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Dear all, @Faraz94 @Andrei S @Shiju Raju @Shaun J @Andrew John Melvill @JERINE_B @Mahmut @Rohit Deginal @Premjit Vappala @Rahul6157 @DanielN @Jad Moussalli @Deepak Eswar @Mohammad Sayawoush Azad @Rk ram @JohanE @Frans M @Joji varghese @Rajiv Sam @Sunil Mathew I and @Kailas would see you all tomorrow 7.15am sharp please ( You can be early, and be deflated , ready for briefing) Please see the convoy order as below , with radio channel as below : Please make sure you are tuned / radio frequency programmed to Carnity channels. Convoy 1 : DP - We use radio channel 2: 446.031 Convoy 2 @Kailas - Radio channel 4 - 446.081

Dear all - Hope you are all looking forward to the first of this series drive - Considering the shorter duration, please make sure your machine is in good condition and you have good rest as well - See you all soon tomorrow. Convoy order will be released later during the day ! See you all tomorrow !

Dear Desert Wanderers, @Pajy McPajface - luke, @Nizar Shawwa, @Julien Recan, @Mark B, @Aser, @Arravind, and @Gary F, we will be using Ch4 446.081 this evening. The convoy order will be as per below. Looking forward to a meander through the night sky's and dunes of Lisalli. See you all flags up and deflated at 20:00 tonight

Hope you are all doing well and ready for tomorrow's adventure. Please bring a camping chair if you have one, as while taking a break, we can sit down and do the skills briefing with a demo car in a beautiful landscape. We will end the drive at a fuel station to inflate, to save time if you have an air compressor please bring it along (not mandatory). Please find your convoy numbering, we will use Radio Channel 3 (for those who have it). For the rest, we will carry spare radios with tuned frequencies. @sophiedana @Nivi @Rasna @Xandi @Srikumar @Giovana @Jaswanthi @Gráinne @Emma @Vanessa8580 @Iqra Raheel @Bindi @Juanita @Alina Malakaeva @Frederic Convoy Numbering Gaurav Silver Pajero sophiedana (Amr A) 2021 Jeep Wrangler JL - 4 door - Sage Green Nivi (Prakriti) 2014, Toyota, Prado, 4 cylinder, White Rasna (Ishak) 2021 Pajero-4door-White and Black Xandi Nissan Patrol Srikumar Green Cherokee XJ Giovana (Premindra) Nissan x terra silver 2009 Gráinne 2017 Jeep Wrangler 4 door red Emma 2024 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon - 4 door - White Vanessa8580 (Sohini) Nissan X-terra 2008 Blue EVGENIYA Wrangler Juanita (Nicolo) 2018 jeep wrangler unlimited Frederic 2021 Nissan Patrol Safari - Silver

@Anoop Nair, @Cha and @Stumpy It is a short convoy, so we will figure out the order later. There is a Newbie drive at the same place - please don't get lost in that crowd!

@Nathan @RiadJL @Dorian Zissi @rroker @Wilfredo Perez @EbrahimZAF @Rob S @Vipin M @ozgu @Menon @Hani Howeedy @Abhilash Kottakkal For the drive tomorrow, please check your route to reach the meeting point. Coming from Nahel, about 300m before the final location, you will see a road to your right, with a sign "...Winter Camp..." Take that road. It is closed by a fence. Reach slowly to the fence, it will open by itself. Then continue until you see the other cars. If there is fog on the route, don't worry and drive safely, we will wait for you. I will indicate the convoy order and the radio channel by the end of the afternoon.

wow thats a lotta JEEPS!

