Ahab Shamaa Posted February 18, 2022 Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 Indeed my friend! I am ready for this drive. Since I couldn’t remove my back seats, I had the doctors remove one of my kidneys instead. I believe that procedure made me as light as possible to scale the Liwa dunes 🤣🤣 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikumar Posted February 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 Morning Everyone, with the change of weather there is a chance of early morning fog especially as you move more inland. During those times, AD Police will reduce the speed limits on the road sometimes even to 80 km/h. If you don't adhere to the new speed limit your Liwa trip will just become a little more expensive. They send this message via the AD Police app or via a warning SMS on your mobile. Drive safe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizwanm2 Posted February 18, 2022 Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 All the best for Liwa guys,,, Im jealous but i cant do anything about it... 😬 Have fun, Be safe, bring lots of photos and videos but dont leave anything behind. 👍 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikumar Posted February 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 @Mario Cornejo @Amir Amiri @Ranjan Das @Mus_hus78 @Jorge Stepniak Felippe @Xavier Treasurer @varunmehndiratta @Ahab Shamaa As mentioned in @Frederic's drive, this is the final Checklist before the Liwa Drive: 1) Only one extra passenger will be allowed (no people in the back seats). 2) Make sure your AlHosn App shows green status and latest PCR is not older than 14 days if you have received the booster, and not older than 96hours if you have not yet received the booster. 3) Ensure your 4x4 has been recently serviced and all fluids are topped up. 4) Make sure your spare tyre is in good condition. It should be the same size as your other tyres. Small variation of 2-3% in tyre diameter is however acceptable. Ensure you have the wrench that fits the wheel nuts. 5 ) Make sure your tank is full when you arrive at the meeting point and bring in total 100-120l for a V6, and 120-140l for a V8 in petrol. (total amount of tank + jerrycans). In my case i have a 80l tank and will bring 30l extra in Jerrycans. There is no gas station throughout our entire journey in the desert. 6) Keep your car light and only take the essentials. You will need all the power your engine can deliver. 7) Bring enough snacks and water (5-10l water). Some light lunch and dinner are preferred. 😎 Radio should be fully charged. If you have a spare one, plz bring it along. 9) Get enough rest. I will be camping / sleeping in my car nearby the meeting point the night prior. The ADNOC Khanoor station is only a small service station, but the ADNOC LIWA has a shop and toilets. (https://goo.gl/maps/5QJeUUsrVawRGU5PA) 10) Bring all your offroad recovery gears 11) Your car will contain a lot more equipment than usual. Please ensure everything is strapped and secured properly. If you have extra space for a bag of firewood, kindly bring it along so that we can distribute the load across each car. It would be nice if we can warm us by the fire in the evening. Starting time: 7:00 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Starting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/gzyx4wRN5HBA4fdp8 You can come early and camp at the same starting point if you like. Last Fuel Station: https://goo.gl/maps/FSUzbzURjQRGvFVN9 ADNOC Khanoor (832) Lunch Break: 1 Hour and several short breaks in between. Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 8-10 inches of ground clearance. Approximate finish time: 12:00 PM, 20 Feb 2022, Sunday My mobile number incase of emergency is 0559567471. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GauravSoni Posted February 18, 2022 Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 I am soo missing out on this epic drive! Have fun guys and be safe! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaurav Posted February 18, 2022 Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 29 minutes ago, GauravSoni said: I am soo missing out on this epic drive! Have fun guys and be safe! Dont worry, once we nail this crossing, we will be adding this to the annual pilgrimage calendar. 🤞 1 1 Let's root for each other & watch each other grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorge Stepniak Felippe Posted February 18, 2022 Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 Looking forward to it!