Well, after a nearly two year hiatus from adventures brought on the covid pandemic, our crews are once more looking forward to getting back out in the Sahara. We tried several times to plan our return to North Africa but each time we faced overwhelming challenges of border restrictions, enforced quarantines, testing mandates that made the trips impractical. Finally, however, we look towards May 2022 with hope.

The plan remains much the same: get back to the deserts of southern Tunisia to continue our search for relics from the Lost Patrol. We also plan a much deeper crossing of the Grand Erg sand sea heading from Qarat Ali to ‘LRDG Hill,’ a feature we came across in 2019 that stands out as a good nav point.

We have more vehicles this time around, growing from four to six trucks and crews. So will likely split into two ‘patrols’ that move separately to avoid having all the vehicles following in the same tracks. I am sure there will be a bit of healthy competitive spirit going between patrols to reach nav points first.

Marty and Andy are planning a more impressive, TV-quality, documentary production this time around. So hopefully a better record of our expedition will result.

All of us, along with the wider adventure travel community globally, are keen to get back out there. So bring on the adventure!