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@Luca Palanca Falsini, a great and challenging drive, thank you for your guidance. Also, thanks to @Lorenzo Candelpergher and to @Shehab Alawadhi for keeping the convoy in movement. As usual, a pleasure to drive with the rest of convoy members and hope to see you soon in the sand. I took a few pictures and have posted them in the gallery, hope you like them. Have a nice rest of the weekend. ~MC

Luca and Team what a first class fantastic drive one hundred percent of the most challenging, thrilling and adrenaline filled drives I've done and a brilliant introduction to fewbie plus!!!!!!!!!! BRAVO TO ALL!

Meeting Emmanuel ( first time ) Finally i got the pleasure meeting Emmanuel @Emmanuel for the first time . I am honoured. Fast and calm and definitely in safe drive mode despite what “extreme drive “ might give an impression. So I would suggest nominating “ intermediate plus “ instead of “extreme “ ☺️ indeed it was a lovely cool start east to fossil rock , I loved the scenic view and the red soft sand, wonderful. Our chase continued up to sweadan after we crossed Faya when the gear cable issue hit at which our short lovely journey is paused and I would say to be continued by our Velociraptor soon hopefully. @Tero Vallas @Rizwanm2 @Shaaz Sha and @Jorge Stepniak Felippe Thank you for the lovely time we spent and the best and thrill is yet to come together with our desert Knight @Emmanuel 😉

great drive today everyone, really good fun, thanks @Wrangeldand @marks great route and good banter, relive video below, not many photos, which is testament to the lack of stops!!!!

What a fantastic fun day, thanks to everyone on the drive. @Luca Palanca Falsini, @Lorenzo Candelpergher, @Niki Patel, @Shehab Alawadhi and @imranaasghar81 thanks for leading and supporting us on the drive today. lots of learning and thrilling experiences... looking forward to meeting up with you all in one of our next drives.

@Luca Palanca Falsini what a super drive! Awesome to have you back @Lorenzo Candelpergher! Super convoy today and kudos to all you that got to the top and attempted at the Super Bowl! @Shehab Alawadhi great CF role played in what was a tricky first time route for us all! @imranaasghar81 your first FB+... doing the SL role the final part of drive and making it to the top! Awesome drive and glad you put the camera on after the first climb! see all on the dunes soon.

Hello guys. The site at the moment is not working well, so I have not yet been able to post the meeting point. FIND IT BELOW: https://maps.app.goo.gl/pTM91phzbnomZvGr7. I'll keI'll trying to post it. See you all tomorrow.

Thank you @Shaaz Sha it’s quite frustrating because everyone was doing so well! And it was very promising for the rest of the drive. Unfortunately, with my gears shifter cable coming off repeatedly (I think I had to put it back 5 or 6 times), better option was to exit. But we will definitely do the « take 2 » as soon as possible. Stay tuned!

Hi guys, we had a superb start and thank @Emmanuelfor the drive and for the route selection.the scenic beauty was a treat for us.unfortunately we had to exit due to the gear issue, but still enjoyed the drive. Thank you @Jorge Stepniak Felippe @Tero Vallas, @Rizwanm2, @Mohamed Seidamit was a pleasure to be with you guys and see you soon. Take care and keep cool 👍

A very special thanks to: @Luca Palanca Falsini, @varunmehndiratta, @GauravSoni, @Veedooshee, @Archibald Jurdi, @Janarthan For a great fun drive and letting me use my winch 😂. Some clips and photos on Gallery. Hopefully see you 🔜 on the sand

Great drive today with very little downtime because everyone kept moving. Thanks @Kailas @Anish S for leading. The mixture of challenges was amazing and this was my first visit to this desert.

Thank you @Luca Palanca Falsini for an amazingly thrilled drive, loved it inspite being a challenging one 😀 Thank you @Lorenzo Candelpergher and @Shehab Alawadhi for your support today. Enjoyed everyone's company in today's convoy... see you all soon in the sands InshaAllah.

Thank you @Luca Palanca Falsini for taking us to this area, I’ve always wanted to climb these dunes. I went twice with my friends but wasn’t confident enough to take my car and now for sure I’ll take my car with them. Thank you @Lorenzo Candelpergher for helping me recover my car, and it taught me a few new things about my car too!! Great job everyone, although it was tough hope everyone had fun! See you on the next one and inshallah we get to our exit!

https://youtu.be/JlMpmFAhWlQ

@Kailas awesome drive as usual... @Anish S on your first lead congrats & you managed well... @Hennie Schoeman thanks for observing my tires loosing air.. rest of the convoy guys all drew well .. Seen you soon ,stay safe & happy riding to all....

