Ground Anchor winch recovery Land Cruiser Nissan Xterra sand dunes Qatar Desert Inland Sea

People ask if we ever get stuck. سيلين , العديد
The answer is yes, often. However on this occasion we excelled ourselves. We had taken a photographer friend to the #InlandSea area of the Qatar Desert to take some video footage and pictures for a project that he was working on.
As we set off to leave, we managed to get both our vehicles stuck, at the same time.
The Land Cruiser had driven down a series of hollows from the top of a dune. Each hollow had very soft sand in the bottom.
The Xterra got stuck in the first one hollow.
The Land Cruiser came back around the dune to help and also got stuck on top of dune. It was inching out, until 4:47, when the frame hit the sand and all traction went.
Both Vehicles were pretty well buried onto the frame. The Land Cruiser was recovered with a ground anchor, winch and a little digging.
The rope on the winch then got jammed, we pulled it out by using the ground anchor and reversing the cruiser with the free spool on the winch disengaged.
Then drove the Land Cruiser back to the top of the dune and recovered the Xterra with the winch.
It took around 90 minutes in total and is the most stuck we have ever managed.