Midweek Madness – Tuesday, Feb 24th 2015
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Let’s get together for some midweek fun and make the most of whatever pleasant weather we have left.
Please note that only members who have done a minimum of 5 drives with DO will be considered for this trip. This is because we may not have marshal support due to it being a working day and we don’t want to get bogged down with too many recoveries.
Meeting Point : Badayer Shops
Meeting Time : 03:00 p.m
Drive Start: 03:15 p.m
Drive Route: Pyramids, Iftar Bowl Area
Drive Terrain: Sand
Duration: 3:00 Hours approxChecklist:-
a) Ensure your 4 x 4 vehicle is in perfect condition and with enough fuel.
b) Carry an auto air compressor with you and ensure it’s in working condition.
b) Compatible Radio is mandatory
c) Carry all necessary offroad gears, in good condition.
d) Carry enough water / refreshments / re-hydration drinks for self & co-passenger(s).
e) Please ensure that your vehicle’s Fuel Tank is fullPlease read the following and register for the drive:-
Equipments that one needs to carry for offroading
Rules Of The Trip
Dubai Offroaders – DisclaimerSajid
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Cany make it on tuesdays 🙁
Im free on mondays and Wednesdays :drive:
Hi Sajid,
Keep it doing man!I will be joining the midweek madness,when i am back from business trips.
Regards,
Mustafa
quote yohanbaria:Cany make it on tuesdays 🙁Im free on mondays and Wednesdays :drive:
Am not sure either, let’s go for spin on Monday if that is fine with DO.
Hi Guys
Unfortunately, I only have a one-day window in Dubai next week which is on Tuesday. On Monday, I will reach Dubai by 3:00 p.m. which doesn’t give me enough time to do a drive. Wednesday morning, I am off again 🙁 .
Try to make it if you can. If not, there’s always a next time 🙂 .
Great idea! 😀
Count me in no doubt!! :drive: :thanks:
quote Saj:Hi GuysUnfortunately, I only have a one-day window in Dubai next week which is on Tuesday. On Monday, I will reach Dubai by 3:00 p.m. which doesn’t give me enough time to do a drive. Wednesday morning, I am off again 🙁 .
Try to make it if you can. If not, there’s always a next time 🙂 .
i understand, i will try to make it on Tuesday to avoid sandphobia. sadly i cant make it for this weekend drives 🙁
Thanks for planning this mid-week drive. I am in. see you all on Tuesday.
Ahmed Khalil
Nice to see Zak in the list 🙂 .
See you guys tomorrow. Don’t forget your radios.
🙂 😡
Don’t you lot all work !!!!!!! haha =))
Enjoy :drive:
The meeting point coordinates are :
24.954907, 55.714137 Google Maps
N 24 57.294, E 55 42.848 GPS
See you all there.
Big thanks to Sajid, Zaki, and Asem for a fun drive today…
It was great to be able to go out on a drive during the week with you guys… I hope we can schedule more midweek madness drives.
No major issues today, the sand was very soft in parts which made things more interesting.
I look forwards to joining DO in more challenging drives in the future.
:thanks: again
Ashraf
quote Iwamas:Big thanks to Sajid, Zaki, and Asem for a fun drive today…It was great to be able to go out on a drive during the week with you guys… I hope we can schedule more midweek madness drives.
No major issues today, the sand was very soft in parts which made things more interesting.
I look forwards to joining DO in more challenging drives in the future.
:thanks: again
Ashraf
Thank you Ashraf for the effort you make in writing your drive report after every drive :thanks: . Members like you who are helpful, mature, active on the forum and very well equipped for off-road driving are much appreciated. Like Sanjay said, you are a future star of the club 🙂 .
It certainly was some midweek madness, not so much for the different Badayer we encountered but for the after drive experience :YMDEVIL: .
Now back to the drive, the strong winds and sandstorm that we experienced in the past few days certainly played it’s part in wiping the slate clean. This was a different terrain from the normal madness that we see during weekends. There were hardly any tracks visible and the initial approach we took to the Pyramids had to be abandoned due to the vicious slipfaces we had in front of us which was compounded by the extremely soft patches of sand we came across :-SS . We found our first victim who was not from our convoy. It was a husband and wife couple who were brave enough to venture all alone in their 2.7 Hilux and were obviously getting stuck every now and then and digging their way out. They were lucky we saw them during one such stuck which was proving to be difficult for them. We helped them and were on our way O:-) .
We decided to reverse till Badayer and head to Fancy Bowl. While on our way back, we found the couple stuck again very close to our track and offered them to join our convoy and safely bring them back to Badayer. After doing our good deed for the day, we then took a long curvy route towards the Fancy Bowl as it offered a better approach from the windward side. After our stop at the Fancy Bowl, we then proceeded to another bowl which had a burnt car right next to it in the adjacent bowl. Everybody had their fun at this bowl 😀 and we were then on our way to the Pyramids to head out faster to Badayer.
There were a few reattempts and a couple of stucks which were taken care of after the initial attempts to self-recover did not work out.
Everybody drove well and had their midweek sand hunger taken care of :yesss: .
Zak was second lead followed by Bu Mohammed, Ahmed Khalil, Martin, Ashraf and Asem was the official sweep.
Thank you all for making it for the drive and special thanks to Zak and Asem for the second lead and sweep support :thanks: .
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