COVID 19 Compliant - Morning Fewbie Desert Drive - EXPLORATION: Sand to Mountain - RAK - 24 Oct 2020

[Ale Vallecchi]

On 10/18/2020 at 7:05 PM, Abu Muhammad said:

Please @Ale Vallecchi add me to the waiting list. Thanks 

Hello @Abu Muhammad. You are IN the drive. Can you please confirm that you will be joining?  Thanks

[Abu Muhammad]

9 minutes ago, Ale Vallecchi said:

Hello @Abu Muhammad. You are IN the drive. Can you please confirm that you will be joining?  Thanks

Dear @Ale Vallecchi Yes I’m, Thank you and @Tamas Hoffmann for giving me the chance. See you soon.

Edited October 22, 2020 by Abu Muhammad

[Ale Vallecchi]

Dear Desertnauts.

Ready to explore an area rarely seen before!? Do not forget to wear your adventurer's hat, as we still know very little about what we'll find in this "Sand to Mountain" drive. There are numerous trails that we'll try to follow, with occasional detours in the open terrain. Occasionally, I may have to stop the convoy and exit the car to evaluate the best route. We may either be satisfied with what we find, or disappointed, and never think of driving here again. In any case, a certain degree of uncertainty awaits us. We are planning to exit around 10:30/11:00.

Our convoy order will be the following:

@Islam Solimanwill take Second Lead position

@Syed Raza Hussain will start at #3

@Rizwan Waheed will start at #4

 @Abu Muhammad will be #5

 @Senthil Kumar will drive at #6

@asifk will be Center Forward

@Dagdag Sofiane will be #8

@Tero Vallas is going to be #9

@Rizwanm2 will take #10

@Biju Abdul is driving at #11, and 

@Chaitanya D will Sweep the convoy.

The meeting and deflation point is just off a small tarmac road, to the right of the main highway, leading from E611 toward Al Ghail. As there have been road works in the area, make sure you follow the signs to the new Ritz Carlton Al Wadi Desert Resort (the meeting point is on the road leading to it)

Upon arrival please tune in to Carnity Channel 2 (446.031). Make sure you arrive with as full a tank as possible, and with all the necessary gear for this driving level. Besides the compressor, this means having at least a good shovel, and possibly a kinetic recovery rope (not yet mandatory as Fewbies, but recommended)

Looking forward to seeing you Saturday morning, I wish you a nice start of the weekend.

[Tamas Hoffmann]

Hi Ale 

They just canceled that flight I suppose to do 

It's probably too late to try my luck again? 

 

[Dagdag Sofiane]

@Ale Vallecchi if it’s not too much to ask can share the deflation point on google map? (To avoid any issue in the morning)

or confirm it is this point: https://goo.gl/maps/UsVoyEaC9YdZdJbG8

Edited October 22, 2020 by Dagdag Sofiane

[Ale Vallecchi]

9 minutes ago, Dagdag Sofiane said:

@Ale Vallecchi if it’s not too much to ask can share the deflation point on google map? (To avoid any issue in the morning)

or confirm it is this point: https://goo.gl/maps/UsVoyEaC9YdZdJbG8

Meeting and deflation point are the same. The link is correct and confirmed. Thanks. 

[Dagdag Sofiane]

See you tomorrow 

Edited October 23, 2020 by Dagdag Sofiane

[Ale Vallecchi]

@Abu Muhammad I hope all is well. I heard you had troubles with your car this morning. When possible, can you please let me know if you can take part to tomorrow's drive? If not I'd like to let the next waitlisted member in. Thanks a lot for the news (and really hope all is good)..

[Abu Muhammad]

2 hours ago, Ale Vallecchi said:

@Abu Muhammad I hope all is well. I heard you had troubles with your car this morning. When possible, can you please let me know if you can take part to tomorrow's drive? If not I'd like to let the next waitlisted member in. Thanks a lot for the news (and really hope all is good)..

Dear @Ale Vallecchi Thank you for asking, I was just about to let you know that so Yes please remove me and I wish you guys a safe and fun drive and sadly I’m going to miss it hopefully next time. 

[Ale Vallecchi]

31 minutes ago, Abu Muhammad said:

Dear @Ale Vallecchi Thank you for asking, I was just about to let you know that so Yes please remove me and I wish you guys a safe and fun drive and sadly I’m going to miss it hopefully next time. 

Thanks for confirming @Abu Muhammad. I hope it's nothing serious. Have a good weekend. 

On 10/18/2020 at 7:23 PM, Ilya Golubinsky said:

Please add me to the waiting list as well

Dear @Ilya Golubinsky. A spot has opened up in tomorrow's drive in RAK. Can you confirm if you are able to join? Thanks a lot.