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Some of the best looking ridge riding attempts below: @Mahmut @Benjamin @Abhilash Kottakkal @Shiju Raju @Rohit Deginal @Emanuel @Shaun J I just realized I don't have a single "dramatic" picture of your car's crossing - that's how smooth you were with the throttle... And since I had to keep up after our lead, there was no time to catch him in the act. So I got this instead, @DP1011

@RiadJL @EbrahimZAF @Ahmed Farouk @Nicolò @Ishak @Wilfredo Perez @Gaurav Thank you for signing up for the Garangao Iftar and Drive. We will set the convoy order at the meeting point. We will use Carnity Radio Channel 4. The event is still open and late joiners are welcomed. Just read the posts above and let me know. See you later this evening !

Hi @DP1011, Thanks for organizing this Ramadan series 2 hours. It was almost everything as you gave as crisscrossing, side sloping, ride riding, technical, scenic and a long range high speed drive to different exit point. Thanks to @Imteeaz for your support, nice to see you and your Patrol riding on the ridge. Makes the drive more fun. @Deepak Eswar, nice drive 👍🏼 see you on the next drive.

Dear @Davie Chase @Fabien Monleau @Sunil Mathew Thanks for your guidance and the opportunity to learn from you every day. I believe that yesterday you demonstrated your professionalism and seniority brilliantly. When I heard that one car needed to be towed, it reminded me of the assurance Davie gave during the briefing: "Don't worry, under any emergency or circumstance, we'll manage and come back safely." You guys rock! @ChrisW I'm glad to hear that it turned out to be a simple thing. Looking forward to seeing you all on the sand!

Evening all... Firstly my sincere apologies to you all for curtailing the fun! These things happen of course, but nonetheless, do hope everyone had fun. I know I was really enjoying it! @Davie Chase Thank you for leading a really enjoyable and informative session...some great feedback which I will learn from and apply to future drives...and then also thanks to @Fabien Monleau @Sunil Mathew and @Theo09 for your assistance in recovering back to the roadside. I am very grateful for the help and calm approach! Pleased to say that an hour after we reached the road again the car was on a low-loader, and I got to the garage just before close...it took one of the mechanics ten minutes with some basic tools to fix the issue. Davie and Sunil were correct - the cable connecting the transfer case shifter had become detached at the shifter end, so after lifting the centre console the mechanic was able to reconnect it. So...a fun drive in the desert and I ended up driving the Jeep back to Abu Dhabi after all... Looking forward to next time!

A few tips for tomorrow evening: The meeting point is on Abu Dhabi side. The last portion of road between Faqa and the meeting point (Al Faqa Rd E14) is in AD, and the 100 km/h limit …. means 100 km/h. Reaching the meeting point, you will see a gate. Reach slowly by the gate, and it will open by itself. After this gate, for the last 200m, if you see camels around, drive very slowly. I will leave the meeting point no later than 5:40 pm to ensure we can reach the Iftar point and get ready with no rush. If you reach after this time give, call me at 05 88 62 09 42, I will come and get you. see you all tomorrow !

See you all in a bit, thanks @JeromeFJ

The morning rain allowed me to expect a cool afternoon. But heat slowly came back, announcing the next summer and the end of the afternoon drives. Back to early wake up 😭 @Davie Chase made us a perfect and complete Newbie briefing. We had a beautiful Absolute Newbie and Newbie drive, led by @Davie Chase, taking nice lines, very comfortable in his teacher role. Everybody was driving extremely well. The support team, @Sunil Mathew and myself, was not very active and almost, useless. By chance, @ChrisW disconnected his transfer case shifter cable to give us some excitement. We had to tow him to the closest exit😉 I have been very pleased to drive with all of you. I hope to meet you again when I am back from Namibia. Enjoy the next night drive organised by @Davie Chase next week 😉

I am on my way, a little caught up in barsha.

