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We request every member that joins this drive to go through the information below and strictly follow these guidelines, etiquette and responsibilities. MUST READ AND COMPLY Environmental Policy Offroad Flag Guideline Two Way Radio Guideline Off road Driving Etiquettes Emergency details for all off roaders Off Road Driving - Roles & Responsibilities DRIVE DETAILS Drive Plan : Considering the period of fasting, Ramadan Series Drives will be shorter than usual drives - with a clear principle - 2 hours DRIVE duration NET, meaning we will meet at the start time and at the end of 2 hours from drive start, we will aim to be at exit. This drive will test your patience and resilience . We may have great time driving in desert or we may have even greater time learning how to recover ourselves - hence please be prepared and set your expectations accordingly :D. Although the aim is to drive 2 hours with only one chosen break of 5 mins + any number / duration of breaks that desert refusals will offer us Level: Fewbie and above When: 16 March 2024, Saturday Meeting time: 7:15 AM - Sharp Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/KGF6L8VwXMza3tJz7 Approximate finish time: 9.30am Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 8-10 inches of ground clearance. What to bring along: Loads of water, snacks (for yourself), smiles, enthusiasm, and willingness to learn. RECOMENDED OFF-ROAD GEAR: Tire deflator & Tire pressure gauge Compressor (MANDATORY) Walkie-talkie radio (MANDATORY) Off-road flag (MANDATORY) Shovel, Tow Rope & 2 Shackles First-aid kit Fire extinguisher LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE This drive is limited to 10 cars only. RSVP will close on Friday - 12 PM. If the RSVP is full, you can add your name to the waitlist, once anyone drops, you will be moved to the RSVP list. RSVP will close a day prior to preparing a convoy list. Latecomers will be returned - Without any exceptions. Members without RSVP will be returned - Without any exceptions. Please withdraw your RSVP, if you aren't joining, so your spot can be taken by others. Repeated no-show members after RSVP will have their account suspended for a month. PLEASE RSVP ON THE CALENDAR

Great insights @Frederic ! Always have been hearing about them but got to know this detailed finally ! In terms of difficulty level - Is it more IM level or super technical with associated risks to do these ? Or super easy and fun !

Congrats @Tatsiana Chase ! Keep up the continuity:)! well done!

Congrats @frederic demolder ! Enjoy the pace!

Congrats @Haneef Thayyil welldone! Enjoy the pace!

Congrats @Rohit Deginal! More learning ahead!:)

Congrats @Rahul6157! Well done!

Congrats @Faraz94 Well done with Haval power!

What a beautiful drive indeed it has been . Thank you @M.Seidam for this pleasant gift that you planned for today. Despite the dense fog, everyone was on pretty much on time - which shows how everyone was looking forward to this one ! Thank you for showing up ! To save time, even though it was foggy, we had our de-brief about 7.30 and waited for the fog to clear , but without any luck on it clearing. We then decided to proceed and enter the sand, to see if visibility gets better - if not , have a good time conversating in Sands. So finally the convoy was on the move at 8am. Despite dense fog, the visibility did permit the convoy movement and we did a nonstop 45 mins of drive, for our first break. During this time, the drive was with very fluid movement with hardly any major refusals. The second half of the drive did offer a mix of broad ridges, technical patches and while with visiblity getting better , it did offer a patch full of vegetation requiring more focus to maneuver ! We had couple of refusals but all well managed by self recoveries - thanks to @Mehmet Volga anchoring the convoy in the middle. Well done for your first SL job @Faraz94 - I noticed you were my SL from the time I reached the meeting point - Well done on keeping that adequate distance. Congrats all the first time FBs - @Prithvi Raj @Sandeep Nayar @Sohini who did well given the conditions today ! Guys at the back were also am sure having good time in this relaxed but quiet a few times requiring full focus on those drops ! @Mahmut @Shiju Raju @abdallah @frederic demolder @Gautam Banka@Abhilash Kottakkal ! Considering the time limitations, I decided to skip the last planned patch of Murquab, which offers some more technical challenge without vegetation - which is my fav area of Murquab and hence we exited on time near the Mosque. Thanks all again and this for sure is one of those rare drives which offered such fantastic weather. Below some stats of the drive for your reference !

Dear confirmed friends - @Abdullah N @Gautam Banka @Mahmut @Prithvi Raj @frederic demolder @sohinik @Faraz94 @Shiju Raju @Sandeep Nayar @Abhilash Kottakkal - can you please revisit and if any changes to plans, pls adjust your RSVP so WL members can move to confirmed ? -If no changes to plans, then that too sounds great ! I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow ! Convoy order will be published by late today by evening !

HI @Soufiane - Ur profile shows Newbie rank, And I see you are in WL for this which is a FB and above drive. If sunday works, U can join the Sunday's NB drive, being led by Davie.

Congrats @Sandeep Nayar ! Well done and enjoy the new learnings ahead !

Congrats @Andrew John Melvill ! Well done and enjoy the new learnings ahead !

Well deserved @Robk ! Enjoy the new pace

Congrats @Hani Howeedy ! Well done and enjoy the new learnings ahead !

Congrats @Nizar Shawwa ! Well done and enjoy the new learnings ahead !

Congrats @Alphin Aloor ! Well done and enjoy the new learnings ahead !

Dear @Prithvi Raj @Frederic118 First of all - Thank you for showing interest on this drive, which like you - Even I was looking forward to ! However, as the Minimum no. of cars that we aim is 3 from safety perspective and hence I am with no alternative left with no choice but to cancel this drive and perhaps plan soon for some-other theme drive making it couples drive ! Can I please request you to acknowledge this message- The Drive tomorrow is cancelled and I hope your other plans are executed as planned for this day .

@Rahul6157 I see you added your self to Manage tab, if intending to join, pls let me know I will move you to going. Manage tab is for support team /leads.

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Hello Gents ! @Kailas @Rafey Hashmi @george charbel @Lala G @Amr Aydin @Juan R @Andrei S @FERNANDO SYRIO @PAJERO petelczyc luke Please find below the convoy order . RSVP IS CLOSED NOW. We will use Channel 2 : 446.031. Please be on time, with your fuel tanks filled up ! The gulf news fun drive is also scheduled at Tilal Sweihan and they commence the drive at 9am, there is a likely hood they might cross our planned route ( if they follow what they did in previous drive in this area ) - Our plan - Cover as much possible by 9, so we are way ahead of their convoy of 100s of cars ! Exit either will be Sweihan or back to Fayah - Depending on how the situation permits tomorrow. Its going to be cold (13 degrees) when we commence our drive just about sunrise time (7am) ! so get your self layered up appropriately ! Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow - on time and ready to move by 7ish ! - Please run past the NB convoy, and just at the right turn is where we will have our briefing !

@PAJERO petelczyc luke Join the drive to find out more😂

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