Looper

Somehow this drive went on on and on and on. But me as a support role loved it, yes for some may be it was exceeded the expectations, as you would have come with regarding time of exit. This drive exceeded the expectations of a newbie drive for me since @Islam Soliman pushed all of us to perform a notch above our capacity and beyond a standard newbie drive and gave us a taste of what’s in store as we progress, and believe me you are going to be better off with this experience than without. Overall the drive can be segmented into three. One to the Chimney, Second to the triangle also called little Sweihan, and finally exit. we had 3 drives in all. I have over 100 drives under my belt and let me confess that Chimney has always been an elusive drive, it is the second time I went there and that too in a newbie drive, (previous one was a refusal-less intermediate drive). You guys were extremely lucky to be in this amazing drive. All drove quite well and except for one strait up crossing where we had 4-5 refusal (mind you again it was not an easy dune to cross you saw me some what flying while crossing) all performed exceedingly well. At this time we had option to extend the drive or exit. Of course we extended. I have never seen a drive exit when given an option to extend so we did. The top notch performance by all, I think gave our lead to push the drive a level a up. Next we reached the triangle. This bit of drive was again a fantastic drive. All drive well we had some minor refusals which are expected while reaching the triangle. But the sand by this time was soft and unforgiving. Which resulted in a lot of immediate refusal as soon as we entered the triangle. Wisely we just exited at the entrance and moved towards exit. Final segment was the exit, yes we took some time to cross, but just remember that you guys performed exceptionally to overcome all the obstacles and finish the drive without any issues. Refusals are not issues, they’re practice for future higher level drives. I can easily recommend all of you to get a complementary promotion if that was a thing. Well done 👏 y’all for a fantastic drive. Yes it was long, yes it as tiring, but it was an Eidi (Eid gift) from @Islam Solimanto all of us and I thank him for this drive. A big thanks to @munkybizness and @Mario Cornejo at the end supporting the drives in their majestic Y61s and @Emanuel as the second lead. @Sam K & @fayaz did not have any issues and you drive quite well. @Jonny90 in the baby Y61 drive quite well and were good to follow instructions while you had some minor refusals. @Sunny84 & @Amr Paple you had the most refusal but then I think you had the most learning of today’s drive experience. @Ignacio Quindos, @pramod, @Mahmoud Taha, @takeshi sobue y’all had a great drive. See you all soon back in another drive.

No need anymore.

Spoke too soon 😜

I was bit early to the drive location. After having seen how much time it would take during the Friday afternoon rush time, I prepared to come here accordingly which was almost 20 min early even after stopping for an early morning Coffee and fuel up. Soon enough rest of the team joined. The morning was surprisingly cool and was Faqa was a perfect place to begin the drive, as the Sun rose in the east we began with a briefing. Soon we headed toward the dunes. Plan was to first cross the technical dunes to reach the long range dunes. On the way had two refusal at the same time when @Abdul Basit Khan and @Alfred Alinazar both simultaneously landed in small pocket-ish places. We tugged @Abdul Basit Khan and reached @Alfred Alinazar. While he self recovered himself, masterfully guided by @GauravSoni form one, but directly went ahead and found himself in another one. This time it did not seem like he could recover so we winched him out. Soon we started to move in the technical dunes towards the long range dunes but @imranaasghar81 thought it would be an appropriate time to take revenge on his sea captain friend, making him sick, because he made our friend sick 4 years ago 😝. Luckily we were near an exit so we exited them and continues towards our main play area. The desert in this area was fresh and unblemished by tracks and we had lot of fun. There were a few refusals here but that was part of the learning. Without refusals you will learn 🔔. On the way exit we had a Baja run and yours truly still rules Baja🥳. Finally a timely exit at solar park, before the sun start to scorching the desert. A big thank you to @GauravSonifor a great drive and @Anish S for the regulatory support. Also thanks to the senior members @Ranjan Das & @Ashok chaturvedi for the guidance. It was a great performance by @Jessica Lambert, @KAMALIO, @Alfred Alinazar and @Abdul Basit Khan well done all. Few pics will be posted to gallery soon.

I have exited 😭because i ended up getting pulled into a call at 4 tomorrow.

@Ale VallecchiI have been to both installments of Rush Hour. I really don't want to miss the Rush Hour 3, but work calls. I am putting myself on a waitlist to say that I tentatively might join if time permits. Apologies if I miss. PS: @Ale VallecchiI see that you have accepted - but i am not sure I will be able to join while I very much love to do it.