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Srikumar Posted February 20, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted February 20, 2022 Liwa Crossing IM Convoy Trip Report I Had a Dream by Martin Luther King. For many of the senior members at Carnity @Gaurav @Frederic @Asif Hussain and myself included, always dreamt of doing a crossing through the empty quarter. It's been on our agenda for more than few years, but every previous attempt ended in some sort of disappointment as we would encounter numerous oilfield and military fences. This time with some help from the AD Tourism Department and a lot of background research over the past 3 weeks a route was decided that would make us all Live our Dream. Liwa is the ultimate challenge for any UAE offroader, and those who participated in the crossing witnessed the most amazing terrain in it's majestic glory. Thanks to the detailed planning of @Frederic we had divided the entire track over 25 waypoints (WP) with plenty of scope to scale the level of the drive depending on the convoy response. After a thorough combined briefing of all the convoys, we set of in an Eastward direction. As soon as we reached between WP2 and 3, @Mus_hus78 unfortunately had a gear issue which was too much of a risk to continue in this terrain. Wisely, he decided that it's better to exit out. After exiting him, we again went back to the starting point and re-entered the sand. We made our way through the sabkha to WP3, from where we started making our way through the dunes. We made it close to WP 10 by around 1 pm when we took a break for lunch along with the FB+ convoy. The brief lapse in concentration after lunch showed as we had a few stucks and a difficult popout. We then encountered some beautiful spaced out dunes between WP 11 and 12 with lots of smooth bowls that allowed us to ride them and cross them at will. However the exit from this section proved to be the biggest challenge of the day. With only a narrow route available for exiting the going became exceedingly tough for the cars in the second half of the convoy. With some good inputs from some of the team members we tried some alternate routes and finally after struggling for more than 90 mins we finally found a way out. By then it was 4:30 PM, so we raced through the sabkhas clocking speeds of more than 110 km/h to WP18 where the FB and FB+ convoy had already arrived for the overnight camp. Camping in the desert under the beautiful stars is a wonderful experience, and with some great friends and wonderful stories we had a perfect evening. With still about 7 WPs to go, to hit the final exit track, we started off Day 2 at around 8 AM. The experience that we had gained from the first day showed during the second day drive as we all took better angles, kept the right momentum resulting in lesser number of refusals and stucks. By 12 PM we reached the road having completed a total distance of 203 km over a driving time of just above 13 hours. The entire course was pretty tough with sudden dips, powder soft sand, razor sharp ridges and insanely steep drops that required 100% concentration at all times. There were places that we could race up the dunes at 70 km/h and there were sections that we had to meticulously crawl ourselves through at 10km/h. As @Mario Cornejo mentioned at the end of the drive, this was a drive where all our recovery skills were put to the test. The drive also brought out an equally important point, that in these kind of drives your main strength is the team. There were numerous occasions when the entire team got together to find a way out of the situation To the entire IM Convoy of @Ranjan Das @Xavier Treasurer @Mario Cornejo @varunmehndiratta @Jorge Stepniak Felippe @Amir Amiri and @Ahab Shamaa you guys deserve a huge round of applause for some excellent driving in a very challenging terrain. There are only a handful of off-roaders that can state that they succefully completed a Liwa crossing and you are amongst them. A big shout out to the FB and FB+ convoys as well who were brilliantly led by @Frederic and @Gaurav for completing the entire crossing succesfully. A special mention to our AD expert @Asif Hussainfor all the help in the planning of this route. You were truly missed, but we look forward to doing this route once again together. Till we meet on the sands again, take care. 4 3 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varun Mehndiratta Posted February 20, 2022 Report Share Posted February 20, 2022 Thanks @Srikumar @Gaurav @Frederic and @Asif Hussain for making it happen ... undoubtedly an awesome experience through this beautiful terrain. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranjan Das Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 Thank you Sri @Srikumar for the experience - the build-up, the banter, the planning and eventually the drive were just amazing. Not to mention it certainly knocked-off another adventure from my bucket list. @Xavier Treasurer, @Mario Cornejo, @varunmehndiratta, @Jorge Stepniak Felippe and @Ahab Shamaa was an absolute pleasure experiencing Liwa in your company; thank you for the teamwork and support. @Carnity - a big shoutout to @Srikumar, @Gaurav, @Frederic and @Asif Hussain for conceptualizing, planning and perfect execution of this enterprise called THE Liwa Crossing - hats off guys, thanks. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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