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Dear friends, @Amr Aydin @Tareq Al Turq @DP1011 , Deepak wrangler @Imteeaz @Naim Aoun @Prakash Anoop @Mohamad Anwer @KAMALIO @Santoso Marjuki @Joseph Raju @Gregory @Waqas Parvez 12 hours, and most of us will be getting up to prepare for another weekend and another adventure (unless one of the kids play with the alarm and change the settings 😅). Below is the convoy order. We will be on radio channel 4, and my mobile number is 0506318834. Hope all will be ready by 5:10am, for a quick brief to start. Look forward to see you morning.

Dear Dune surfers! @Tom B @Ranjan Das @Simon Dawood @Chinthaka Ruwan @Daniel Rodas @Chris Wing @Looper thanks for joining the drive! Please let me know if there are any change of plans and confirm. I will be posting convoy order later tonight..

Dear Desert Drivers, Lisaili area offers a wide variety of dunes, from the tight technical to the massive long and tall dunes. We will navigate our ways covering these different terrains, so there will be something for every taste. We will have long side sloping, and we will practice ridge riding and criss crossing. As it is getting hot, the sand is getting softer, as you have realised in the last drives. Be prepared to drive "on your toes" in some occasions, and always be in control of your momentum... and not fighting gravity! The plan is to enter from Lisaili Fort, and to exit in the small town of Murqab. I will issue the convoy order and radio channel by the end of the afternoon. Stay tuned, and let me know before that if you have changed you plan and cannot attend. @Andrew McCarthy @Suresh K @Joseph Sebastian @Jessica Lambert @Dr Tanveer Ahmed @Gurcharan Mehta @Sudhanva Sonawane @Gerrit Bus @FiNaR @Beide Worku you are confirmed. Waitlist for a second WE drive @Shahid Mehmood @Imran Kashif @Adhir Saxena @Ashutosh Garg

Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy I'm back

a squad of the finest drivers on the market right now 😅 thanks Ale for the lovely drive 🤘

@Amr Aydin - First drive and SL, deftly the best way to start the level 😎 - based on my last week's experience I can assure you , u will love this position 🤩

Thanks @GauravSoni, looking forward to my first IM drive 💪💪💪

No issue @Jona see you next time . Take care 🙏 @Amr Aydin the system picked you up as you are on the next wait list @Amr Aydin the system picked you up as you are on the next wait list

Dear Desert Drivers A few hours remaining to be ready for tomorrow morning, Have a relaxing evening, and get as much sleep as you can. Meeting will be at 5:15 am at https://goo.gl/maps/ZikRWU1YYas968yT9 We will be on radio Channel 3 The convoy order will be

Well, SL in Mahafiz is not like in Margham, be aware please 🤠

Looking forward for the adventure

@Brette I've always driven behind you and followed for almost 4 drives. this is the first time I'll be driving in front, it just feels weird🤣🤣🤣

Sadly I'm going to miss this one, I have some unexpected family obligations. I hope someone from the WL can join instead. Have fun and see you in the next one.

@Ale Vallecchi Thanks , though I wish to do both drives, home ministry will reject . Let someone else get a chance..

Hi @Hisham Masaad confirm from my side

Hi Hisham @Hisham Masaad, confirmed

Will be there انشاء الله

No issue mahmoud , drive safe there and wish you pleasant holidays. .. you can do some off-roading there too 😄

For those coming from Dubai on E66 (Al Ain Road), ADNOC Al Hayer-2 (659) is the last gas station. https://goo.gl/maps/6xkAVeMznmGMe5ZZ8 It is 17kms from the meeting point. If you’re coming from Abu Dhabi city, ADNOC Nahel (658) is probably the last station for you. https://goo.gl/maps/XJPRnpBYvrJ2Uzru9

I have to drop, since the car transferred to Jordan for vacation. Sorry @M.Seidam

Dear Desertnauts. In preparation for Saturday's drive, having said as much as possible in the drive's briefing, the most important information at the moment is how to reach the meeting point. Google map will send you on a long and windong route: to avoid it, please, arrive at Qudra Last Exit's ADNOC gas station, enter it (and top up your tank, as you are at it), and proceed through its exit. As soon as you have left the gas station's perimeter, you will find the meeting point to your left, on a dirt patch near a bike shop and a Thai restaurant. Park and deflate, as close to 13 (not more) or less, based on the type of tires you are mounting. We'll enter the desert from a nearby track, and we'll have a technical briefing as soon as we reach the first dunes. Then we'll put theory to the test, practicing first straight crossings, then side sloping, and eventually smooth ridge riding and criss crossing. The convoy order will be the following (with Fewbies and above alternating to lead each Newbie, and tutor them through the training exercises and the drive): @Adhir Saxena in Second Lead @Yogesh Chaudhary at 3 @Nitin Mohan at #4 @Anirudh Dayma #5 @Mike. at #6 @Sunny84 #7 @Brette at Center Forward @Jaro Tuzinsky at #9 @george charbel #10 @Azam V2.0 #11 @JERINE_B #12 @Jad Moussalli #13 and @munkybizness in Sweep. Radio frequencies will be announced on the spot. Thanks a lot and see you on Saturday. Enjoy the end of the week.

