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Desert Trek

kanaway's picture

Desert trek from sealine to inland sea and back. anyone interested?

boer's picture

boer said when and how? ...

Hike or 4x4?

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Alumnar's picture

Alumnar said HIKE??? ...

4x4 - count me in for a swim, picnic and socializing...as for walking it... hmmmmmm I'll give it a miss! ;)

 

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plushed said ah! a mountaineer! :P nice ...

ah! a mountaineer! :P
nice to know someone here share the same hobby!

-=The desire to do what you shouldn'T is the very desire that defines Humanity=-

 

Alumnar's picture

Alumnar said I have a friend... ...

... who is on holiday in the UK at the moment, but he will be back in 2 weeks and he is such a mountaineer enthusiast, I bet when the weather is cooler he is sure up for it! Keep in touch and I will pass this info on to him :)

 

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timebandit said Hummm... 4x4 well up for it. ...

Hummm... 4x4 well up for it. But your photo scares me because I think you literally mean trek. And I would die.
TimeBandit

 

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plushed said lol /-a-t-/ timebandit .. ...

lol /-a-t-/ timebandit .. mountain trekking is nice... but i dunno about desert trekking though.

-=The desire to do what you shouldn'T is the very desire that defines Humanity=-

 

Alumnar's picture

Alumnar said I wouldn't even dare.... ...

...setting off by foot! But I am more then happy to be on the OTHER side with refreshments (after having driven to the final destination)!!!

 

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timebandit said Alumnar I'm coming with you ...

Alumnar I'm coming with you
TimeBandit

 

Alumnar's picture

Alumnar said Anytime time bandit! ...

We have the route programmed on our GPS so I think we should soon organize a desert meet-up! Go dune bashing, picnic and swimming... whatcha think? :)

 

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jackmohan2007 said I am shit scared ....but willing to give it a try.... ...

Hike? I am shit scared ....but willing to give it a try....lol timebandid.

When is it and how long would the trek be?

4x4 is just too easy...like another QL outing...

 

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t_coffee_or_me said 4X4 count me ...

4X4 count me in

 

 

 

hmmhmm


 

novita77's picture

novita77 said lol, you going to walk from ...

lol, you going to walk from Sealine to Inland sea ??? Make sure all those quadbike and landcruisers see you walking in the sand.


 

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Ines_pt said Heee Alumnar if will be in a ...

Heee Alumnar if will be in a Friday we are in...

 

perfectStranger's picture

perfectStranger said Be it 4x4 or walking... ...

count me Innnn..

 

timebandit's picture

timebandit said This could be an awesome day ...

This could be an awesome day :) But my little Honda City may struggle a bit with the larger dunes :( Anyone got room for little old Bandit in there 4x4?
TimeBandit

 

kanaway's picture

kanaway said yes, i mean on walking ...

the weather is getting better now. i'm planning to do it this coming eid holidays.
it's roughly 30kms from sealine to inland sea. it will take around 5 to six hours depending on the route.

for those of you who will go with 4x4's if you want, we can met there in inland sea and spend the whole night socializing, swimming and cook some barbq's...

 

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perfectStranger said Bandit.. ...

rooms never an issue... U can drive my ride( 2 door Nissan patrol) It fun, trust me.....

Coz i prefer walking...

 

Alumnar's picture

Alumnar said kanaway, what an excellent plan!!! ...

Let's make it a day and night to remember!

Take tents, do a campfire, get First-Aid kit ready for the walkers (and somebody please volunteer for mouth-to-mouth because by the time they get to us I don't even know if that is gonna be enough...!), BBQ and evening singalong. Let's do it folks, weather is getting amazing for this kind of events :)

Timebandit, we can get you a lift, no problem! :)))

 

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Alumnar said Bandit.... ...

... you can drive perfectstrangers' car because he won't walk back once he did it one-way! LOL! ;)

 

timebandit's picture

timebandit said Yay!!! Bandits got a ride... ...

