Morning Intermediate Desert Drive - "Rise Up to Chkpt 200, time for Sweihan" - Abu Dhabi - 11 Feb 2022

[Mohamad Anwer]

@Hisham Masaad @Abdelghani @Simon D amazing food and great fun camping with you Gents at Sweihan.

Must repeat soon !!👌

[Simon D]

Oh Man what an amazing weekend , camping was an absolute blast the night before with @Hisham Masaad @Abdelghani and @Mohamad Anwer including the time we spent driving in the desert looking to find a camping spot ( Not Dune Bashing !!)  😅😁. thanks guys for the great company ...

@Varun Mehndiratta thanks for preparing such a drive ,i loved how we spent most of the time ridge riding , regardless over 200+ Meters or not i had to keep pushing it to the max especially having @Hisham Masaad only a few cars behind me with the stick in his hand , as this time he was yalla pushing us from the back 😲😰😅😂

 @Naveen Raj well done as a SL , you drove your Pajero amazingly well. 

@MMansoor i hope your bumper is fine and it can be fixed easily 

 @Beide Worku i was a bit worried at the beginning that you might have broken something serious when i have seen your car smoking . but man i was so relived to know its only the hose ( which was engineered to fail anyway 😂)  am sorry for what happened and i hope fixing it will not cost you a fortune   

 
@Gertjan its always a pleasure driving with you buddy and thanks for the nice clicks  

 @Gerrit Bus impressive handling of your long car . 

@Tareq Al Turq you have drove amazingly well my friend , i can see that using some new techniques paid well 😉
 
@Mohamad Anwer i am so glad after so many months you are back stronger and confident than ever .
 

@Ranjan Das we missed you in shwuaib , but i was glad to see you on this one

@Vaibhav its always great to drive with you man.

 @Waqas Parvez and @ASAD.  that way your beast Prado's are torching the sand is just breath taking  

looking forward to see you all soon in the san 

[Mohamad Anwer]

Thanks for the Sajiya bro. We enjoyed it so much 😋😋😋

[Gerrit Bus]

@Varun Mehndiratta thank you for a wonderful and eventful drive. My second Intermediate drive and I am loving this new pace and challenges. 

Always sad to see when people damage their cars. @Beide Worku and @MMansoor I hope you managed to fix the issues and we will see you on the next one again.

For all, thanks for your company and support, I have included some Gladiator POV footage of our drive at the link below.

 @Naveen Raj   @Gertjan  @Vaibhav  @Simon D   @Tareq Al Turq  @Ranjan Das  @Mohamad Anwer  @Waqas Parvez   @ASAD.   @Hisham Masaad 

https://www.icloud.com/photos/#09e4rgX2Zd-2emdd7kaxrRUYw

[Ranjan Das]

I will join the chorus and congratulate + thank you  @Varun Mehndiratta for the super drive you led last Saturday. it was virtually a nonstop, highspeed, heart thumping and exhilarating drive from the word go and kudos to you for keeping it at that fluid level throughout the time we were driving. It was nice to see the entire convoy bringing their A games – absence of refusals and/or major stuck was testimony to everyone’s skills, focus and resilience.  

 thank you @Hisham Masaad for the support. Your presence in any drive lifts the mood and morale of the whole convoy to another level and Saturday's was no different. 

@Beide Worku - trust your ride is all sorted without much hassel and is fit for the adventure awaiting us coming weekend - hope to see you there.

@Naveen Raj   @Gertjan  @Vaibhav  @Simon D   @Tareq Al Turq  @Ranjan Das  @Mohamad Anwer    was nice meeting you gentlemen; your company made the drive even more exciting. 

My adventure continued a bit longer. In my rush to rush home pushing my dear jeep on the expressway around 130 kmph; was about to reach Al Faqa when my front right tyre gave up. Spent couple of seconds in 1. realising what just happened 2. to keep the jeep steady and the toughest part 3. to steer the jeep on to the left kerb in evering speeding traffic.  Those were some anxious moments - thankfully i and my jeep were safe. Most probable cause as per the guys at the shop was the tyre taking a beating or going over a nair/barbed wire - well that's history as my girl has new pairs of shoe to sport and one spare too . Most thankful to @Waqas Parvez and @ASAD. for stopping and extending their support - thank you guys and really appreciate the gesture.

Eventually had to get a ride for my ride to end the ride - that's perhaps overdoing a bit ... already looking forward to the next one!

[Varun Mehndiratta]

6 minutes ago, Ranjan Das said:

I will join the chorus and congratulate + thank you  @Varun Mehndiratta for the super drive you led last Saturday. it was virtually a nonstop, highspeed, heart thumping and exhilarating drive from the word go and kudos to you for keeping it at that fluid level throughout the time we were driving. It was nice to see the entire convoy bringing their A games – absence of refusals and/or major stuck was testimony to everyone’s skills, focus and resilience.  

 thank you @Hisham Masaad for the support. Your presence in any drive lifts the mood and morale of the whole convoy to another level and Saturday's was no different. 

@Beide Worku - trust your ride is all sorted without much hassel and is fit for the adventure awaiting us coming weekend - hope to see you there.

@Naveen Raj   @Gertjan  @Vaibhav  @Simon D   @Tareq Al Turq  @Ranjan Das  @Mohamad Anwer    was nice meeting you gentlemen; your company made the drive even more exciting. 

My adventure continued a bit longer. In my rush to rush home pushing my dear jeep on the expressway around 130 kmph; was about to reach Al Faqa when my front right tyre gave up. Spent couple of seconds in 1. realising what just happened 2. to keep the jeep steady and the toughest part 3. to steer the jeep on to the left kerb in evering speeding traffic.  Those were some anxious moments - thankfully i and my jeep were safe. Most probable cause as per the guys at the shop was the tyre taking a beating or going over a nair/barbed wire - well that's history as my girl has new pairs of shoe to sport and one spare too . Most thankful to @Waqas Parvez and @ASAD. for stopping and extending their support - thank you guys and really appreciate the gesture.

Eventually had to get a ride for my ride to end the ride - that's perhaps overdoing a bit ... already looking forward to the next one!

Thanks @Ranjan Das da for your words of support and appreciation. Really glad that all went safe. Looking forward to see you and your ride with its new heels sometime soon. 

[Beide Worku]

Glad you managed okay. My car is still at the doc, seems the simpler the part the harder to find it on the shelf. See you soon. 

[Frederic]

8 minutes ago, Beide Worku said:

Glad you managed okay. My car is still at the doc, seems the simpler the part the harder to find it on the shelf. See you soon. 

Oops... will it be ready for the two-day adventure you planned this weekend ?

[Beide Worku]

27 minutes ago, Frederic said:

Oops... will it be ready for the two-day adventure you planned this weekend ?

Unfortunately not 😥. Need to get right with the gods first, it seems