Abhilash Kottakkal

@Simon D ..looking forward leading us tomorrow...🤘

@Gaurav confirmed. I will join.

@Gaurav I just added myself to the wait list.. I have a drive in the morning with looper and I  can see there only you to manage this drive. I understand there will be many people that can help. But if you can allow me i can join and do my  part with my very little experience...

@Simon D confirmed..it been 5 weeks since my last drive....shifting my home and all...but I will definitely take this drive with @Looper

@Frederic thank you very much for organizing this event and it was wonderful..my son had the first night out camping in the desert and he likes it too much....all good but I would like to highlight one thing...not being a spoil sport here...but appreciate the guys who join have a basic understanding of keeping the music down atleast after the midnight.. my son and wife had difficulty sleeping..it went on like till 1:45... I could hear @Looper asking them to keep it down but I guess every one is in the top of their excitement level....it was fun and I appreciate the event...it's so good to have this kinds of event often...but silent after 12 please.....

@JeromeFJ  thank you very much for the drive and much more thankfull for the feedback which will helps me a lot..I will try my best to improve.. @DanielN @Gautam Banka nice to meet you both... @Emanuel always pleasure following you as SL..you are perfect as always..

@JeromeFJ sure its worth the long  drive from dubai...so good dunes..I went for the newbie drive there on sweihan the week before.. first time in sweihan and for sure love it...I  guess with fewbie level it will be much better and challenging...looking forward for the drive...

@Rizwanm2 that was a different drive.. but will have to skip the competition....sorry Rizwan...

@Rizwanm2 confirmed. Application installed..

@Rizwanm2 i dont have so much experience...l will try my best...

 @Martin M really all these drives only @Chaitanya D made us come up analyze the situation and ask solutions and do it so everyone understands what to do in these situations...it was really a great learning opportunity....every drive is a real good learning experience....

@Chaitanya D @Simon D thank you very much for showing us the dunes of sweihan... very nice dunes....it was a great drive and @Martin M I understand you did the crestings for us to understand the cresting situation and how to recover...thank you very much...and the team was amazing... last run was without refusals and very smooth which is  the best way to end a drive...thank you all....

@Chaitanya D thank you for the sweep position. Hope to fullfill the responsibility.. see you all tomorrow...

 @Gaurav thank you for the event...my wife and son could get a feel of what we do in the sand...my son was like take me back to the barbeque place...just 3 years now...hope he get hold of it soon..

Hii everyone... any one doing overnight camping??

@Looperthank you very much for the ride.... that was the most exciting ride i ever had till now...thank you for all your advises to improve..it's so valuable to keep going.. @Imteeaz  i see you in action with that difficult popout....great support... @Ranjan Das thank you for guiding me down that stuck... @Emanuel always great following you..its just perfect... every one on the convoy great team great effort.. to tell you the fact this is the drive that really made me confident to continue pushing for more....thank you all....😀 have a great week days and hope the weekends come sooner so we can hit the sand again....

@M.Seidam thank you very much doc for the wonderfull drive....gave me some good confidence on my tyres... may be you don't know... I was kind of the pop out guy in last couple of weeks and got very tired of it....

@Looper @Hisham Masaad Thank you very much for your support. I think during the last Mahafiz drive there was no popout, It was the first time with new tyre and had problems with climbs. Hope all goes well this time. Looking forward to joining this drive. 

@Looper shall we go?? You got my back?? My confidence got disturbed after the change of tyres...

@Looper thank you for the pics...i am really worried about my tyres poping out, stopping the convoy and pausing the fun you were wishing...

@Looper I hope this drive is not so Technical with sharp turns and soft sand...i am tired of popouts...that's why I joined the newbie and put this drive as second in the wait list...I know you as the technical master and bit feel bad I give all trouble with my popout....

@Frederic @Vanessa8580 sorry for withdrawing at the last minute. Couldn't get back home as planned..

@Vanessa8580 @Hisham Masaad @DP1011 thank you very much for your support and it was very reliving to see my tyres didnt popout i was thinking if it pop out on this  drive i will just stick on to wadi drives...but I learned something very good today. I don't have to push so much my vehicle or myself... I think we(my tyre me and my engine) reached a harmony today, which is the most important in this sport.. I will take one more relaxed drive to see the relation is strong and afterwards will just push myself... may be more than my vehicle I need to be relaxed...I was just thinking of completing the drives and get myself to the next stage....so stupid of me...it's not about climbing up there is no competition her be comfortable know your vehicle, what it can do and how much you can push and how...I am posting this so all absolute newbies don't make the mistake of thinking about the going up the ladder but instead concentrate on knowing your vehicle how much gas you need, knowing the sand under your tyres and please don't try to keep the line and get stuck...just go down....it's so easy...hope my stupid advises help....

Hope to see the extended version....

@Vanessa8580 thank you. I was wishing for the scenic drive(may be you remember my first drive)to take my wife and kid..but seems it will never come back... if nothing goes wrong in between let me bring them and give a good joyfull experience on Sunday...

3 hours ago, Vanessa8580 said:

@Abhilash Kottakkal It is no problem if your wife and child join but just make sure your 3 year old is secured in a proper car seat. I will keep it an easy drive because I have a few Absolute newbies 😊