😁 luckily you took it slow. Otherwise I will be left behind

Thank you Richard and Mark for the wonderful drive and providing an excellent start to the weekend. @marks heartiest congratulations for leading your first drive - well done and wish you more!

@Kailas @Anish S, thank you for the drive, both of you are very confident while leading the convoy, I enjoy driving with you guys,The terrain was nice today and we covered a lot of land in about 3.5 hours. Everybody drove well today.. Have a great weekend everybody.

Dear Desertnauts. The mystery is about to be solved. We have chosen a meeting point, which will soon be published on the drive's post. PLEASE CHECK THE PAGE AFTER 7PM TOMORROW EVENING. Once you reach it, please position yourself on separate sides of the road, according to which convoy you belong to. @Ale Vallecchi's convoy will be on the right hand side of the road, and will be composed of: @Ahab Shamaa, @Goutam, @Islam Soliman, @Jack Thomas, @Kenneth Bollhardt, @kolinrrj, @Malachy McGrogan, @Nihal17, @Rizwan Waheed, @VipinShetty and @Yahya Munir. The radio channel selected for this convoy is Carnity Channel #2 (446.031). @Wrangeld (Richard)'s convoy will line up on the left side of the road, and will include: @Francois Germishuys, @Humayun Ghias, @Mobeen Anwar, @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ, @Niki Patel, @Rob Harper, @sheri, @Sreejith Sreenivasan, @stavros papachristos, @Thomas Varghese @Watteau and @Yousef Alimadadi. The radio channel selected for this convoy is Carnity Channel #1 (446.006). These lists are in alphabetical order, so the exact convoys' orders will be unveiled tomorrow. They have been composed so to keep into account a balanced mix of drivers, in terms or ranks, experience and type of cars. As far as the itinerary is concerned, we will be entering an area of large, long dunes (tall but not too sharp), spend some time playing in their shadows, then cross a sabkha and approach another area of long range cordons (although possibly accessed through a small set of more technical dunes). Initially our general direction will be west, with the sun at our backs, but eventually we plan to turn around, toward a yet undecided exit point, in an easterly position with respect to Downtown Dubai. All skills will be practiced: side sloping, some ridge riding and criss-crossing, as well as driving along canyons, and in and out of sand bowls as well. Meeting time is confirmed at 6:00 AM on Saturday Morning, sharp. Enjoy your end of the week, and have a good Friday.

Thanks @Luca Palanca Falsini for the wonderful drive...The begining, mid and end all were unique and equally wonderful.. It was a fun learning experience being with a small convoy over this challanging terrain.. Not only the skills but @Abu Muhammad winch was well tested through the drive and happy to test the toe points on my Jeep as well (especially since I was not the one being recovered)🙂 Thanks all for the lovely eve, looking forward to the next drive with you all, hopefully sooner than later.

Indeed we had a very good start. Everybody picked up very good pace with zero stuck or refusals. Little bit sad we couldn't finish all the way till the end. But everything is for good reason, cant wait to sign up for next drive soon.

Thank you @Rahimdad and the fellow team leads for taking us on a wonderful journey today. It was beautiful watching the sun come up as we weaved our way through the dunes. My LR3 was definitely challenged in the second part of the drive and it was good to be humbled a little after having so few incidents on my previous drives. I have a lot of learning to do, and welcome the advice by all. Lastly, it was my wife's first desert drive and she had a great time. Thank you for making her feel welcome! Have great week!

Thank you @Wrangeld for this drive, it was a good way to relax and just enjoy the views, wind, gazelles and not think about a stressful week! Thank you @Ale Vallecchi for sweeping the convoy and making sure no one was left behind 😂. Great job to @AlexPol for being our second lead. Thank you to all my seniors for helping out as much as they could and giving guidance where needed. @Foxtrot Oscar @Jeepie @Desert Dweller. Great job everyone else for completing this drive and hope you all had fun and learned something from a drive with this many experienced people! I also hope you didn’t mind my small jokes here and there 😂. See you in the next one inshallah!

