceed to meet our older drivers at the chit chat zone which was just opposite the Big Red dune.
Everyone is chatting and some of them sharing few experiences and some of them selling Tire Valve stems in the desert:011:…went uptill 8:30, after which, some of us left and some of them were still there talking. On the whole, this was a great experience and looking forward for much more.
Thank you all the Marshals, Organizers and founders. Truly Happy to be with the club and all of you.
Finally, would like to share a few words to the person who is always kind and calm, treats every almoster with soo much of respect and making us all understand / realize that…..first as an Human Being and then as an Offroader-by teaching effective offroading skills.….Its none other than Mr. Shamsi…not the chinese one..please stay away…lolz:027:.
Mr. Shamsi….you are one of a kind person that I have met and you are a truly respectable Individual. Your Down-to-earth quality, respect towards the Human Nature, Level of Patience is just tooo goood…You are a good Human being and God bless you.
Last but not Least, yes, I shouldn’t forget to thank Miss D for making me join such a wonderful club where words are just not enough to talk about and this is after all just in 4 drives of mine with almost4x4.
Thank you D.
p.s. - Also, heard about the mtalel’s Incident. We felt really sorry for you but were very Happy that you are safe. Take care & Drive safe dude.
Note: the words above might not say it all. And so, no disrespect towards any Individual. Please notify me, if my heart has spilt out any words or sentence in a wrong way ;)