Most of us arrived on time but we still got delayed a bit waiting for the late arrivers (again). After deflation and safety briefing we managed to get moving by 6:20am.

We began with some warm up of side sloping and switching, then we entered a highly technical area where we stayed there for longer than originally planned.  Finally after we managed to get ourselves out of this dilemma we moved on to the Iftar Bowl, where we had our major break.

We then moved on as planned to come out at around 9:55 at the Badayer shops after covering  32.5 km of driving on the sand. We had a few second tries, some self recoveries and one full recovery on the way. For me this area is still so mysterious and intriguing that i cannot say that i have yet finished the unfinished business. I will get there again soon.

I learned to not take challenge if you’re not sure that you can do it safely. Sometime is the best choice to keep convoy waiting until explore area and then come back and take them trough the challenge safely.

I also learned that knowing right techniques and experience is giving you confidence otherwise you can find yourself in “cup of tea” place where you don’t see the exit.

Tiago: Thank you for being my second lead today, a spotless job today my friend.

Sid: I see you are improving with every drive, one small thing though to work on is taking the decision to steer towards gravity and not fight it.

Rathica: Very happy to learn that today was your first time to make it all the way to the top of the Iftar Bowl, despite visiting it several times before. You are showing improvement on your driving but not so much on responding to the alarm clock. I suggest you go with two alarm clocks and set them five minutes apart 😉😉

Petr: thank you for being our sweeper for today and taking care of the few recoveries we encountered on the way. Hope to see you more often on our trips.

Thank you Marko for corrections, advices and support along the way.