Ghost Invitation Drive on Saturday Morning 06.04.2013

first registration ! :)) :))

Tiger, it mean ghost rider :)) :))

So I guess we will have 3 convoys of 6, since have enough Marshals…. :drive:

Topic opened to all for drive reports / comments.

For picture drive report visit https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.10151527636692356&type=1

Ghost invaders are missing 😮 😮 😮

Drive report

I rolled over and stared at the numbers OMG 05.45am …what where am I…. what day is it? Did I fall asleep on top of Pink Rock on thursday night?

Ah yes, Saturday morning’s Ghost busters drive …..yay 😀 leaping out of bed I silently gathered my kit, passing by the kitchen for water and nuts. A quick fill at Labhab and I’m at Nazwa, evidently not the first.. I silently wondered if these guys had spent the night here after the sandstorm :))

Tyres deflated, flags up, Marshall Amjed announced the convoy’s, we are off, quick stop on entry for each Marshall, Kumar, Ganesh, Ashok, Robinson & Amjed to brief their troops.

This reports troops led by Marshall’s Kumar on the sharp end, Rein 2nd lead, Wasi, Carl and self as Sweep, steadily climbed though haphazard dunes towards the pyramids. Powering up we hit a series of hard and soft sand crests, the drive level gradually increasing. Our first stop at the crest of a the highest Pyramid lasted only long enough for a photo opp, there was a queue for this one as Ganesh and Robinson were hard on our heels.

Kumar led off the top and we made a series of swooping descents before turning North towards freshly cleansed, untracked sand. Hours and Hours later having climbed, side-sloped, crossed-over many dunes and their bowls, crests and pockets we emerged at the very top of Iftar from the rear.

I have to say that those hours were not totally without incident or challenge, however as they have been adequately reported in the various FB photo posts I shan’t linger. Suffice to say all retry’s /recoveries were swiftly and successfully executed with minimal convoy delay.

On from Iftar our track descended and edged out onto the badlands of the Ghost town approach. Kumar, ever vigilant for the sinking sands in this area, lead the convoy through intricate small dunes, hiding very soft faces, and we carved a track up, down, round and over those small tricky dunes, watchfully looking for Camels and Ghosts in the valleys. Within sight of the Minaret of Ghost Town’s mosque the radio crackled.. our Marshall announced that we had 200metres to go, a convoy member responded with the comment “Ghosts busted” …seconds later the same convoy member was grabbed and held very firmly in very soft sand :ymdevil: Moral never mock the Ghosts B-)

Ghost town first timers were provided with a hoard of photo memories and for some very small souvenirs of our visit plus DO :drive: group photo op. 😀

A very special note has to be made of the outstanding commitment made by Marshall Robinson to the prevalent environmental issue of garbage. Unaided he collected a very large sack of jettisoned packaging. An example of personal commitment that I think we should all recognise and applaud :ymapplause: :ymapplause:

:thanks: To the TFT for organising the :drive: 🙂
:thanks: to Kumar for a brilliant lead through beautiful terrain ^:)^
:thanks: to Rein, Wasi and Carl for their company and good humour :-BD

Look forward to the next one 😉