COVID 19 Compliant - Morning Newbie Desert Drive - Qudra South - Dubai - 9 Oct 2020

[Shital Somaiya]

@Wrangeld can you add @Sandeep Padhi on waiting list for this drive. He is not able to access this event.

[Arda Yagcioglu]

@Wrangeld appreciate if you could add me to the waiting list please. Thanks

[Hardik Mody]

Hey Richard @Wrangeld,

Though the list is long..  But try to see if I can accommodated for this Drive. Kindly add me to the waiting list.✌️

 

[Wrangeld]

On 10/4/2020 at 8:49 PM, Shital Somaiya said:

@Wrangeld can you add @Sandeep Padhi on waiting list for this drive. He is not able to access this event.

 

18 hours ago, Arda Yagcioglu said:

@Wrangeld appreciate if you could add me to the waiting list please. Thanks

 

17 hours ago, Hardik Mody said:

Hey Richard @Wrangeld,

Though the list is long..  But try to see if I can accommodated for this Drive. Kindly add me to the waiting list.✌️

 

You three are added on to the list. At the moment, I did not see any people sign out, but you never know. 

If I couldsplit myself in two and drive another drive at the same time - I would. We all would. 

[Sreejith Sreenivasan]

@Wrangeld, you can remove me from the waiting list if that takes some "weight" off from it.. 😉  I'll be joining another drive. Thanks.

[Wrangeld]

Good morning Desert Drivers

Friday morning will see us scale the wonderful wide, white dunes or South Qudra. This is a playgound of wide open dunes where desert driving skills can be honed and learned in challenging, but not too challenging landscapes. 

Confirmed drivers on this drive are @RaYan E @Kailas @Gok Krish @Syed Raza Hussain @Karthik Krishnakumar @Shyam Karat @Mahmoud Asar @Piotr Kolodziej @Nitin Mohan @Yusuf Esaf @Mohamed Abo ElKomsan @Rizwan Waheed 

Please make sure you have the required equipment with you BEFORE you arrive at the drive. As absolute newbies it was possible to turn up without the right kit - at newbie drives you do need to have as a minumum: Flag, deflation kit, shovel and on THIS DRIVE A WORKING COMPRESSSOR.

If you don't have these, you won't be driving, because it puts the other drivers at risk. 

There is going to be some amazing support on this drive @Foxtrot Oscar @Lorenzo Candelpergher and @Franco Swart will all be on hand to help out and make sure that the convoy runs as smoothly as possible. 

What to expect from a drive in South Qudra?

• Lots of wide dunes where there is a chance to traverse and get a great feel for controlling your vehicle in the sand. 
• Excellent  assortment of dunes for different feeling as they are crossed - some straight up and over like you arleady learned, some whale back so you start to learn what it is like to cross over the top of a dune.
• Good descents where you can practice your control on the slip face of a dune and avoid fish taliling. 

The plan of action is to get into the dunes as quickly as possible (there is a short track we take before getting into the dunes proper) and enjoy the earlier morning cooler weather before the sand becomes much more soft and sticky. 

If the convoy can make it, we will drive all the way to Last Exit, but if not, we have lots of other options along the way. 

IF FOR ANY REASON YOU ALREADY KNOW YOU CANNOT MAKE THE DRIVE, PLEASE ADVISE AND LET US KNOW. THERE IS A WAIT LIST FOR THE DRIVE. 

Any other questions, please post them here.

[Wrangeld]

Dear Waitlisted Dersert Drivers

@Ranjan Das @[email protected] @Sandeep Padhi @Hardik Mody

You probably read thr above post on this drive with dismay - because currently it looks like there are not going to be spaces on the drive for you. 

We are doing our best and hopeful we will find spaces for some (if not all) of you on Friday. Normally, after the drive reminder is sent we find that a few people remember they have another commitment, or soem people simply cannot make it. 

Please continue to stay on standby as things change at the last minute. You might get a message late Thursday that a place has come up, or a message that we can take you - so please don't give up hope yet. 

Have a great day. 

[Ranjan Das]

thank you Richard for the note..I remain hopeful

[Kailas]

Dear @Wrangeld,

Can you please put me and @Gok Krish together in the convoy numbering. We are planning to mount 360 camera on our vehicle.

Thanks

Kailas

[Ranjan Das]

Hi Richard, i received confirmation for the Pink Rock drive tomorrow; kindly take me out of the waitlist here.

Many thanks and look forward to driving with you soon.