COVID19 Compliant - Night Intermediate Desert Drive - Lisaili - Dubai - 4 Jun 2021

[Thomas Varghese]

@Chaitanya D it would be great if you could post the meeting point coordinates. 

[Chaitanya D]

3 hours ago, Thomas Varghese said:

@Chaitanya D it would be great if you could post the meeting point coordinates. 

Done @Thomas Varghese. See you tonight 

[Thomas Varghese]

4 minutes ago, Chaitanya D said:

Done @Thomas Varghese. See you tonight 

Thank you @Chaitanya D. Already getting ready to leave. 

[Chaitanya D]

Just now, Thomas Varghese said:

Thank you @Chaitanya D. Already getting ready to leave. 

Drive starts at 8.30 pm , mind you it's hot there now 🤣🤣

[Thomas Varghese]

Just now, Chaitanya D said:

Drive starts at 8.30 pm , mind you it's hot there now 🤣🤣

Got to collect a friend. Also will try to picturize the sunset if possible. 

[Chaitanya D]

Positions for tonight's drive

1. Chaitanya Black xterra 
2. @Pacific white wrangler 2nd lead
3. @Gok Krishgrey wrangler

4. @Lawrence_Chehimi white Y62
5.  @Thomas Varghese white xterra 
6. @GauravSonibrown Pajero 
7. @Rizwanm2white xterra 
8. @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ Grey wrangler 
9.  @Rob Hsweep Black Tundra

We will use channel 1 for radio.

Will use buddy recovery skills,  you help the car in front or behind you depending on where you are albeit safely. Bring your torch for visibility in dark. Come with as full a fuel tank as possible.

See you all tonight for some thrilling drive in the dark.

[M.Seidam]

6 minutes ago, Chaitanya D said:

See you all tonight for some thrilling drive in the dark.

I am going to miss this night action which has no parallel especially with the nice bunch with you ... I will keep some cookies 🍪 ..  no show no cookies 🤣

Enjoy 😊 

[Chaitanya D]

2 minutes ago, M.Seidam said:

I am going to miss this night action which has no parallel especially with the nice bunch with you ... I will keep some cookies 🍪 ..  no show no cookies 🤣

Enjoy 😊 

Yup , amazing bunch with amazing cars ready to be unleashed to their potential . Miss you 😔🙂

[Chaitanya D]

Trip report  - what a thrilling night drive:

Coming back the very next day from a near flawless night NB drive who managed the first technical bit with few refusals only , I wanted to challenge the experienced members going into the baby dunes entering a bit more early to test the skills we have learned. And that's when the desert Gods decided to bring us , and especially me down to earth!!

The small 400 to 500 m stretch of tight dunes felt likea million Kms - we had multiple refusals , stucks in super soft sand patches and some stucks in impossible pockets including one of mine as I slipped into a pocket needing the more  experienced member @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ to pull me as it was a one try situation and he did it perfectly .

We had cars getting stuck on plane dunes, cars getting stuck on baby crests, cars sinking in sand as soon as they stop and some cars making weird noises as if they said "we don't want to drive on these dunes"🤣🤣. The sand was extremely soft and we spent a considerable amount of time recovering all the cars but all did well with good coordination for multiple shoveling, tugging and then we were on to the long dunes. A breath of fresh air as if we were just born babies crying aloud to gasp that oxygen for our cars airboxes to expand!!

Once on to the long dunes what happened next was pure thrill. Long climbs , super long side slopes,  ridge rides following the leap of faith, super sharp criss crosses  at fantastic pace let everyone's hearts racing. You will not believe even though we drove like this for just over 2 hrs , all the hard work we had initially was almost forgotten. Vow it was pure thrill doing those !!

Impressive how everyone pushed their cars playing with the tiptronics climbing those ridges and cross crossings. At one place we did non stop criss cross on sharp ridges which was thrilling. Well handled by all. We squeeze the max out of these long dunes and then headed towards the sabkhas separating from Murqab. Sand in these smaller dunes was softer and we had more refusals , again bringing us back to mother earth. Managed quickly with some tugs and then we played quite some time more in the longer dunes and some nice bowls there. 

Unfortunately I landed in a smallish pocket which was hardly visible coming off the ridge. Pulling needed a double rope and the car tugging got stuck with the rope tight. Thanks @Rob H for the sequential 2nd pull from other tow hook to remove the tension on the rope .  We drove back to exit quickly from there taking the dirt tracks , slightly late but all in all a good thrilling drive in the dark.

@Pacific did well managing the 2nd lead positions. Thank you. You need to control your gas in soft sands as you will dig in quickly if you don't control that. Sorry to see that bend on your front end after you took a bump , causing your car to lean to right which was more evident on tarmac. I hope it is an easy fix .

@Gok Krish glad to see you after a long time. Impressive how you have improved and managed even when I pushed it . Hardly any issues,  some refusals which is always part of the learning. Well done.

@Lawrence_Chehimi managed his patrol y62 well on this fast paced drive in the dark. I suppose your car doesn't like the technical stuff throwing some weird noises. 🤣🤣. I hope it hasn't come back and all is well. Great driving that monster 

@Thomas Varghese has some huge experience coming into this drive which was great to see. However you still need to get that control further to manage that fishtailing on faster and steeper climbs. It is a very thin line , which will come with practice and you will improve on that for sure. We will improve with every drive, I improve every drive leading and supporting learning something new  and hence I am sure you will learn it too quickly. Thank you for spotting the issue with @Pacific car  diligently.

@GauravSoni did well in all areas and always good to see you having a very helpful attitude. Minor refusals and  stuck  in some softer patches on slowing down , but well driven . Thanks for staying back while we waited for the recovery truck along with @Gok Krish . 

@Rizwanm2 managed the challenge well even though slightly at the back which meant you will be driving on slightly churned tracks. Impressive to see you hardly had any issues, well done.

@MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ with copilot son Rafay helped immensely in all the time we needed help. Tugging me twice from pockets in tricky areas . Well driven and great to have your company on any drive.  Thank you 

@Rob H sweeped us all with his supercharged Tundra. Impressive as always and why I say this is even in tighter baby dunes where many had issues having refusals and stucks you just eased through in that monster. Of course well driven on the longer dunes which as fantastic to see. Well done and thank you.

It was a first for me - a full 4 hr thrilling intermediate fast paced drive at night. We drove close to slightly longer than 2 hrs without any issues and we spent close to 2hrs managing the recoveries. For the 2 hrs we drove we clocked close to 50 Km at a fantastic pace doing all the maneuvers as planned in the dark. The 2 hrs we spent managing recoveries definitely kept us grounded🤣🤣. We will learn from all these and come back soon to have some fun and thrill in the dark albeit with lesser issues hopefully.

Enjoy your week at work and see you all some time soon. 

Cheers 

 

 

 

[Gok Krish]

@Chaitanya Dit was a brutal first 45 minutes in those small dunes going technical. We were falling like dominos, desert is a great leveller as u said. Later part on the long dunes, multiple and continuous crisscrossing, some ridge driving were just what the Doctor ordered ..WE WANT MORE....WE WANT MORE ... Was finding catching up with u and @Pacificinitially difficult. @Rob H@MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQthanks for the little lesson on modesty about how to accept praise @Lawrence_Chehimigood to see u again. @Thomas VargheseAwesome to drive with u again. Apart from the resourceful rope, cutting player that u had, how did u have also a small hammer in your tool kit ! @Rizwanm2good to know u. Look forward to driving more. @Pacificour convoy sequence from fewbie days is same, great to followu and thanks for flatenning the bump beofre I landed, hope car is okay.