M.Seidam

Trip report Dear friends it was with an immense pleasure meeting all of you and leading a drive which turned to be one of the most enjoyable times for me hoping it was for you too. I much appreciate for being in time lined up and prepared , and after briefing we started moving at 06:50 hitting the pylon track toward south and parallel to the 🐪 track. Upon entry of the technical patch east@Michel Van Woudenberg had a refusal upon first dune crossing and apparently his 4X4 was disengaged. Thankfully and after being tugged , thanks to @marks , somehow and after several attempt of manually trying solve the issue in his FJ40 1978 we took a call to continue and he did more than wonderful throughout. the technical part was a good warm up which was impressive and no issue if any to recall till we reached the flat area and at this point it was a time of a little stop to demonstrate especially for the New Fewbies some technical and safety points during criss crossing and ridge riding. This area of Lisaili is particularly known for its medium long range dunes where after several side sloping one beautiful ridge seemed to be ideal for the first criss cross and gentle landing , so every one did in excellence . We practiced in this area couple of times. till confidence built up to continue so we did . Then we came to face a popout of the right front tire of @Imteeaz GoolamhossenY61 . Which was fixed in no time . we continued and the radio was silent for about half an hour indicating that every one now is set for the second part ( the only one breaking the silence was me checking that all is good in the back ) and the answer from @Rajeevan Vickneswaran was reassuring always 😊 heading more in south and east direction aiming at the high dunes parallel with the Paja route , ( connecting murqab to the sabkha and further south through the technical till the borders of solar park/ Qudra ) , we had to cross a short cut technical stripe . Just before the end of it @marks passenger started feeling unwell and we had to give it a break for few minutes in the fresh air . nothing was much left before the first tall dune and riding all of us along it’s relatively flat ridge a beautiful scene of the large Sabkha like a run way illuminated by the reflection of the rising sun high in the sky as the watch was pointing to 09:35 ( I wish I had a picture ) however from a previous drive in same area looked like that 👇 It became clear that Mark’s passenger can no longer continue and I had to make the call now and asked the friends about their wish of early exit or to continue for our remaining 45 minutes . We accompanied mark , Michel and Marwan to exit safely at Murqab and the remaining of the convoy after little rearranging returned back to the flat sabkha engoing what was remaining from time and that was a blast a continuous side sloping , climbing and criss crossing along the long range dunes in a direction toward exit.and just before existing @Stavgot slipped with left front wheel in the air . However with some instructions recovered very smoothly and nicely. Generally it was such an experience for all of us lots of learning and much skills to develop and refine all by time comes smoother and nicer . we learned the criss crossing tech safely and how to approach and when and at top of that never fight Mother Nature ( Gravity ) and instead makes it yours and by your side it will never fail you. we learned some self recovery and blip blip gas and how gentle to handle the foot on paddle and hands on wheels with harmony. we learned how to fix the pop out basically keeping all safety precautions during executing that as well as how can you avoid it ( skills vs tire ) On top of all of this we all met again and for some I haven’t seen for quite a while and others it was for the first time . What an honor and pleasure . Well done every one. @Michel Van Woudenberg pleasure meeting you , your handling driving a manual car has special respect for me. Hope you enjoyed it. @Imteeaz Goolamhossen as a first FB drive you did more than great and your self recovery was awesome. @Manoj Soman also first Fewbie drive . Excellent . Your second lead for the last part was very good . Nice meeting you buddy. @Felix Obst eventually we met what a pleasure . You drove like a pro brother . Well done. @Adam James nice meeting for first time too . No issue at all keep it up hope to drive again with you . ( please update your car type in your profile 😉) @KAMALIO apart from one or two refusals I believe You have done great . See you next time and nice meeting you 👍 @Marwan Haddad second time we drive together , thie first and this drive flawless like a pro 👍 @Stav what a pleasure . Great driving and the last one with self recovery is all part of the spice to any drive as long as you do it safely and you did . Wish To drive with you one more time. I would like to hugely thank @Gok Krish ,pleasure seeing you after all this absence , your help in the middle was very much appreciated my dear. Flawless as I knew you 👍 .Same goes for @Rajeevan Vickneswaran thank you for keeping me posted from the tail of the convoy at all time. last but not least special thanks goes to my second lead @marks for being there correcting whatever slipped from under my wheels . I hope your passenger is ok now . take care all enjoy your week ahead and the upcoming holidays as well . See you soon gliding on dunes cheers 🙏 Mohamed P.S few pictures in gallery

Sure @Daniel Rodas you are first on wait list now Drive wait list 1. @Daniel Rodas 2nd Drive

Good evening friends here is the final convoy list RSVP is closed now see you all tomorrow by 06:30 inshallah Mohamed

I have added you to the drive

I was thinking the same 🤣

Dear @KAMALIO please confirm, I am going to add you to the list as one opening is there

Dear Friends @Michel Van Woudenberg, @Imteeaz Goolamhossen, @Manoj Soman, @Felix Obst, @Adam James, @Marwan Haddad, @Stav @Gok Krish, @Rajeevan Vickneswaranand @marks Al Lisaili means Fresh water and this how it was named after the Tawi or well which was digged by the local people in this area. Far south from the inhabitant area and south east lies the fascinating desert of Lisaili where we are intending to conquer its dunes (madium/long range ) staring from north to south direction winding east and west between flat ( sabkha ) and technical patches with the best choice doable for the purpose of the drive level. we will try to reach as south as possible and depending on time and response either we continue to join the secret baja route tward the lovely Love lakes across the pylon track west ( the longest ) or heading east straight away to end in Murqab passing by nice farms to our left side Please be on time ( 06:30 ) at the meeting point which is at the beginning of this drive post , bit earlier the better . Communication and off road flags are absolute safety prime so make sure that your radios are fully charged and programmed . Shovel , deflator and compressor as well please. during the drive and in any given moment communicate please clearly for whatever problem you may encounter ( refusal, stuck , front / back vehicle distance status .. etc ) recoveries what so ever will be dealt strictly by myself , @marks, @Gok Krishand @Rajeevan Vickneswaran For any query should you feel to clarify please feel free to mention it ahead and/or at the meeting point . for this drive we will be communicating at radio channel 4 ( 446081 ) the final convoy list will be posted by Thursday Nov 25th around noon , stay tuned 🙂 Cheers