COVID 19 Compliant - Morning Intermediate Desert Drive - Red Sand Bonanza: "Pink Rock to Badayer" - Sharjah - 17 Oct 2020

[Ale Vallecchi]

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• Every Off-roader brings his own radio, programmed to the frequencies described in below advice topic.
• We will not share spare radios or program your radio on the drive. If you need assistance in programming the radio, post a topic on the Carnity website with your questions and we will help you out. 
• Make sure your radio is fully charged. It will be your only way of communication while driving.
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• No radio = No drive. It is an essential tool and you should make sure you bring it on every drive and learn/practice how to use it.

 

Drive Details

Level:  Intermediate and above

When:  17 October 2020, Saturday

Meeting time: 6:00 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions)

ACTION PLAN: A faster paced drive, from Pink Rock to Big Red and beyond, into the kingdom of bowl riding

Meeting Point: 2 December Cafeteria https://maps.app.goo.gl/E3cQ1iFYLPkmytnV9

Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 8-10 inches of ground clearance.

What to bring along: Loads of water, snacks (for yourself), face mask, rubber gloves, enthusiasm and willingness to learn.

Approximate finish time: 10:30 AM

THIS IS A COMPRESSOR ONLY DRIVE. WE WILL END THE DRIVE AT A POINT WHICH IS NOT CLOSE TO AN AIR LINE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A COMPRESSOR, PLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS DRIVE. IF YOU ARRIVE AND HAVE NO COMPRESSOR YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO JOIN THE DRIVE. 

 

LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE:

• Limited to 10 Intermediate and above drivers. RSVP will close on Thursday - 9 AM.
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• Latecomers will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS.
• Members without RSVP will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS.
• Please withdraw your RSVP, if you aren't joining, so your spot can be taken by others.
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[Ale Vallecchi]

Dear Desertnauts.

A few tidbits to wet your appetite before this Saturday's Intermediate drive. We are looking to execute a fast paced drive, starting from 2 December Cafeteria, climbing one side of Pink Rock, to circle it and dive into the red sand plateau that separates it from Big Red, and Badayer's entry point. In fact, the plan is to extend the drive to Badayer's pyramid dunes, skipping from one to the next, across the technical areas that separate each group, until it's time to head back to Badayer Shops. Even though this area's most famous attractions are Iftar Bowl and Super Bowl, we'll focus on some of the other, un-named, pyramids, to the west of our entry point, looking to enjoy surfing in and out of them, up and down their tall slopes.

@Najeeb Mohammed, @Lorenzo Candelpergher, @Rinelle Sanaani, @Jun Zamora, @Yousef Alimadadi and @Mehmet Volga, be concentrated, be motivated, be ready to have some good fun, riding as a single unit on this red sand playground.

More news will follow on Friday. In the meantime, enjoy your week. 

 

 

[Lorenzo Candelpergher]

Ciao @Ale Vallecchi,

Pink Rock and Al Badayer are all within GCAA Green Zone, so no flight restrictions for hobbyist drones.

What about a 30' extra session for the Drone Challenge if everyone agrees to stretch the drive a bit?

[Ale Vallecchi]

14 hours ago, Lorenzo Candelpergher said:

Ciao @Ale Vallecchi,

Pink Rock and Al Badayer are all within GCAA Green Zone, so no flight restrictions for hobbyist drones.

What about a 30' extra session for the Drone Challenge if everyone agrees to stretch the drive a bit?

Ciao Lorenzo. Surely it will be great to have some drone action!! Just wandering if it would be best to anticipate the meeting time to 5:30 (or 5:45), so that we can be moving at 6:00 sharp, and gain some time to reach Badayer earlier (and find a bit firmer sand). What type of action you have in mind? Also check if Badayer itself is also green zone (on the other side of the highway, past Big Red).

[Lorenzo Candelpergher]

10 hours ago, Ale Vallecchi said:

Ciao Lorenzo. Surely it will be great to have some drone action!! Just wandering if it would be best to anticipate the meeting time to 5:30 (or 5:45), so that we can be moving at 6:00 sharp, and gain some time to reach Badayer earlier (and find a bit firmer sand). What type of action you have in mind? Also check if Badayer itself is also green zone (on the other side of the highway, past Big Red).

Ciao @Ale Vallecchi,

Badayer is as well within GCAA Green Zone, therefore no constraints. 

Maybe leaving at 5.45 is a good idea, if everyone in the convoy agrees. 

