COVID19 Compliant - Morning Newbie Desert Drive - Pink Rock - Sharjah - 02 Oct 2020

[Nitin Mohan]

@Gauravhad confirmed and rsvpd. 

[Gaurav]

DRIVE RSVP IS CLOSED NOW

Here is the final convoy list

1. Gaurav                                 Silver Pajero
2. Wrangeld                              Black Pajero
3. Sreejith Sreenivasan            LR2
4. Arda Yagcioglu                     LR2
5. Ranjan Das                           Discovery
6. sri ganesh                             Pajero
7. Nitin Mohan                          Prado
8. Pickey Singh                        FJ Cruiser
9. Javier Lucero                       Wrangler
10. Luca Palanca Falsini            Fortuner
11. Farook Veettil                       Land Cruiser     
12. Shital Somaiya                     Patrol
13. Sandeep Padhi                    Wrangler
14. Karthik Krishnakumar           Yellow Wrangler
15. Nihal17                                 Wrangler
16. Mohamed Seidam                White Xterra   

@Wrangeld @Sreejith Sreenivasan @Arda Yagcioglu @Ranjan Das @sri ganesh @Nitin Mohan @Pickey Singh @Luca Palanca Falsini @Farook Veettil @Shital Somaiya @Sandeep Padhi @Karthik Krishnakumar @Javier Lucero @Nihal17 @Mohamed Seidam

Please be on time, sharp at 6:00 AM, little early is always better.

Please tune to Carnity Channel 1 - 446.006'25 freq.

Deflate your tires to 15 PSI as soon as you reach to the meeting point.

Be inside your car - AT ALL TIMES - after the deflation.

 

FOR YOU AND YOUR VEHICLE SAFETY

PLEASE WATCH BELOW MANDATORY VIDEO WITHOUT ANY DISTRACTIONS.

 

[Sreejith Sreenivasan]

Hi @Gaurav

Extremely sorry for the last minute.. I’m not feeling very well and I don’t think I can make it to this drive. Please don’t wait for me. Thanks and sorry again.

[Gaurav]

Here is the final convoy list

 

1. Wrangeld                              Black Pajero
2. Javier Lucero                       Wrangler
3. Arda Yagcioglu                    LR2
4. Ranjan Das                           Discovery
5. sri ganesh                             Pajero
6. Nitin Mohan                          Prado
7. Gaurav                                 Silver Pajero
8. Pickey Singh                        FJ Cruiser
9. Luca Palanca Falsini            Fortuner
10. Karthik Krishnakumar           Yellow Wrangler
11. Nihal17                                 Wrangler
12. Mohamed Seidam                White Xterra   

[Gaurav]

Here is the final convoy list

 

1. Wrangeld                              Black Pajero
2. Javier Lucero                       Wrangler
3. Arda Yagcioglu                    LR2
4. Ranjan Das                           Discovery
5. sri ganesh                             Pajero
6. Nitin Mohan                          Prado
7. Gaurav                                 Silver Pajero
8. Pickey Singh                        FJ Cruiser
9. Luca Palanca Falsini            Fortuner
10. Sandeep padhi
11. Shital
12. Karthik Krishnakumar           Yellow Wrangler
13. Nihal17                                 Wrangler
14. Mohamed Seidam                White Xterra  

[Ranjan Das]

Dear fellow off-roaders! 

thank you for the lovely drive this morning, was a pleasure driving with you.

@Gaurav, @Wrangeld thank you for your leadership, guidance and patience, I could bring home lots of learning and good experience. Looking forward for more.

Best, ranjan

[Luca Palanca Falsini]

Hi to everyone!

Thank you @Gaurav and @Wrangeld for leading the convoy! 

Come back with some important learning  really appreciate your patience and professionalism.

Really enjoyed! 

Some picture from the today's trip!

[Wrangeld]

The Unexpected Newbie Lead

The Carnity Pink Rockers received a surprise this morning, hearing that instead of Gaurav leading the drive, I would have that pleasure. And a pleasure it was. A large convoy of enthusiastic drivers, weather finally no longer hotter than the sun and the confidence that no matter what might happen on the convoy, the Master @Gaurav was on hand, with @Mohamed Seidam ably supporting.

The end of the summer has brought back more drivers to the dunes and the popularity of Pink Rock brought out multiple convoys this morning. I was starting to think that club flags should be color coded so we can keep track when all the other drivers arrive. Either way, looking for a virgin route was a great challenge, and one we more or less achieved.

What did I take away from the drive? That leading Newbie drives is harder than leading more experienced drivers. The margin for error is much smaller and tighter. A crossing that looks simple causes a real challenge for a Newbie. And.... you still need to make the drive suficiently challenging so that every driver can take something away from the experience.

Thanks, everyone for your patience today. Looking forward to many more Newbie experiences.

See you soon in the sand.

[M.Seidam]

Hello desert wanderers 

As we are entering October the morning weather is turning cooler and the sand become much crispy and cracking under the wheels of our vehicles like a biscuit cracker softly grinded leaving a unique track that can be traced by the sweeper!

Being in the Sweep position it felt like a Goalkeeper who should keep an eye not only on the ball "( convoy )'direction, but more to predict how and where goes to the best he can as our yard is not flat and to give relevant feedback to the captain and other players in the game. Yet and when appropriate even can pass through when needed and safe. today i was blessed by @Gauravand @Wrangeld helping keeping my "goal" clean .

I would like to thank all drivers today for coming to enjoy and learn as my self always do!

P.S please if someone had recorded an interesting recoveries today if i can ask kindly to post it to the thread : The greatest of recoveries so we can all share and learn.

please enjoy below link

 

 

[Javier Lucero]

4 hours ago, Wrangeld said:

The Unexpected Newbie Lead

The Carnity Pink Rockers received a surprise this morning, hearing that instead of Gaurav leading the drive, I would have that pleasure. And a pleasure it was. A large convoy of enthusiastic drivers, weather finally no longer hotter than the sun and the confidence that no matter what might happen on the convoy, the Master @Gaurav was on hand, with @Mohamed Seidam ably supporting.

The end of the summer has brought back more drivers to the dunes and the popularity of Pink Rock brought out multiple convoys this morning. I was starting to think that club flags should be color coded so we can keep track when all the other drivers arrive. Either way, looking for a virgin route was a great challenge, and one we more or less achieved.

What did I take away from the drive? That leading Newbie drives is harder than leading more experienced drivers. The margin for error is much smaller and tighter. A crossing that looks simple causes a real challenge for a Newbie. And.... you still need to make the drive suficiently challenging so that every driver can take something away from the experience.

Thanks, everyone for your patience today. Looking forward to many more Newbie experiences.

See you soon in the sand.

Ah mate, well done. Think the newbies got a good run. Enjoyed it. Thanks for leading the way. We’ll catch you on another drive soon. Take care 🍻