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Short convoy: See u all tomorrow 7, pls arrive in time, so we start 7:05:) Channel 2. Convoy order as below pls. @DP1011 @Andrew John Melvill @Glenn W @Sandeep N @Luke K P @Gautam Banka @Mike M.

Dear Desertnauts let's get ready for tomorrow's drive. We'll start just past the exit for Lisaili, opposite a truck stop area, corresponding to the entry point to a set of long-range dunes, between Lisaili's camel practice track and Margham's farms. The dunes are almost clean of shrubs here, with occasional bushes and tufts of grass, until we'll reach the classic Lisaili off-roading area. We'll likely encounter camels, as we move parallel to the pylon track, until we reach an open area, which we'll use to cross the pylons, and to reach the Qudra Lakes actual area. Here we'll face two sets of technical dunes, very close to each other, with some bushes. As soon as we reach the proximity of Love Lake we'll enter a dream-like location, with blinding white sand, and absolutely no bushes: a true miracle. Lots of gazelles populate this area, due to its abundance of water and trees surrounding it. Here we'll roam back and forth, progressing from south to north, and slowly approaching our planned exit, just past Love Lake, close to Qudra's Last Exit. The convoy order will be the following: @Rodas in Second Lead @JC_E at #3 @Shary at #4 @Carl Stanley at #5 @Looper at Center @Pramod B at #7 @Misha Puskar at #8 @Abhishek Chikara at #9 @J-P L at #10 and @Aser in Sweep Looking forward to seeing you a little before 8:00 AM, to allow a prompt departure. Have a nice Saturday evening.

All worked well, no damages, learning experience for everybody and safely home. 👍 Don't forget to replace the tire valve and get a simple deflator See you on the next one! 😉 Lots of camels and even a few gazelles very close during the recovery scouting, sadly didn't take any pictures 😑

RSVP IS NOW CLOSED @Ben Lee@Cyril de Masfrand@aston@juoffroad@Ana@Imran Asghar@Alex K@Paul Eldho@Kirill K@Zsolt@Kushal Thakkar@[email protected].@Suneedh Wrangler@Mei ling@Ishak Thank you all for signing up for this drive. Thanks to the great support we will be able to stretch the convoy a little bit. No doubt it will be big fun Some small pointers for tomorrow: 1) Please try to arrive by 6:45, so you have time to deflate, set up your flag, and pour yourself a cup of coffee if you like If you need help with deflating don't be afraid to ask. There will be supporting team members and myself walking around to assist you when needed. 2) We will be using Channel 4 on our walkie talkie. That is 446.081 Mhz. If you have any issues with setting up your radio, have a look at the drive topic here. We can also help out tomorrow if needed. 3) When you arrive, you can start deflating your tires to 14-15psi if you have HT (highway tires). In case of All Terrain (AT) tires you can deflate a bit further down to 12psi. See you all tomorrow morning !

Thanks again, @Looper - that was a challenging drive led with calm focus. Your briefing mentioned a technical drive on high dunes and that’s exactly what this delivered. For me this was a good opportunity to practice technical skills on trickier terrain, recovering myself using my own winch, and a fluke opportunity to use the car-lift airbag! A good morning out. Thank you as well to @Rajiv Sam for being easy to follow, @Emanuel for the recovery support (…I’m also sure I kept mixing your name up…apologies!), and @Anoop Nair for keeping us together.

Thank you @Simon D for taking us out in the sand this morning! Nice and quiet pace, perfect to enjoy the dunes and nice weather. You have perfectly handled the recovery. Rest of the team, thank you for your patience, and participation to the recoveries when needed. It was nice to see you all. Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Your car is an excellent car for this activity. Just take the time to have it properly checked, and replace what needs to be done, and you will enjoy the desert drives ! See you soon

Looking forward! I have read the instructions & will see you tomorrow. Thanks SImon.

I looking forward to another @Ale Vallecchi special. This time, I'll finally have my A/Ts on my Pajero, can't think of a better drive to break them in.

Hello, I am Cyril de Masfrand. I have Nissan Patrol 2013. I have all material (hooks, talkie, elastic rope, compressor). I did one first lesson last week with Marco. let me know if you need information. Cyril

Just like any other sport or hobby, off road driving too has it's own etiquette's. Often times these are not spoken out loud or mentioned in public to not to embarrass anyone. If you like to continue off road driving, you should know these basic offroad driving etiquette's and follow them. Pay 100% undivided attention to the instructions: Whether it's in briefing or on radio communication while recovering, give your 100% attention and if you cannot due to some incoming call or passenger distraction, ask them to repeat. Most of the instructions are given so that you can drive safely. If you still live in the mobile world or loud music or radio volume turned down, you will miss out on critical safety instruction that can end up breaking your 4x4 or bones, seriously. Follow the instruction PRECISELY: From as simple as deflate to 12-14 PSI, drive in HI gear, engage to LO as soon as you get stuck. These instructions have been given to YOU for YOUR safety and enhancing your offroad driving experience. If you deflate to 22 PSI instead of 12, you will have endless refusals, stucks and A/T Transmission & Engine will soon overheat. If you don't engage on LO as soon as you get stuck, you will lose the most critical surface area in which LO gear could have saved the day, rather than toiling in HI gear for first few minutes and making the stuck even more worst for your car. Acknowledge the message: Always acknowledge the radio messages as the reliability of radio communication is highly questionable. Step out and help: When you are stuck and someone is helping you, it's a BASIC MANNER to step out of your car and help the Marshal or senior member who is helping you. You can help them clearing the sand, fixing the rope or inspect the stuck or plan of recovery. Sitting inside a stuck vehicle and waiting is the worst and most offending thing to do. If someone is helping you to check tire pressure, then step out and observe, how to delate to precise PSI. Disclaimer: In some 1% tricky angles or situation, if you have a doubt or difficulty to come out, ask the Marshal or senior member: If its safe for you to step out? Please don't assume and sit inside. Observe and learn: Every stuck and recovery has a lot to teach. Observe and learn from your stucks and discuss with Marshals how to not to get stuck again in a similar way. If you don't observe and learn you will end up doing the same mistakes over and over again. Learn Vs Serve: All the knowledge and experience are there to help you learn offroading and not just to serve you. So that as soon as you learn, you start practising it and become more capable offroader and be able to help others in the future.

Hi @Frederic, unfortunately I will not be able to join tomorrow as my car engine suddenly stop running on Dubai Al Ain road 😅.

Hi @Ale Vallecchi, sorry for the late notice, will have to sit this one out! Have fun!!

@DP1011 got a pretty bad rear main seal leak, I doubt i can get it fixed tomorrow. Enjoy the drive guys!