Dear desert Wanderers @Mark B, @Aser, @Hani Howeedy, @munkybizness, @Nizar Shawwa, @Gary F, @Amr A and @Srikumar, thank you for all being on time yesterday and for the amazing drive and company. @Hani Howeedy sorry you had to leave us early, hope all is good with you guys, maybe try a newbie night drive first to get used to driving at night. @Mark B great second lead mate, always a pleasure to have you behind me smoothing out the track. @munkybizness great support in the middle holding everything together always good knowing you are in support. @Srikumar pleasure as always having you relaxing at the back seriously though great to know you are back there allows the lead piece of mind to concentrate on what's going on in front. The rest of the team drove extremely well, even when we picked up the pace in the mid to end sections. i hope you all enjoyed the drive as much as I did and look forward to seeing you all again very soon in the sand

@Emanuel as you said I used to follow you..but this time it was opposite..glad you have passenger and recorded all the track...awaiting to see the raw footage...I never had a footage from behind...

Hope everyone had a great weekend. It was an incredible coincidence that on 11 February when my wife's niece and nephew were here from Dublin, Ireland, we went to this exact same drive area ... and it rained. @Shaun J was there and can attest. Thanks @Marek for the great action pictures. Great to see you again @DP1011 and thanks for a great drive for the family here on this trip. Thanks for taking me for a spin around in your jeep @Benjamin. Always wondered what that would have felt like in the desert. I'm sure there's more to the taster I saw. Here is the feature film from our trip with sound effects from my passengers. Enjoy as much as I did. I'll share the raw footage video tomorrow. Remember to smash the Like button and Subscribe! Thank you.

Great photos @Marekas always! Thanks @DP1011 for another fun Ramadan series drive and @Benjamin for supporting it, hope you managed to get some sleep after.. Thanks to everyone else for coming along, made the desert experience that much more enjoyable.

Thank you @Davie Chase @Srikumar for your support and for the rest excuse me for any inconvenience. Will definitely try night newbie drives first.

I hope you all enjoyed the drive and the weather as much as i did yesterday. everyone driven well with no serious issues only some refusals. we have crossed 47 KM with an Avg. Speed of 15.9KM/H @Rafey Hashmi you have been a great S/L and i see you are getting to know your Jimny better every time i drive with you. Thanks @Rob S and @Dodi Syahdar for supporting the drive .i was a pleasure seeing you guys after a while . @Ishak i see you are managing your pajero pretty good, well done. @Gurcharan Mehta i see that you have managed to domesticate that beast quite well. always keep that power in check . looking forward to see you all soon below is the drive statistics and details

Thank you for the great drive @Davie Chase

Hi @DP1011 I will just follow whatever the decision. See you tomorrow morning 🫡

@george charbel sure . Will add you to the drive . We are starting 11 pm

@M.Seidam hi, do you have a place for 1 more car for tonight's drive?

Dear Friends RSVP IS CLOSED NOW Please note the start time is 11 pm bit earlier the better . the meeting point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/VqnZqVWNRR8iaHNf6 Passing this cafe let it behind you go forward and will be our meeting point CONVOY ORDER 1. M.Seidam 2 . @Alphin Aloor 3 @Maytham Mahroos 4. @Prithvi Raj 5. @Sandeep Nayar 6. @waqar Please check your gear as per rank and ensure your radio is fully charged . We will be on channel 2 inshallah looking forward seeing you all tonight under the full moon Seidam

Also @Maytham Mahroos agree with the 11 pm as he informed me by msg great then God well the timing of the drive start is 11 pm Saturday and finish 2 am I have updated the timing in the main drive topic above and in the calendar as well

I am ok for 11 pm

One more vote for 11 pm to confirm it 😄

11 pm fine by me 😊

Hi @M.Seidam, I am fine with 11pm this Saturday and with option b as well.

Dear friends @waqar @Prithvi Raj @Sandeep Nayar and @Maytham Mahroos I hope you all are doing well . I would like to know if it is ok with all of you to start the drive not at 9:30 pm but instead at 11 pm and the ending will be at 2 am The reason of this change is out of my control truly . please let me know if this is convenient or not . Option B is to postpone whole drive to next week Saturday night and will add all the 4 names. thanks for understanding Seidam