Hisham Masaad Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 21 hours ago, imranaasghar81 said: Hisham long time my friend I hope you are well All good @imranaasghar81 thanks for asking, what about you? Yes long time since we met. look to see you again in Sha Allah 9 hours ago, JeromeFJ said: Dear @Lorenzo Candelpergher, I will not be able to attend. I've been on business trip to Qatar last week, and my PCR test came positive. I'm still stuck there. See you soon on the sand hopefully ! Salamat @JeromeFJ hope will recover soon 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorenzo Candelpergher Posted August 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 Dear Desert Wanderers, this RSVP is now closed. Please find below the convoy order for our drive, which, as you will see, will benefit from @Luca Palanca Falsini's and @Yousef Alimadadi's support: @PaoloMaraziti, @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil, @Rawad, @Chinthaka Ruwan, @Darren Brooke, @Matt.T, @imranaasghar81, @Looper, @varunmehndiratta, @Shehab Alawadhi, @Luca Palanca Falsini, @Yousef Alimadadi, this drive is meant to be a fun one but it may turn out to be quite demanding from a technical point of view, mostly at the beginning. Don't forget to check your fluids and to make sure your car is in perfect conditions to ride in the current hot weather. The drive will require your full and undivided concentration at every step, especially when we will reach elevated positions on steep slopes, so make sure you come well rested and hydrated and that and you don’t have any reason for being distracted. . Also, please consider carefully if you wish to bring passengers along with you. We will be using Carnity Channel 4 (446.08125Mhz) The meeting point is confirmed at Lisaili Fort: https://maps.app.goo.gl/iuyS2JQkvEUm21ik7 See you tomorrow morning, ready to go (i.e. already caffeinated, deflated, flagged and briefed) by no later 5:45am (sharp), so make sure you make it to the meeting point at least by 5:30am. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Brooke Posted August 27, 2021 Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 Lorenzo Electrics on the car have gone haywire, was hoping mechanic would able to do a quick fix today, but just let me know wont be ready for tomorrow morning Apologies for the short notice Hope you all have a great drive. Darren 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorenzo Candelpergher Posted August 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 4 hours ago, Darren Brooke said: Lorenzo Electrics on the car have gone haywire, was hoping mechanic would able to do a quick fix today, but just let me know wont be ready for tomorrow morning Apologies for the short notice Hope you all have a great drive. Darren Dear @Darren Brooke, I'm sorry to hear about your problems. I hope they can be sorted soon. It is quite late but, given the abundance of support and the reduced number of participants, if @GauravSoni@Adhir Saxenaand @Chris Wingwould like to join, I'd be happy to extend the convoy. Let me know guys! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shehab Alawadhi Posted August 27, 2021 Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 9 minutes ago, Lorenzo Candelpergher said: Dear @Darren Brooke, I'm sorry to hear about your problems. I. Hope it will be sorted soon. It is quite late but, given the abundance of support and the reduced number of participants, if @GauravSoni@Adhir Saxenaand @Chris Wingwould like to join, I'd be happy to extend the convoy. Let me know guys! Looks like it’s turning into an Intermediate drive 😂😂 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinthaka Ruwan Posted August 27, 2021 Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 @Luca Palanca Falsini Good to see you back. See you tomorrow. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adhir Saxena Posted August 27, 2021 Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 Thanks @Lorenzo Candelpergher i will skip this one but hope to drive with u soon again 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looper Posted August 27, 2021 Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 (edited) I am not able to open this link, it’s showing my own home when I click it. PS: This problem only occurred on phone. I can see the location on the computer. so i'll just map it from there no issues. Edited August 27, 2021 by Looper 2 don't drive like its your last one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorenzo Candelpergher Posted August 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Looper said: I am not able to open this link, it’s showing my own home when I click it. PS: This problem only occurred on phone. I can see the location on the computer. so i'll just map it from there no issues. That's strange. When I try from my phone it works. If you have any issues tomorrow give me a call. