New Bee drive to fossil rock 15/10/10 friday

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  • renegade
    October 17, 2010 at 6:49 am #12980

    hi,
    just my 2 cents of advice.

    1. when we reach a point lets make sure that we all start and head off to next point at same time.
    2. We forgot first basic rule- look out for the vehicle behind you and if you cant spot it please stop so the convoy stops.

    While heading down Fossil rock, Ali started the convoy and headed off, but every one didnt follow, so after we reached a certain distance i noticed no vehicle behind me so i stopped as there were newbies behind me so didnt want them to lose track. i stopped and waited for people to catchup but later on came to know they all headed off in another direction and convoy broke up in two.
    The people in front of me didnt stop as per rule and myself and another newbie ended up getting stranded in the middle. tried to reach someone on radio but didnt get signal.

    I couldnt enjoy the drive as i had to look for the nearest exit and by gods grace myself and the newbie car managed to reach the road without much hassle.
    hope this doesnt happen to a newbie driver getting stranded in desert alone and we as marshalls or experienced offroaders should be more responsible while handling newbie drives specially.

    hope i didnt offend anyone but this was my experience and as an resposible driver wanted to highlight this.

    hamza-ahmad
    October 17, 2010 at 4:36 pm #12981

    Ali, thank you very much. They all loved the drive and spoke very highly of you 🙂

    Ahmad Pervez
    October 18, 2010 at 1:59 pm #12982

    Good Job Ali for leading the drive through a moderately difficult terrrain.
    A very good Job done by Imran who very responsibly handled the rescue & eventually brought every one out at the Big Fall.
    Salim did an excellent job of sweeping & noticed him going up & down several times on the incline of fossil Rock making sure that everybody made it.
    Zaheer was his usual at his usual cheerful persona chipping in & helping any & all having any issues.
    I am glad to say that I see a lot of maturity & responsibility in these senior members to have organised this drive & managed it between themselves.

    GUYS!!! KEEP IT UP!!!

    anonymous
    October 19, 2010 at 3:38 am #12983

    hey ali & others.

    thanks a lot for the fantastic drive last friday! was a lot of fun!
    here some pics on my facebook:
    http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150104446547388&set=a.10150104444367388.319610.592007387&po=1#!/album.php?aid=319610&id=592007387

    see you soon!
    gary

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