Looper

Butterfly effect: In chaos theory, the butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions in which a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a later state. In my opinion above is the prevailing factor for everything that happens during a drive. Perhaps the first turn that I took into the dunes determined what happened in the rest of the drive. In that sense we as off-roaders should always be open to every eventual outcome that might occur during the drive and it is true for every single time for everyone without any exceptions. It was a full house and it was fantastic drive today. Everyone kept on with the pace with what I was trying to do throughout the drive and hopefully got the adrenaline rush that they desire. For me it is still the dopamine that was needed and I got a healthy boost out of the drive. @Mahmoud Taha you were excellent for a 2nd lead - you kept your distance and kept an eye on me and always made minor adjustments wherever necessary. @Benjamin while I did not specifically mentioned in the convoy order - you were in fact the centre forward for the drive. Without your help we would have taken a lot more time in the business of fixing things. @DP1011 it is always a fun experience with you in the drive. I appreciate the insight you bring to every drive and hope to see you next time. @Jessica Lambert thanks to your couple of pop-outs we three of us became a lot more confident in fixing pop-outs and it was an valuable experience and thanks for affording this opportunity. Just remember the Butterfly effect, there is not escape from it and there could not be any different outcome from the moment we started. We all passthrough these situations and it is part of the sport we indulge in. @Patrick van der Loo, @Bjoern, @Gary F & @Gurcharan Mehta you guys were excellent and did a great job in keeping up with the pace of entire drive, in both fast parts as well as the slow parts. See you all in the next instalment of Looper's loops. Some stats and pics: PS: I don't trust these stats. They are just indicative. e.g. we all definitely did more than 56kmph. this is just an indicative metrics just to see and should be taken with a pinch of salt. Tequila!

Good aftrnoon, Thanks to @Davie Chase who has graciously agreed to split the convoy so we can accommodate as many as we could. Following are the details of the drive tomorrow: Meeting time: 5:30 AM Meeting Point: Faqa towards Chimney Fuel Station: Emarat- Grayteesah --- Convoy 1 will be on Radio Channel: 2 (446.031) Convoy 1 Order: --- Convoy 2 will be on Radio Channel: 4 (446.081) Convoy 2 Order:

Today my camera was with @GauravSoni, and he took this masterpiece. This somehow depicts the chill-ness of the drive as well.

It was a unique experience to drive in this terrain. I did not know what to expect - it was all new for me and was I not in for a surprise! I wouldn't exaggerate when I tend to describe my feelings but the terrain was super soft… often as soft as talcum powder. I found myself going ahead on top of a dune just to face a refusal. It was a nice challenge to navigate those dunes, and 2 of 3 refusals that I faced were that needed a bit of shovelling and of the last one a small tug. Scenic seemingly a codeword for full of bushes on the entire track, I did love the challenge!!! To back it up I had a fantastic convoy to boot. @Gertjan you were fantastic as second lead. knowing that it was my lead without a marshal behind me to auto correct any mistakes - you took care of the convoy with ease - also thanks for all the shovelling you did through out the drive. @Nadeem Ansari you drove quite well for the beast and had a smooth drive you performed quite well with your beast. @Mohit Gurnani you have driven with me few times till today while I was doing partial leads and I see you improving in every drive. You handled the terrain better than I can ever imagine. @Zubair first time driving with you, and man I couldn't even say you had any issues what so ever, excellent drive for you. @Senthil Kumar I knew I can trust on you for the Center Forward and you did what you had to do. @Glenn W you drive an unique car and I am glad to have you with me. It was nice to drive with you back to back from last week and hope to see you more. @Andrei S it was a smooth drive for you and glad to have you in the convoy. @Jaro Tuzinsky Thank you very much for the sweep and making sure we all move as an unit. I am grateful to @Davie Chase for selecting this location and doing all the legwork related to planning the track as well as convoy order. I just had to show and start driving. I had a fabulous convoy to lead and @GauravSoni at the far end a surprise addition was cherry on the cake. As per @Davie Chase's prediction we reached the first stop at the Watch Tower at about 8 am and from there moved towards the exit. It was hot by 9 am and touching 42 degrees C - it was hot as hell. Climate change fellas!! its El Niño time. We exited right about this time i.e. 9 am - a short duration to drive by any standards but still enjoyable and did everything what was needed to be done in this drive. some stats for the nerds!