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COVID 19 Compliant - Morning Fewbie Plus Desert Drive - Lisaili's Backdoor - Dubai - 30 Jul 2021


Ale Vallecchi

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@Ale Vallecchi thanks again for yesterday’s drive, easily one of my favorites so far in terms of distance covered, terrain, speed and continuity. Great driving by all!

The impromptu decision to head back to Lisaili was a good one!

Thanks to all who supported and see you all soon.

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Fewbie Plus Lisaili's Backdoor - Drive report

"Sometimes we plan a trip to one place, but something takes us to another" - Rumi

Dear Desertnauts

What started as a drive with a clear, yet untested, plan, led us to the opposite end of the planned exit point, and unexpectedly back to where we started. And this happened not because of any problem encountered on the way, but rather because of the great off-roading performance by the whole convoy. 

We started before dawn next to Lisaili's camel track, entered its outskirts just after the track ended, and directed ourselves much more east than the usual track, in the direction of Margham first, then Murqab's. Unexplored by me, the route served up some surprisingly challenging dunes, with lots of bowls, small "sabkha" like flat surfaces, and numerous shrubby trees, both dead and alive,  that made this segment very interesting. Once in Murqab, we enjoyed riding the tall, bushy dunes, criss-crossing from north to south. We also had the bonus of meeting @Wrangeld Richard's convoy, coming from the opposite direction, executing a perfect fly-by, closed by @Lorenzo Candelpergher's Rubicon. Meeting a convoy of fellow members always reinforces the family feeling of our club. After Murqab, past the sand track toward Solar Park, we re-entered Lisaili's plateau. Until this point we had had just one tug, and very few refusals, some of which by me, on the very soft ridges left by the wind blowing from the unusual south-eastern side, creating a bit of a "step" of soft sand on the dunes' hard face. Given the great performance by the whole convoy, once arrived at the Lisaili's pylon track, we all agreed to push the drive to a slightly higher level, directing it back to Lisaili, crossing the slip-faces of the long range dunes, all the way back to our initial entry point. The drive continued almost uninterrupted, even though the glare on the white sand was very strong, and reading the dunes had become not easy. 

Everybody performed perfectly, pulling off a long and very smooth drive. Great Second Lead by @Ranjan Das, perfect Anchoring by @Kalahari, and a cleanly executed Sweep by @Shehab Alawadhi. Great driving by @Matt.T, @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil, @Ashok chaturvedi, @Chinthaka Ruwan, @Niki, and @Russ

The day ended after 99.3 Km, driven at an average moving speed of 29Km/h (23 Km/h total), after 3:27 hours of driving, and only 56 minutes of stops, most of which to fix flags, and take well deserved brakes 😅.

Thanks to all the members. Enjoy the week, and see you soon in the sand

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