Fewbie to Intermediate Drive on Friday the 4th of May 2012.
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An Exploration Fewbie to Intermediate Drive of medium difficulty to an area where we have not been for some time, namely the red sands of the Northern Emirates.
This drive is open only to Members with at least one star, No Newbies please.
The objective of the Star system is not to exclude any members but to match the skill levels of the participants to the level of the difficulty and this is solely to avoid any potential mishap which may be detrimental not only to the vehicle but may be injurious to the Participants life and limb as well.
Meeting Point N25 16 40.00 E55 44 18.00
Meeting Time 1515 for a 1530 hrs. Departure(Sharp).
Drive’s end would be around Sunset, approx. 1830Hrs.Please carry Sufficient food & drinks for self + Passengers.
quote desert knight:wow in one day 13 confirmation …….. i guess our members love the idea of a new place ……. going going ahmed sir …….Thanks Ali,
It is good to see the member’s enthusiasm…though there are some tricky parts in that area which will really test the Driver’s skills!!!The list of Drivers thus reads like…
Gerald Pinto
Ricardo
Jayesh
G Kumar
Humayoon Sharif
Ashwin
Robinson
Ganesh
Johan
Ashok
Pat
Jamal
AemiAnd the list of Marshals is…
Sam
Khalil
Satwinder
Thanseer
quote j3r3miah:quote Ahmed Pervez:[b]Meeting Point N25 16 40.00 E55 44 18.00Are these coordinates rounded off. are we meeting at the petrol pump? north bound R/A or south bound R/A ?
or where the coordinates point to exactly?
The co-ordinates are of a small R/A South of and adjacent to the interchange on the opposite side of the Petrol pump on E88…The drive is North bound though.
In simple language the meeting point is to the right of the 1st interchange AFTER Dubai Bypass Road on the Sharjah Dhaid Highway.
quote Ahmed Pervez:The co-ordinates are of a small R/A South of and adjacent to the interchange on the opposite side of the Petrol pump on E88…The drive is North bound though.In simple language the meeting point is to the right of the 1st interchange AFTER Dubai Bypass Road on the Sharjah Dhaid Highway.
Ahmed Bhai, I am not sure whether the meeting point is at the 1st interchange.
I believe the meeting point is to the right of of 3rd bridge after Dubai bypass road on the Sharjah – Dhaid highway.
It is the third according to the coordinates. When we see the Emarat Petrol Pump on the left, we should take the exit to the right and meet at the roundabout. Is that correct Ahmed?
I do agree with robinson,adding it is 23km from sharjah air port interchange.This is what coordinates say.
quote robinsonleiva:It is the third according to the coordinates. When we see the Emarat Petrol Pump on the left, we should take the exit to the right and meet at the roundabout. Is that correct Ahmed?I guess that should be correct…I actually just took the co-ordinates off Google Earth and the free version of Google Earth which is dated a couple of years back shows only one bridge after Dubai By pass Road.
I am sure of the co-ordinates though…and all of you should be navigating only with co-ordinates…we are off-roaders after all…are we not?
Sorry guys, have to cancel my participation, as there were other plans already in place. Next time, I hope!
Gonna… miss the sand and the team for 3 weeks…. Going back home…..!!!
:-w
what are the updates about trip of friday.?is it on schedule? :-w
The drive is on schedule, as announced.
We will meet at the confirmed assembly as already announced.
Sorry guys,
I have to remove my registration, very last minute emergency… have fun in this exciting new area.
Cheers
Khalil
Thanks for the lovely drive :drive:
A good & long drive….becoz of the late sunset, we got a pretty long enough time to drive in the desert….everyone gathered at the meeting point as announced…deflated the tyres….and then our Lead Marshal, Mr.Ahmed briefed us about the drive….nice to see a couple of old members….at first Mr. Parvez thought of dividing the convoy into two as we had 18 cars in total…but then it was decided we will proceed it with one convoy and then we can see if we need to divide…Mr. Ahmed leading the drive, Satvinder as the rescue marshal and G Kumar as the sweep :ymapplause: :ymapplause: ….everyone was extremely good and followed just one convoy till the end…this was an interesting different drive….no big dunes as such, but everyone had to tackle with the bushes and drive through it…..beautiful steep slopes….we didnt have any major stuck ups apart from a couple of attempts to climb some tall dunes…..Jayesh had some issues with his front bumper flap touching his tyre….but as we know Sattu Paaji is always well equipped with all his tools 😀 , he managed to rectify the problem and then we proceeded twds the road….Towards the end we had a long strip of tracks to follow….at times we had camels in our tracks leading us…..and these tracks reminded me of this year Gulf News Fun Drive – Liwa tracks……we touched the road by 7.15 p.m. inflated our tyres and left back home. Overall a very good drive….pleasant climate in the evening…
:thanks: a ton Mr. Ahmed for a wonderful drive and lead….I have many pictures to upload….really good ones….wl post it soon….see you all for the next :drive: cheers…. 🙂
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