topgear Posted October 14, 2020 Report Share Posted October 14, 2020 I shall look fwd to the next one 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahab Shamaa Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 Looking forward to the drive tomorrow. Let's see how many times I'll manage to get stuck and require help See you all @ Pink Rock! Ahab 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangeld Posted October 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 Dear Pink Rockers, @luwaimn @RAKIN KURIAKOSE @Gijo Javob @Hardik Mody @SureshVNair @Andrei @Kaushal Prithwani @[email protected] @Ahab Shamaa Here is the finalised convoy numbering for the drive tomorrow morning. THIS DRIVE IS NOW CLOSED. We will be using Carnity Radio Channel #1. Please make sure your radio is pre preprogrammed to this frequency. So that we can start the drive as quickly as possible please arrive on time (or early) and when you arrive, please can you: Deflate your tires to 13PSI. Put up your offroad flag. Make sure your ABS/traction controls are off. Put the car into 4H We are very lucky to have quite a short convoy for a Newbie drive so will be able to challenge ourselves to take advantage of that. I will be supported by @Lorenzo Candelpergher on the drive, but as we do not have a formal centre forward on this drive, we will be looking for you to self recover as much as possible during the drive and will be giving a lot of attention to helping anyone who gets stuck recover without being tugged or towed. We will brief more on this before teh drive leaves. Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow. It promises to be a lovely cool start to the day, so let's take abvantage of the fact that the crust of the sand will be nice a crackly and get moving before the sand starts to get soft and busy. See you (very soon) in the sand. 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenise Felicia Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 Thanks @Wrangeld and @Lorenzo Candelpergher . As much as I (and certainly everyone else) doesnt like getting stuck: I really really want to learn self recovery 😝 Looking foward to tomorrow, see you all there!! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SureshVNair Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 Thank you for a good drive today @Wrangeld and @Lorenzo Candelpergher Very unfortunate about @Andrei Jeep.. hope the recovery guys have come on time . Thank you rest of the team...👍 See you all soon on the dunes.. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wrangeld Posted October 16, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 @luwaimn @RAKIN KURIAKOSE @Gijo Javob @Hardik Mody @SureshVNair @Andrei @Kaushal Prithwani @[email protected] @Ahab Shamaa Another excellent Pink Rock concert! If the desert could sing, Pink Rock and Tawi Nawza were calling us all this morning with the first cool start to a drive in living memory - OK maybe not that long, but after driving through the summer months it was really quite a shock to feel cool sand as we deflated and put our flags up to start the drive. We started the morning with the unexpected stuff - radios not working how they should, a forgotten radio - but we got moving quite quickly and were quick into the sand and our first recovery, which was, of course YT! Sometimes, when you are looking for the perfect line (and making sure your sweep finds you) you lose concentration for that split second. And then we were under way again. Up and down, across the top of the dunes and making good progress. And progress is the key workd about today's drive. Everyone made progress and improved something. How did that come about? By practicing those crests and descents again and again. Yes, people got stuck, but that's the idea. You have to practice that feeling of giving just enough gas to get over a crest again and again to gain the confidence of knowing that you can make it. We got stuck in soft sand, and we saw that with a little bit of digging here and there, it's possible to drive the car straight out of trouble. We did a few descents so that everyone got the feel of how the power in their car is delivered and what you need to do to get up that hill! I was really impressed by a few of the drivers for whom this really was just their second outing with Carnity - @Gijo Javob, @Kaushal Prithwani in particular did really well (and I hope that the family members enjoyed the ride as well). @luwaimn was excellent as second lead, redirecting when neeeded, giving warning and making sure that the convoy kept up and kept moving and was excellent in helping on so many of the recoveries. @Hardik Mody it looks to me that you have a similar issue with your Montero as aflicts the Pajero that it shifts into a higher gear, just when you want it not to. Tiptronic might help with that, but it gives you something else to think about on top of everything else. @RAKIN KURIAKOSE a really good outing for you with good learning because you got stuck and I hope you really felt how the sand sucks you in if you are not careful. @SureshVNair that Rubicon is a beast and Ithink you are starting to understand just how much fun it can be once you tame it. @[email protected] and @Ahab Shamaa our FJs at the rear. The FJ is a really capable car and what I see is that you started out a little tentative and were not sure if the sand wanted to play, but by the end of the day, especially when there's time to play, it's a great feeling to be in control of the