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@Ale Vallecchi Thank you and congrats for a very well planned drive!. The convoy @Thomas Varghese @Sunil Mathew @Ashok chaturvedi @JeromeFJ, @Looper, @Matt.T, @Arman, @Lawrence_Chehimi, @Ranjan Das @Russ, @marks executed the Masterplan of the professor @Ale Vallecchito near perfection! a well deserved "LRDG" to all! This was indeed one of the longest drives ( in terms of distance) that i had previously driven. and having driven in a lot of the Long range patrol drives, i would say that this was one of the best ones! we all have experienced the skill focused drives like technical challenge, ridge riders, bowls of Area 53 in our journey to the Intermediate level. I believe that the LRDG drives focus on the perfect execution of these skills over and over and over again moving though different areas. so was this drives too easy? - if anyone felt it was, congratulations! you have moved up higher in your skill and in sync with your car. well done!! The drive was full of challenges which i believe did not look like challenge to many as they repeated them time and again in skill focused drives. On a side note: I am looking for a drive which will take us from the beaches on the east coast to the massive dunes of Liwa passing through soft red sand of Mahafiz, Faya , Bowls of sharjah to the long range dunes of lisaili , cutting across the terrain of Sweihan eventually landing at Moreeb! That would be a a perfect " LRDG" Drive with night halts to enjoy the star filled nights like a proper Bedouin lifestyle. I remember the Movie " Hindalgo" and would love to go on a adventure with our modern day " Mustang"!! Well done everyone!! looking forward for the next one!

Brilliant drive! @Lorenzo Candelpergher. amazing planning by you and perfect execution by the entire convoy. As far as i remember, as a newbie i never venturing into the winding bowls of Faya or the long range sidey play areas in Mahafiz. It was a beautiful track with ample of opportunity to learn basics of dune surfing! Thankyou for the planning this drive! As for the convoy, it was very nice to meet the new breed of so called "Newbies". This group amazed me with their driving skills and quick learning! kudos @Manish Kashyap for your Newbie "baptism". you drove well handling the blue beast!. its was a pleasure to meet the trio of @Joji varghese @eldose baby @Rsjiv Samuel well done boys ! i am sure you enjoyed With a small hiccup with your X, @Ferl Brownyou managed very to navigate well! as to your question, Xterra inherently has higher Power to weight ratio than a 3.8 LWB Pajero. You will slowly realize the potential of your car. @Waqar Sarwar it was charm to see you driving effortlessly ahead on me on the convoy following the line to the dot!. @Prakash Anoop we all have that royal stuck moment!. with clear instructions from Lorenzo, you managed to get out if the nasty bowl! well done. the Y62 boys! @Mohammed Mansoor @kiranshinde handled their ride beautifully, As Lornezo mentioned, it will be essential to come at terms with the dynamics of your car and he is one of the best person to advice you ( having driven Y62 for majority of his drives) @Raman_Dbx i am sure you had quite fun at the back and kudos to you and @Rsjiv Samuel for managing through the churned up tracks. Thanks @Rsjiv Samuel for sweeping the convoy with good radio communication. in the end i would like to just point out following three things from my vantage point 1. Have clear radio communication 2. Never overtake a stuck / refusal vehicle 3. maintain sufficient distance to maintain momentum well done boys! I have uploaded some pics of the beautiful Sideys for all! ( ps: i am not a good photographer so pics may not reflect the true nature of the driving skill . I am still learning on each drive!):) until next time!

Looks like a big multi angle matrix type movie shoot is gonna happen!!! !!!

Well done and well deserved @Niki welcome to the team!!

Well done! @Alex Raptor

Congrats @Melenany welcome to the team!!

Congratulation @Kailas for a perfect lead on this newbie drive and many congratulations for the being the youngest marshal!( please correct if i am wrong!) the drive was beautiful with nice weather on the Friday morning with dew and rain from previous days compacting the sand like a dirt track. we had absolutely no refusal and stuck. well done! @Ramandbx @Anvar Sadath Bekal @Anoop Nair @kiranshinde @Ahmed Wagdy @Daniel Rodas @Prakash Anoop @sri ganesh @Davie Chase @Melenany @Sara EL FANIDI @Joseph Sebastian you guys drove beautifully following the right lines with well executed sideys! Special thanks to @Mukundan Nair for the excellent sweep and @Gaurav for the 2nd lead!:). The drive was near perfect until we were about 200 meters from the exit when @Sara EL FANIDIspotted white smoke from @Joseph Sebastian jeep. The convoy stopped and with amazing fast response from @Gaurav the car was turned off and we all brought out shovel and fire extinguishers for eventual fire if any. To our luck and swift action, there was no fire and it was decided to not touch the car and leave it to be recovered later. just as were about to move, @Sara EL FANIDI faced apparent battery issues). Even after multiple attempts of boost charging with three different cars, the car refused to start and we decided to leave it. as the temperature started to rise, the convoy was exited safely. At this time , Gaurav, Kailas , Mukundan and myself went back to the two cars with @Gauravleading us back while avoiding churning what would be our track back to tarmac. We positioned Sara's car to a relative flat area and with meticulous and safe planning by @Gaurav we tugged both cars within 45 minutes. i hope your car is fine now @Joseph Sebastian and that you will be joining soon on sand! With Brilliant team work and guidance of our marshals, we exited the area and had both cars out safely. Kudos to the team sprit of @Carnity and all its marshals for making sure safety of all members in such situations time and again. hope to see you all back in sand soon!

Just checked my profile… this is going to be my century drive!!! @Ale Vallecchi time flies! Its nice to celebrate with such wonderful convoy!

Hi @Ale Vallecchi please add me as support!