COVID 19 Compliant - Newbie Desert Drive - 15th May - PM - Badayer to Pink Rock

[Frederic]

Radio Channel No: 1

Radio Channel Frequency: 446.006'25

Attendees          Level         Car                                     Pos #

Frederic          Marshal     Mitsubishi Pajero SWB                1

Martin,            Fewbie       Mitsubishi Pajero LWB                2

Shjiu Manuel   Newbie      Mitsubishi Pajero LWB               3

luwaimn          Fewbie      Toyota Landcruiser Prado           4

Nizam Deen   Newbie       Toyota Landcruiser Prado          5

Ale Vallecchi   Intermediate  Toyota FJ Cruiser                   6

Denizzalbayrak  Fewbie    Chevrolet Trailblazer                  7

Pancho         Fewbie        Jeep Wrangler SWB                    8

E.C Tan         Newbie       Jeep Wrangler SWB                    9

Shamil         Advance       Nissan Xterra                              10

[Frederic]

One spot has become available on the Badayer drive. If interested in joining please RSVP. (NO ABSOLUTE NEWBIES)

[Ale Vallecchi]

Thank you all for the drive. Well done, for being the first time out after such a long break. Thanks Fred for the lead and for taking us to see such beautiful sunset view. See you soon on the hot sand. 

[E.C. TAN]

It was wonderful to be out again.

Thanks to Fred for leading us. Thanks to Ale n Shamil as well for being there to help. 

Thanks everyone for the good company even with social distancing. 

 

Looking forward to next weekend's drive.

[Frederic]

TRIP REPORT

The Badayer region is generally known for extreme buggy offroading, lots of noise, and dunes which are beautiful but can mess you up pretty badly. For this drive i wanted to let the extreme stuff behind, and just focus on getting back in the sand and enjoy the afternoon with our Carnity family. @Shamil joined us with a friend in a voodoo-blue FJ Cruiser, which gave me back nice memories from having owned the same one in Saudi Arabia, but luckily Shamil his car was a 4WD and not a 2WD like mine  

With @Martin. as my second lead, we headed off to see what this afternoon would bring us. The first two hours i ventured into an area of Badayer which was slightly more challenging for Newbies due to the loose sand, and some cars needed to be woken up again after having spent time in the garages due to the lockdown. This meant we had some recovery work to do, but that always gives us something to learn, and both @Ale Vallecchi and @Shamil provided excellent support, but also most other members were very pro-active and offered to help, which is of course more difficult now because of Covid restrictions but nevertheless we kept it sane and followed the guidelines. 

After about 2 hours, i chose to go for a more gentle track which leaded to the back side of Pink Rock and we chose to drive around it as it was getting a bit dark and we wanted to take a break for Iftar prayers. 

All in all a very pleasant drives with a few challenges where we all had to think as a group to find the best recovery course of action, but as you see we always strive to find the safest option and that brings us all safely back on the tarmac.

@Nizam Deen @E.C. TAN @Pancho @luwaimn @Shiju Manuel @Vanessa8580 @Denizzalbayrak @Ale Vallecchi @Shamil @Martin. Thanks to all for joining the drive and i hope to see you all soon again !

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[Shiju Manuel]

It’s was absolutely a nice drive after a long gap to desert. First it was little tuff for me due to the tire pressure heat up and this several stuck also the summer loose sand. Thanks to @Frederic and every one helped for the recovery. Once set the correct tire pressure I could feel a very much difference in drive and everything goes well. Today was a good learning for me to know how to drive on the loose sand in summer. Once again thanks for everyone and waiting to see you all on next drive. 

[Nizam Deen]

Thanks @Frederic it was a beautiful drive. 

[Martin.]

Thank you for leading us yesterday Fred . Great trip, which I felt started on soft and tricky sand conditions and moved to harder sands as we approached Pink Rock. Thanks also for taking me a second lead. I was a good first time and will surely help me understand the role better. So, I provided a bit of shovel time for all (thank you all, maybe a good thing in these days of almost no physical activity?). An unforced error on my part, and a reminder that you cannot let your concentration drift, not even for a second... Thanks again Fred, and great to see everybody.

Edited May 16, 2020 by Martin.