Shaaz Sha

Hi off-roaders, It was a long awaited day for me to make it to LIWA and was excited as LIWA is a destination every off-roader in uae would want to try. From the signups, it was clear that the faces are gonna be familiar and expected to have a good time with @Gaurav and other buddies in the convoy. Me and @Rizwan M. reached the meeting point at 3.30 AM and took a nap in the car . Early in the morning itself i could see the people preparing their car, strapping the bags and belongings and getting ready to hit the mighty desert in LIWA. We had 15 cars in our convoy, every one with an adrenaline rush and after briefing we started to move in through the sand track. My assumptions about LIWA was that the topography might remain the same all over UAE, but with bigger dunes and massive bowls. But in contrast i was surprised by the nature and formation of the dunes, super soft sands and very tricky and stay away kind of ridges...it was a treat for the eyes and enjoyed maneuvering . After few minutes of drive through relatively less complicated areas, we had an opportunity to experience the sharp and really long drops which literally gave a feel of driving in a sand stream flowing down and soon after we were taken to a bowl where we started our adventure.As discussed and decided in advance I was all prepared and studied the route to lead part of the convoy.. but kept as a surprise which @Gaurav.wanted to unfold during the drive. After deciding up on the convoy and the radio channel our convoy with @Ranjan Das as 2nd lead and @PaoloMaraziti, @Rawad, @Ashok chaturvedi, @Thomas Varghese and @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil as sweep, started our drive, heading towards the yellow truck. It was a superb experience making our way through super soft patches and some moderate dunes and bowls. After around 40 minutes of drive we came across the worst nightmare of an off-roader when @PaoloMarazitigot deviated from the track and ended up getting stuck on the slip face of bigger dune. Me and @Ranjan Das were through and were on the other side of the dune, when @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil informed us about the situation. We back tracked and reached the spot and were speech less for a while😳..After discussing with @Ranjan Dasand @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil, we decided to secure the car with a rope in front and winch at the back. Mean while the engine started releasing white smoke and we asked @PaoloMarazitito switch off the engine. After securing the car from above with a rope and a winch and clearing the sand wall from the side we tried to start the car but failed. The only way in front of us was to give a slight movement for the car front ways by a gentle pull. As decided we asked @Rawad to position himself at the right angle to give a gentle pull and every thing went as planned. While executing the recovery plan.. @Rawadcar- Y62 slipped down when giving the pull resulting in the most unfortunate event of the drive. @PaoloMaraziti car flipped side ways pulling down the cars on top slightly down. We rushed to @PaoloMaraziti to check if he is fine and found him safe. Our priority was to get him out from the car and asked him if he could stand up and try to come out. But to our surprise he was hesitant to move and chose to wait for the senior convoy to come. We were under tremendous pressure and worried about Paolo being inside the car and @Rawadand @Alain Canivet-Abikhalilkept on watching @PaoloMaraziti from outside to make sure everything is ok with him. We informed the senior convoy about the situation and they were around 10-15 km ( i believe) away and to our relief they took the best possible route to reach the scene in 30 minutes and @Gaurav took over the recovery. Thanks to every one else in the convoy for your tolerance and support and thanks to @Ranjan Das, @Alain Canivet-Abikhaliland @Rawad for your most valuable support when needed ,,,keep it up guys.Thanks you @Gaurav for the opportunity to take over a part of your convoy and for your presence when needed the most. Thanks to @Rizwan M., @Mario Cornejo, @Ruan van den Heever, @Arman, @JeromeFJand @varunmehndiratta for the support and help. The whole recovery process took almost 4 hours and the IM convoys couldn't make it to the yellow truck. 😫.. Some images in the gallery.

@Gregory you are Infront of @Danish Mohammad in the convoy 😀

I am sorry about it @Gregory... you are in and will see you tomorrow

Hi everyone.... since @Gregory signed out from the drive we have @FARAZ MOHAMMED in to the drive and I welcome him in to the drive. plz find the new convoy order. see you guys tomorrow

thank you @FARAZ MOHAMMED for confirming and you are added

Congratulations @M.Seidam.. 👏👏..Happy for you brother..well done and very well deserved

Hi @FARAZ MOHAMMED, we have a spot open .. plz confirm