Ale Vallecchi Posted November 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2020 32 minutes ago, Ashok chaturvedi said: Any news on WL thanks Hello @Ashok chaturvedi. Unfortunately no news. The drive is still full. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashok chaturvedi Posted November 13, 2020 Report Share Posted November 13, 2020 4 hours ago, Ale Vallecchi said: Hello @Ashok chaturvedi. The drive is full and closed at the moment. You'll be #1 in the WL. Thanks Hello @Sreenath Giridharan. You are currently #2 on the WL. Thanks My mobile is 0506442921 if there comes a place for me.. can join in 30 minutes as I live in The Villa close of Emirates road. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tero Vallas Posted November 13, 2020 Report Share Posted November 13, 2020 Hello @Ale Vallecchi, there are 2 different times informed in this drive; 6am and 6.30 am...? which is correct?? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaurav Posted November 13, 2020 Report Share Posted November 13, 2020 8 minutes ago, Tero Vallas said: Hello @Ale Vallecchi, there are 2 different times informed in this drive; 6am and 6.30 am...? which is correct?? Drive timing is 6:00 AM, changed the drive post text too. Calendar timing always supersede, when in doubt. 2 2 Let's root for each other & watch each other grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisem Posted November 13, 2020 Report Share Posted November 13, 2020 I just noticed this now, thanks @Tero Vallas for pointing it out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashok chaturvedi Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 Please remove from.WL as well shall be joining next week. Thanks and safe driving. GOD bless 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisem Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 Today was a long and interesting drive. Experienced my first pop out that was quickly handled with the help of the team, thanks guys! Just a quick edit of our trip and a tire pop out at the end 😄 The front tire was at around 11Psi and the sharp turn at high speed can make these things happen. Better to go for a smoother approach next time. See you guys on dunes again! 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahab Shamaa Posted November 15, 2020 Report Share Posted November 15, 2020 What a cool video! Thanks for sharing @Heisem! This was an amazing and unpredictable drive Between the pop-out, the stucks, the sick passengers and helping out complete strangers, the drive was very entertaining to say the least. I found my work cut-out for me from the moment we hit the sand! Some of the maneuvers that @Ale Vallecchi had planned for us, scared me and some surprised me; but all of them exhilarated me. @Foxtrot Oscar, you were an amazing second-lead and lead. Thanks for your guidance and for bailing my butt out from that infamous stuck; we certainly had an audience 😂 @Foxtrot Oscar and @Pancho, I believe you guys will make great leads because you're patient and caring. Good luck with the new endeavor! @Najeeb Mohammed, thanks for your help and I hope to see you on future drives to learn some more of those tricks you have up your sleeve Finally, special thanks go to @Ale Vallecchi for being one of the best teachers out there. Loads of patience and relentlessness in helping the pack out; even though the pack proved to be somewhat challenging See you guys soon! 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tero Vallas Posted November 15, 2020 Report Share Posted November 15, 2020 Thank you @Ale Vallecchi for well organised drive again. I really do like your technical briefings ! In those there is loads of new information and also sharing & benchmarking the information of other drives is valuable. It is all about learning from others ! Clear radio instructions are always pleasure to hear, especially as a pilot I am used to short & crisp messages. I believe this was one of the longest drives on the sand I have made so far, 65 km according Prado's speedometer. That was action packed drive ! Great convoy management also @Foxtrot Oscar, @Najeeb Mohammed & @Pancho ! See u soon again on sand ! 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ale Vallecchi Posted November 15, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted November 15, 2020 One can never plan enough - FJ Preferential, Murqaab to Qudra Report What a long and eventuful drive this was! While the drive started in a quite and relaxed manner, on the long and wide yellow dunes of Murqaab's outskirts, it soon begun to show a more adventurous and unexpected face. After the briefing, with the sun rising in the convoy's face, came the first stuck, horizontally on a tall and soft dune. Congrats to @Mohamed Abo ElKomsan, in your first Fewbie drive, for keeping your composure, listening to the instructions, and managing to come off that dune. Once crossed the stretch of technical dunes between Murqaab and Lisaili, and entered the whiter dune cordons of Lisaili proper, our carefully planned course was somewhat altered by a string of minor, yet challenging, situations. A pop out solved in almost record time, thanks to @Najeeb Mohammed's support (just remember to get thicker, sturdier planks, to hold your 2.5 ton jack), was immediately followed by the first case of sea-sickness (I prefer this term, as we were navigating beautiful pristine dunes, looking just like a shining sea). This called for our first detour, to the dirt track close to Lisaili's pylons, where we left @Piotr Kolodziej to accompany his passengers to the nearest taxi location, and with the promise to try to see each other later at Solar Park. Now that the planned route had been abandoned, we re-entered Lisaili's sands through an unplanned area of technical dunes, which after a few refusals made me fear a reprisal of one of Carnity's most challenging drives (ask @Wrangeld for information). Luckily we managed to slightly re-route, and get back close enough to our original track. Still, on our approach to Solar Park, more surprises were waiting for us. First, a young couple, who had got stuck the evening before while BBQing, and had to spend the night on a dune while waiting for a good Samaritan (i.e. us). Second, another case of sea-sickness led to a second car leaving the convoy, while at the same time, miraculously, Piotr and his blue FJ materialized, and joined back the convoy after dispatching his suffering guests. At this point we were at Solar Park, where @Foxtrot Oscar took over the lead, in the direction of Bab al Shams. Upon reaching the sabkha at the doorsteps with Bab al Shams, it was @Pancho's turn to lead the convoy to its exit point, on the tarmac road close to Qudra Parking. Congratulations to both for their very nice leads, which displayed the different styles of each leader: femininely sinuous that of Angela, more masculine and energetic that of Pancho. In the meantime, we still managed to experience a couple of stucks, on two different ridges, which allowed us to show the fine art of assisted recovery, as well as experimenting with the FJ's gizmos, that usually come super handy in these circumstances. A very eventful, yet entertaining drive, that lasted 5:09 hours (yet "only" 2:50 hours driving), going for 68.6Km, at an average speed of 13Km/h (but 24Km/h while moving). Congrats to the FJ pack of @Ahab Shamaa, @David Ortells, @Heisem, Piotr and Najeeb, for stimulating and emulating each other during the drive, and a loud well done to the rest of the pack for keeping up with such a superior vehicle as the FJ 😜: @Arda Yagcioglu, @Abu Muhammad, @Tero Vallas, @Karthik Krishnakumar and @Kailas, you all did great!! Looking forward to seeing soon for another drive, I wish you a great week. 8 1 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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