Morning Fewbie Desert Drive - Mahafiz - Sharjah - 2 Sep 2023

[Hisham Masaad]

We request every member that joins this drive to go through the below information and strictly follow these guidelines, etiquettes and responsibilities.

MUST READ AND COMPLY

• Environmental Policy
• Offroad Flag Guideline
• Two Way Radio Guideline
• Off road Driving Etiquette's
• Emergency details for all off-roaders
• Off Road Driving - Roles & Responsibilities
   

DRIVE DETAILS

Level:  Fewbie and above

When:  2 Sept 2023, Saturday

Meeting time:  5:30 AM - Sharp (Without any exceptions)

Meeting Point:  https://goo.gl/maps/rrNU1wyhdp1KjRk4A

Action Plan:  From Mahafiz drive in direction of the Fossil Rock, then on the nice dunes overlooking a deep valley facing the rocky mountains, and to finish on the high dune of Faya.

Approximate finish time: 9:00 AM

Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 8-10 inches of ground clearance.

What to bring along: Loads of water, snacks (for yourself), smiles, enthusiasm and willingness to learn.

Recommended off-road gears: Walkie-talkie radio and off-road flag (MANDATORY), plus tire deflator, tire pressure gauge, compressor, walkie-talkie radio, off-road flag, shovel, first-aid kit and fire extinguisher.
 

LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE

• This drive is limited to 10 cars only. RSVP will close on Friday - 12 PM.
• If the RSVP is full, you can add your name to the waitlist, once anyone drops, you will be moved to the RSVP list.
• RSVP will close a day prior to preparing a convoy list.
• Latecomers will be returned back - Without any exceptions.
• Members without RSVP will be returned back - Without any exceptions.
• Please withdraw your RSVP, if you aren't joining, so your spot can be taken by others.
• Repeated no-show members after RSVP will have their account suspended for a month.
   

PLEASE RSVP ON THE CALENDAR

 

[Hisham Masaad]

Dear Friends, hope you are having good week. Below is the current RSVP situation, and would really appreciate your final decision of joining or not. We are almost 24 hours from closing the RSVP. 

 

Attendees

• Zulfikhar Naiyar @Zulfikhar Naiyar
• Srilakshman Karthikeyan @Srilakshman Karthikeyan
• Ben Williams @Ben Williams
• Naim Aoun @Naim Aoun Glad to see you back Naim, look forward to meet you again
• Mohamad Anwer @Mohamad Anwer
• Abhilash Kottakkal  @Abhilash Kottakkal
• Abdelghani @Abdelghani
• Issam Atra @Issam Atra
• Cha @Cha
• Ahmad Nerat @Ahmad Nerat

Waitlisted Attendees

• Faraz94 @Faraz94

[Issam Atra]

Very excited to drive in Mahafiz inshallah 

[Faraz94]

@Hisham MasaadI will withdraw the RSVP. Will join @Ale Vallecchi 😀

[Ahmad Nerat]

Confirmed

[Hisham Masaad]

Dear mahafiz visitors @Cha @Issam Atra @Ben Williams @Srilakshman Karthikeyan @Abhilash Kottakkal @Mohamad Anwer @Abdelghani @Naim Aoun @Ahmad Nerat thank you for joining, and hope to see you tomorrow morning 5:30am. We will be using channel 2 (446031) and moving as per the below convoy order. 

See you tomorrow morning in Sha Allah

Nice evening

[Naim Aoun]

Confirmed. Great to be with you again Hisham.  See you in the morning God Willing. 

 

[Ben Williams]

Fantastic drive everyone.

My favorite yet!!

Thanks for all of the support and advice, looks like I have some more skills to learn and some setup/modification to do on the Jeep.

[Hisham Masaad]

Well done every one, amazing drive enjoyed personally and I hope all of you. All arrived on time, briefing and started the adventure. Mahafiz was full of plants and bushes, with nice small bowls, and all managed to cross all of them without any issue. We stoped opposite fossil rock, for around 10 minutes, and took our way to faya smooth soft dunes, and again all managed very well. Except one crest, managed by @Mohamad Anwer and @Ahmad Nerat in no time, thanks for the same. The last one as usual, faya big dune, which all managed to reach the top, except the old lay of @Ben Williams, which is fully understandable, little more training, vitamins, and exercises, and she will be good to go. Great to see you again @Naim Aoun and hope to see you more. @Cha congratulations on your new pajero toy, and thank you for being SL today. @Abhilash Kottakkal you did very well, unfortunately tires did not help you much, but all good. @Issam Atra you did very well with your old lady, no issues. @Srilakshman Karthikeyan @Abdelghani well done. @Ahmad Nerat thank you very much for sweeping today, and great support from @Mohamad Anwer in the centre today.

Thank you all for joining and making the drive good, and look forward to see you soon in sand.

Nice week end

 

[Issam Atra]

Thank you @Hisham Masaadvery much for the wonderful morning, really enjoyed 

Thanks for the wonderful support team @Mohamad Anwer@Ahmad Nerat@Cha

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