Patrick van der Loo

Awesome drive again @Varun Mehndiratta

it was such a nice variety of landscapes between the shorter dunes before heading into the quicksands! 

27 minutes ago, Benjamin said:

@Hisham Masaad what a drive! Really enjoyable with the popular dunes of Badayer. I always learn something new within your drives todays lesson was more so on space between cars. I notice on these higher level drives the gap should be much larger especially when climbing is such a crucial task. Most of all my refusals today were due to getting caught up in the convoy resulting in touching the brakes which dramatically increased the chances of getting stuck. 
 

@Patrick van der Loo I hope you get the part you need fixed I didn’t really have a good look at what got damaged. Was it the tie rod? 
 

@imranaasghar81 I’m sorry your friend didn’t make it to iftar bowl. With the amount of visitors you got during this drive I was expecting they were using your flag as a finish line 😂 great support though! 

cheers @Rob S great supporting from the rear. 

It is the upper control arm L+R I think @Benjamin

It was an amazing drive. Sorry o had to leave early but the supports on both sides were damaged after a ‘slam’. Got home safely though - a visit to the shop will be planned. Thank you @Hisham Masaad for a very nice drive. 

Mornin’ all! Looking forward to the drive tomorrow. Confirmed 

Fun drive @Rizwanm2 thank you again! Had a great morning and enjoyed the technical aspects of the drive today. 
two videos attached - one captures rear and @Fabien Monleaufollowing and one has @Benjaminin the front. Thanks again @Rob S for sweeping us all up  as well 

https://share.icloud.com/photos/065jUlqulRyqzu99VTLI48yWA

what an awesome drive@Varun Mehndiratta, that was some serious ridge riding. My passenger had the adrenalin seriously going! 
big thanks @Beide Workufor the sweep ,  @Brett Eicher for helping out with the repairs and @Davie Chasewith the air hose and the advice during and after the drive. Your contact already has a new hose fabricated in the right material and connections. 
wow! Great day! 

Where will we meet @Varun Mehndiratta?

9 minutes ago, Ale Vallecchi said:

Camel Trophy - Lisaili Drift: Drive Report

"Run from what's comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live" - Rumi

One thing perhaps members didn't know when they joined this outing was that I usually like to scale my drives up a notch, based on the convoy's performance. The fact that I made the above quote from Rumi's my own and ran from what could have been a comfortable drive, should be a testament to the convoy's behavior during the first part of the drive.

In fact, after a slightly longer briefing, designed to bring the Absolute Newbies up to speed with the required skills and safety elements (and as a reminder to the Newbie members), the first hour or so of the drive went very smoothly, with minimal issues, all quickly solved by the support team of @Simon D and @Patrick van der Loo. Streight crossing of dunes, side sloping, and convoy discipline were excellent, which inspired me to push to convoy to practice ridge riding, and eventually criss-crossing. Both skills were applied at first to very low and humpy dunes, of which Lisaili is well endowed, especially in the area between the pylons and the tight technical stretch heading toward the Solar Tower plant. Clearly, a few refusals and stucks occurred, but nothing that couldn't be used as a learning exercise by the whole convoy. The only moment of apprehension was when a refusal on a ridge very close to the exit was tackled a but hastily by @Siby, who reversed down the somewhat steep slope at too fast a speed. Surely the mistake was due to the impression the driver had of being deeply stuck (which was not the case), and the lesson learned by the whole convoy was that 1) one exits the car to evaluate the situation, before attempting a self-recovery, and 2) backing down a slope should be done with minimal throttle, and carefully moving perpendicularly, and always toward gravity. 

With this in mind, I congratulate the Absolute Newbies @Misha Puskar, @GeorgeFJ, @Siby for completing an overall well executed first Carnity drive. My only suggestion, in particular to the FJer's (including @Georges Kazan), understandably shy with engine power, would be to familiarize themselves with the car, which is a powerful and relatively light vehicle, capable of sudden accelerations that will be very useful to tackle climbs, exit soft bowls, and sustaining side sloping and ridge riding, provided the right amount of throttle, and the right choice of gears are practiced, to become second nature with your driving style.

All drivers, including as @Klaus Pedersen, @Sajan.S, @Rashid Alseeni, @Ron.P and @rohit kumar, did great, navigating the total of 50.6 Km driven, in 2:11 hours of moving time, at a 23 Km/h average moving speed (in 4:13 total hours and 12 Km/h overall average speed).

Hoping to see you soon again on the sand, I wish you all a great week.

 

 

Thank you Ale for a great morning out. I was very impressed by the briefings. Also a bit of a pleasant surprise were the big boys in the back - the LC’s and the raptor - handling the terrain at all speeds really well!

thanks for having me on the drive as sweep, much appreciated! 

Acceptance of waitlist came too late last night unfortunately. Only read it just now 

28 minutes ago, Rizwanm2 said:

most welcome. 

Great! See you tomorrow 

Any chance I can still join the second convoy please? 

Thanks so much @Chaitanya Dand all Carnity friends for an amazing day in Liwa. After last year it was just as beautiful again this year and making it to the truck was the cherry on the cake! 

Thank you all for the well wishes. I am really excited to grow further!

3 hours ago, Mike M. said:

Congrats @Patrick van der Loo! I think it will take 2 more promotions for the “Little Donkey” to start breaking a sweat. 

Always a pleasure to drive with you.

Here’s to throwing more cars off edges  

Fast recovery!

So true! Thanks Mike!

@GauravI am also going to Liwa Thursday and I see there is a waitlist for this drive now. If you need to prioritise other members please do and I can join if there are cancellations. 

3 minutes ago, Waqas Parvez said:

@Patrick van der Loo enjoy the new level and pace

Can’t wait!

Thank you so much @Gaurav and all Carnity leads and friends. Looking forward to developing further and becoming a better off roader! 

What an awesome drive @Frederic

thank you so much for organising a very different experience. I really love those style of ride. Great driving by the group! 

Had a bit of an accident after I got home unloading the car and ‘stabbed’ my hand - had to get some of those butterfly closures to close it up. Very clumsy of me …

11 hours ago, Jaro Tuzinsky said:

Hej Patrick, what hotel have you booked?

Hi @Jaro Tuzinsky, I booked the Western Hotel - Madinat Zayed. I believe Karthik has booked the same

Staying at hotel night before. Maybe camp after the ride. 

Second try after last year @Chaitanya D! We’ll make it this year and great to be doing it with you as our lead again! I am super excited. 

Apologies @Hisham Masaadi need to bow out. Am at the shop with the TJ with check engine light and car needs to stay here 

will exit from the ride. Bummer. 

Confirmed 

Sorry Jad, didn’t capture you unfortunately