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Dear Madmax drive members... less than 10 hours and will be meeting, deflating and starting our new adventure. As fully aware, drives are always up to the dunes and sand nature and condition, lead and drivers performance. Hoping all these factors meet all requirement to reach the level of Madmax drive aiming to enjoy. Convoy order is as below, moving using channel 3. Please sleep and relax well, make sure your offroad gear and car are ready for the new challenge. Look forward to see you friends tomorrow 5:45 am in sha Allah. Nice evening.

Hi Sand Sailors Eagerly waiting for the sunday. Here's the convoy order and other details. Looking forward to see you all. With sunrise at 6am, moving the meeting time to 5:45am, please make sure to be on time, we want to start rolling with first ray of sun. Channel: 2 Meeting time : 5:45am Meeting point : https://goo.gl/maps/JkhE9hDwve8mkkU99 Convoy Order 1. Varun in Grey Wrangler 2. @Morshedi back again in his Yellow Wrangler at SL position. 3. @Jose Thomas in Grey Xterra 4. @Sam K in his FJ, our first Shovel Expert for the drive 5. @Imteeaz in Golden Super Safari 6. @Haitham Khattab Red Rubicon SWB 7. @Mahmoud Taha in silver Xterra our second shovel expert : ) 8. @salah2u in his Y62 9. @imranaasghar81 10 @Prakash Anoop in Red SWB Wrangler 11. @Imran Kashif in Maroon FJ 12. @takeshi sobue in white FJ 13. @Beide Worku our master sweep in Blue F150. Please make sure that in case your plans changes, let us know well in advance. We still have three drivers on WL and is surely not good to lose a slot while others have been waiting. Thanks a lot for your understanding @Amr Aydin you are on WL 1 @Senthil Kumar you are on WL2

Thank you @Gaurav Soni for a great drive and energy… and nice to meet you. I look forward to the next episode! @Rob Sand @Pacific thanks for the great support during the drive and for helping me with my compressor issue at the end and making sure everyone left the sand safe and sound! I hope it gets fixed before my next drive. @Tareckthanks for the sweeping and the shoveling and nice to meet you! I wish everyone a great week ahead

Thanks Gaurav for an excellent practice drive. I always felt that up and over was my weak spot and today's practice was well needed. You had an excellent support team by the way; @Pacificand @Rob S you both were fabulous...Thanks and looking fwd to seeing you all again.

Great morning in the sands! thanks @GauravSoni for leading us through the sands. Well done to @Jaro Tuzinskyin SL and @Tareck for sweeping us at the back! Thanks also to @Pacific with the shoveling as support team! Getting the right balance between Gas and momentum take some time, and changes vehicle to vehicle but plenty of practice today! We managed to recover most vehicles today with some good shoveling and digging "V" channels from the front and rear of the car allowing gravity to help us shift the sand from under the vehicle bellys! I didnt see much of the guys at the back today, but was watching in my mirrors for @jad, Well driven today for your first Fewbie, only one stuck that was resolved without a rope! In front was @Zulfikhar Naiyar, well driven today buddy, and good shoveling from your passenger! Make sure you balance the gap to the car in front with leaving room for stopping, but also close enough to watch the car in front to better judge the terrain and allow you to adjust accordingly. See you all again soon!

Dear friends Andrei S @Andrei S Yerem Davtyan @Yerem Davtyan Benjamin @Benjamin premindra rajaram @premindra rajaram Danish Mohammad @Danish Mohammad Simon Dawood @Simon Dawood Tareq Al Turq @Tareq Al Turq Ahmed Wagdy @Ahmed Wagdy Rayas Ali @Rayas Ali Zixuan Huang - Charlie @Zixuan Huang - Charlie Drive RSVP is closed Please note the convoy numbers Please be on time and bring all your passion for off-roading Deflate your tires to 12 psi for all terrain tires and 15 psi if regular tires Please ensure your programable radio is on, fully charged and set to Channel 1 (446,006) Briefing will be done before we start moving Please ensure everything in the car is tied down and there are no moving objects Please check all car fluids, tow hooks, and ensure no hanging parts below the chassis. please ensure you come with a full tank (as much as possible) in addition to all mandatory gear for this drive level specially your 1. tire deflator, 2. pressure gauge 3. compressor, 4. safety flag and 5. radio. (NO FLAG or RADIO = NO DRIVE) For night drive you can drive with high beam on sand with fog lamps on, off road lights helps but not required in a convoy Meeting point is as below @ 8PM https://goo.gl/maps/UPzSd1VJvSnYYraXA See you tonight

@Beide Worku In your case if you didn’t turn up tomo, on next drive you will have to get another 10ltr for me too . 😁

Joining if you let me in😅

Dear @Mario Cornejo @Tom B @Rob S @Waqas Parvez @Alexanderrr @Amir Amiri @DP1011 , Deepak wrangler @ASAD. @Fabien Monleau @Mohamad Anwer @Ashok chaturvedi @JamesThorn @Chris Wing Are you still joining, or other plans came up?

Another good drive with the doctor... dates, laban, and stories.... a good way to start the weekend. @M.Seidam thanks for posting the drive, and also on completing 100 drives! @Alexander Alcala thanks for the sweep, and tugging me out of my stuck. @Rajiv Sam & @Sunil Mathew thanks for the support. Wish everyone a good weekend 👍

Thanks @Gaurav Soni for a great trip! Very nice expenation of the finer points of up and over. Thanks for @Rob S and @Pacific for the great support! More shoveling than tugging today. A few pictures in the gallery! Enjoy!