Yay!!! Bandits got a ride...TimeBandit

 

kanaway's picture

kanaway said perfectStranger i believe your in! ...

for those who wants to join just add your names here. the more the merrier!the merrier the better!lol

1.kanaway
2.perfectStranger
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5.
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Alumnar's picture

Alumnar said meeeeeeee!!!!!!!!! ...

... and quite a lot of people who work with hubby (cool people!) - so once the date is set I can get the word out :)))

 

Alumnar's picture

Alumnar said The best thing.... ...

... would be to start a new topic about it. Then we all know what it's about. What do you guys think?

 

kanaway's picture

kanaway said lets fix the date ...

how about we fix the date on eid al-adha. it's holiday, so have plenty of time.

"Let's make it a day and night to remember!"

------if you're in copy from here and add your name ---------
1.kanaway
2.perfectStranger
3.Alumnar
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Alumnar's picture

Alumnar said Sounds good to me! ...

... Holidays will guarantee that people are off-work, and if hubby is not he will have to trust me with the 4x4 in the desert... so he better start praying!!!

 

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jackmohan2007 said count me in...its the ...

Kanaway its the perfect solution walk for those who want to walk & ride for those who want to ride....

1.kanaway
2.perfectStranger
3.Alumnar
4.Jackmohan2007
5.

30 Km would mean about 8hrs of walking not too good/exciting for those unfit guys like me :(.....I think 5 to 10km would be Ideal....

Or may be we could orgainse the guys in the car to be there half way just in case someone wants to give up walking...lol

 

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Bluemountain said mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeee ...

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee2222222222222

 

Alumnar's picture

Alumnar said jackmohan... ...

... we can organize it easy with pickup points for the ones who want to stop walking, no problem with that :) Hubby just said YESSSSSSSS as he is looking forward to doing that for a while now - and specially now the weather is getting fab! :)))

1.kanaway
2.perfectStranger
3.Alumnar
4.Jackmohan2007
5.Bluemountain

 

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perfectStranger said Alumnar.. ...

1.kanaway
2.perfectStranger(1 More person with me)
3.Alumnar
4.Jackmohan2007
5.Bluemountain

whats the route we follow guys...

the one along the coast would be nice...We dont need a GPS.. I can manage on routes...


 

Alumnar's picture

Alumnar said Yes the route along the coast is nice... ...

... but we need to check what route the 'walkers' want to take as we want to be able to help them out if needed - it is a long way!

The other thing is if somebody is familiar with a good place to set up camp for the night. We also need to get wood (hubby already started collecting from work!) and arrange whatever else is necessary closer to the time.

Should we create a topic just for this Desert Camp day/night to make sure everybody sees it as the title of this topic might keep a lot of people away from it (the non-walkers like me! LOL!)??

 

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perfectStranger said Alumnar... ...

Topis seems fine..self explainatory to what we plan on doing.
Just that we need to advertise our plan with other QLM's..

More the merrier...

 

Alumnar's picture

Alumnar said Oh for sure!!! ...

I totally agree with you :) the more the merrier!!! Looking forward to it already.

We can't do the coast route though - high cliffs will stop us. We will do the easy route there and back and if there are any people who want to they can dunebash off the camp when they want to (or do a desert trek off the camp too) :)

 

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Munna143 said Alumnar wallah ana miskeen u ...

Alumnar wallah ana miskeen u have to pay for me :P

 

Alumnar's picture

Alumnar said Munna... ...

... pay for what???

 

Munna143's picture

Munna143 said for my expence .. lol :) ...

for my expence .. lol :) drinks food etc etc :P

 

Alumnar's picture

Alumnar said You should be so lucky!!! Wanna camel to get to the Inland Sea? ...

Good night!!!

