Afternoon Fewbie Desert Drive - Lisalli Chimney Loop - Dubai - 30 Nov 2024

[frederic demolder]

@Benje_Junior @davie c smooth operator@DP1011

I am not available in the morning I prefer to stay with @davie c smooth operator group for the afternoon.

see you tomorrow 

[khlief]

Hi @DP1011 @davie c smooth operator tomorrow will be my 10th fewbie drive and i will be able to request promotion to fb+ . Is it possible to join the fb+ drive in the morning as fb ?

[Benje_Junior]

@khlief unfortunately you won’t be able to join along with the FB+ convoy as your still a Fewbie driver. However once you apply for FB+ after your 10th Fewbie drive we will gather your periodic feedback and will continue appropriately. 
 

thank you for understanding mate 

@frederic demolder no worries mate. Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow 

[Haneef Thayyil]

Hi @davie c smooth operator @DP1011 @Benje_Junior  I wish I could join with @DP1011 for the Fewbie+ drive but unfortunately I'm not able to join for the morning drive tomorrow as I will be traveling back to Dubai tonight, will be reaching after 8.00 in th morning  if as planned. 

Edited November 29, 2024 by Haneef Thayyil

[Benje_Junior]

Good afternoon, Sand Seekers,

@Shiju Raju, @Shahid Mehmood, @Giacomo

@Andrei S (Tentative)

 

Convoy order will be posted tomorrow morning 

 

If you wish to join @DP1011 FB+ drive tomorrow please follow this link below 

 

If you do join DP please remember to remove your RSVP. 

 

Thanks, Ben 

29 minutes ago, Haneef Thayyil said:

Hi @davie c smooth operator @DP1011  I wish I could join with @DP1011 for the Fewbie+ drive but unfortunately I'm not able to join in the morning drive tomorrow as I will traveling back to Dubai tonight, will be reaching after 8.00 in th morning  if as planned. 

No worries mate looking forward to seeing you tomorrow. 

Edited November 29, 2024 by Benje_Junior

[Davie Smooth_Operator]

11 minutes ago, Benje_Junior said:

Good afternoon, Sand Seekers,

@Shiju Raju, @Shahid Mehmood, @Giacomo

@Andrei S (Tentative)

 

If you wish to join @DP1011 FB+ drive tomorrow please follow this link below 

 

If you do join DP please remember to remove your RSVP. 

 

Thanks, Ben 

No worries mate looking forward to seeing you tomorrow. 

No Issue at all see you tomorrow  

[Andrei S]

2 hours ago, Benje_Junior said:

Good afternoon, Sand Seekers,

@Shiju Raju, @Shahid Mehmood, @Giacomo

@Andrei S (Tentative)

 

Convoy order will be posted tomorrow morning 

 

If you wish to join @DP1011 FB+ drive tomorrow please follow this link below 

 

If you do join DP please remember to remove your RSVP. 

 

Thanks, Ben 

No worries mate looking forward to seeing you tomorrow. 

Thanks @Benje_Junior and @DP1011 for arranging another. Unfortunately I will join next time. Enjoy tomorrow!

[Benje_Junior]

16 minutes ago, Andrei S said:

Thanks @Benje_Junior and @DP1011 for arranging another. Unfortunately I will join next time. Enjoy tomorrow!

@Andrei S are you still attending the afternoon drive with myself and @davie c smooth operator? 
 

if not can you please drop your RSVP. 
 

much appreciated mate 

[Davie Smooth_Operator]

Dear Desert Wanderers  @Benje_Junior, @essam ibrahim, @Carl Stanley, @Guido Ferriani, @Andreas Riis, @Michael asir, @Gary F, @khlief, @J-P L, @Dr Tanveer Ahmed, @Andrei S, @Ahmed Farouk, @Haneef Thayyil, @frederic demolder and @Mohit Gurnani we will be using Ch4 446.081 and the convoy order for this afternoons drive will be as follows: Looking forward to seeing you all in the sand this afternoon

 

[Benje_Junior]

Good afternoon Sand Seekers, 

 @essam ibrahim, @Carl Stanley, @Guido Ferriani, @Andreas Riis, @Michael asir, @Gary F, @khlief, @J-P L,  @Ahmed Farouk, @Haneef Thayyil, @frederic demolder.

Thank you for bearing with me during my first lead, and it was certainly one to remember! We set out to reach solar tower, hit some technical dunes and ride on the side of long-range dunes. we managed to hit one of those objectives and that was technical dunes 😄 the closer we got to solar tower the more vegetation there was nearly making it impossible to find clean dunes to zig-zag on. However, even though the extreme overlanding everyone drove absolutely incredible considering the conditions. 

The best way to describe the drive would be Jurassic Park, with the heavy foliage down to navigating the darkest areas even to finding a tipped over porta-potty in the middle of nowhere I hope everyone enjoyed the exploration Lisali had to offer. Even if we didn't hit the planned route due to dense forest, I had a blast, hoping everyone else did too! 

@essam ibrahim We haven't driven together in a long time and you're driving has massively improved, so well-done mate with these conditions it really wasn't easy and yet you managed to keep the VXR flowing through the dunes with no issues. 

@davie c smooth operator Thanks for letting me lead your convoy and providing helpful feedback so I can continue to learn more from you, I remember the early days when I just hit support, and you were the advisor the first thing I said was "maybe you will be teaching me how to lead someday" and here we are, so it was awesome to see you being the first (now marshal) following in second lead showing me the ropes, enjoy your holiday mate. 

Massive thank you to @frederic demolder and @Gary F supporting the convoy, there was a lot of work to do, and I could be rest assured that you guys had my back 

Thanks again everyone, hope you had fun especially if it was your first time seeing just how dark it can be in the sand. 

@davie c smooth operator and @Gary F looks like we need a team desert flyers bridge building team for every exit. especially if my 'thing' is going to end up being forests 😆 just kidding though going to figure out how to find sand next 😄