See you all tonight. We will have an amazing offroad with @Chaitanya D.

Self quote from the past “Truly I was wondering sometimes about the deep secret of this magic that always bring me back to the desert.till today which was the “ straw that split the hump of the camel”. I sow it today in the desert through my little child ( 4 year old ) eyes when I decided to take him for a trip to Qudra lakes and ending ( not far ) on top of a nice small dune. He was so happy playing with the sand so do I ,running and climbing after each other. he didn’t want to leave so do I.but finally we had to leave and he said dad please take me with you always to desert. Here came the straw and I was the camel ! “ The passion to the desert became like the gravity pulling me to the earth and after more than two years driving in the sand I don’t think I will be leaving this magic planet . imagine those who spent all their lives doing it at least once per week . God help us all 🙏😅 yesterday was no different . I was honoured driving with all of you friends and we all did just fine and was even more pleasure sharing among us Tales and stories 🙏 Thank you all for joining this wonderful half moon night drive and hope to see you soon . AlexM @AlexM Amr Aydin @Amr Aydin Joji varghese @Joji varghese Gregory @Gregory Alexander Alcala @Alexander Alcala Rajiv Sam @Rajiv Sam Sunil Mathew @Sunil Mathew Senthil Kumar @Senthil Kumar Morshedi @Morshedi

@imranaasghar81 you are added to the drive. Convoy order updated.

Dear Desertnauts as many, having just gotten back to Dubai, I am looking forward to a nice desert outing, that, if all goes as planned, will start gently at Bab al Shams, will increase in speed and rhythm through Qudra's southern quadrant, will maintain a good pace into the dunes leading to Ghantoot, where we'll cool down looking for oryx and sipping tea (if time permits) near the old date palm groves, prior to our exit at Ghantoot barracks. Hence, if you wish to bring tea, coffee and dates with you, we'll surely love to stop and enjoy right around sunset time. Considering the experience of the convoy (and its medium/short size), the drive could be bumped up to a bit more challenging than Fewbie), but in general it will be a great warm up for the cooler season to come. The convoy order will be the following: @Pierre de Maigret in Second Lead @Dinesh Kumar A at #3 @Sunil Mathew in the Center @Ignacio Quindós at #5 @Gurcharan Mehta at #6, and @Looper in Sweep. Radio channel will be decided before departing. Looking forward to see you tomorrow, I wish you all a great weekend.

For 10ltrs he can take my spot

Hi @Senthil Kumar sorry won’t be able to add you… convoy is already pretty long as wanted to ensure first drive members are atleast accommodated. See you next time. At least happy that you had atleast one drive this weekend. 👍 Sailors, anyone who won’t turn up tomo would have to deliver 10ltr fuel to Senthil.

@Hisham Masaadim in if there is still space

Confirmed! . . . . Alarm set, clothes laid out, radio on charge, boxes strapped down in the car, GPS pre-set, . . . . All I need to do is wake up!

Confirmed. Packed and ready to go.

Not going to miss a madmax drive 😅. YALLAH!

I'm in

In too 😉

No Room for other plans 🤞

I’m in!

Thank you for the great drive this morning @Vanessa8580. Driven a few times around Big Red and this was a totally different route. Really enjoyable and great pace, on the move all the time. Easy drive for me today following @Davie Chase, thanks for the guidance. Thanks @Ignacio Quindós for SL and @Looper sweeping. Great to drive will you all. Look forward to the next one.

Thank you Doc @M.Seidam for the refreshing start to the weekend...enjoyed the drive yesterday to the fullest. Was my first FB+ drive with the Fortuner, and i believe it went just fine... Thanks for the dates and laban , although the combo sounds a bit unusual, it was good ...and was nice to listen to the story of how Qudra desert is dear to you and Abdallah...God Bless!! Good to drive with all fellow members @Rajiv Sam - great SL, @AlexM, @Amr Aydin @Joji varghese @Gregory @Senthil Kumar @Morshedi and @Alexander Alcala See you all on the next one!

@Chaitanya D, looking forward to tonight's drive! Where is the meeting point? Cheers!

Dear Dune Surfers, @Gertjan @tarek @Jaro Tuzinsky @Zulfikhar Naiyar @Mohammed Sirajuddin @Gerrit Bus @Naim Aoun @Pieter Potgieter @Jad Moussalli @Pacific @Rob S please find the convoy order as below Name car Drives at Level Position GauravSoni Pajero LWB LEAD 1 Jaro Tuzinsky Pajero LWB 3 2 Pieter Potgieter Jeep Wrangler 8 3 Zulfikhar Naiyar Xterra 5 4 Mohammed Sirajuddin Xterra 0 5 Rob S Prado ST 6 Jad Moussalli Defender 0 7 Pacific SWB Jeep ST 8 Naim Aoun Jeep Sahara 17 9 Gerrit Bus Jeep Gladiator 11 10 Gertjan FJ Cruiser 11 11 Tareck Y62 16 12 We will be moving with First light of the day around 5.40… so it would be great if we all can be ready to move by 5.30… see you tomrrow morning!😉

With 5 cars this drive should be pretty exciting.... Convoy numbering would be decided on the spot, see you there tomorrow evening.

my shovel and jack are ready for deployment😈

Yallah lets push,im in 🙂

it is seen as 8 pm- as indicated above screenshot. not sure why some members are seeing it as 5 pm. this is a NB night drive 8-11.45 pm on Saturday