car and your emotions and just go for it. @Andrei ... it was all going so well until the clutch got fried. I hope you get it sorted and we see you back out again. Off roading with a manual is a particular skill that takes time to develop. There really was music going on today, with the sound of the engines of our cars getting a work out for the first time in a while. Some beautiful notes were played and with you as the orchestra to a wonderful symphony. Thanks also for the excellent team work that was shown today. We never leave anyone behind, so it was important to make sure Andrei was with us. More importantly, the offers of help when needed are really appreciated. Were it not for COVID I promise a lot more of you would be involved in recoveries. So many offered today, we truly had an embarassment of riches. In the end, however, it was @Lorenzo Candelpergher who did a brilliant job of saving the day and saving many of us from the sand. We can all feel secure knowing that he has our backs. Looking forward to seeing you all again soon in the sand. 7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahab Shamaa Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 Wow! What a wonderful drive 😀 When I got home, I wouldn’t shut up about how much I enjoyed it despite my family’s efforts to quiet me down 😂 A big thanks goes out to @Wrangeld and @Lorenzo Candelpergher for helping us out, teaching us and being patient with us. Towing the Jeep was really commendable and puts in practice the “no man left behind” concept. The Noobs were also wonderful, and I learned a lot from my fellow riders. With that, I hope to see you guys on the sand again soon! Ahab 1 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenise Felicia Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 @Wrangeld and @Lorenzo Candelpergher, thank you guys so much for todays drive. I personally loved to see the recoveries. My daughter loved the drive all-together and somehow is confident that we will be coming next Friday too. @Andrei , great job slaying the dunes. We were a great 3 peddle team! Hope your clutch is ready in time for the next drive. I have posted some pics in the gallery, will try and upload a basic video by Sunday (without mine and my daughters chatter in the background) 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorenzo Candelpergher Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 (edited) Dear @Wrangeld, Every drive in the desert is an opportunity for learning something new. Today's lesson for me was about how not to forget my radio again: 1. Keep on using that check list you prepared long ago as a newbie not to forget anything of the many things needed for a desert drive. 2. Never change which plug you connect your radio charger to.. 😂 😂. The few neurons on early morning duty may not be the same ones of the evening before and may not know about the change. 3. Both lessons above apply especially when you wake up at 5am and skip your morning caffeine shot. After sharing this FUNDAMENTAL learning, I must say I enjoyed today's ride very much, also because it reminded me of my very first Absolute Newbie Carnity drive back in March at Pink Rock. Arriving late due to my forgotten radio made me miss the magic of watching the sunrise, which is one of the morning desert driving rituals I like the most. I was unforgivably late, having driven an extra 100km to get back home and retrieve my radio, but luckily @Wrangeld entertained everyone in my absence performing a pretend stuck in order to let me reach the convoy and make a pretend spectacular entrance to tug him out.. 😂😂 The drive continued very smoothly, with very few stucks and refusals, which were however great learning opportunities. Only the experience of getting crested a few times will eventually let every driver get the feeling of how much power is needed to get past the dune and overcome that moment of hesitation when one lifts the foot a bit too early. The same applies to self-recoveries: it is only by seeing with one's own eyes how powerful shoveling can be in getting out of nasty stucks that one will learn how not to be too easily relying on a friend's tug. I think @Ahab Shamaa , whom I could watch driving very well his FJ in front of me, had further interesting learning today: if you loose visual sight of the car in front of you, you may end up following the wrong tracks and lose the convoy. If you stay too close, on the opposite, especially when crossing a dune when again you don't have visual sight, you may find yourself definitely way too close and risk an impact. Always look at the flags! When we finally made it to Pink Rock we found ourselves in a Sheikh Zayed Road traffic scenario, with convoys coming, going and stopping everywhere and infinite tracks, bumpy and soft sand but we had anyway a good time at the playground. Towing @Andrei's jeep out to the main road was a must and a personal pleasure: at Carnity I've learned helping your drive companions is really a fundamental part of the sport as much as the driving itself may be. See you soon! Edited October 16, 2020 by Lorenzo Candelpergher 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrei Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 @Lorenzo Candelpergher - you are a champ. Thank you and Richard both for the help today and also to the rest of the gang for their patience. Meet you again soon in the sand ✌️ 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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