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Congratulations @Heisem, well done...

Congratulations @Islam Soliman, well done...

Hey @VipinShetty, Congratulations, well done bro...

Thank you @Salarios.....I really appreciated the support, help and patience from you and Richard @Wrangeld during the recovery and reattempt. It was very obvious to see how nicely you drive and manage the huge patrol, you did an amazing job. Other than your offroading skills, i can see you are very talented as well, i loved the videos you made. The Refusals and Recoveries Video is even more fascinating because it shows how stucks actually happened and how the recovery is managed... It is very beneficial to our community since we can review, reflect and also learn how different recoveries are executed. These types of videos matters a lot to us especially during this current situation of Covid 19 where not everybody have the opportunity to see all the recoveries... Keep it up @Salarios, well done. I would love to see more videos from you in future...Again thank you so much for your contribution.

I totally agree with you @Rahimdad. Indeed very good detective @Veedooshee, i am permanently under scrutiny 😬, just imagine....😄

Getting another car is under consideration since she started as newbie...i am doing my best to avoid the topic 😉 😜

I do not think you had much option @Chaitanya D, it was a tricky terrain. I actually lost momentum and i had to quickly descend which caused the lost of visual on me because the descend made me quite off track.... though i was descending, the sand was so soft and i was getting closer a pocket that i ended up getting stuck. Secondly, when i was announcing on the radio i saw you were already crossing and i do not think you had any safe spot to stop at that point.

I would suggest to put ON/OFF switch, so u put it on while offroading because on road we donot get the A/T heating issue

Tricky Drive It was very nice to start the drive earlier, i think it would be better for all evening drive to start @16:30 so that we get more time on the wheel. It was a fantastic drive led and managed by @Ale Vallecchi @Frederic @Wrangeld. It was great to have information provided by @Ale Vallecchi as a foretaste where the expectation was set well in advance and made us mentally prepared. It was a goal achieved for all of us. The tricky terrain made the drive more interesting where we had opportunities to learn how to manoeuvre a different nature of sand and dunes, we also had the chance to do some ridge riding and criss cross...Luckily this week as well, i got the privilege to drive behind one of the most skilled senior member @Frederic, it is really gainful and enriching to attentively observe highly experienced driver and again i made the most it. Lesson learned from today's drive is refreshed knowledge on ridge ride and criss cross which was briefed and explained by the leader @Ale Vallecchi. Secondly, it was enhancing to learn how to navigate through soft sand though I got stuck twice. The first one was actually after i self-recovered from a refusal and i reversed to gain some more momentum when i found myself in super soft sand. My second stuck was also when i lost momentum and i was trying to descend and found myself in another soft sand pocket. Thanks to @Frederic assistance and @Wrangeld guidance, i was able to be back on track. Eventually, it makes me more confident to tackle such circumstance in future. Understanding different dunes is essential when off-roading and the direction of the wind tells lot about the form of sand dunes. There was an article by @Frederic on 'How to read sand dunes formation and texture?' which tells a lot about dunes and it is also mentioned that the wind direction in UAE is from NW to SE, however i was always wondering how to identify the wind direction in the middle of the desert without a Compass 😬. This dilemma of mine is solved when @Frederic shared with the team that wind direction can be guessed by looking at the flags mounted on our vehicles which is a new thing i learned today. I really appreciated the patience and guidance from @Chaitanya D when i got stuck. Thank you so much @Kalahari for the wooden base for the jack, i was looking for it for long. Thank you everybody for the enthusiastic drive.