Here is the location 24°49'14.6"N 55°34'30.5"E https://goo.gl/maps/c3jKtX1DwSvZKkzT7

Thanks Rahimdad for a great drive, and a humorous, flowing trip report - another skill you have besides offroading 👍 Some great points for me especially in terms of the Pajero gearbox/diff lock etc. Appreciate all the advice and tips from yourself, Gaurav and Paul!

just delete the dot at the end of the link in your browser and it opens, I think I have done it right here https://goo.gl/maps/nw8T6zyYKBBUziK5A

Edit: Posted just a second too late 😂 @Ale Vallecchi Idk why, It says Unsupported link when I try to open it.

This video is dedicated to the 7 Camaraderie of Bu Tais @Farouq Owdeh @Taufique Surve @Hasan Wahlan @Karthikeyan Govindarajan @xavier @Mus_hus78. Remember what HeadMaster @Asif Hussain says: Follow the track 😂😂😂

Unfortunately I had a bad reaction to my prescription medicine, and unwell since this morning. Please accept my sincere apologies for the late cancellation.

@Hardik Mody don't feel sad or embarrassed. This doesn't show you are a poor driver. We are all in the learning process to drive on sand. If we don't encounter these situations how would we learn? Remember Richard @Wrangeld played the part of a good Samaritan to rescue a Patrol which got crested and stuck? We joined the club so that we can learn how not to be in that situation in the middle of a desert. In due course of time after some more drives you will learn the finesse of throttle control which @Rahimdad had been preaching to me about from day 1. Don't feel sad about this picture, instead practice more and more by participating in more drives if you have the time and interest. You could have seen me lot of times in this situation when I joined the club. I believe I drive very well on tarmac. Only once I felt bad about being stuck like this. @Frederic congratulated me that I got myself stuck and was encouraging me by teaching ways how to self recover. You haven't seen me dug deep in soft sand on a drive with Richard @Wrangeld and he insisted that I self recover by the crawl out method. Apparently it took 15 min then and lot of help in shovelings from @Chaitanya D and @Kailas but taught me a valuable lesson. Today I made use of it very successfully when I almost got stuck from a refusal and could self recover. My advise to you is get stuck more and more so that you will learn.

Great drive team, nice to meet you all and looking forward to the next!

Congratulations..! @Zed

Another Rock fan here 😌

Sure, waiting for a drive notification from you @Emmanuel

ACDC?

https://goo.gl/maps/c3jKtX1DwSvZKkzT7 from earlier posts above link works (removed the ‘.’)

Dear friends, thank you for signing up on this drive Thomas Varghese @Thomas Varghese Mohamed Seidam @Mohamed Seidam Lakshmi Narasimhan @Lakshmi Narasimhan Ranjan Das @Ranjan Das Richard Franks @Richard Franks Ranjan Pattanaik @Ranjan Pattanaik Mohamed Madani @Mohamed Madani Ammar Naji @Ammar Naji Alain Canivet-Abikhalil @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil topgear @topgear @Dodi Syahdar @Ahab Shamaa Mandatory gear required for this drive - shovel, flag, programmed radio, deflator and compressor. This area is very bushy with some tight dunes and soft patches at places. We will be heading towards fossil rock for a beautiful sunset and venture towards Khatim or east of fossil rock. There will be enough time and terrain to test your finesse along with doing climbs and sideys. Make sure your car low lying parts are removed (air dam and plastic parts especially for cars with low ground clearance ) , else you risk breaking them and bumpers for sure 🤣.Drives are always with a disclaimer that I/we are not certified mechanics to sort all issues if any which can happen on sands, will try to help to the best of our knowledge and abilities. Please ensure Covid appropriate behavior on the entire drive. Deflate to 15 psi for regular tires and 12 psi for all terrain tires See you on Sunday

Hi @Luca Palanca Falsini - I'm really sorry I completely overlooked the fact that this is Friday and not Saturday what I thought it was going to be... At least I didn't take anyone's spot. Hope you guys are having great fun. Apologies again.

@Rahimdad so sorry about this confusion from my end. It seems I sent my decline to the wrong group two days ago. Enjoy your drive.

Im at the meeting point

Morning guys I'm 5 mins delayed. I'll be there asap

Welcome @Wadepat2, see you in the sand and would love to listen to your mud and rock crawling experience.

Congratulations @Zed!!

Congrats @Zed!!

congratulations @Zed, well done. I hope you are enjoying your new ride. Long time to catch up sometime soon

@Pacific @Wrangeld i hope you understand it’s gonna be a rock n roll train 🤘 (if anyone understands this reference please say so, because I think it’s hilarious and perfectly timed😂)

Yes @Goutam. The drive is still open with 1 more spot after the one you took. Welcome to........ (mystery 😆)!