 

kanaway's picture

kanaway said the route ...

yes the shortest route is along the coast. alumnar is right there were dunes along, we will pass on top of the dunes to avoid going up and down. anyway it's not a hard route to plan.
yes, we can set up pick up points(resting points) along the route for those who can't continue or wants to refill water.there's no need to carry heavy packs anymore.
almnar you can start a new topic. jst tag us all here. our friends from the medics group were in also. no worries about first aid.lol:)


 

eu61's picture

eu61 said trekking? never thought ...

trekking?

never thought about it. In november-december has to be a possibility...

I would like to try, but its too early, I cannot do plans like that three weeks in advance.

It is possible to keep in touch and confirm one week in advance.

(I will forget, what about email or FB?)

To have a car support is a great idea, so BBQ and tents can be waiting in inland sea for the ppl, instead of carrying all the weight.

War looking for peace,
is like fornication looking for virginity.

 

imdave's picture

imdave said Room for one more.... ...

Is there room for one more? Don't mind trekking, though 4x4 support halfway is always nice.

 

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picardoanthony said sound good ...

suggest best date then.

cheers,
picardo

 

Alumnar's picture

Alumnar said We will probably have to keep the trekking... ...

... and the driving separate. We will need to guide the drivers - and then the more experienced ones can come back for the trekkers once we decided where we set up camp for the event. We can't afford people getting lost and at the same time driving through the desert demands a certain amount of speed to make sure we don't get stuck in the sand. The ones coming back for the trekkers can then follow the coastline. We need to consider we probably have people (like us) travelling with children who want to get to the end destination slightly faster.

As I said - everything can be arranged, we just need to make sure there are people willing to drive back for the ones who are trekking.

Go Sport has those wonderful water backpacks for trekkers - if you don't have one you might want to look into that too.

 

eu61's picture

eu61 said When is it going to be? If possible, Im in. ...

GPS will be a must for trekkers in order to be pickup with the supporting cars.

War looking for peace,
is like fornication looking for virginity.

 

Ines_pt's picture

Ines_pt said We can make a meting before ...

We can make a meting before to set all the details of this trip... and also to know each other before we go to adventure!

 

kanaway's picture

kanaway said trekking and driving ...

trek can be done with or without support. only the load of trekkers will vary. if we have the final list of those who wants to trek we can discuss things agree with a route and establish meeting points with the support group if ever there is a support.

who will volunteer for the support? support group will meet the trekkers at two meeting points along the trail, or if they want to check trekkers from time to time that would be better.

for those who are not so familiar with the 4x4 routes to inland sea and for others who wanted to go straight they can join the convoy with the rest and set up the camp.

 

eu61's picture

eu61 said Im in. Lets check how many ...

Im in.
Lets check how many we are:

1) eu61
2) ...
3) ...
4) ...

War looking for peace,
is like fornication looking for virginity.

 

kanaway's picture

kanaway said Lets check how many ... ...

Lets check how many we are:

1) eu61
2)kanaway
3) ...
4) ...

 

kanaway's picture

kanaway said who's in for the trek? ...

as of the moment, this is the names of those who are in for the trip, some will go by 4x4 and others will go on foot. alumnar is taking care of the 4x4 group.
as for those who want's to go with us on foot(trek to inland sea), we need to do a better planning. to make it safe and fun.

1. kanaway
2. perfectStranger(1 More person with me)
3. Alumnar + 4 + 2 children
4. Jackmohan2007
5. Bluemountain
6. Rollinstone.
7. nomad_08
8. Pajju
9. Macgyver + 2person
10. Arnisador_ako+1(my lovely wife,medic also)
11. me1st (kanaway's b_tter half:)
12. azilana7037 +1
13. FriedUnicorn + 3 Girls
14. Nomecool{ + family 3}
15. Imdave
16. adilkhan31 + 1
17. mister mister + 6
18. DonMeister + MagicDragon
19. jasimthani
20. khemcho
21. Feazi + 2 friend
22. antonta + 1
23. Saeed1990
24. Jencake
25. Texas_Ranger

 

MrEmochie's picture

MrEmochie said Kanaway...DESERT TREK... ...

