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Great drive thank you @M.Seidam @Mahesh_ @ChrisW @Andrew John Melvill @topgear

Drive Report First of all I would like to thank every one for sharing last night drive and being ahead of time flagged up deflated and ready to move by the time I arrived.much appreciated 🙏 Faqa in the daylight can be challenging even to the experienced driver. So you can imagine in a moonless dark night and a Newbie level drive. It was indeed a challenge night for all of us . We started slow and nice through the darkness carefully avoiding the bushy platform utilizing the farm tracks which helped a lot . The terrain became more tricky and softy as we were approaching the star fish area where the real challenge happened with multiple refusals and two stucks which required winching after which we made a link between Chriss , Mahesh and my self to guide the convoy safely to the other side . the break was the most beautiful one where my Abdallah had the chance to meet and greet the team ☺️ time was slipping and upon closing the Faqa loop it was 11:20 already and most of the participants agreed to extend for additional half an hour except three who preferred to exit earlier and we dropped safely on the track leading to the paved road nearby. however winds came against our boat and I got nasty nose down stuck in a pocket and that was the signal that it’s game over 😅 we exited from Faqa for good . @ChrisW you left nothing for me except to lead and find out clean track Thanks for winching me out at the end . Definitely in day or night your are an asset to team Carnity . Well done and hope your journey back to AD was cool . @Mahesh_ your coordination with Chris’s to help the others was fantastic. It’s pleasure having you in any drive and congratulations again for joining the support team . @topgear it has been really from a long time since we drove together . A guy from the early times in Carnity . Welcome back and thanks for your vigilance in the second lead . @Andrew John Melvill Thank you for watching the back of the convoy and definitely the view of the convoy in the night was lovely . the rest of the night explorers very well done for the patience and sharing the passion and I hope with every drive you take a home message which prepare you better for the next one . I do always myself . till next time take care and have a peaceful week ahead . Cheers Seidam

Desert Explorers, Thank you for for joining today's drive and arriving on time. After our briefing we were guided into the desert and through a nice technical patch by @Gaurav. Much focus and patience was needed to navigate the bushes and other obstacles. After about 20 minutes I took over lead and we made our way westwards along a mixture of technical dunes until we reached some longitudinal dunes, which we rode on top of to have a rest from the technical patch and bushes. We had some great views didn't we! We had a break once we reached the Sabkha. From there we travelled along the edge of the Sabkha in a southwest direction and re-entered our next patch of dunes. Here we found some nice hill climbs to play on. I think we all deserved more time here after the first part of the drive; however, we needed to start making our way to the exit point. We were a bit too far still from my planned exit point so we made our way to my back-up exit for today's drive, and we were only about 5-10 past the scheduled exit time. Even though our new exit was closer, we still made about 7 kilometers more desert driving than my original planned route, which meant we had more time in the desert than to our original exit. You all drove really well. You all either self-recovered yourselves or with minimal guidance in most cases. Pat yourselves on the back! Special mention to @Ana as it was her first drive as FB. Well done on your next set of experiences and learnings. Thank you Gaurav for allowing me to partial lead on your drive. Your support and feedback are important to me and very much appreciated. Thank you to @J-P L for being our Centre Forward today and assisting other drivers in the middle. Thank you @Gaurav Soni for being our Rear Forward (not sure if there is such at thing though it is now) and helping out back there. Thank you @Zulfikhar Naiyar for Sweeping today and keeping me updated as to the convoy movements and progress from the back along our route. We travelled almost 38 kms and this is a respectable amount of distance for a FB drive, even more so considering the terrain and challenges we had. Have an amazing rest of your weekend ahead and see you next time.

A new kind of drive with @Emanuel; quite technical, weaving around the bushes Loved those long and high climbs.

Thank you @M.Seidam and all. That was a really fun evening and gave me a chance to learn and practice different skills. It was a great pleasure to support you. You all did really well - driving at night in softer sand with larger terrain can be daunting, but nobody panicked and everybody did the right things at the right times with their driving. @Kashx2 and @Suneedh Wrangler you both handled refusals and reattempts really well, looking forward to driving with you both in the future.

Hi Doc, Thank you so much for the drive—it was a pleasure to be part of it and support the team. Yesterday was definitely a different kind of experience altogether. @ChrisW, appreciate you pulling me out of the stuck—it was great working with you to support the convoy. It was good to see everyone doing well out there, and sorry again for the long wait. Lastly, @Andrew John Melvill, you did a great job as sweep. Hope to see you all on the next drive