Regarding the actions, it really depends on the location we pick. If in Pink Rock, we will leverage a bit more on the landscape as it calls for it naturally, if in Badayer (which aeems to be the plan) we would probably focus more on the driving, ie on pyramid climbing, side sloping, criss-crossing, ridge riding. Once we pick an inspiring location, we will figure out how to play around it. If we can make it to the top, then landscape comes to play in a more compelling way and we can do some nice stuff, like "reveal" shots (camera close to cars first, then climbing vertically and/or tilting up or zooming back or doing a parallax to capture the magnificence of the landscape). Best would be a place where we can repeat the same loop a few times, so we can shoot it from multiple angles (we dont need a huge loop, just a few hundred meters so we can do forwars, backward, bird's eye, reveal, parallax, orbit, tracking or stuff like that without having to move much, thus quick and easy. 

[Ale Vallecchi]

8 hours ago, Lorenzo Candelpergher said:

Ciao @Ale Vallecchi,

Badayer is as well within GCAA Green Zone, therefore no constraints. 

Maybe leaving at 5.45 is a good idea, if everyone in the convoy agrees. 

Regarding the actions, it really depends on the location we pick. If in Pink Rock, we will leverage a bit more on the landscape as it calls for it naturally, if in Badayer (which aeems to be the plan) we would probably focus more on the driving, ie on pyramid climbing, side sloping, criss-crossing, ridge riding. Once we pick an inspiring location, we will figure out how to play around it. If we can make it to the top, then landscape comes to play in a more compelling way and we can do some nice stuff, like "reveal" shots (camera close to cars first, then climbing vertically and/or tilting up or zooming back or doing a parallax to capture the magnificence of the landscape). Best would be a place where we can repeat the same loop a few times, so we can shoot it from multiple angles (we dont need a huge loop, just a few hundred meters so we can do forwars, backward, bird's eye, reveal, parallax, orbit, tracking or stuff like that without having to move much, thus quick and easy. 

Perfect @Lorenzo Candelpergher. I'll move the meeting time to 5:30 (knowing the exciting work you'll be doing with the drone, I am sure they'll all be happy to do it). This will allow us to climb Pink Rock just before dawn, so you can shoot the sun rising. Then we can take more shots either on Big Red and/or in Badayer, choosing a bowl that suites you best. Thanks for this very nice opportunity.

 

[Ale Vallecchi]

On 10/12/2020 at 6:10 PM, Ale Vallecchi said:

Dear Desertnauts.

A few tidbits to wet your appetite before this Saturday's Intermediate drive. We are looking to execute a fast paced drive, starting from 2 December Cafeteria, climbing one side of Pink Rock, to circle it and dive into the red sand plateau that separates it from Big Red, and Badayer's entry point. In fact, the plan is to extend the drive to Badayer's pyramid dunes, skipping from one to the next, across the technical areas that separate each group, until it's time to head back to Badayer Shops. Even though this area's most famous attractions are Iftar Bowl and Super Bowl, we'll focus on some of the other, un-named, pyramids, to the west of our entry point, looking to enjoy surfing in and out of them, up and down their tall slopes.

@Najeeb Mohammed, @Lorenzo Candelpergher, @Rinelle Sanaani, @Jun Zamora, @Yousef Alimadadi and @Mehmet Volga, be concentrated, be motivated, be ready to have some good fun, riding as a single unit on this red sand playground.

More news will follow on Friday. In the meantime, enjoy your week. 

 

 

Dear @Rinelle Sanaani, @Jun Zamora, @Yousef Alimadadi and @Mehmet Volga. 

I have received a proposal by @Lorenzo Candelpergher, who is also an authorized drone pilot, to be able to fly a drone during our Saturday's trip, to take shots and movies of our convoy driving through Pink Rock, Big Red and Badayer. This will be part of a "Drone Challenge" which eventually will put together different Carnity drives, with a spectacular set of images.

In order to exploit in the best possible way the different hours of the drive, and the different terrains, I would like to move the meeting time to 5:30 SHARP (always at 2 December Cafeteria, as already posted). This will allow us, with everybody's compliance and rapid deflating, to move into Pink Rock proper, and climb it, just before sunrise (first light coming at 5:55am) and shoot the sunrise (scheduled at 6:18am) from the top of PR. 

Please mind this change, and aknowledge here.

Thanks a lot, and see you Saturday.

[Mehmet Volga]

@Ale Vallecchi @Lorenzo Candelpergher it is totally fine for me! I'll be there at 5.30 am. thank you for such an organization.

[Jun Zamora]

Guys , i'm in for this timing,5:30.

Its worth the excitement that awaits us.

 

[Ale Vallecchi]

Dear @Hisham Masaad thanks a lot for signing in tomorrow's drive. However, this will be an Intermediate drive, while you have just joined the Club, hence your current rank is not enough for you to join the drive. Therefore, I will have to take your name off the list. I still hope to see you soon in another drive.