Final Date for this trekking?
will you allow neophyte member of QL to join?

Thanks...

keep me posted....

 

kanaway's picture

kanaway said MrEmochie ...

final date is nov 27 friday. jump off point is sealine beach. we can met up in doha or in sealine. everybody can join.

 

idealman's picture

idealman said im in ...

count on me im bringing my hopper.

 

MrEmochie's picture

MrEmochie said thanks KanAway... ...

thanks for the info...

Any Pre-Climb (trek) meeting-
Assembly Time/Place -

 

kanaway's picture

kanaway said list of those who will go for the trek ...

let us make a final list for those who are in for the trek.you have until nov. 25 to decide. copy the list and add your names.
1. kanaway
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3.
4.
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kanaway's picture

kanaway said MrEmochie ...

yes we need to have a pre trek meeting. to discuss about the route and plans for safety and fun.

i have already picked a temporary route. scenic one, but can't finalize it until they post the location of the final campsite. let's talk about it later if we've got the final list.

 

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MrEmochie said KanAway... ...

count me in then...for trekking... no wheels ...

 

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kanaway said MrEmochie ...

anaway said list of those who will go for the trek ...

let us make a final list for those who are in for the trek.you have until nov. 25 to decide. copy the list and add your names.
1. kanaway
2.MrEmochie
3.
4.
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MrEmochie said "leave nothing but footprints.... ...

"leave nothing but footprints,take nothing but pictures, kill nothing but time"

whew.... Amuyao Batch rules....
ooopppsss...


 

Alumnar's picture

Alumnar said If any of you who are trekking.... ...

... has a GPS we can set the destination coordinates and then make sure to meet you half way to see if you guys need any help. One group will follow us, another group will follow another leader with a GPS too to make sure both groups end up at the same end destination. Please let us know what we can do to help. Maybe a meet between ALL people who want to go to Sealine, whether on foot or not, by middle of next week? Then we can discuss any doubts, questions and generally meet each other? What do you guys think? :)

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind"

 

kanaway's picture

kanaway said alumnar ...

i don't have a gps. i'll use compass and map for navigation.yes, i think we should meet to discuss and address all concern.

 

crazyfish's picture

crazyfish said sounds intresting ...

count me in +1

Please send me a PM with all details. I have a sedan...

Cheers

 

Alumnar's picture

Alumnar said That's fine kanaway :) ...

Anything to get you there and we are here to support you guys :)

Let's set an evening next week - I am open to whatever the suggestions are. Somewhere where we can sit in a big group :)

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind"

 

eu61's picture

eu61 said Im in. I will come back to ...

Im in.
I will come back to Qatar on 26.
First day back in Qatar, a foot trip through the dessert :)

It is not going to be so bad, my friends.
There is GSM coverage everywhere in the dessert.
I have GPS and compass... Ill bring both.

War looking for peace,
is like fornication looking for virginity.

 

eu61's picture

eu61 said Im in. I will come back to ...

Im in.
I will come back to Qatar on 26.
First day back in Qatar, a foot trip through the dessert :)

It is not going to be so bad, my friends.
There is GSM coverage everywhere in the dessert.
I have GPS and compass... Ill bring both.

War looking for peace,
is like fornication looking for virginity.

 

kanaway's picture

kanaway said eu61 ...

good to hear that. it would be easier now for the navigation.have a safe travel to qatar.

 

Alumnar's picture

Alumnar said eu61 and kanaway... ...

... excellent news :) we have programmed the destination into our GPS last night and it is very close to where we have been before, so this weekend we are going to do the route to camp1 to test it.

Really looking forward to it!

Have a safe trip back to Qatar eu :)

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind"

 

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kanaway said Alumnar ...

there are around 5 or six bunches of sand dunes around that are. you can pick one that is best for our campsite.
see you guys on nov 25. 830 pm at souq waqif for pre trip meeting.

 

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