DRIVE PLAN Remember this drive we did few days ago (9th Sep), posted by @Frederic, where I took a bunch of Jeeps and went to Sweihan. I took a different track than that of Fred where I went to Ghafteen Bowl and from there to Nagra Hill and Sweihan. I redid that on 4th November 2023, where we instead of going to Sweihan went to Old Lady dune. Now I want to take the original track as Fred intended. Ensure the car is fully topped up with gas. Request every member that joins this drive to go through the information below and strictly follow these guidelines, etiquette, and responsibilities. MUST READ AND COMPLY Environmental Policy Offroad Flag Guideline Two Way Radio Guideline Off road Driving Etiquettes Emergency details for all off roaders Off Road Driving - Roles & Responsibilities DRIVE DETAILS Level: Intermediate and above When: 16 Mar 2023, Saturday Meeting time: 7:00 AM Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/FVLixGinNMWgbiKy5 Approximate finish time: 11 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. MANDATORY OFF-ROAD GEAR: Tire deflator & Tire pressure gauge Compressor Walkie-talkie radio Off-road flag Shovel, Tow Rope & 2 Shackles First-aid kit Fire extinguisher LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE This drive is limited to 10 cars only. RSVP will close on Friday 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 - Without any exceptions. Members without RSVP will be returned - 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 BELOW CALENDAR

Dear Desert Drivers, Last updates for tomorrow morning. Meeting at 6:45 am at https://maps.app.goo.gl/LHbFHb1WQUtA55kV7 Please refer to the previous post for accessing the meeting point. The convoy order will be We will use Carnity Radio Channel 6. Take as much sleep as you can, and see you tomorrow morning. My number if you need 05 88 62 09 42

Nice Fred!! Stepping thing up🤙

Hi @Davie Chase I will be there for my first FEWBIE Plus Drive ! 👍💪😉🐪🐪🐪🐪🐪

Please confirm I am still in the drive. Thanks

Thank you Jerome! See you in the morning bright and early

Hi Nathan From the meeting point (upper red pin), you can follow the track marked in blue. It runs along a fence (to your right). with entry points marked as the other 3 red pins below. For each of these entry points, you will find a sandy track. You can enter a few hundreds meter and will find plenty of space.

@JeromeFJ Thanks looking forward to Driving with you and the rest of the team

Hi @Davie Chase - I'm confirmed for Sunday. Looking forward to it. Rob

Dear Desert Wanders @frederic demolder, @Frans M and @Robk, we have a very short convoy on Sunday so please let me know if you plans have changed. we will use Ch4 446.081 and the convoy will be as below. Looking forward to an enjoyable drive in the wonderful Abu Dhabi Desert.

@Ale Vallecchi Even better, most ideal time, I get to go home and change before arriving at the meeting point, thanks.

Hi @Looper, it is confirmed my embedded links are not affected by changing the setting not to show to kids.

Dont worry @Pajy McPajface - luke we will be kind to the Pajero and Patrol

My apologies, I have to remove myself from the drive because of an unexpected family commitment

Congrats @Julien Recan..see you on FB+ drives soon..

Moon-set is around 2300 tonight towards the the north west. Hopefully we get some nice scenes of 'close to the dunes' crescent moon. I'm bringing the camera just incase we get lucky 🌘🌘🌘🌘

Congrats @Julien Recan ! Enjoy the pace:)

Congrats Julien

Thank you ! See in the pit ;))

Dear Desertnauts before getting into the details of tomorrow's drive, I need to ask you to PLAN FOR A STARTING TIME AT 3:00 PM, due to personal working engagements. I'll personally try to reach the meeting point as close to 2:30PM as possible, and so may you, but it'd be safer if we consider starting the drive a little later, so we count on leaving Badayer at 3:00 PM. The drive will take us across the star dunes closest to Badayer in time to avoid the crowd of sunset goers. From there we'll look for, and aim to reach, all other sets of star dunes, which we'll climb as much as possible, in search for the 2,000 meter plus cumulative climb. We should continue well past Iftar and Super Bowl, to end the drive at the last set of dunes close to Bezhad Ranch, well within Madam sector. The convoy order at the moment is the following: @Gurcharan Mehta in Second Lead @Marek_was003 at #3 @Gautam Banka at #4 @Cristian at #5 @Hugo at #6, and @Sunil Mathew in Sweep. I am looking to have the Second Lead change with the Sweep position halfway through the drive. See you all tomorrow (as mentioned above, actual starting time will be closer to 3:00PM than anticipated). Have a nice evening.

Congrats!

nice! see you during F+ drives now!

