midweek night drive || Tue 19 APR
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Day and date: Tuesday 19 APR
Drive Type: newbie/fewbie
Meeting Point: MAP LINK || 24.875319, 55.419918 || 24°52’31.1″N 55°25’11.7″EMeeting Time: 8:00pm
Drive Start: ASAP
Drive End: ~12:00pm
Duration: ~3:00hrsDrive Route: lisali to qudra
Drive Terrain: medium technical dunes/big dunes
Finish point: MAP LINK || 24.781099, 55.369678 || 24°46’52.0″N 55°22’10.8″EIT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU CARRY A COMPATIBLE RADIO TUNED TO DO FREQUENCIES FOUND HERE (RADIO FREQUENCIES) PLEASE READ YOUR OWNERS MANUAL AND GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE VARIOUS FUNCTIONS OF THE DEVICE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY HOW TO MANUALLY INPUT A FREQUENCY!! ANYONE WITHOUT A PROPERLY CONFIGURED RADIO, WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO JOIN THE DRIVE, FOR SAFETY REASONS!
Checklist:
a) Keep your emergency contact info at vehicle dashboard.
b) Carry air compressor with you and ensure it’s in working condition.
c) Ensure your 4×4 vehicle is in perfect condition and with enough fuel.
d) Compatible Radio is a must.
e) Carry all necessary off-road gear / recovery equipment in good working condition.
f) Carry enough water / refreshments / re-hydration drinks for self & co-passenger(s).Hope to see you all there for some midweek fun \M/
Wow! I am definitely in [emoji23]
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Nice area Joe; looking forward to it! Thanks.
Wow I’m in hahaha after that going back home will be easy if it qudra :p
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Just got home 😉 the drive was amazing. Thanks to Joe and every members 😉
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Last night was a superb drive :drive: . We met at 8pm and hit the dunes around 8:30. It was a small convoy of 6 cars. It was almost a full moon, which lit up the sky nicely and the temps were a bit on the comfortably chilly side at 20 degrees, which is nice for mid-April.
Joe warmed us up with a few basic manoevers to allow the convoy to get comfortable. The sand was very white, light, and soft 😮 . Combine this wtih our bright LEDs and, well let’s just say visability was challenging at times 😕 . The first half of the drive was very smooth as we criss-crossed back and forth. We saw a bit of wild life roaming about as well. We took a small break near a very old tree and had a photo session as Alex brought his personal camera man along :)) .
We cracked on for the second half of our drive. This is when the adventures started with few innocuous stucks. We picked up our pace a bit but got bogged down in some very soft patches. The recovery of the night was Joe and I both pulling on Francis’ F150 simutanelously to pull him uphill, out of a ditch 😮 . It was a great success that saved us from a lot of digging :ymapplause: .
We finished the drive shortly after 1am i-) . We drove for about 4 hours and covered 50+ KM :ymapplause: . It was a great mid-week break and lots of fun.
Thanks to @joe.zeinoun for organizing the drive and allowing @ZeeNuri and me the chance to lead the convoy :thanks: :thanks: (big difference leading a convoy at night than during day :-ss but it was lots of fun :yesss: ). Also great driving by @alex, @shayi007 and @paskalr1 :ymparty:
This is two weeks in a row we have had our night drive so I think it is slowly becoming a habit :yesss:
Sorry i missed it, i had hit i/m out but showed me as in. Looking forward to next week
thalib
quote matthewficco:Alex brought his personal camera man along :)) .=)) Yes Matt. I had yesterday personal photographer and personal offroad driver))) my namesake @Sash716 😀
Any way, i was lucky that Sasha came to this drive like a passenger and without any hesitation drove my car when i had terrible headache and feel dizzy after while :ymsick: , i appreciate it so much man :ymhug: !!!!
However i got many positive moments and like this drive a lot, Big thanks to @joe.zeinoun
It was epic to watch recovery of F150 towing by two cars! B-)
One more time would like to say that I’m happy and lucky that could join such a friendly, positive, experienced group of people called – Dubaioffroders :ymhug:
Guys, appreciate all what are y doing for us and your patience and professionalism to find right way from different hard situations coming on our way!!!
Great stuff Alex. I hope you are feeling better…I forgot, you had personal driver too =))
My FJ love ridges :p he always love to sat on ridges :p
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quote matthewficco:Great stuff Alex. I hope you are feeling better…I forgot, you had personal driver too =))Sitting on a chair I feel effect like going up-right, sliding down-left, going up-left, sliding down-right @-)
So, I’m having fun now :))
Thanks @joe.zeinoun for organizing and leading such a great trip. Time and weather was just perfect with full moon on our heads kept us on the edge compared to dark nights.
Thanks @matthewficco and @ZeeNuri for sweeping and leading the convoys in between. We had some stuck ups in between and recovering the one on the top of the ridge with @shayi007 FJ was bit technical.
But nothing was more technical and epic to get my F-150 out of the rich =)) I hope someone took video of that :)) Thanks @ matthewficco it was a payback and I owe one to @joe.zeinoun :ymhug:
This area was more technical for me with my F150 long wheelbase, soft sand, small dunes and small ditches made it more challenging and a great learning experience.
Looking forward to see you all on Friday! :drive: :drive: :drive: :drive: :drive:
Cheers!! 😀
You guys reached to work on time or like me 11:30 am hihihihi :p
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quote shayi007:You guys reached to work on time or like me 11:30 am hihihihi :pcome home 2:30 woke up at 6:30 8-}
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quote Alex:quote shayi007:You guys reached to work on time or like me 11:30 am hihihihi :pcome home 2:30 woke up at 6:30 8-}
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Same woke up at 6:30 and again slept till 10 then prepared and reached to work by 11:30
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