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lorenzo Candelpergher Posted August 28, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 28, 2021 DRIVE REPORT Dear Desert Wanderers, This was my 1st drive after having skipped 2 weekends, but it was also @Luca Palanca Falsini's and @Yousef Alimadadi's first drive in almost 2 months: a lot of rust to remove! We started from Lisaili Fort with great punctuality, moving at 5:48 am, in the twilight before the sunrise. Our first stint, from the Fort to the Pylon Track, was a nice "warm-up", as someone defined it on the radio. Those very irregular dunes where not at all easy to read and we soon inaugurated the day with a couple of stucks there, with @PaoloMaraziti doing the honors of the 1st one, sorted by some good team work at shoveling, followed by a 2nd stuck, requiring a tug, by I don't remember who.. @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil, maybe? After reaching the Pylon Track we entered a 2nd stretch of small technical dunes, which again caused a few refusals and a stuck by @Yousef Alimadadi, who had to be tugged out just before entering the long range dunes area. After 2 months out of the game, it takes a while to get the sand feeling back. We then spent a good hour riding long ridges back and forth in a very smooth stint, with no stucks or refusals. Lots of fun there, as we progressively made our zig-zag south towards the Mighty Lisaili Dunes, which we climbed from all sides. A few times the convoy got a bit stretched, but we were able to quickly recompact it with a couple of stops. It was around there when@Shehab Alawadhi managed to get eventually stuck and soon after crested. He had been asking me on the radio if all those tight crests and sharp turns were specifically chosen to get him stuck with his F150.. Well, for sure they weren't chosen to make his life easier, but judging from these photo he kind of enjoyed the challenge 😂😂: After descending on the south side of the Mighty Lisaili Dunes we entered a very nice area where we performed a long sequence of convoluted spaghetti-style rounds: It was definitely a very enjoyable portion of the drive, but probably a bit too demanding for @imranaasghar81's passenger, who eventually ended up with motion sickness. It was then decided to help@imranaasghar81 make an early exit on the nearby dirt track across the sabkha to ease his passenger's condition. While on the track, we noticed @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil's front left tire was flat. With no apparent damage or sign of leakage, we decided to reinflate the tire and see how it behaved a few mins after. This was, probably, the time when everyone relaxed a bit too much, because as we headed back to the dunes, while @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil and myself re-checked the tire pressure finding out we needed to replace it with the spare, both @Rawad and @Yousef Alimadadi had a front tire pop-out, respectively on the right and left side. Thanks to the experienced support team, all three issues (tire replacement and 2x pop-out fixing) were sorted out simultanously and we could soon move again, heading towards the last playground of the day, a big bowl where we enjoyed a couple of rounds before the last popout by @Luca Palanca Falsini occurred while we were just 200m away from the nearby sabkha to exit. What a day! Once fixed, we were quickly out, reaching Al Qudra Road by 9:47am, just 1 min under 4h from our departure at Lisaili Fort. Overall we covered 68km, driving for 3h 7' at an average moving speed of 21.8km/h and stopped in total for 53'. The whole convoy did very well today: @Alain Canivet-AbikhalilCanivet-Abikhalil was a great 2nd lead, following my lines with very few hesitations. Hope his leaking tire can be easily fixed. @PaoloMaraziti, at his 2nd FB+ drive, managed to keep up with the high pace, handling well all passages including a couple of tricky criss-crossing points. Well done! @Rawad handled his Y62 very well even when we approached the area of the Mighty Lisaili Dunes, where we had to do some tight maneuvering. @Chinthaka Ruwan followed surely and safely in all situations. I don't recall any refusals with him, if I'm not mistaken. I didn't have much visual on the Intermediate guys behind, @Matt.T, @imranaasghar81, @Looper, @varunmehndiratta and @Shehab Alawadhi, who probably found today's drive a walk in the park, but I 'm sure @Yousef Alimadadi and @Luca Palanca Falsini will add their precious feedback in the comments. Kudos to everyone and great thanks to @Yousef Alimadadi and @Luca Palanca Falsini for their support. Very glad to have you both back!! See you all soon in the sand! 5 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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