@Hisham Masaad Confirmed

@Hisham MasaadI confirm

Dear friends, 48 hours till we start our new adventure in Mahafiz. Looks at the list of attendees and waitlist, requesting all to finalize joining or not. Attendees Waqas Parvez @Waqas Parvez Gregory @Gregory Prakash Anoop @Prakash Anoop Mark D @Mark D Amr Aydin @Amr Aydin Joseph Raju @Joseph Raju Tareq Al Turq @Tareq Al Turq Mohamad Anwer @Mohamad Anwer salah2u @salah2u Imteeaz @Imteeaz Waitlisted Attendees DP1011 , Deepak wrangler @DP1011 , Deepak wrangler ASAD. @ASAD. KAMALIO @KAMALIO Senthil Kumar @Senthil Kumar Naim Aoun @Naim Aoun Santoso Marjuki @Santoso Marjuki Regards,

Dear Dune surfers! @Tom B @Ranjan Das @Simon Dawood @Chinthaka Ruwan @Daniel Rodas @Chris Wing the convoy order is as below @Thomas Varghese#2 @Simon Dawood #3 @Daniel Rodas #4 @Tom B #5 @Looper#6 @Chinthaka Ruwan#7 @Chris Wing #8 @Ranjan Das#9 radio channel 2 I plan to start moving at 5 am to enjoy as much “cooler” weather! so please reach as early as u need to deflate and setup we will be out on tarmac before 9 am.

Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, so right back at you 🙏🏽

Confirmed for tomorrow. Looking forward to it

Hi @GauravSoni Wifey made other plans for Saturday and could get the request approved as I am driving today. Sorry I will have to pull out and hope to catch you on the next one.

Thanks for informing @Andrei S. See you in another drive hopefully

Hi @JERINE_B. After Wednesdays if the system lets you in a drive, even if it's your second drive, it means that you can do multiple drives, without depriving other members of theirs. So if you want to join this one it's OK, unless there are date and time conflicts. Up to you. Just let me know. Thanks

Dear @Naim Aoun and @Santoso Marjuki being first drive WL, you added to the drive. Please confirm

Will miss you on this drive @Mark D

Safe trip @salah2u

@Hisham Masaad confirmed..

@Hisham Masaad confirmed from my side if im added to the drive

Im in @Hisham Masaad

Thanks @Hisham Masaad ! See you Satday morning 🤩

@Hisham Masaad Cant wait to hear Yalla Push this Saturday, I am In Inshalah

Dear Desertnauts quick update about tomorrow's drive. First, contemplating his predicament with attempting to sign up to the drive, and the newly implemented regulations about Friday's drive, I have added @Waqas Parvez to the list, making it a still manageable 10 car convoy. Secondly, let's not worry too much about the forecasted heat. These are my preferred conditions, when driving in the desert: hot and dusty air, burning and soft sands. slowly cooling themselves down as the drive progresses toward the sunset, when we'll be able to savor the balmy environment and dusky colors at the end of the drive. True desert conditions for a well motivated convoy. If memory serves me well (not having been in this area for a few months), to access the meeting point across the farms and fields of the Al Hayer area, costing E20, we'll have to drive through one of those self-opening gates. Get as close to the gate as possible to activate the automatic system, then proceed on the dirt track to the meeting point. The drive's difficulty coefficient will be increased by the fact that we'll be always moving across the slip-faces, hence we'll have to find suitable places to cross the soft sand, especially at the beginning of the drive, in the hottest hours. We plan to reach at least Murqaab, with the possibility of extending to Lisaili. At the moment, the convoy order will be as follows: @Anoop Nair in Second Lead @Joji varghese at #3 @ASAD. #4 @Rob S at #5 @Tom B #6 @Waqas Parvez at #7 @Charbel #8 @munkybizness at #9, and @Christian Andras in Sweep. Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow. Have a nice Thursday.

Confirmed... 👍

Confirmed

@Hisham Masaad am in

I am in inshallah Abu Abid and looking forward to it 😀

@Ale Vallecchi wonderful concept! Your drive description never ceases to amaze the drivers, newbies and experienced alike. I am sure the convoy will be showered with “love” under your watchful eyes!

@Ale Vallecchi 😎

@Gaurav Sonii’m sorry but I have to pull out from the drive. I’m not feeling so well since morning. I guess better that I take some rest.