Awesome! see you on a FB+ drive soon @Julien Recan

Thanks so much @Gaurav 🙏🏻🙏🏻 looking forward to Saturday

Hello All, hope you are all doing well and ready for your first sand experience on 16 March, Sat. While I'm equally thrilled to host the first Ladies-only Absolute Newbie drive and took some time to get you all personalized advice based on the vehicle you drive. Wrangler owner: @sophiedana @Emma @Iqra Raheel @Bindi @Gráinne @Juanita @Alina Malakaeva Start the car, move in neutral, and hold the brake. Practice how to put the car in 4WD modes - Auto, Part-time and Low. When 4WD light blinking = engaging, solid = engaged it might take a few seconds to get engaged. If it doesn't, try 2H and back to 4H again or drive the car a couple of meters forward or backward to wake up the 4WD system. Press the traction switch for 5 or 7 seconds until you see ESC OFF. if you don't see ESSC OFF its fine that means your car has a single-press traction disable switch which only lights up one orange light in the dashboard. Xterra owner: @Jaswanthi and @Giovana Start the car, move in neutral, and hold the brake. Practice how to put the car in 4WD modes - 4H and 4LO. When 4WD light blinking = engaging, solid = engaged it might take a few seconds to get engaged. If it doesn't, try 2H and back to 4H again or drive the car a couple of meters forward or backward to wake up the 4WD system. Press the traction switch for 5 or 7 seconds until you see VSC OFF. if you don't see ESSC OFF its fine that means your car has a single-press traction disable switch which only lights up one orange light in the dashboard. Pajero owner: @Rasna Start the car, move in neutral, and hold the brake. Practice how to put the car in 4WD modes - 4H, 4HLC and 4LLC. When 4WD light blinking = engaging, solid = engaged it might take a few seconds to get engaged. If it doesn't, try 2H and back to 4H again or drive the car a couple of meters forward or backward to wake up the 4WD system. Press the traction switch for 5 or 7 seconds until you see Two lights. if you don't see two lights its fine that means your car has a single-press traction disable switch which only lights up one orange light on the dashboard. Patrol owner: @Xandi Start the car, move in neutral, and hold the brake. Practice how to put the car in 4WD modes - Auto, Part-time and Low. When 4WD light blinking = engaging, solid = engaged it might take a few seconds to get engaged. If it doesn't, try 2H and back to 4H again or drive the car a couple of meters forward or backward to wake up the 4WD system. Press the traction switch for 5 or 7 seconds until you see VDC OFF. if you don't see VDC OFF its fine that means your car has a single-press traction disable switch which only lights up one orange light on the dashboard. Prado owner: @Nivi Start the car, move in neutral, and hold the brake. Practice how to put the car in 4WD modes - Auto, Part-time and Low. When 4WD light blinking = engaging, solid = engaged it might take a few seconds to get engaged. If it doesn't, try 2H and back to 4H again or drive the car a couple of meters forward or backward to wake up the 4WD system. Press the traction switch for 5 or 7 seconds until you see VSC OFF. if you don't see VSC OFF its fine that means your car has a single-press traction disable switch which only lights up one orange light in the dashboard. Please feel free to ask any question here, if you experience anything different or unusual with your car 4WD system and traction control disabling. These two things are a must for all off-roaders and you should know this very well. If the above Google images don't match 100%, google your exact model year model to get familiar with, please. Looking forward to seeing you all soon.

Dear Lisaili Sailors ! RAMADAN KAREEM ! Thank you for showing your interest for this special Ramadan series drive - and just to re-iterate - This drive will last long for 2 hours in Desert - Post deflation ! The time starts when the sweep confirms movement of convoy in sand ! As I highlighted- It could be 2 hours of drive or could be a mix of dealing with refusals + drive - In the ratio which we will figure out only by 9.30 on Satday ! Dear Confirmed members - can I please request you to update your RSVP, ONLY IF you have change in plans - so the WL members can have visiblity on their Saturday morning plan. Dear WL members - Please keep an eye on the updates here - hopefully we all get to see each other ! Regards One of the Lisaili lovers !

Apologies. I have to quit tomorrow’s drive for a family event. Look forward to do it next time. Wish you guys a great drive